2018 Alpine Elf Europa Cup, Race calendar and results, Drivers' Championship
Points are awarded to the top 20 drivers. If less than 75% of the race distance is completed then half points are awarded. If less than two laps are completed then no points are given.


2018 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Slalom
The Men's Slalom World Cup 2017/2018 involved 12 events: 10 slalom and 2 city events (Oslo and Stockholm). The last race, however, was cancelled due to high winds.


2018 Alps Tour
The 2018 Alps Tour was the 18th season of the Alps Tour, one of four third-tier tours recognised by the European Tour.


2018 Alps Tour, Schedule
The season initially consisted of 17 events in seven countries, but two events were cancelled and finally the tour has 15 events in seven countries.


2018 Alps Tour, Graduates
The top five players (not otherwise exempt) on the Order of Merit earned Challenge Tour cards for 2019.


2018 Alyn and Deeside by-election
The Alyn and Deeside by-election, 2018 is a by-election that took place in the National Assembly for Wales constituency of Alyn and Deeside on Tuesday 6 February 2018, following the death of incumbent Labour AM Carl Sargeant on 7 November 2017.


2018 Alyn and Deeside by-election
The election was the fourth Assembly by-election to be held since its formation in 1999. The seat is a safe seat for the Labour Party, having been held continuously by the party since the beginning of devolved government. The corresponding seat in the UK Parliament has been held by Labour since its creation in 1983. As a result of the vacancy, the governing coalition of Labour, one Liberal Democrat and one Independent held exactly half of the seats in the Welsh Assembly, meaning that a gain for the opposition would have cost the government their majority.


2018 Alyn and Deeside by-election, Background
Carl Sargeant had been the Labour Party AM for the seat since the 2003 Assembly election, and held numerous junior and cabinet level positions before being appointed the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children in May 2016. Amidst the 2017 Westminster sexual scandals he was suspended from the Labour Party and removed from his position on 3 November 2017, following unspecified allegations about his personal conduct. He was found dead at his home in Connah's Quay four days later. North Wales Police said that they were not treating his death as suspicious. It was reported that Sargeant had taken his own life. At the opening of the inquest on 13 November, the coroner was told that his death was likely to have been due to hanging. The coroner also commented that the death was "an apparent act of self harm".


2018 Alyn and Deeside by-election, Background
The by-election was scheduled for the latest date possible – 6 February 2018 – three calendar months following Carl Sargeant's death. This resulted in the unusual situation of polling day falling on a Tuesday, breaking the convention of UK elections taking place on a Thursday. The Presiding Officer of the Welsh Assembly justified the choice of date as being due to the "sensitivities of the circumstances which led to the vacancy arising" as well as the impact of the Christmas break on arrangements.


2018 Alyn and Deeside by-election, Candidates
Welsh Labour announced that it would be drawing up a shortlist of candidates in advance of a ballot of local members. Jack Sargeant, the son of the former AM Carl Sargeant, announced that he was putting his name forward for selection. He cited a desire to continue his father's work in the constituency. Also on Labour's shortlist were Flintshire County Councillor Carolyn Thomas and Saltney Town Councillor Hannah Jones. Jack Sargeant was selected as the Labour candidate on 3 January 2018, reportedly winning over 50% of the vote.


2018 Alyn and Deeside by-election, Candidates
The Welsh Conservatives announced former district nurse and social worker Sarah Atherton as their candidate on 18 December 2017. At the 2019 General Election, Atherton was elected as MP for the nearby constituency of Wrexham, becoming the first Conservative ever to win the seat.


2018 Alyn and Deeside by-election, Candidates
UKIP stated that they would not field a candidate if Jack Sargeant was chosen as the Labour candidate. The seat had been their top target two years previously. Following Jack Sargaent's nomination as the Labour candidate on 3 January 2018 UKIP issued no further statement, but as expected no UKIP candidate appeared on the final list of candidates following the closure of nominations on 10 January 2018.


2018 Alyn and Deeside by-election, Candidates
Plaid Cymru announced Wrexham County Borough Councillor Carrie Harper as their candidate on 3 January 2018.


2018 Alyn and Deeside by-election, Candidates
The Welsh Liberal Democrats announced bank worker and local Community Councillor Donna Lalek as their candidate on 21 December 2017.


2018 Alyn and Deeside by-election, Candidates
The Wales Green Party announced Duncan Rees as their candidate on 4 January 2018.


2018 Alyn and Deeside by-election, Candidates
Nominations closed at 4pm on 10 January 2018. A total of five candidates were nominated for the election.


2018 Amata Friendship Cup
The 2018 Amata Friendship Cup (Thai: อมตะ เฟรนด์ชิพ คัพ 2018; Japanese: 2018年アマタフレンドシップカップ) was the first edition of the Amata Friendship Cup matches, held 21–23 December at the Amata Spring Country Club in Chonburi, Thailand. The Amata Friendship Cup is a team competition between the top mixed-gender professional and amateur golfers from Thailand and Japan. It is a three-day match play event between teams of twelve players with a similar format to the Ryder Cup and Solheim Cup. Boonchu Ruangkit and Virada Nirapathpongporn captained the Thai team and Naomichi Ozaki and Miho Koga captained the Japanese team.


