1998 Gold Flake Open, Finals, Doubles
Leander Paes /  Mahesh Bhupathi defeated  Olivier Delaître /  Max Mirnyi 6–7, 6–3, 6–2


1998 Gold Flake Open – Doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes were the defending champions. They successfully defended their title, defeating Olivier Delaître and Max Mirnyi in the final 6–7, 6–3, 6–2.


1998 Gold Flake Open – Singles
Patrick Rafter defeated Mikael Tillström 6–3, 6–4 to win the 1998 Chennai Open singles event. Tillström was the defending champion.


1998 Golden Globes (Portugal)
The 1998 Golden Globes (Portugal) were the third edition of the Golden Globes (Portugal).


1998 Goodwill Games
The 1998 Goodwill Games was the fourth edition of the international sports competition the Goodwill Games, which were created by Ted Turner in reaction to the political troubles surrounding the Olympic Games of the 1980s. The competition was held in and around New York City in the United States from July 19 to August 2, 1998. Some events were held in New York City, while many were held in nearby suburbs in Long Island, including Uniondale.


1998 Goodwill Games
Athletes who won gold medals at the 1998 Goodwill Games include Michelle Kwan, Dominique Moceanu, Michael Johnson, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Dan O'Brien, Félix Savón, Jenny Thompson and Alexander Popov.


1998 Goodwill Games
The event is also notable for a training accident involving Chinese gymnast Sang Lan, which injured her spinal cord and left her partially paralyzed.


1998 Gordon's Gin Boars season
The 1998 Gordon's Gin Boars season was the 20th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team revert to their former name Ginebra starting the Commissioner's Cup.


1998 Gordon's Gin Boars season, Summary
Last year's All-Filipino Cup runner-up Gordon's Gin Boars had only Paul Alvarez as their newly acquired player, whom they got from sister team San Miguel Beermen when they traded their first round pick Steven Smith. The Boars won three of their first four games in the season. They finish with five wins and six losses after the eliminations and tied with three other teams. The Boars placed last among the six semifinalist, winning only two out of their 10 outings.


1998 Gordon's Gin Boars season, Summary
Import Chris King was recalled back for the Commissioner's Cup. The defending champions failed to defend their crown and had to win their last game against Sta.Lucia to tie the Realtors at the bottom of the standings with four wins and seven losses. Chris King already left and was replaced by Mike Cumberland in their last game in the eliminations.


1998 Gordon's Gin Boars season, Summary
In the special conference called Centennial Cup, Ginebra had the best record of six wins and two losses, the Gin Kings lost to Formula Shell in a one-game semifinal playoff.


1998 Gordon's Gin Boars season, Summary
Import problems bugged them virtually in the two-import conference from the Centennial Cup to the Governors Cup, starting with their original choices Dennis Edwards and John Strickland. After three games, Strickland was replaced by Frank Western, who played eight games while Edwards saw action in 12 games. After a four-game losing streak, Western and Edwards were replaced by Wayman Strickland and DeWayne Wesley. After one forgettable outing in Ginebra's 79–90 loss to Sta.Lucia in Urdaneta, Pangasinan, Wesley was sent home and coming in was Joe Wylie, who played three games.


1998 Gordon's Gin Boars season, Summary
Ginebra won only once in the Governors Cup and in a desperate bid to gain a seat in the semifinal round, coach Jaworski signed up Kenny Payne, the Philadelphia 76ers' 1st round pick in the NBA in 1989, and former Portland Trail Blazer Rick Brunson, going into their last game against Formula Shell on November 6, Payne and Brunson combined for 58 points but the Ginebras still lost, 97-107.


1998 Gordon's Gin Boars season, Occurrences
On March 31, the Living Legend of Philippine Basketball, Robert Jaworski announces he is taking a leave of absence to concentrate on the campaign trail where the Big J is running for senator in the coming Philippine presidential elections in May. Jaworski won his new ballgame in politics and claimed a seat in the Philippine Senate after the elections.


1998 Gordon's Gin Boars season, Occurrences
The season ended for Ginebra with Senator Robert Jaworski resigning from the La Tondeña ballclub during a press conference held in December, ending a partnership that lasted for 14 years in protest over the company's non-consultation of him in certain matters regarding the team, it all started when management accepted Allan Caidic from San Miguel Beermen as assistant playing coach without consulting the former Ginebra playing coach.


1998 Gosport Borough Council election
Elections to Gosport Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


1998 Governor General's Awards
The winners of the 1998 Governor General's Literary Awards were announced by Jean-Louis Roux, Chairman, and Shirley L. Thomson, Director of the Canada Council for the Arts on November 17 in Ottawa. Each winner received a cheque for $10,000.


1998 Grambling State Tigers football team
The 1998 Grambling State Tigers football team represented Grambling State University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Tigers were led by head coach Doug Williams in his first year and finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6, 4–4 SWAC). The Tigers offense scored 287 points while the defense allowed only 318 points.


1998 Grand National
The 1998 Grand National (known as the Martell Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 151st official renewal of the world-famous Grand National steeplechase that took place at Aintree near Liverpool, England, on 4 April 1998.


1998 Grand National
The race was won in a time of 10 minutes and 51.5 seconds and by a distance of 11 lengths by the 7/1 favourite Earth Summit, ridden by jockey Carl Llewellyn. The winner was trained by Nigel Twiston-Davies at Grange Hill Farm in Naunton, Gloucestershire, and ran in the colours of the six-member Summit Partnership, which included Aintree press officer Nigel Payne and former Hereford United footballer Ricky George.


1998 Grand National
Thirty-seven runners took part and six completed the course without mishap, but three horses were fatally injured during the race.


1998 Grand National
The main race was seen by the smallest Grand National attendance at Aintree since 1985, with a crowd of just 46,679, over 11,000 less than two years prior. It came a year after the 1997 Grand National had to be postponed due to a bomb threat.


1998 Grand National, Leading contenders
Earth Summit was made the 7/1 favourite, backed down from 10/1 on the morning of the race, after heavy rain on raceday made the ground officially soft, suiting this long-distance mudlark who had won the Welsh National at Chepstow in December, having previously won the Scottish National in 1994 when still a novice. 1992 National winning rider Carl Llewellyn deputised for the injured Tom Jenks, keeping the horse prominent on the first circuit, taking the water jump in sixth place. The favourite moved up to dispute the lead five fences from home and was involved in a straight match with Suny Bay from the third-last before kicking ahead just before the final flight to win a gruelling race by 11 lengths.


1998 Grand National, Leading contenders
Him Of Praise was an eight-year-old who had never finished outside the places in his 11 career starts, including eight over the distance of 3 miles. His preparation for the National had included four victories, including the Peter Cazelet/Anthony Mildmay memorial chase at Sandown in January  before finishing third in the Singer & Friedlander Grand National trial at Uttoxeter and second ahead of Earth Summit, who finished fifth in the Red Square Vodka Gold Cup at Haydock in February.


1998 Grand National, Leading contenders
Him Of Praise was thought to prefer soft ground and a combination of the rain and his partnership with Irish Champion jockey Charlie Swan saw him backed down to joint-favourite until shortly before the start, before being sent off at 8/1. The partnership was a distant last of seven runners still standing four fences from home when he refused.


1998 Grand National, Leading contenders
Samlee was a nine-year-old who came to prominence after winning the Becher Chase over one circuit of the Aintree Grand National course in November, having been second in the Scottish Grand National earlier in the year. Another victory in a modest 3 mile 6 furlong chase at Sandown followed in December before finishing third to Earth Summit in the Welsh National and third again in the Eider Chase at Newcastle in February. Two-time winning rider Richard Dunwoody, who was also the most experienced rider in this year's contest, took the ride with the pairing sent off as 8/1 joint-second favourite.


1998 Grand National, Leading contenders
Samlee was in touch for a circuit and a half, jumped the Canal Turn in fifth place, and although his position improved to third after two of those ahead of him fell he was unable to make any headway on the two leaders and was a distance behind them turning back onto the racecourse before being nursed home in third place.


1998 Grand National, Leading contenders
Rough Quest was the only former winner in the field, having won the race with Mick Fitzgerald in 1996. This season he had been second in the Tommy Whittle Chase at Haydock in December before finishing third in the King George VI Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day behind Challenger Du Luc. A fall in the Cheltenham Gold Cup 16 days before the National did not deter the public from making him the favourite on the morning of the race before drifting to 11/1 at the off. Fitzgerald again took the ride but the ground was always against the former champion who began to struggle at the Canal Turn on the second circuit before being pulled up four fences from home when lying a distant sixth.


1998 Grand National, Leading contenders
Suny Bay was a grey that had finished second in the previous year's National. Since then he had won both the Edward Hanmer Memorial Chase and Hennessy Gold Cup at Haydock and Newbury respectively in November before running unplaced in the King George VI Chase and Cheltenham Gold Cup. Despite being allocated the 12 stone top handicap weight for the National he was still backed down to 11/1 at the off.


1998 Grand National, Leading contenders
Graham Bradley took the ride and the pair ran prominently throughout and pulled clear of the remainder of the field with three fences left to jump to enter a match with Earth Summit. The grey was unable to respond when his rival quickened into the final flight and was unable to get back on terms before being eased up in the final hundred yards to finish 11 lengths down in second.


1998 Grand National, Leading contenders
Other contestants that attracted attention on race day were Challenger Du Luc, 1996 Sun Alliance Chase winner Nahthen Lad (who had finished ninth in last year's National), Banjo, Dun Belle and St. Mellion Fairway, who finished fourth at 20/1.


1998 Grand National, Leading contenders
Of the nine riders making their debut in the race only experienced French rider Thiery Doumen was seriously considered on Ciel de Brion, however it was Ken Whelan who took the debut honours as the only one of the nine to complete the course, finishing fifth. There were also debut rides for Richard McGrath, Seamus Durack and Rupert Wakeley while the remaining four riders all experienced their only Grand National ride. Future racing trainers Tom Dascombe and John Supple, amateur rider Gordon Shenkin and troubled Australian champion rider Jamie Evans all departed on the first circuit.


1998 Grand National, Non-finishers
Stormtracker was withdrawn the day before the race as he was unsuited to the softening ground. Avro Anson was withdrawn on the morning of the race also due to the unsuitability of the conditions.


1998 Grand National, Media coverage and aftermath
The BBC retained the rights to broadcast the entire three-day meeting live for the 39th consecutive year, with the racing on the Thursday and Friday being broadcast on BBC Two while the Saturday was broadcast as part of a Grandstand special on BBC One, presented by Des Lynam. Richard Pitman and Peter Scudamore provided in-depth analysis of all the races on the card with a detailed preview and re-run of the National itself. Future anchor presenter Clare Balding interviewed the connections of the runners before the race in the parade ring.


1998 Grand National, Media coverage and aftermath
Among the several cameras used for the race was a camera set inside the cap of rider Richard Johnson. The jockey cam, as it was called, became a regular feature in years to come but in this year hopes of unique pictures of the race were dashed when Johnson fell from his mount at the first fence.


1998 Grand National, Media coverage and aftermath
This was to be the first National of the television era where the winner would not be called home by Peter O'Sullevan, as 'the voice of racing' had retired the previous year. Jim McGrath took over the anchor role with Tony O'Hehir covering the field from the fence before Becher's to Valentine's as his father Michael had done from 1967 to 1969. John Hanmer became the senior member of the team, covering the runners over the early fences and coming back towards the racecourse for the 27th consecutive year. BBC Radio covered the race for the 67th time with Peter Bromley calling the winner home.


1998 Grand National, Media coverage and aftermath
The race was also televised live into bookmakers' outlets by Racing UK using the racecourse commentary team, consisting of Graham Goode, Ian Bartlett and John Hunt. Goode called the runners home, while all of the national daily newspapers published full colour pullouts with racecard-style guides to the runners.


1998 Grand National, Media coverage and aftermath
After the bomb scare of 1997, security was tighter at the 1998 National than at any meeting before or since while only a limited number of vehicles with a special permit were allowed inside the racecourse. Security concerns were increased when a bomb was discovered in the Irish port of Dún Laoghaire a few days before the race, though police stated that there were no indications that the bomb was destined for Aintree.


1998 Grand National, Media coverage and aftermath
The deaths of three equine competitors meant the race drew much media attention and public criticism and questions were raised over the safety of the race, however it was later found that only one of the three deaths, that of Pashto at the first fence, was as a direct result of a fall at a fence. The vet reported that Do Rightly suffered a heart attack on takeoff at the fourth fence while Griffins Bar suffered a broken shoulder while galloping and not while jumping a fence. The Jockey Club launched an enquiry into the three deaths with questions raised as to the suitability of all three runners to compete in the National. Over the course of the years ahead the qualification standards for horses to take part were tightened.


1998 Grand Prix (snooker)
The 1998 Skoda Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 14–25 October 1998 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England.


1998 Grand Prix (snooker)
Dominic Dale was the defending champion, but he lost his last 64 match against Robin Hull.


1998 Grand Prix (snooker)
Stephen Lee and Marco Fu both contested a ranking tournament final for the first time in their careers, Fu in his first tournament as a professional being ranked 377 at the time of his final appearance; the lowest ranked finalist at any ranking event. Lee prevailed 9–2 to claim his first ranking title.


1998 Grand Prix (snooker), Tournament summary
Defending champion Dominic Dale was the number 1 seed with World Champion John Higgins seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.


1998 Grand Prix (snooker), Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


1998 Grand Prix Hassan II
The 1998 Grand Prix Hassan II was an Association of Tennis Professionals tennis tournament held in Casablanca, Morocco. It was the 14th edition of the tournament and was held from March 23 to March 30.


1998 Grand Prix Hassan II, Finals, Doubles
Andrea Gaudenzi /  Diego Nargiso defeated  Cristian Brandi /  Filippo Messori 6–4, 7–6


1998 Grand Prix Hassan II – Doubles
João Cunha e Silva and Nuno Marques were the defending champions, but lost in the first round this year.


1998 Grand Prix Hassan II – Doubles
Andrea Gaudenzi and Diego Nargiso won in the final 6–4, 7–6, against Cristian Brandi and Filippo Messori.


1998 Grand Prix Hassan II – Singles
Hicham Arazi was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals this year.


1998 Grand Prix Hassan II – Singles
Andrea Gaudenzi won the title, defeating Álex Calatrava 6–4, 5–7, 6–4 in the final.


1998 Grand Prix de Denain
The 1998 Grand Prix de Denain was the 40th edition of the Grand Prix de Denain cycle race and was held on 23 April 1998. The race was won by Jaan Kirsipuu.


1998 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon
The 1998 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Palais des Sports de Gerland in Lyon, France, and was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the 12th edition of the tournament and ran from 19 October until 26 October 1998. Fourth-seeded Àlex Corretja won the singles title.


1998 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, Finals, Doubles
Olivier Delaître /  Fabrice Santoro defeated  Tomás Carbonell /  Francisco Roig 6–2, 6–2


1998 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Doubles
Ellis Ferreira and Patrick Galbraith were the defending champions, but did not participate this year.


1998 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Doubles
Olivier Delaître and Fabrice Santoro won in the final 6–2, 6–2, against Tomás Carbonell and Francisco Roig.


1998 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Singles
Fabrice Santoro was the defending champion, but lost in the second round this year.


1998 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Singles
Àlex Corretja won the tournament, beating Tommy Haas 2–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–1 in the final.


1998 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse
The 1998 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Toulouse, France that was part of the World Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the seventeenth edition of the tournament and was held from 28 September until 4 October 1998. Second-seeded Jan Siemerink won the singles title.


1998 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse, Finals, Doubles
Olivier Delaître /  Fabrice Santoro defeated  Paul Haarhuis /  Jan Siemerink, 6–2, 6–4


1998 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse – Doubles
The 1998 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse was a men's tennis tournament played on Indoor Hard in Toulouse, France that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the seventeenth edition of the tournament and was held from 28 September – 4 October.


1998 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1998 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse – Singles
The 1998 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard in Toulouse, France that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the seventeenth edition of the tournament and was held from 28 September – 4 October.


1998 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse – Singles
This tournament was notable for being where future 20-time Grand Slam champion and World No. 1 Roger Federer recorded his first match win.


1998 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse – Singles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
The 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 50th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.


1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary
Mick Doohan and Honda continued to dominate the 500 class with the Australian taking 8 victories and Honda winning all but one race. Simon Crafar winning the British Grand Prix for Yamaha's lone victory. After being shocked by 500 class rookie Max Biaggi's opening round victory in the Japanese Grand Prix, Doohan went on to claim his fifth world championship in as many years, finishing off the season with four consecutive wins.


1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary
A controversial finish marked the 250 title race. Aprilia teammates Tetsuya Harada and Loris Capirossi both went into the final race in Argentina with a chance to win the title, Capirossi leading Harada by 4 points. With one corner to go, Harada was in second, with Capirossi third, which would have given Harada the championship on tiebreak. Entering the final turn, his bike was struck from behind by Capirossi's machine, sending both riders off the track. Valentino Rossi took the win with Capirossi recovering to finish in second and claiming the title. Afterwards, Aprilia would release Capirossi from his contract.


1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary
Kazuto Sakata would win his second 125 title for Aprilia after a tight battle with Tomomi Manako and Marco Melandri.


1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 1998 Grand Prix season calendar
The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1998:


1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Standings, Riders' standings, 500cc
Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.


1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Standings, Riders' standings, 250cc
Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.


1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Standings, Riders' standings, 125cc
Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.


1998 Great American Insurance ATP Championships
The 1998 Cincinnati Open, known by the corporate title of the Great American Insurance ATP Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 95th edition of the tournament previously known as the Thriftway ATP Championships, and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1998 ATP Tour. It took place in Mason, United States, from August 10 through August 17, 1998.


1998 Great American Insurance ATP Championships
The tournament had previously appeared on the Tier III of the WTA Tour but no event was held from 1989 to 2003.