2018 Amata Friendship Cup, Format
The Amata Friendship Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The format is as follows:


2018 Amata Friendship Cup, Teams
Each team consisted of five male professionals, five female professionals, one male and one female amateur.


2018 Amata Friendship Cup, Day one, Morning foursomes
The opening round of four fourball matches started at 7:15 am local time. The first point of the 2018 Amata Friendship Cup was won by Team Japan, with Ryuko Tokimatsu and Erika Hara winning 6 & 5 against Prayad Marksaeng and Moriya Jutanugarn. Prom Meesawat and Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras came from two down after the fourth and fifth hole to beat Masahiro Kawamura and Mami Fukuda two up. Jaidee and Thidapa Suwannapura also won by one against Kodai Ichihara and Sakura Koiwai one up. In the last match, Aphibarnrat and Thitikul won the seventeenth hole to halve Satoshi Kodaira and Yuri Yoshida, and to end the first morning 2½–1½ in favour of Team Thailand.


2018 Amata Friendship Cup, Day one, Afternoon four-ball
The afternoon session was won by team Thailand. It started at 12:00 pm local time. Jazz Janewattananond and Pornanong Phatlum won 3 & 2 over Hideto Tanihara and Nasa Hataoka, Prayad Marksaeng and Ariya Jutanugarn won the last hole to halve Kodai Ichihara and Fumika Kawagishi, Ryuko Tokimatsu and Erika Hara won for the second time, this time 4 & 3 over Prom Meesawat/Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras. The fourt pairing, Sadom Kaewkanjana and Moriya Jutanugarn won over Yuto Katsuragawa and Sakura Koiwai one up.


2018 Amata Friendship Cup, Individual player records
Each entry refers to the Win–Loss–Half record of the player.


2018 Amazonas ambush
The 2018 Amazonas ambush occurred on 4 November 2018 when three Venezuelan border guards were killed and ten were wounded in a suspected Colombian ELN guerrilla attack in the Venezuelan Amazonas state. The Venezuelan government accused the Colombian government of being unable to control its armed groups, while Colombian officials have stated that the ELN and other armed groups use the Venezuelan territory as a refuge to evade its own armed forces, often with the tolerance of local authorities.


2018 Ambalapattu violence
The 2018 Ambalapattu violence refers to the violence on New Year's Eve of 2018 in a Dalit settlement in the village of Ambalapattu, Tamil Nadu. The settlement was attacked by dominant caste villagers during the New year celebrations by the Dalit community. Around 80 dominant caste villagers damaged Dalit homes, motor-bikes and properties. 8 Dalits were injured and 4 were admitted to the hospital.


2018 Ambalapattu violence
The attacks led to protests and road blocks by thousands of villagers and political parties across the state to bring the attackers to justice.


2018 Ambalapattu violence
6 men from the dominant caste community were arrested in the next two days for the violence.


2018 Ambalapattu violence, Background
The Dalit villagers reside in the settlement of Kudikadu, in the south of the large village of Ambalapattu. This settlement has an dominant caste group consisting of at least 300 Kallar caste families, and a relatively small Dalit Paraiyar population consisting of about 60 households. The villagers are relatively well-off in both areas, with at least one person of each family employed in Singapore. The area is also reportedly known as 'Little Singapore' and it is also reported that Dalit families were well-educated, with many members working in government jobs. And the area has been a Communist heartland for over 6 decades, with inhabitants opposing oppression by Zamindars and supporting relationship and economic development for all classes.


2018 Ambalapattu violence, Background, New year celebrations
The Dalit community in Kudikadu had planned for a new year celebration on the mid-night of 31 December 2017. The people festooned the colony's entrance with a balloon arch and celebrated the new year by boiling over milk, a Tamil tradition connected to Pongal festival. They also celebrated the new year by cutting a cake. For a dance program in which the children of the colony took part, a sound system had been set up. Each year, the colony's youth organize this festivities after raising money from the colony's residents.


2018 Ambalapattu violence, Background, Scuffle between the villagers
Some Dalit villagers saw a group of youngsters from the dominant caste Kallar group standing close to the entrance of their colony at around 12.30am on 1 January 2018. These men were in the northern area of the village, from a settlement about 3 km away. The Dalit villagers asserted that the men damaged the arch which they built for celebration. This led to a scuffle between the two groups which led to injury to one Dalit man. The scuffle was quickly broken up.


2018 Ambalapattu violence, Attacks
After an hour, a group of around 80 dominant caste members belonging to the Kallar caste, armed with knives, rods and other weapons, reached the Dalit colony in Kudikadu. They also allegedly brought the weapons in a van. The dominant caste members reportedly stirred up a quarrel over the sound system which were used for the celebrations. Then they went on rampage, damaging properties and ransacking Dalit houses. They reportedly cut off the power supply to the Dalit colony before their attacks. The dominant caste members reportedly screamed ,"Why do you have to wear pants and shirts?" and Why do you need to celebrate New Year, lower caste dogs? during their attacks.