1998 Great American Insurance ATP Championships, Finals, Doubles
Mark Knowles /  Daniel Nestor defeated  Olivier Delaître /  Fabrice Santoro, 6–1, 2–1, ret.


1998 Great American Insurance ATP Championships – Doubles
Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Olivier Delaître and Fabrice Santoro.


1998 Great American Insurance ATP Championships – Doubles
Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor won the title, by defeating Delaitre and Santoro, 6–1, 2–1 (ret) in the finals.


1998 Great American Insurance ATP Championships – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1998 Great American Insurance ATP Championships – Singles
Pete Sampras was the defending champion, but lost in the final this year.


1998 Great American Insurance ATP Championships – Singles
Patrick Rafter won the title, defeating Sampras 1–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–4 in the final.


1998 Great American Insurance ATP Championships – Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.


1998 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
The 1998 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Great Yarmouth Borough Council in Norfolk, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.


1998 Greater London Authority referendum
The Greater London Authority referendum of 1998 was a referendum held in Greater London on 7 May 1998, asking whether there was support for the creation of a Greater London Authority, composed of a directly elected Mayor of London and a London Assembly to scrutinise the Mayor's actions. Voter turnout was low, at just 34.1%. The referendum was held under the provisions of the Greater London Authority (Referendum) Act 1998.


1998 Greater London Authority referendum, Referendum question
The question that appeared on ballot papers in the referendum before the electorate was:


1998 Greater London Authority referendum, Referendum question
Are you in favour of the Government's proposals for a Greater London Authority, made up of an elected mayor and a separately elected assembly?


1998 Greater London Authority referendum, Result, Results by borough
The 'Yes' vote won in every London Borough, though support generally was larger in Inner London than in Outer London. The lowest support figures were 60.5% in Havering and 57.1% in Bromley; the greatest were 83.8% in Haringey and 81.8% in Lambeth.


1998 Greater London Authority referendum, Aftermath
The government passed the Greater London Authority Act 1999, creating the Greater London Authority. Elections for the Mayor of London and the London Assembly were held in May 2000.


1998 Green Bay Packers season
The 1998 season was the Green Bay Packers' 78th in the National Football League (NFL) and their 80th overall. The Packers entered the 1998 campaign as the two-time defending NFC champions, losing the Super Bowl the year before. They aimed to threepeat in the NFC for a third consecutive year. With an 11–5 record on the season, during which the Minnesota Vikings brought an end to the Packers' 25-game home winning streak in Week 5, Green Bay finished second in the NFC Central, the first time in four years that they had not won the division.


1998 Green Bay Packers season
They qualified for the playoffs as the NFC's fifth seed, but they were beaten 30–27 by the San Francisco 49ers in the Wild Card round, with Steve Young throwing a 25-yard touchdown pass to Terrell Owens with three seconds left. This was the final season that the Packers would qualify for the postseason during the 1990s; they would not return to the playoffs until 2001. It was also the last season with the team for both head coach Mike Holmgren and Hall of Fame defensive end Reggie White.


1998 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, 1998 NFL draft
Notably, the Packers drafted future all-pro quarterback Matt Hasselbeck in the 6th round (187th overall).


1998 Green Bay Packers season, Schedule, Preseason
In the 1998 NFL Preseason, the Packers traveled to Japan to face off against the Kansas City Chiefs at the Tokyo Dome. It was the ninth American Bowl game to be staged at the 48,000 capacity stadium.


1998 Green Bay Packers season, Schedule, Regular season
The Packers finished the 1998 regular with an 11–5 record in 2nd place in the NFC Central (qualifying for an NFC Wild Card playoff game), behind the Randall Cunningham-led 15–1 Vikings.


1998 Green Bay Packers season, Playoffs, NFC Wild Card Playoff
The 49ers defeated the Packers, who had eliminated them from the playoffs in each of the past 3 seasons, in one of the wildest back-and-forth games in league playoff history. After a Brett Favre touchdown to Antonio Freeman with 1:55 to go, Steve Young began driving the Niners down field; Jerry Rice had just one catch for six yards all game, coming on this drive and when he fumbled the ball, but was ruled down by contact. Instant replay was not available at the time. The next play, Young's pass fell incomplete and was initially ruled intercepted. With eight seconds to go Young from the Packers 25 dropped back, momentarily stumbled, then launched the ball where it was caught in the end zone by Terrell Owens, who had dropped several catches during the game.


1998 Greenlandic Men's Football Championship
The 1998 Greenlandic Men's Football Championship was the 28th edition of the Greenlandic Men's Football Championship. The final round was held in Qaqortoq. It was won by Kissaviarsuk-33 for the seventh time in its history.


1998 Greenwich London Borough Council election
The 1998 Greenwich Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Greenwich Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.


1998 Greenwich London Borough Council election
The election saw a number of independent candidates contest seats and the election saw candidates standing as Greens against the Millennium Dome, Conservatives Against Town Hall Corruption, Populist Keep Our Pound and the Corrective Party. However the Labour party was always seen as highly likely to remain in control of the council.


1998 Greenwich London Borough Council election
At the same as the election Greenwich saw 74.8% vote in favour of the 1998 Greater London Authority referendum and 25.2% against, on a 32.4% turnout.


1998 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
The 1998 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens was the 32nd edition of the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens cycle race and was held on 6 September 1998. The race started and finished in Leuven. The race was won by Jo Planckaert.


1998 Guamanian general election
General elections were held in Guam on November 3, 1998. A Democratic Party primary was held to decide the party's gubernatorial candidates on 7 September.


1998 Guamanian general election, Governor
Incumbent Democrat Carl Gutierrez was re-elected to his second term. This was the last time a Democrat won statewide office on Guam until 2018, when Lou Leon Guerrero won the gubernatorial election over Republican lieutenant governor Ray Tenorio.


1998 Guangzhou Apollo F.C. season
The 1998 season is the 45th year in Guangzhou Football Club's existence, their 31st season in the Chinese football league and the 5th season in the professional football league. After selling two key players (Peng Weiguo and Hu Zhijun) at the beginning of the season, the club finished the last place of the league in this season and relegated to Jia-B League.


1998 Guangzhou Apollo F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998 Guardian Direct Cup
The 1998 Guardian Direct Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Battersea Park in London, Great Britain, that was part of the Championship Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the 21st edition of the tournament, the first one held in London, England, and was held from 23 February until 1 March 1988. Third-seeded Yevgeny Kafelnikov won the singles title.


1998 Guardian Direct Cup – Doubles
The 1998 Guardian Direct Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in London, Great Britain, that was part of the ATP Championship Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the 21st edition of the tournament and was held 23 February – 1 March.


1998 Guardian Direct Cup – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1998 Guardian Direct Cup – Singles
The 1998 Guardian Direct Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in London, Great Britain, that was part of the International Series Gold of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the 21st edition of the tournament and was held 23 February – 1 March.


1998 Guardian Direct Cup – Singles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1998 Guatemala student rapes
On January 16, 1998 five American students were raped while on a school sponsored trip to Guatemala. The case led to attention from the highest levels of the American and Guatemalan governments, including then-US president Bill Clinton, and led to concerns about whether the safety of students was adequately protected while traveling abroad. The students were studying at St. Mary's College of Maryland.


1998 Guatemala student rapes, Background
The college at the time conducted annual tours for students to Guatemala. The 17-day tours were conducted during the winter recess and were offered for college credit. The school was conducting its third such tour and noted that there had been no problems on either of the previous tours. However, violence against women had been rising in the area. In July 1997, a public bus was hijacked with everyone being robbed and five women, including two American citizens, being raped. Four other American women were raped in Guatemala in other incidents in July and August 1997.


1998 Guatemala student rapes, Details
The group of 13 students—12 women and 1 man—along with 2 faculty members and 1 administrator from St. Mary's College arrived in Guatemala without a clear itinerary and without knowing the location of their hotel. Near the end of their trip, they took a tour bus from Guatemala City to the rural community of Xojola, and were passing through Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa on their way back to Guatemala City when they were attacked. At about 3:30pm on January 16, 1998, their bus was forced off the road by at least four gunmen.


1998 Guatemala student rapes, Details
Gunshots were fired to force the driver to pull into a ditch alongside the road. The bus was forced into a nearby sugar cane field where it wasn't visible from the road. All of the group were robbed, but the gunmen were disappointed that they weren't carrying more cash. The students were frisked and fondled, and five women were then methodically selected to be raped. One was raped on the bus in front of classmates and the other four were raped in the field.


1998 Guatemala student rapes, Details
The passengers on the bus were required to lie face down as each of the five women, one at a time, were raped multiple times. The women who were raped were aged 19 and 20. The rape victims returned to the United States on January 17, 1998 with the rest of the group following the next day.


1998 Guatemala student rapes, Criminal trial
Two of the rape victims returned to Guatemala in January 1999 to testify against their attackers. The men accused were Cosby Urias, a 37-year-old laborer; Rony Polanco, a 25-year-old driver; and Reyes Guch Ventura, a 25-year-old peddler. All three men were convicted and sentenced to 28 years in prison:  18 years for rape and 10 years for robbery.