2018 Ambalapattu violence, Attacks
The Dalit men begged the attackers to spare their families while the women locked themselves up in their homes in panic as the mob attacked. The attacks lasted for thirty minutes before the attackers left having taught the Dalits "a lesson." Some Dalits locked them up inside their houses while others escaped to the nearby fields.


2018 Ambalapattu violence, Attacks
The villagers alleged that the violence ended with very few casualties because the Dalit men refrained from fighting back.


2018 Ambalapattu violence, Damages
15 motor bikes and 15 houses belonging to the Dalits were damaged. House hold articles including utensils, furniture, water pipes and Televisions were also destroyed. The sound system was also reportedly destroyed.


2018 Ambalapattu violence, Damages
The attacks left 8 Dalits seriously injured and 4 men were hospitalized.


2018 Ambalapattu violence, Protests
The next morning on 1 January 2018, more than a thousand villagers protested to arrest the attackers, to provide compensation to the affected and also demanded the District Collector to visit the spot. The protesters blocked the roads and the traffic was disrupted from 10 am to 1 pm and the vehicles were diverted. High level functionaries of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Communist Party of India and  founder of the Adi Dravida Munnetra Kazhakam and members of various parties took part in the road blockade and raised slogans.


2018 Ambalapattu violence, Protests
The Tamil Nadu Untouchability Eradication Front made a demonstration in front of the Tiruvallur bus stand condemning the attacks.


2018 Ambalapattu violence, Arrests
Two days after the attack 6 men from the kallar community were arrested for the attacks.


2018 Ambalapattu violence, Investigations
Kathir, the founder of Evidence, a Non-governmental organization based in Madurai, said caste discrimination is deeply rooted, though in a dormant form, in the social structure of villages in this area. He added that the involvement of many left-wing parties in the area may also have been the explanation for fewer attacks in the recent times. He said these attacks typically occur when Dalits speak up against attacks against them, or when they progress economically. He said that the society was assaulted as this colony has a lot of members in good government positions.


2018 Amber Valley Borough Council election
Elections to Amber Valley Borough Council in Derbyshire, England took place on Thursday 3 May 2018. One third of the council seats were up for election.


2018 Amber Valley Borough Council election
The Conservatives gained seats to strengthen their position controlling the council. After the election, the composition of the council was:-


2018 Amber Valley Borough Council election, Ward results
Percentage change in party votes are from the last time the ward was contested. This is either 2015 or 2016.


2018 America East Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2018 America East Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 23 to 26, 2018. The top six teams out of the league's seven members met in the double-elimination tournament held at Mahaney Diamond in Orono, Maine, the home park of Maine. As tournament champion, Hartford received the conference's automatic bid into the 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2018 America East Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format
The top six teams from the regular season are seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only. The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds receive a first-round bye. The teams then play a double-elimination tournament.


2018 America East Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2018 America East Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the America East Conference held from October 25 through November 4, 2018. The five-match tournament took place at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Stony Brook Seawolves, who were unable to defend their title after losing in the Quarterfinals to UMass Lowell. Albany won their third tournament in 4 years after a 5–1 victory in the final.


2018 America East Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2018 America East Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the America East Conference, which was held on March 3, 6, and 10, 2018. All tournament games were played on home arenas of the higher-seeded school. UMBC defeated regular-season champion Vermont in the championship game to win the tournament and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. UMBC went on to defeat Virginia to become the first 16th-seeded team to beat the No. 1 seed in one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history.


2018 America East Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
The top eight teams in the conference standings qualified for the tournament. UMass Lowell was eligible for the tournament for the first time following their four-year transition to Division I. The teams were seeded by record in conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Binghamton was the only team to not qualify.


2018 America East Men's Basketball Tournament, Bracket and results
Teams are reseeded after each round with highest remaining seeds receiving home court advantage.


2018 America East Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2018 America East Men's Soccer Tournament was the 30th edition of the tournament. The tournament decided the America East Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament began on November 3 and concluded on November 11.


2018 America East Men's Soccer Tournament
Two-time defending champions, Albany, were eliminated in the first round by UMass Lowell, meaning there would be a new America East Tournament champion for the first time since 2015. New Hampshire ultimately won the championship, defeating UMBC by a 5-0 scoreline in the final. It was New Hampshire's first America East championship they won, losing the previous four occasions.


2018 America East Men's Soccer Tournament
New Hampshire was the conference's lone bid into the NCAA Tournament. They hosted Colgate for the chance to play the top overall seed, Wake Forest in the second round. There, New Hampshire lost 1–0 to Colgate.


2018 America East Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2018 America East Women's Basketball Tournament began on February 28 and conclude with the championship game on March 9. Maine, the winner of the America East earns an automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Tournament.


2018 America East Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.


2018 America East Women's Basketball Tournament, Schedule
All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:


2018 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2018 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was scheduled to be held at Spectrum Field in Clearwater, Florida from May 22 through May 26. Anticipated weather forced a truncated schedule causing the event to be condensed, and the title game was played on May 25. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determines the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2018 season. East Carolina won the double-elimination tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2018 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
The top eight baseball teams in The American were seeded based on their records in conference play. The tournament used a two-bracket double-elimination format, which led to a single championship game between the winners of each bracket.


2018 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game
The 2018 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game was an NCAA Division I college football conference championship game for the American Athletic Conference (AAC) played on December 1, 2018. It was the 4th American Athletic Conference Championship, and was played at Spectrum Stadium in Orlando, Florida.


2018 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game
UCF hosted Memphis, the second consecutive year the Knights hosted the Tigers in the American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, and fourth meeting between the two schools in the past two seasons. With starting quarterback McKenzie Milton out for the season, the Knights rallied from a 17-point halftime deficit behind back-up quarterback Darriel Mack Jr. and won the conference championship for the second year in a row, and fourth time overall.


2018 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Teams, Memphis
Under the leadership of third-year head coach Mike Norvell, the Memphis Tigers entered the American Championship with a record of 8–4, 5–3 in conference play. They started the season 3–2, with both losses in-conference (at Navy, at Tulane). They rebounded by annihilating Connecticut at home, but then lost to No. 10 UCF. Following a non-conference loss the following week, the Tigers improved on their 4–4 record by winning all four of their remaining games, giving them a four-game win streak coming into their American title game rematch with the Knights.


2018 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Teams, UCF
With first-year head coach Josh Heupel at the helm, the No. 7 Knights entered the American title game riding a 24-game win streak dating back to the start of their 2017 season. Prior to the contest, their record stood at 11–0, 8–0 in conference play. The Knights opened the season ranked 21st in the AP poll, but steadily improved with wins over Connecticut, Pittsburgh, Memphis, Temple, No. 19 Cincinnati, and South Florida. The Knights entered the AAC Championship with a 12–1 record all-time against the Tigers; Memphis won their first meeting in 1990 and UCF took every matchup since. However, they faced a potentially devastating blow when the quarterback who had led them through their ongoing winning streak, McKenzie Milton, suffered a catastrophic knee injury in the South Florida game.


2018 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Game summary, First quarter
UCF won the coin toss and elected to defer to the second half. On the fourth play of the game, Tigers running back Darrell Henderson broke free for a 62-yard touchdown run, and a quick 7–0 lead for Memphis. Knights quarterback Darriel Mack Jr. then fumbled away the ball at the UCF 27, leading to Henderson's second touchdown. The Knights finally got on the board, going 65 yards in 7 plays, with a 14-yard touchdown run by Greg McCrae. The Memphis rushing attack struck again quickly.


2018 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Game summary, First quarter
Facing 3rd & 4 at their own 30 yard line, Patrick Taylor Jr. broke free for a 70-yard touchdown, and 21–7 lead. The miscues for the Knights continued, as Mack was sacked and fumbled, leading to a Tigers field goal and a shocking 24–7 lead at the end of the first quarter.


2018 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Game summary, Second quarter
As the second quarter began, the Knights were driving into Tigers territory. A 20-yard completion from Mack to Gabriel Davis sparked the drive, and UCF eventually reached the red zone. Facing 3rd & Goal at the 6, Mack ran up the middle for an apparent touchdown, but the ball was fumbled and bouncing live into the endzone, dangerously close to going out-of-bounds. Michael Colubiale fell on the ball and recovered it for the UCF touchdown.


2018 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Game summary, Second quarter
Darrell Henderson continued to punish the Knights defense. On the second play of their next drive, he blasted for an 82-yard touchdown run, and a 31–14 Tigers lead. With under 4 minutes left in the half, a Memphis punt set UCF deep at their own 6 yard line. Mack threw a 44-yard pass to Gabriel Davis, then Greg McCrae broke free for a 47-yard run all the way to the 3 yard line. Mack's 4 yard touchdown pass to Jake Hescock made the score 31–21. The Knights forced a 3-and-out and Memphis punted with 1:50 remaining. But Otis Anderson muffed the punt, and Memphis recovered. With 21 seconds left in the half, Darrell Henderson connected with Sean Dykes for a 4-yard touchdown pass, and the Tigers led 38–21 at halftime.


2018 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Game summary, Third quarter
UCF received the ball to start the third quarter, and proceeded to dominate the second half. The Knights would score five touchdowns on five consecutive drives, erasing a 17-point deficit, and held the Tigers to only three points in the second half. Darrell Henderson was held to only 3 yards in the second half, while Darriel Mack Jr. threw for a touchdown, and rushed for four more. Mack sparked the rally with a 54-yard touchdown to a wide-open Otis Anderson, who ran untouched to the endzone. Later, Memphis managed to drive to the UCF 2 yard line, but Brady White's pass to the endzone fell incomplete off the fingertips of Damonte Coxie as he hit the ground. The Tigers settled for a field goal, and clung to a 41–35 lead.


2018 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Game summary, Fourth quarter
The Knights took their first lead of the game (42–41) with a touchdown in the opening seconds of the fourth quarter. With 9:26 remaining, Memphis kicker Riley Patterson missed a 36-yard field goal attempt, and the Knights held their lead. UCF iced the game with two more touchdown, and an interception in the endzone with 33 seconds to go.


2018 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game, Game summary, Fourth quarter
Quarterback Darriel Mack Jr., in only his second start for the Knights, finished with 348 yard passing, 1 touchdown pass, 59 yards rushing, and 4 rushing touchdowns, to claim the game's MVP honors. The Knights extended their winning streak to 25 games, and set a new NCAA Division I FBS record with their 25th consecutive game scoring 30 or more points.