1998 Guatemala student rapes, Civil lawsuit
Three of the students sued the college, alleging that the college failed to take reasonable steps to protect them. Included as additional defendants were the board of trustees, the college president Jane Margaret O'Brien, and the two professors and administrator who accompanied the group. One victim sued for $5 million;  another for $500,000;  and third for $250,000. Accordingly to Lila Grisar, who was one of the plaintiffs and one of the women who was raped, the college was negligent in not knowing about the other women who were raped earlier in 1997.


1998 Guatemala student rapes, Civil lawsuit
Grisar said she filed the lawsuit to raise awareness of the need for colleges to understand risks and make better decisions. The lawsuit was eventually settled with Grisar receiving $100,000 (the maximum amount allowed by law);  another $65,000;  and the third $30,000. O'Brien claimed that the college was not responsible but was willing to settle the lawsuit to avoid the pain to all of going to trial.


1998 Guinean presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Guinea on 14 December 1998. The result was a victory for incumbent President Lansana Conté of the Unity and Progress Party, who received 56.1% of the vote. Voter turnout was 71.4%.


1998 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election
The 10th Gujarat Legislative Assembly election was held in 1998. All 182 members of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly were elected with the leader of the largest party or coalition expected to become the next Chief Minister. The Bharatiya Janata Party took the majority despite winning fewer seats. Keshubhai Patel again became the Chief Minister of Gujarat.


1998 Gujarat cyclone
The 1998 Gujarat cyclone (Joint Typhoon Warning Center designation: 03A; India Meteorological Department designation: ARB 02) was a catastrophic tropical cyclone that killed at least 10,000 people in India, especially the state of Gujarat.


1998 Gujarat cyclone, Meteorological history
On June 1, an area of low pressure developed over the Laccadive Islands. Two days later, the JTWC issued a TCFA for the system as it became better organized. Early on June 4, the JTWC issued its first advisory on Tropical Cyclone 03A. Around the same time, the IMD began monitoring the system as Depression ARB 02. Shortly after, the depression was upgraded to a deep depression and further strengthened into a cyclonic storm the following day. The small storm moved slowly towards the west and weakened as wind shear began to increase. The storm weakened below tropical storm intensity later that day and the initial final advisory was issued. However, the system redeveloped and advisories resumed the next day. The storm gradually intensified as it moved towards the northwest.


1998 Gujarat cyclone, Meteorological history
Dvorak satellite intensity estimates on June 6 reached T4.0, corresponding to an intensity of 120 km/h (75 mph). The IMD also marked the increase in intensity, upgrading ARB 02 to a severe cyclonic storm. Around this time, the storm began to turn towards the north and accelerate due to an approaching mid-level trough. As the storm neared the Indian coastline, an eye developed and the storm strengthened into the equivalent of a major hurricane with winds reaching 185 km/h (115 mph).


1998 Gujarat cyclone, Meteorological history
The IMD assessed the storm to be a very severe cyclonic storm at this time, with winds up to 165 km/h (105 mph) and a barometric pressure of 958 mbar (hPa). After slightly weakening early on June 9, 03A re-strengthened, attaining its peak intensity with winds of 195 km/h (120 mph). Then it made landfall near Porbandar in the Indian state of Gujarat between 01:00 and 02:00 UTC. The storm weakened following landfall and the JTWC issued their final advisory later that day. The IMD continued to monitor ARB 02 until June 10, by which time it had weakened to a depression before dissipating.


1998 Gujarat cyclone, Impact and aftermath
Tropical Cyclone 03A brought a large storm surge of 4.9 m (16 ft) which devastated coastal communities and salt mines. An estimated 4,000 to 10,000 people were killed by the storm, many of whom were salt mine workers who did not own a radio and received little or no warning of the cyclone. The large loss of life was partially attributed to contractors who wanted to continue making profits and did not inform their workers of the approaching storm. According to the official figures, 1173 people died and 1774 people went missing.


1998 Gujarat cyclone, Impact and aftermath
Also, the region had witnessed only 17 cyclones since 1890, all of which were weaker than 03A. As a result, its vulnerability was miscalculated by the local population and the disaster management administration. Power supply to numerous residences was lost due to the storms high winds. A microwave tower in Porbandar collapsed, causing widespread disruption in telecommunication. Hundreds of other power transmission towers also fell, causing an estimated loss of Rs 10 billion for the Gujarat Electricity Board. At least 893 people were injured by the storm and over 11,000 animals were killed. Over 162,000 structures were damaged or destroyed throughout the affected area and damages amounted to Rs. 120 billion (US$3 billion). In Kandla, the damages were estimated around ₹1,855.33 crore (equivalent to ₹67 billion or US$940 million in 2019).


1998 Gujarat cyclone, Impact and aftermath
Over the next one month, insurance companies had lost approximately Rs. 13 billion (US$266.5 million). The remnants of the storm produced heavy rains over Pakistan which electrocuted 12 people. In the wake of the storm, the United States Government provided US$25,000 for rehabilitation of the affected population. The Government of Denmark also contributed $72,992 in funds for relief efforts. The Gujarat government deployed approximately 330 medical teams to the affected areas. Local aid, amounting to Rs 1 billion (US$20.5 million) was provided to assist victims.


1998 Gulf Club Champions Cup
The 1998 Gulf Club Champions Cup (Arabic: بطولة الأنديـة الخليجية أبطال الدوري 1998), is an annually organized football league tournament for club of the Arabian Peninsula. It was the 15th edition and was started on 5 February and finished with the final round on 16 February 1998, and all the matches were played in Oman. Al-Hilal won the title for the second time in their history.


1998 HEW Cyclassics
The 1998 HEW Cyclassics was the third edition of the HEW Cyclassics cycle race and was held on 16 August 1998. The race started and finished in Hamburg. The race was won by Léon van Bon.


1998 Hackney London Borough Council election
The 1998 Hackney Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Hackney London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the council went in no overall control.


1998 Hajj stampede
The 1998 Hajj stampede resulted in the deaths of at least 118 pilgrims on 9 April 1998 during the Hajj in Mecca during the Stoning of the Devil ritual on Jamaraat Bridge.


1998 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships
The 1998 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships (also known as 1998 Miller Lite Hall of Fame Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on grass courts at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island in the United States and was part of the World Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the 23rd edition of the tournament and was held from July 6 through July 12, 1998. Unseeded Leander Paes won the singles title.


1998 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Finals, Doubles
Doug Flach /  Sandon Stolle defeated  Scott Draper /  Jason Stoltenberg 6–2, 4–6, 7–6


1998 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships – Doubles
The 1998 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships (also known as 1998 Miller Lite Hall of Fame Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island in the United States and was part of the World Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the 23rd edition of the tournament and was held from July 6 through July 12, 1998.


1998 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1998 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships – Singles
The 1998 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships (also known as 1998 Miller Lite Hall of Fame Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island in the United States and was part of the World Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the 23rd edition of the tournament and was held from July 6 through July 12, 1998.


1998 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships – Singles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1998 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
The 1998 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 41st season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 49th overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in 1st place in the East Division for the first time since 1989, when they last appeared in the Grey Cup, with a 12–5–1 record. They appeared in the Grey Cup where they lost to the Stampeders.


1998 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election
The 1998 Hammersmith and Fulham Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.


1998 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election, Election result
The Labour Party won 36 seats (on a 49.7% share of the vote) - a gain of 3 seats from the previous election, and maintained control of the council. The Conservative Party won 14 seats (with 37.4% of the vote) - a loss of 1 seat from their previous result. The Liberal Democrats lost the two seats they previously held, winning 12.6% of the votes cast.


1998 Haringey London Borough Council election
The 1998 Haringey Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Haringey London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.


1998 Haringey London Borough Council election, Background
Following their landslide victory in the 1994 elections, Labour were defending 57 of the 59 seats on Haringey Council. At these elections the Conservatives successfully defended their two seats in Highgate ward, but failed to regain any others. The Liberal Democrats became the official opposition after winning three seats in Muswell Hill ward, their first ever on Haringey Council. One of these three councillors was Lynne Featherstone, who would go on to become MP for Hornsey and Wood Green.


1998 Haringey London Borough Council election, Ward results, Bowes Park
Thomas Davidson was a sitting councillor for Fortis Green ward


1998 Haringey London Borough Council election, Ward results, Coleraine
Bernice Vanier was a sitting councillor for Tottenham Central ward


1998 Haringey London Borough Council election, Ward results, Muswell Hill
Elizabeth Singleton was a sitting councillor for South Tottenham ward


1998 Haringey London Borough Council election, Ward results, Woodside
Jayanti Patel was a sitting councillor for White Hart Lane ward


1998 Harlow District Council election
The 1998 Harlow District Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of  Harlow District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.


1998 Harlow District Council election, Background
Before the election Labour had 40 of the 42 seats on the council, with only 2 Liberal Democrat councillors forming the opposition. 3 Labour councillors stood down at the election from Katherines with Sumners, Netteswell West and Tye Green wards.


1998 Harlow District Council election, Background
Each of the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrats had candidates for all 15 seats contested at the election, with 2 seats available in Old Harlow ward.


1998 Harlow District Council election, Election result
Labour held 13 of the 15 seats they had been defending, but the council chairman John Young was defeated in Kingsmoor ward by 21-year-old Conservative Andrew Johnson, who became the youngest councillor on the council. The Liberal Democrats also regained Stewards from Labour, a seat they had previously lost at a by-election.


1998 Harlow District Council election, Election result
All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1994 election.


1998 Harrogate Borough Council election
The 1998 Harrogate Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Harrogate Borough Council in North Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council.


1998 Harrow London Borough Council election
The 1998 Harrow Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Harrow London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained overall control of the council.


1998 Hart District Council election
The 1998 Hart Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Hart District Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


1998 Hartlepool Borough Council election
Elections to Hartlepool Borough Council in the ceremonial county of County Durham in England were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.


1998 Harvard Crimson football team
The 1998 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Crimson tied for fifth in the Ivy League.


1998 Harvard Crimson football team
In their fifth year under head coach Timothy Murphy, the Crimson compiled a 4–6 record and were outscored 211 to 136. Brendan Bibro was the team captain.


1998 Harvard Crimson football team
Harvard's 3–4 conference record tied for fifth in the Ivy League standings. The Crimson were outscored 142 to 86 by Ivy opponents.


1998 Harvard Crimson football team
Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.


1998 Harvard vs. Stanford women's basketball game
On March 14, 1998, during the first round of the 1998 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, the Stanford Cardinal of Stanford University played a college basketball game against the Harvard Crimson of Harvard University in Stanford, California. The Cardinal, seeded 1st in the West bracket and 1st overall in the NCAA Tournament, faced Harvard, seeded 16th in the West bracket and ranked 62nd overall (out of a field of 64).


1998 Harvard vs. Stanford women's basketball game
The Crimson won the game 71–67, making it the first time in the history of college basketball, both men and women, that a 16-seed defeated a 1-seed. Two of Stanford's top players did not play in the game. However, in the Crimson's next game they would lose to the Arkansas Razorbacks 82-64, ending their cinderella run. To date, no other 16-seed in women's college basketball has achieved such a feat. The feat was not accomplished by a men's college basketball program until 2018, when UMBC beat Virginia, 74-54.


1998 Hastings Borough Council election
The 1998 Hastings Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Hastings Borough Council in East Sussex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party gained overall control of the council from the Liberal Democrats.


1998 Hastings Borough Council election, Election result
The Labour victories saw them gain a majority on Hastings Borough Council for the first time.


1998 Havant Borough Council election
The 1998 Havant Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Havant Borough Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


1998 Havering London Borough Council election
The 1998 Havering London Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Havering London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed in no overall control.


1998 Hawaii Amendment 2
Constitutional Amendment 2 of 1998 amended the Constitution of Hawaii, granting the state legislature the power to prevent same-sex marriage from being conducted or recognized in Hawaii. Amendment 2 was the first constitutional amendment adopted in the United States that specifically targeted same-sex partnerships.


1998 Hawaii Amendment 2
In 1993, the Hawaii State Supreme Court ruled in Baehr v. Lewin, 852 P.2d  44 (Haw. 1993), that refusing to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples was discriminatory under that state's constitution. However, the court did not immediately order the state to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples; rather, it remanded the case to the trial court and ordered the state to justify its position.


1998 Hawaii Amendment 2
After the trial court judge rejected the state's justifications for limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples in 1996 (but stayed his ruling to allow the state to appeal to the Supreme Court again), the Hawaii State Legislature passed a proposed constitutional amendment during the 1997 session that would overrule the Supreme Court's 1993 ruling and allow the Legislature to ban same-sex marriage. This constitutional amendment appeared on the 1998 general election ballot as Constitutional Amendment 2.


1998 Hawaii Amendment 2
The question that appeared on the ballot for voters was:


1998 Hawaii Amendment 2
Shall the Constitution of the state of Hawaii be amended to specify that the Legislature shall have the power to reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples?


1998 Hawaii Amendment 2
Amendment 2 differed from amendments that followed in other states in that it did not write a ban on same-sex marriage into the state's constitution; rather, it allowed the state legislature to enact such a ban. On November 3, 1998, Hawaii voters approved the amendment by a vote of 69.2–28.6%, and the state legislature exercised its power to ban same-sex marriage.


1998 Hawaii Amendment 2
The legislature shall have the power to reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples.


1998 Hawaii Amendment 2
On October 14, 2013, Hawaii Attorney General David M. Louie stated in a formal legal opinion that Amendment 2 does not prevent the state legislature from legalizing same-sex marriage, which it did in November 2013 with the Hawaii Marriage Equality Act.


1998 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team
The 1998 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in the Western Athletic Conference during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third season under head coach Fred von Appen, the Rainbow Warriors compiled a 0–12 record.


1998 Hawaii gubernatorial election
The 1998 Hawaii gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1998. Incumbent Democratic Governor of Hawaii Ben Cayetano ran for re-election to a second and final term, and he was contested by Maui Mayor Linda Lingle. The race between Cayetano and Lingle was close, with Lingle holding a sizable polling advantage. Ultimately, Cayetano narrowly won re-election to a second term in the closest gubernatorial election in Hawaii's history.


1998 Hawthorn Football Club season
The 1998 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 74th season in the Australian Football League and 97th overall.


1998 Heineken Cup Final
The 1998 Heineken Cup Final was the final match of the 1997–98 Heineken Cup, the third season of Europe's top club rugby union competition. The match was played on 31 January 1998 at the Stade du Parc Lescure in Bordeaux. The match was contested by Bath of England and Brive of France. Bath won the match 19–18.


1998 Heineken Open
The 1998 Heineken Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Auckland, New Zealand that was part of the World Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. The tournament was held from 12 January through 18 January 1998. First-seeded Marcelo Ríos won the singles title.


1998 Heineken Open, Finals, Doubles
Patrick Galbraith /  Brett Steven defeated  Tom Nijssen /  Jeff Tarango, 6–4, 6–2


1998 Heineken Open – Doubles
Ellis Ferreira and Patrick Galbraith were the defending champions, but Ferreira did not participate this year. Galbraith partnered Brett Steven, successfully defending his title.


1998 Heineken Open – Doubles
Galbraith and Steven won the title, defeating Tom Nijssen and Jeff Tarango 6–4, 6–2 in the final.


1998 Heineken Open – Singles
First-seeded Marcelo Ríos defeated Richard Fromberg 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3) to win the 1998 Heineken Open singles competition. Jonas Björkman was the champion but did not defend his title.


1998 Heineken Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1998 Heineken Trophy
The 1998 Heineken Trophy was a tennis tournament played on grass courts in Rosmalen, 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour and of Tier III of the 1998 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from 15 June through 21 June 1998. Patrick Rafter and Julie Halard-Decugis won the singles titles.


1998 Heineken Trophy, Finals, Men's Doubles
Guillaume Raoux /  Jan Siemerink defeated  Joshua Eagle /  Andrew Florent 7–6(7–5), 6–2


1998 Heineken Trophy, Finals, Women's Doubles
Sabine Appelmans /  Miriam Oremans defeated  Cătălina Cristea /  Eva Melicharová 6–7, 7–6, 7–6


1998 Heineken Trophy – Men's Doubles
The 1998 Heineken Trophy was a tennis tournament played on grass courts in Rosmalen in the Netherlands that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour and of Tier III of the 1998 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from June 15 through June 21, 1998.


1998 Heineken Trophy – Men's Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1998 Heineken Trophy – Men's Singles
Richard Krajicek was the defending champion, but he withdrew prior to his quarterfinal match this year.


1998 Heineken Trophy – Men's Singles
Patrick Rafter won the tournament, beating Martin Damm in the final, 7–6(7–2), 6–2.


1998 Heineken Trophy – Women's Doubles
Eva Melicharová and Helena Vildová were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Melicharova with Cătălina Cristea and Vildova with Karina Habšudová.


1998 Heineken Trophy – Women's Doubles
Habšudová and Vildova lost in the first round to Amanda Coetzer and Sandrine Testud.


1998 Heineken Trophy – Women's Doubles
Cristea and Melicharova lost in the final 6–7, 7–6, 7–6 against Sabine Appelmans and Miriam Oremans.


1998 Heineken Trophy – Women's Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1998 Heineken Trophy – Women's Singles
Ruxandra Dragomir was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Julie Halard-Decugis.


1998 Heineken Trophy – Women's Singles
Halard-Decugis won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Miriam Oremans.


1998 Heineken Trophy – Women's Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top two seeds received a bye to the second round.


1998 Hel van het Mergelland
The 1998 Hel van het Mergelland was the 26th edition of the Volta Limburg Classic cycle race and was held on 4 April 1998. The race started and finished in Eijsden. The race was won by Raymond Meijs.


1998 Hertsmere Borough Council election
The 1998 Hertsmere Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Hertsmere District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.


1998 Hillingdon London Borough Council election
The 1998 Hillingdon London Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Hillingdon London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the council went into no overall control.