2018 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2018 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament ended the 2017–18 season of the American Athletic Conference. It was held from March 8 through March 11, 2018 at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. Regular-season champion Cincinnati won the tournament and with it the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.


2018 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All 12 conference teams participated in the conference tournament. The top four teams received a bye into the quarterfinals. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Tiebreakers: win/loss record, head-to-head record, record against the highest ranked team outside of the tied teams, record against the second highest ranked team outside of the tied teams, etc.


2018 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2018 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament was the 6th edition of the American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the American Athletic Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament began on November 6 and concluded on November 10.


2018 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
In a rematch of the 2017 AAC championship, defending champions, SMU, successfully defended their title. The final match was a 1-1 draw in regulation before SMU bested UCF in penalty kicks to claim their second-ever AAC championship. SMU midfielder, Emil Cuello was named the Offensive Most Valuable Player of the tournament, while SMU's Grant Makela was named the Defensive Most Valuable Player of the tournament.


2018 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
As champions, SMU earned the conference's automatic bid into the 2018 NCAA Tournament. In addition to SMU, regular season champions and tournament runners-up, UCF earned an at-large bid, as well as Connecticut. In the NCAA Tournament, SMU was eliminated in the first round by Oregon State. Connecticut beat Rhode Island in the first round before losing to Indiana in the second round. UCF was seeded 14th in NCAA Tournament, and earned a second round bye. There, UCF lost to Lipscomb in overtime.


2018 American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament
The 2017 American Athletic Conference Softball tournament was held at the USF Softball Stadium on the campus of South Florida in Tampa, Florida from May 10 through May 12, 2018. The event determined the champion of the American Athletic Conference for the 2018 NCAA Division I softball season. Sixth seeded Tulsa won the Tournament for the third year in a row and claimed the American's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament.


2018 American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament, Format and seeding
The conference's eight teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage from the round-robin regular season. The teams then played a single-elimination tournament.


2018 American Athletic Conference Softball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Outstanding Player
Emily Watson was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player for the second consecutive year. Watson was a pitcher for Tulsa who earned the win in all three of the Golden Hurricane's wins en route to the title.


2018 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2018 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason tournament that held from March 3–6, 2018 in the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Connecticut the winner of the American Athletic Tournament earns an automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.


2018 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All the teams in the American Athletic Conference will qualify for the tournament. Teams are seeded based on conference record, and then a tiebreaker system will be used. Teams seeded 5–12 play in the opening round, and teams seeded 1–4 received a bye to the quarterfinals.


2018 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Schedule
All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:


2018 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2018 American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament is the postseason women's soccer tournament for the American Athletic Conference held from October 31 to November 4, 2018. The five-match tournament will take place at the home field of the regular season champion. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The South Florida Bulls are the defending tournament champions. The Memphis Tiger's win was the program's first and also the first for coach Brooks Monaghan.


2018 American Athletic Conference football season
The 2018 American Athletic Conference football season is the 27th NCAA Division I FBS Football season of the American Athletic Conference (The American). The season is the sixth since the former Big East Conference dissolved and became the American Athletic Conference, and the fifth season with the College Football Playoff in place. The American is considered a member of the "Group of Five" (G5), meaning that the conference shares with the other G5 conferences one automatic spot in the New Year's Six bowl games. The entire schedule was released on February 13.


2018 American Athletic Conference football season, Previous season
UCF defeated Memphis in the 2017 AAC Championship game' The game was a rematch of the September 30 matchup, which UCF won 40–13.


2018 American Athletic Conference football season, Previous season
Seven Teams participated in bowl games, and finished with a record of 4–3. UCF defeated Auburn 34–27 in the Peach Bowl. The Knights finished the regular season 12–0. The effort came just two years after an 0–12 winless season (2015). UCF became the first team in the history of NCAA Division I FBS to improve from a winless regular season to an undefeated regular season in only two years. Memphis lost to Iowa State 20–21 in the 2017 Liberty Bowl. Navy defeated Virginia in the Military Bowl 49–7, Houston lost to Fresno State in the Hawaii Bowl 27–33. USF Defeated Texas Tech 38–24 in the Birmingham Bowl. Temple defeated FIU 28–3 in the Gasparilla Bowl, and SMU lost to Louisiana Tech 10–51 in the Frisco Bowl.


2018 American Athletic Conference football season, American Athletic Conference Media Day
The American Athletic Conference Media Day took place July 18 in Newport, Rhode Island.