1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Himachal Pradesh in 1998.


1998 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1998 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 14th tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 12 and March 21, 1998. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Fleet Center in Boston, Massachusetts, the home venue of the NHL's Boston Bruins. By winning the tournament, Boston College received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


1998 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The tournament featured three rounds of play. The team that finishes ninth in the conference is not eligible for tournament play. In the first round, the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third seed and sixth seeds, and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played a best-of-three with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second-highest and second-lowest seeds play a single elimination game, with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


1998 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against


1998 Holiday Bowl
The 1998 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 30, 1998 in San Diego, California. It was part of the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. It featured the Arizona Wildcats, and the Nebraska Cornhuskers.


1998 Holiday Bowl, Game summary
Arizona scored the first points of the game with a 38-yard field goal from Mark McDonald opening up a 3–0 lead. They increased that to 6–0, following a 25-yard McDonald field goal, to close the first quarter scoring. In the third quarter, McDonald added his third field goal of the game, a 48-yarder, giving Arizona a 9–0 lead. Nebraska got on the board following a 25-yard field goal from Kris Brown, making it 9–3.


1998 Holiday Bowl, Game summary
Nebraska quarterback Eric Crouch threw a 45-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Shevin Wiggins to give Nebraska a 10-9 second quarter lead. Kris Brown added a 23-yard field goal before halftime to give Nebraska a 13-9 halftime lead.


1998 Holiday Bowl, Game summary
After a third quarter, Arizona quarterback Keith Smith threw a 16-yard touchdown strike to wide receiver Brad Brennan, and Arizona reclaimed a 16–13 lead. Eric Crouch threw his second touchdown pass of the game, to tight end Tracey Wistrom and Nebraska claimed a 20–16 lead. Running back Kelvin Eafon scored on a 1-yard touchdown run for Arizona, and Arizona got the final 23-20 margin of victory.


1998 Holiday Bowl, Aftermath
Nebraska continued their bowl streak, while Arizona did not return to a bowl game again until 2008. The following year, Arizona and Nebraska would have a rematch against each other in the Holiday Bowl.


1998 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
The 1998 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Holy Cross tied for last in the Patriot League.


1998 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
In their third year under head coach Dan Allen, the Crusaders compiled a 2–9 record. Bob Andrews, John Aloisi, Joel Beck and Barrett Doxsey were the team captains.


1998 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
The Crusaders were outscored 234 to 168. Their 1–5 conference record tied for sixth (and worst) in the seven-team Patriot League standings.


1998 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
Holy Cross played its home games at Fitton Field on the college campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.


1998 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey
The 1998 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey Featuring The Texaco-Havoline 300 was the sixteenth round of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on September 13, 1998, at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California. Bryan Herta led the race from start to finish with the exception of pit stops, and held off Alex Zanardi at the end to take his first ever CART win.


1998 Honda Indy 300
The 1998 Honda Indy 300 was the eighteenth and penultimate round of the 1998 CART World Series Season, held on 18 October 1998 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia. Alex Zanardi won the race, his 15th and final CART victory, after taking the lead from polesitter Dario Franchitti at the first round of pitstops.


1998 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector elections
The 1998 Election Committee subsector elections were held on 2 April 1998 to form the Election Committee responsible for electing the Chief Executive of Hong Kong as well as 10 seats of the Election Committee constituency in the first Legislative Council election in May 1998. The 800-member Election Committee was formed, consisting of 77 ex-officio members; 40 members nominated by the Religious Subsector; 95 returned uncontested from four subsectors; and 588 returned from 31 subsectors after the subsector elections.


1998 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector elections, Formation of the Election Committee
A Election Committee was set up under the Annex I of the Hong Kong Basic Law with four sectors, each comprising 200 members of the Election Committee:


1998 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector elections, Formation of the Election Committee
The four sectors are subdivided into 38 subsectors. Members from 35 of the subsectors were returned by election and three subsectors do not require election: the National People's Congress subsector and the Provisional Legislative Council subsector since the Hong Kong deputies to the National People's Congress and the members of the Provisional Legislative Council are ex-officio members of the Election Committee, and the Religious subsector's EC members were returned by way of nomination.


1998 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector elections, Formation of the Election Committee, Subsectors of the Election Committee
The 38 Subsectors and the number of the members were:


1998 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector elections, Nominations
There were total of 1,074 nominations of all the 35 subsectors during the nomination period from 13 March to 20 March 1998 while 1,058 of them validly nominated for the 35 subsectors. The candidates for four of the 35 subsectors were returned uncontested. Since 117 Election Committee members were either ex-officio or nominated by the Religious subsector, and four subsectors returning 95 Election Committee members were uncontested, there were 963 candidates remaining to contesting in 31 subsectors for 588 seats in the EC.


1998 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector elections, Results
Statistics are generated from the Report on the 1998 Legislative Council Elections.


1998 Hong Kong legislative election
The 1998 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was held on 24 May 1998 for members of the 1st Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo) since the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) in 1997. Replacing the Provisional Legislative Council (PLC) strictly controlled by the Beijing government and boycotted by the pro-democracy camp, the elections returned 20 members from directly elected geographical constituencies, 10 seats from the Election Committee constituency and 30 members from functional constituencies, of which 10 were uncontested.


1998 Hong Kong legislative election
Taking the advantage of the proportional representation system installed by Beijing, the pro-Beijing party, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), the weaker side compared to the more developed pro-democratic party, the Democratic Party recorded a clearer increase in the number of seats in the election.


1998 Hong Kong legislative election
The Democratic Party returned to the Legislative Council as the largest party with 13 seats, while the Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood, a pro-democratic party joined the Beijing-controlled Provisional Legislative Council lost all its seats.


1998 Hong Kong legislative election, Electoral method
The electoral method for the first Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was crafted by the Provisional Legislative Council (PLC) installed by the Beijing government during the intense Sino-British confrontation over the democratic reform carried out by the last colonial governor Chris Patten. According to the Hong Kong Basic Law promulgated by Beijing in April 1990, the first legislature would be composed of 60 members, with 20 members returned by geographical constituencies through direct elections, 10 members returned by an election committee and 30 members returned by functional constituencies.


1998 Hong Kong legislative election, Electoral method
For the geographical constituencies, A proportional representation system was adopted by the SAR government in replacement of the first-past-the-post system introduced in 1995. Under the system Hong Kong was divided into five large districts instead of 20 small ones, with voters in each district choosing three to five persons from candidate lists. It was designed to reward the weaker pro-Beijing candidates and dilute the electoral strength of the majority democrats.


1998 Hong Kong legislative election, Electoral method
For the functional constituencies, the corporate voting was restored after it was abolished in 1995. It reduced the number of eligible voters by almost 90 percent, from over 1.1 million in 1995 to fewer than 140,000 in 1998. There were also vast disparities in the number of eligible voters among the functional constituencies, ranging from highs of approximately 50,000 in the Education constituency to a few hundred or less in the Agriculture and Fisheries Transport, Insurance, Urban Council and Regional Council constituencies.


1998 Hong Kong legislative election, Electoral method
For the election committee, the 10 seats would be elected by the 800-member Election Committee, successor to the 400-member Selection Committee which elected the SAR's first Chief Executive in 1996. The committee was predominantly composed of conservative, pro-Beijing business, industrial and professional elites.


1998 Hong Kong legislative election, Campaign
The proportional representation system induced the contesting parties to practice strategic voting, effectively turning what would have been otherwise a proportional electoral system into single non-transferable vote, to encourage split voting among their supporters. In New Territories East, Martin Lee's Democratic Party reportedly advised its supporters to split their family members' votes between the Democratic Party and its ally The Frontier to help ensure of a third pro-democracy candidate.


1998 Hong Kong legislative election, Campaign
In Hong Kong Island, the Democratic Party picked a relatively unknown candidate in the third place of its party list, a move reportedly intended to help Christine Loh of the pro-democratic Citizens Party to finish ahead of the second candidate Ip Kwok-him of the rival pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB).


1998 Hong Kong legislative election, Results, Overview
The results saw the pro-democratic camp once again collectively gained over 60 percent of the popular vote, but their share of directly elected seats shrink form 85 percent (17/20) to 65 percent (14/20), due to the new electoral system. The leading pro-Beijing party, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) which had suffered from the underrepresentation under the single-member plurality system, picked up one seat in each geographical constituency for its 25 percent share of the popular vote. The Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL), a pro-democratic party joined the Beijing-controlled Provisional Legislative Council lost all its seats, while two other pro-democratic parties, The Frontier and Citizens Party won 3 and 1 seat respectively.


1998 Hong Kong legislative election, Results, Overview
The pro-business Liberal Party won most seats in the functional constituencies by taking 9 seats in the trade-based sectors, but failed to win any seat in the geographical constituency direct election. Its chairman Allen Lee could not save his seat in New Territories East which he won in the 1995 election. Some 77,813 voters (65 percent of those eligible) cast votes in the 20 functional constituencies while ten others ran uncontested. Reflecting the built-in conservative bias in the majority of the functional constituencies, pro-government parties and their unaffiliated allies dominated the sectors. Due to the pro-Beijing composition of the Election Committee, the pro-Beijing candidates won all 10 seats in the sector.