2018 American Athletic Conference football season, American Athletic Conference Media Day, Fifth Anniversary Football Team
with 2018 marking the Fifth Year of American Athletic Conference Football under the new league, the Conference announced the Fifth Anniversary Team


2018 American Athletic Conference football season, American Athletic Conference Media Day, Fifth Anniversary Football Team
QB – Keenan Reynolds, NavyRB – D'Angelo Brewer, TulsaRB – Marlon Mack, USFWR – Zay Jones, ECUWR – Anthony Miller, MemphisWR – Courtland Sutton, SMUTE – Jordan Akins, UCFOT – Kofi Amichia, USFOT – Dion Dawkins, TempleOT – Eric Lefeld, CincinnatiOG – E.K. Binns, NavyOG – Adam West, NavyC  – Kyle Friend, Temple


2018 American Athletic Conference football season, American Athletic Conference Media Day, Fifth Anniversary Football Team
DL – Matt Ioannidis, TempleDL – Justin Lawler, USFDL – Ed Oliver, HoustonDL – Haason Reddick, TempleDL – Marcus Smith, LouisvilleLB – Genard Avery, UCFLB – Shaquem Griffin, UCFLB – Tyler Matakevich, TempleLB – Auggie Sanchez, USFCB – Jacoby Glenn, USFCB – Mike Hughes, UCFCB – Parry Nickerson, TulaneS – Clayton Geathers, UCFS – Obi Melifonwu, UConnPK – Jake Elliott, MemphisP – Tom Hornsey, MemphisRS – Tony Pollard, Memphis


2018 American Athletic Conference football season, Head coaches, Coaching changes
There were two coaching changes after the regular season ended, On December 2, 2017 Scott Frost left UCF to take the Nebraska job, but stayed on to coach in the AAC Championship game and Peach Bowl, UCF ended up hiring Missouri Offensive Coordinator Josh Heupel. On December 7, 2017 SMU coach Chad Morris left to take the Arkansas job, on December 12, 2017 former Cal coach Sonny Dykes was hired as the new SMU coach.


2018 American Athletic Conference football season, Head coaches, Coaches
Note: All stats current through the completion of the 2017 season


2018 American Athletic Conference football season, American vs other conferences, American vs Power conference matchups
This is a list of the power conference teams (ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Notre Dame, Pac-12 and SEC) The American will playing during the 2018 season.


2018 American Athletic Conference football season, Awards and honors, Conference awards
The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the American Athletic Conference football coaches at the end of the season


2018 American Athletic Conference football season, Awards and honors, Conference awards
WR – Trevon Brown, ECUWR – Marquez Stevenson, HoustonWR – James Proche, SMUOT – Dino Boyd, CincinnatiOT – Jake Brown, UCFOG – Cole Schneider, UCFOG – Dustin Woodard, MemphisC  – Jordan Johnson, UCFTE – Mitchell Wilcox, USFQB – McKenzie Milton, UCFRB – Darrell Henderson^, MemphisRB – Ryquell Armstead, TempleK  – Jake Verity, ECURS – John Williams, MemphisRS – Isaiah Wright, Temple


2018 American Athletic Conference football season, Awards and honors, Conference awards
DL – Cortez Broughton, CincinnatiDL – Nate Harvey, ECUDL – Ed Oliver, HoustonDL – Michael Dogbe, TempleLB – Nate Evans, UCFLB – Perry Young, CincinnatiLB – Austin Robinson, HoustonLB – Shaun Bradley, TempleCB – Nevelle Clarke, UCFCB – Rock Ya-Sin, TempleS – Richie Grant, UCFS – Delvon Randall, TempleP – James Smith, Cincinnati


2018 American Athletic Conference football season, Awards and honors, Conference awards
WR – Gabriel Davis, UCFWR – Damonte Coxie, MemphisWR – Ventell Bryant, TempleOT – Wyatt Miller, UCFOT – Trevon Tate, MemphisOG – Jovahn Fair, TempleOG – Tyler Bowling, TulsaC  – Garrett Campbell, CincinnatiTE – Josiah Deguara, CincinnatiQB – D'Eriq King, HoustonRB – Michael Warren II, CincinnatiRB – Adrian Killins, UCFK  – Matthew Wright, UCFRS – Adrian Killins, UCF


2018 American Athletic Conference football season, Awards and honors, Conference awards
DL – Titus Davis, UCFDL – Marquis Copeland, CincinnatiDL – Brendon Hayes, UCFDL – Kimoni Fitz, CincinnatiDL – Patrick Johnson, TulaneLB – Pat Jasinski, UCFLB – Bryce Huff, MemphisLB – Khalid McGee, USFLB – Zachery Harris, TulaneCB – TJ Carter, MemphisCB – Donnie Lewis, TulaneS – James Wiggins, CincinnatiS – Roderic Teamer, TulaneP – Thomas Bennett, Tulsa


2018 American Athletic Conference football season, NFL Draft
The following list includes all AAC players who were drafted in the 2019 NFL draft.


2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season
The 2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season was the 6th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The season began on August 24 and concluded on November 11, 2018.


2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season
The regular season was won by UCF, who finished conference play with a 5–1–1 record, and won on tiebreakers against SMU. SMU won the American Tournament, defeating UCF 5–4 in penalty kicks following a 1–1 draw in regulation and overtime. SMU earned the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament, while UCF and Connecticut received at-large berths into the tournament. In the NCAA Tournament, SMU lost in the first round to Oregon State. Connecticut beat rivals, Rhode Island, in the first round, before losing to Indiana in the second round. UCF was one of the 16 seeded teams (seeded 14th), allowing them to earn a bye into the second round. There, they lost in overtime to Lipscomb.