1998 Hong Kong legislative election, Result breakdown, Geographical constituencies (20 seats)
Voting System: Closed party-list proportional representation with the Largest remainder method and Hare Quota.


1998 Hong Kong legislative election, Result breakdown, Functional Constituencies (30 seats)
Voting systems: Different voting systems apply to different functional constituencies, namely for the Heung Yee Kuk, Agriculture and Fisheries, Insurance and Transport, the preferential elimination system of voting; and for the remaining 24 FCs used the first-past-the-post voting system.


1998 Hong Kong legislative election, Implication
The 1998 election is the first election after the Handover in 1997. Some observers believed the generally free and fair election was crucial for the consolidation of the newly established HKSAR and the political setting of "One Country, Two Systems" after widespread criticism on the PLC.


1998 Hong Kong legislative election in Hong Kong Island
These are the Hong Kong Island results of the 1998 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 24 May 1998 and all 4 seats in the newly established Hong Kong Island geographical constituency were contested. The Democratic Party became the biggest winner by taking two seats with Martin Lee and Yeung Sum elected, which followed by Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong's (DAB) Cheng Kai-nam and Citizens Party's Christine Loh.


1998 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon East
These are the Kowloon East results of the 1998 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 24 May 1998 and all 3 seats in Kowloon East where consisted of Wong Tai Sin District and Kwun Tong District were contested. The Szeto Wah-led Democratic Party won two seats, with Fred Li got elected, while Chan Yuen-han of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong was also elected.


1998 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon West
These are the Kowloon West results of the 1998 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 24 May 1998 and all 3 seats in Kowloon West where consisted of Yau Tsim Mong District, Sham Shui Po District and Kowloon City District were contested. The Democratic Party's Lau Chin-shek and James To won two seats and was followed by Jasper Tsang of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong. Frederick Fung of the Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood was defeated and ousted from the legislature.


1998 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories East
These are the New Territories East results of the 1998 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 24 May 1998 and all 5 seats in newly established constituency New Territories East where consisted of North District, Tai Po District, Sai Kung District and Sha Tin District were contested. The Frontier became the largest victors by winning two seats with Emily Lau and Cyd Ho, which was followed by the Democratic Party's Andrew Cheng. The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong also won a seat with Lau Kong-wah and independent Andrew Wong won the last seat, defeating Liberal Party chairman Allen Lee.


1998 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories West
These are the New Territories West results of the 1998 Hong Kong legislative election. The election was held on 24 May 1998 and all 6 seats in the newly established New Territories West, which consists of Tsuen Wan District, Tuen Mun District, Yuen Long District, Kwai Tsing District and Islands District, were contested. The Democratic Party became the biggest victors by winning two seats with Lee Wing-tat and Albert Ho, which was followed by Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong's Tam Yiu-chung and The Frontier's Lee Cheuk-yan and independent Leung Yiu-chung.


1998 Hopman Cup
The Hopman Cup X (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 10th edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. The tournament commenced on 4 January 1998 at the Burswood Entertainment Complex in Burswood, Western Australia.


1998 Hounslow London Borough Council election
The 1998 Hounslow Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Hounslow London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.


1998 Hounslow London Borough Council election
The election saw Phil Andrews become the first member of Isleworth Community Group elected to the council after defeating a Labour candidate by two votes. However both the Labour and Conservative parties said they would not work with him due to his past membership of the National Front.


1998 Hounslow London Borough Council election
At the same as the election Hounslow saw 74.6% vote in favour of the 1998 Greater London Authority referendum and 25.4% against, on a 31.9% turnout.


1998 Houston Astros season
The 1998 Houston Astros season was the 37th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in Houston, Texas. On the strength of a club record 102 wins, they rocketed to a second consecutive trip to the postseason with an National League Central title. They did not win 100 games again until 2017, while the record for wins would be broken the following year.


1998 Houston Astros season, Regular season
First baseman Jeff Bagwell hit his first career grand slam while tying a career-high six runs batted in (RBI) against Cincinnati on September 9 in a 13–7 victory. It was his 218th career home run, making his streak the then-longest among active players without a grand slam.


1998 Houston Astros season, Regular season, Notable Transactions
July 31, 1998: Randy Johnson was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Houston Astros for a player to be named later, Freddy Garcia, and Carlos Guillén. The Houston Astros sent John Halama (October 1, 1998) to the Seattle Mariners to complete the trade.


1998 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1998 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1998 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1998 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1998 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1998 Houston Astros season, National League Divisional Playoffs, Houston Astros vs. San Diego Padres
The Astros season ended by defeat in four games to the San Diego Padres in the National League Division Series, including losing two starts against Kevin Brown – one of the league's highest-accomplished pitchers that year – both by a 2–1 score. As the Game 1 starter opposing Randy Johnson, Brown allowed no runs in eight innings and struck out 16 Astros, a career-high, and second to that point in MLB playoff history only to Bob Gibson's 17-strikeout performance in the 1968 World Series. Bagwell, Derek Bell, and Craig Biggio combined for six hits in 51 at bats in this series.


1998 Houston Comets season
The 1998 WNBA season was the second season for the Houston Comets. The Comets won their second straight championship. Their record of 27-3 remains the best in league history.


1998 Houston Cougars football team
The 1998 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH represented the University of Houston in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the 53rd year of season play for Houston. The team was coached by Kim Helton. The team played all its home games at Robertson Stadium, a 32,000-person capacity stadium on-campus in Houston, for the first time since 1950.


1998 Houston Cougars football team, Schedule
The Cougars played both the Pac-10 Conference Champions, UCLA, as well as the SEC Champions and overall National Champions, Tennessee.


1998 Hull City Council election
The 1998 Hull City Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.


1998 Hull City Council election
In the run up to the election there was controversy as the local Labour party was suspended by the national party over claims of intimidation, nepotism and membership rigging. This controversy made the Liberal Democrats confident of making gains in the election, with the results bearing this out as Labour lost 4 seats on the council.


1998 Humanitarian Bowl
The 1998 Humanitarian Bowl was the second edition of the bowl game, held on December 30 at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho. Played on the blue turf, it featured the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles and the Idaho Vandals, the champions of the Big West Conference. Idaho was in its first-ever bowl game and upset Southern Miss 42–35, after entering as a 16-point underdog.


1998 Humanitarian Bowl
It was Idaho's third season back in Division I-A; the Vandals had been in Division I-AA from 1978 through 1995 and were frequently in its postseason. Six weeks earlier, Idaho had defeated rival Boise State on this field by one point, scoring a two-point conversion in overtime to gain their only Big West title. Southern Miss was 5–1 in Conference USA, runner-up to undefeated Tulane; it was their tenth bowl game.


1998 Humanitarian Bowl, Game summary
Clear skies and a high temperature of 50 °F (10 °C) greeted the teams on this Wednesday afternoon; kickoff was at one o'clock MST and the game was carried by ESPN2. Former Green Bay Packers guard Jerry Kramer, a Vandal from the 1950s, participated in the coin toss.


1998 Humanitarian Bowl, Game summary
Idaho fumbled twice early and Southern Miss opened the scoring on a 2-yard touchdown pass from Lee Roberts to Sharrod Gideon. Idaho's Jerome Thomas took the ensuing kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown tying the game at seven. USM's Derrick Nix scored touchdown runs of 8 and 1 yards as Southern Miss took a 21–7 lead with ten minutes remaining in the half. Idaho answered with three touchdown passes from redshirt freshman quarterback John Welsh and the Vandals surged to a 28–21 halftime lead.


1998 Humanitarian Bowl, Game summary
With three minutes remaining in the third quarter, running back Joel Thomas's 1-yard touchdown run gave Idaho a 14-point lead at 35–21. In the fourth quarter, Southern Miss got an 8-yard touchdown pass from Gideon to Roberts, then Derrick Nix's 15-yard touchdown run tied the game at 35 with under three seven minutes remaining. The Vandals scored the final points on Welsh's fourth touchdown pass, a 28-yarder to Ryan Prestimonico to win 42–35.


1998 Humanitarian Bowl, Game summary
A sack and fumble recovery sealed the victory. With under two minutes left and a first down on Southern Miss's 19-yard line, Idaho head coach Chris Tormey directed his offense to run out the clock, rather than try to run up the score in a show of sportsmanship.


1998 Humanitarian Bowl, Game summary
Idaho returned to this bowl in 2009, another close Vandal win, and it became the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl in 2011.


1998 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
The 1998 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team represented Humboldt State University during the 1998 NAIA football season. Humboldt State competed in the NAIA Columbia Football Association.


1998 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
The 1998 Lumberjacks were led by eighth-year head coach Fred Whitmire. They played home games at the Redwood Bowl in Arcata, California. Humboldt State finished the season with a record of four wins and seven losses (4–7, 3–2 CFA). The Lumberjacks were outscored by their opponents 222–288 for the season.


1998 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team, Team players in the NFL
No Humboldt State players were selected in the 1999 NFL Draft.


1998 Hungarian Grand Prix
The 1998 Hungarian Grand Prix (formally the XIV Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj) was a Formula One motor race held at the Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary on 16 August 1998. It was the twelfth race of the 1998 Formula One season.


1998 Hungarian Grand Prix
The race was won by Michael Schumacher, who started the race 16 points behind Mika Häkkinen, and was behind both McLarens for the first half of the race, which would have seriously compromised his championship challenge. Schumacher won the race after switching to a 3-stop strategy, which was seen as a masterstroke by tactician Ross Brawn. Meanwhile, Häkkinen fell to 6th after shock absorber problems in the closing stages.


1998 Hungarian Grand Prix
In October 1998, the organisers were fined US$1 million, with US$750,000 of it suspended, due to a track invasion. As there was no repeat of this invasion in the two succeeding years, the fine was US$250,000.


1998 Hungarian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 10 May 1998, with a second round of voting in 175 of the 176 single member constituencies on 24 May.


1998 Hungarian parliamentary election
Although the Hungarian Socialist Party received the most votes, the then-liberal conservative Fidesz won the most seats. The successful breakthrough into parliament by the extreme right-wing Hungarian Justice and Life Party was also a major shock. After the election, Fidesz formed a centre-right coalition government with the Independent Smallholders Party and Hungarian Democratic Forum.


1998 Huntingdonshire District Council election
The 1998 Huntingdonshire District Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Huntingdonshire District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.


1998 Hyndburn Borough Council election
Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.


1998 Hypo-Meeting
The 24th edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on May 30 and May 31, 1998 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition, featuring a men's decathlon and a women's heptathlon event, was part of the inaugural 1998 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge series of meetings.


1998 IAAF Combined Events Challenge
The 1998 IAAF Combined Events Challenge was the first edition of the annual competition for decathletes and heptathletes, organised by the world's governing body IAAF.


1998 IAAF Golden League
The 1998 IAAF Golden League was the first edition of the annual international track and field meeting series, held from 9 July to 5 September. It was contested at six European meetings: the Bislett Games, Golden Gala, Herculis, Weltklasse Zürich, Memorial Van Damme and the Internationales Stadionfest (ISTAF). The series tied in with the 1998 IAAF Grand Prix Final, with the jackpot of US$1,000,000 being decided at that competition. The million-dollar prize represented the single largest prize pot ever in athletics at that point.


1998 IAAF Golden League
The jackpot was available to athletes who won at all of the seven competitions of the series in one of the 12 specified events (7 for men, 5 for women). The jackpot events for 1998 were:


1998 IAAF Golden League
The jackpot winners were Marion Jones (100 metres), Hicham El Guerrouj (1500 metres), Haile Gebrselassie (5000 metres/10,000 metres).


1998 IAAF Golden League
Bryan Bronson, a 400 metres hurdler, was in the running for the prize at a late stage but failed to win at the Grand Prix Final, placing only sixth. Svetlana Masterkova took six wins out of seven in the 1500 m, only being defeated by Gabriela Szabo in Paris. Michael Johnson had five 400 m victories, but did not compete at the first or last meet of the series. Trine Hattestad (women's javelin) and Maksim Tarasov (men's pole vault) each had four wins on the circuit.


1998 IAAF Grand Prix
The 1998 IAAF Grand Prix was the fourteenth edition of the annual global series of one-day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The series changed format that year to incorporate the six 1998 IAAF Golden League meetings as the top tier, followed by the existing Grand Prix I and Grand Prix II level meetings, then finally the Permit level meetings.


1998 IAAF Grand Prix
Grand Prix I featured nine meetings from 3 May to 25 August and Grand Prix II featured 11 meetings from 25 February to 30 August, making a combined total of 26 meetings for the series. An additional 11 IAAF Outdoor Permit Meetings were attached to the circuit. Permit Meetings originally scheduled for Jakarta and San Jose, California were later dropped.


1998 IAAF Grand Prix
Performances on designated events on the circuit earned athletes points which qualified them for entry to the 1998 IAAF Grand Prix Final, held on 5 September in Moscow, Russia. A further four IAAF Permit Meetings of non-Grand Prix status included point-scoring events in order to allow athletes full opportunities to compete in certain events. Middle-distance runner Hicham El Guerrouj was the points leader for the series, taking 96 points from eight meetings. The highest scoring female athlete was Marion Jones on 88 points over eight meetings – a feat also achieved by men's runner-up Bryan Bronson.


1998 IAAF Grand Prix Final
The 1998 IAAF Grand Prix Final was the fourteenth edition of the season-ending competition for the IAAF Grand Prix track and field circuit, organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. It was held on 5 September at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia.


1998 IAAF Grand Prix Final
Hicham El Guerrouj (1500 metres) and Marion Jones (100 metres and long jump) were the overall points winners of the tournament. A total of 18 athletics events were contested, ten for men and eight for women.


1998 IAAF Grand Prix Final
The event served as the final competition of the newly created 1998 IAAF Golden League. This was the only time that the Grand Prix Final served as the jackpot-deciding competition of that series.


1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
The 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 21/22, 1998. The races were held at the Menara district in Marrakech, Morocco. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald,  and for the IAAF.


1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Complete results for senior men, for senior men's teams, for men's short race, for men's short race teams, for junior men, for junior men's teams, senior women, for senior women's teams, for women's short race, for women's short race teams, for junior women,  for junior women's teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.


1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Race results, Junior men's race (8 km)
†: Ahmed Baday of  Morocco was the original 18th-place finisher in 24:18 min, but was disqualified for age falsification.


1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Race results, Junior women's race (6 km)
†: Nadia Ejjafini of  Morocco was the original 18th-place finisher in 20:43 min, but was disqualified for age falsification affecting the team scores.


1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 707 athletes from 66 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.


1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
The Junior men's race at the 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Marrakech, Morocco, at the Menara district on March 22, 1998. Reports on the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.


1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
Complete results for individuals, for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.


1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race, Race results, Junior men's race (8 km), Individual
†: Ahmed Baday of  Morocco was the original 18th-place finisher in 24:18 min, but was disqualified for age falsification.


1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race, Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 133 athletes from 40 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.


1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
The Junior women's race at the 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Marrakech, Morocco, at the Menara district on March 21, 1998. Reports on the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.


1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
Complete results for individuals, for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.


1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race, Race results, Junior women's race (6 km), Individual
†: Nadia Ejjafini of  Morocco was the original 18th-place finisher in 20:43 min, but was disqualified for age falsification.


1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race, Race results, Junior women's race (6 km), Teams
†: Nadia Ejjafini of  Morocco was the original 18th-place finisher in 20:43 min, but was disqualified for age falsification.


1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race, Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 122 athletes from 35 countries in the Junior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.


1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race
The initial Men's short race at the 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Marrakech, Morocco, at the Menara district on March 21, 1998. Reports on the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.


1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race
Complete results for individuals, for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.


1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race, Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 103 athletes from 31 countries in the Men's short race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.


1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
The Senior men's race at the 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Marrakech, Morocco, at the Menara district on March 22, 1998. Reports on the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald,  and for the IAAF.


1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
Complete results for individuals, for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.


1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race, Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 181 athletes from 46 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.


1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
The Senior women's race at the 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Marrakech, Morocco, at the Menara district on March 21, 1998. Reports on the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.


1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
Complete results for individuals, for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.


1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race, Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 97 athletes from 29 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.


1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race
The Women's short race at the 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Marrakech, Morocco, at the Menara district on March 22, 1998. Reports on the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.


1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race
Complete results for individuals, for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.


1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race, Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 86 athletes from 24 countries in the Women's short race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.


1998 IAAF World Cup
The 8th IAAF World Cup in Athletics were held September 11–13, 1998 at the Johannesburg Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa.


1998 IAAF World Cup, Medal summary, Men
1 The United States originally won this event in 2:59.28, but were disqualified in 2009 after Antonio Pettigrew admitted to using HGH and EPO between 1997 and 2003.


1998 IAAF World Cup – Results
These are the results of the 1998 IAAF World Cup, which took place in Johannesburg, South Africa on 11, 12 and 13 September 1998.


1998 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
The 7th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held on September 27, 1998, in the city of Uster, Switzerland. A total of 236 athletes, 139 men and 97 women, from 54 countries took part.


1998 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results was given.


1998 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Participation
The participation of 236 athletes (139 men/97 women) from 54 countries is reported.


1998 IAAF World Road Relay Championships
The 1998 IAAF World Road Relay Championships was the fourth and final edition of the global, international marathon relay competition, organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The event took place on 18–19 April in Manaus, Brazil with the participation of 222 athletes from 28 nations. The women's race took place on Saturday 18 April, starting at 9:00 AM Amazon Standard Time, and featured twelve national teams comprising a total 72 athletes. The men's race took place on Sunday 19 April, also starting at 9:00 AM Amazon Standard Time, and featured 25 national teams comprising a total 150 athletes.