2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season
Following the season, Cal Jennings won the Offensive MVP award for the conference. Jacob Hauser-Ramsey of Connecticut won the Defensive MVP. Fellow UCF players, Louis Perez, Yannik Oettl, and Scott Calabrese won the AAC Midfielder, Goalkeeper, and Coach of the Year awards, respectively. Perez and Jennings were also named All-Americans by United Soccer Coaches.


2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season
Emil Cuello was the first AAC player to be drafted in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft, when he was selected by the LA Galaxy with the 19th overall pick in the first round of the draft.


2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season, Preseason, Preseason poll
The preseason poll will be released on August 14, 2018. UCF was picked to win the regular season.


2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season, Preseason, Preseason national rankings
Two of the programs were ranked in one of the five major preseason polls. CollegeSoccerNews.com and Hero Sports use a Top 30 ranking throughout the season, while United Soccer, Soccer America, and Top Drawer Soccer use a Top 25 ranking throughout the season.


2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season, Preseason, Preseason All-Conference teams
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season, Postseason, AAC Tournament
The 2018 Tournament will be held at the home ground of the regular season winner.


2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season, Postseason, Postseason awards and honors, Conference honors
Jacob Hauser-Ramsey, Sr., UConnTalen Maples, So., SMUBen Roberts, Jr., Memphis


2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season, Postseason, Postseason awards and honors, Conference honors
Louis Perez, So., UCFYoni Sorokin, So., UCFEmil Cuello, Sr., SMUDavid Zalzman, Sr., M, Memphis


2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season, Postseason, Postseason awards and honors, Conference honors
Cal Jennings, Jr., UCFAbdou Mbacke Thiam, Sr., UConnTomasz Skublak, Sr., USF


2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season, Postseason, Postseason awards and honors, Conference honors
Avionne Flanagan, So., USFDylan Greenberg, R-Sr., UConnRobin Lapert, So., UConnYanis Leerman, Fr., UCF


2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season, Postseason, Postseason awards and honors, Conference honors
Chase Bromstedt, So., TulsaLukas Fernandes, Jr., TempleDayonn Harris, R-Jr., UConnFelix Metzler, Fr., UConnAlex Zis, Jr., USF


2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season, Postseason, Postseason awards and honors, Conference honors
Knut Ahlander, SMUJalen Campbell, TempleAndres Charles-Barrera, TempleFelix Metzler, UConnLane Warrington, SMU


2018 American League Championship Series
The 2018 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven series pitting the defending World Series champion Houston Astros against the Boston Red Sox, for the American League (AL) pennant and the right to play in the 2018 World Series. The series was played in a 2–3–2 format, with the first two and last two (if necessary) games played at the home ballpark of the team with the better regular season record, the Red Sox. The series was the 49th in league history, with TBS televising all games in the United States. The Red Sox defeated the Astros, in five games.


2018 American League Championship Series
For the second year in a row, Major League Baseball sold presenting sponsorships to all of its postseason series; as with the NLCS, this ALCS was sponsored by Google Assistant and was officially known as the American League Championship Series presented by Google Assistant.


2018 American League Championship Series
The Red Sox would go on to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series in five games to win their ninth World Series championship.


2018 American League Championship Series, Background
The Astros won the American League West division with a record of 103–59, then swept the Cleveland Indians in the American League Division Series. This was the Astros' sixth League Championship Series and second in the American League, their prior AL appearance being a 2017 ALCS win over the New York Yankees in seven games. Houston also appeared in four NLCS, winning once and losing thrice, before joining the American League in 2013.


2018 American League Championship Series, Background
The Red Sox won the American League East division with a record of 108–54, then defeated the New York Yankees in the American League Division Series, 3–1. This was Boston's 11th ALCS. They had a prior record of 5–5, most recently winning in 2013 and most recently losing in 2008.


2018 American League Championship Series, Background
The 2018 ALCS was just the 12th postseason match-up to feature two teams with 100 wins, though the third since the 2017 World Series. The 211 combined regular season wins for both teams was the second-most of any postseason series ever, just behind the 1998 World Series. It was also the first ALCS to feature two 100-win teams since 1977, when the New York Yankees (100–62) defeated the Kansas City Royals (102–60).


2018 American League Championship Series, Background
Boston and Houston had met once before in the postseason, with the Astros winning the 2017 ALDS, 3–1; that year Alex Cora was Houston's bench coach before becoming manager of Boston for the upcoming season. Houston was 4–3 in their seven games against Boston during the 2018 regular season.


2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Three time All-Star and two time World Series Champion Kevin Youkilis threw out the ceremonial first pitch for the Red Sox. The Astros struck first on a George Springer two-run single in the top of the second off of an erratic Chris Sale, eventually ending Sale's night after four innings. Verlander cruised through four innings before running into trouble in the fifth, walking Mitch Moreland with the bases loaded and allowing Jackie Bradley Jr. to score on a wild pitch to even the score at two.


2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Verlander struck out Andrew Benintendi on a controversial called strike that resulted in Red Sox manager Alex Cora getting ejected in between innings. The Astros responded in the top of the sixth with a two-out RBI single by Carlos Correa after Joe Kelly hit Alex Bregman with a pitch and Yuli Gurriel reached on a fielding error by Eduardo Núñez. Verlander came back to retire the side in order in the sixth.


2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
The Astros and Red Sox would trade zeroes until the top of the ninth inning which was led off by a Josh Reddick home run off of Brandon Workman. Workman then, after getting an out, walked José Altuve and Alex Bregman before Yuli Gurriel hit a three-run home run to blow the game open at 7–2. The Red Sox ended the night having walked 10 Astros hitters and hitting three more. Collin McHugh came in to finish the game off and give the Astros a loud 1–0 lead in the series.


2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Jonny Gomes, a member of the 2013 World Series champion Red Sox, threw the ceremonial first pitch. Mookie Betts doubled off Gerrit Cole and Andrew Benintendi singled him home to open the scoring for the Red Sox. Xander Bogaerts reached second on Cole's throwing error with one out in the first, then Rafael Devers singled home Benintendi for a 2–0 lead. Starting pitcher David Price allowed the Astros to get on the board in the second as Carlos Correa hit an infield single and Martín Maldonado doubled, with George Springer doubling them both home to tie it.


2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
An inning later, Yuli Gurriel singled and an out later, Marwin González homered over the Green Monster for a 4–2 lead. But the Red Sox struck back in the bottom of the inning. Bogaerts singled, Steve Pearce doubled and Devers walked to load the bases. One out later, Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a bases-clearing double to give the Red Sox a 5–4 lead, which they would never relinquish. Price would fall an out shy of being credited the victory, allowing four runs, five hits, and four walks.


2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Matt Barnes relieved him in the fifth with two outs and retired the next four batters for the victory. In the seventh, after Betts walked, Lance McCullers Jr. threw a wild pitch, advancing Betts to second, then to third on a Maldonado passed ball. One out later, another Maldonado passed ball scored Betts to make it 6–4. The next inning saw Devers single to center; two outs later, Mitch Moreland singled, and A. J. Hinch immediately sent out Héctor Rondón to face Betts, who doubled to center, scoring Devers to extend their lead to three runs.


2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Craig Kimbrel pitched the ninth, allowing a two-out double by Springer and a José Altuve RBI single to bring the Astros to within 7–5. Kimbrel then retired Alex Bregman, who flew out to Benintendi to end the game, earning his third save this postseason, and tying the series at one all.


2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Former Astros All-Star player Lance Berkman threw the ceremonial first pitch. Dallas Keuchel was Houston's starting pitcher, while Nathan Eovaldi started for Boston. The Red Sox jumped out to an early 2–0 lead in the top of the first inning, on two singles, a double, and an RBI ground out. The Astros responded in the bottom of the inning with a run on three singles, trimming Boston's lead to 2–1.


2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Houston tied the game in the bottom of the fifth, as José Altuve worked a two-out walk and Alex Bregman drove him in with a double under the glove of Boston third baseman Rafael Devers. In the top of the sixth, Houston reliever Joe Smith took over from Keuchel, who had allowed two runs on four hits in five innings pitched. Smith allowed a home run to Steve Pearce, putting Boston back in the lead, 3–2, which they would never relinquish.


2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
In the bottom of the seventh, Ryan Brasier relieved Red Sox starter Eovaldi, who had allowed two runs on six hits in six innings pitched. With two outs in the top of the eighth, Boston had the bases loaded when pinch hitter Mitch Moreland was hit by a pitch from Roberto Osuna, forcing in a run. Jackie Bradley Jr. then hit a grand slam off of Osuna, putting Boston ahead, 8–2. The game ended without further scoring, George Springer striking out to end it. Eovaldi got the win for Boston, while Smith took the loss for Houston.


2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Former Astros player Chris Burke, who hit a series-winning home run in the 2005 NLDS, threw the ceremonial first pitch. Charlie Morton started for Houston, his first postseason appearance this year. Boston scored two runs in the first inning, on a hit by pitch, walk, wild pitch, and a two-out RBI single by Rafael Devers. Rick Porcello started for Boston, his second start and fourth appearance of this postseason.


2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
In the bottom of the first, a deep drive and potential two-run homer to right field by José Altuve, which Mookie Betts nearly caught with a leaping grab at the wall, was ruled an out due to fan interference, when the incorrect call was made by right field umpire Joe West. Houston got a run back in the bottom of the second, when Josh Reddick led off with a double, and scored on a single by Carlos Correa.


2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
In the top of the third, Andrew Benintendi hit a leadoff double, moved to third on a wild pitch, and scored on a double by Xander Bogaerts, giving the Red Sox a 3–1 lead. Josh James relieved Morton during the third, Morton having allowed three runs on three hits in 2+1⁄3 innings pitched. A George Springer home run to open the bottom of the third cut the lead to 3–2. Altuve then doubled, and was later driven in on a single by Reddick, evening the score, 3–3.


2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
A homer by Tony Kemp in the bottom of the fourth put the Astros ahead, 4–3. In the top of the fifth, Benintendi again doubled and was driven in by Bogaerts, tying the game at four all. Porcello, who had allowed four runs on seven hits, was relieved by Joe Kelly for the bottom of the fifth; Yuli Gurriel singled, advanced to second on a wild pitch, and scored on a single by Correa, putting the Astros back ahead, 5–4.


2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a two-run homer in the top of the sixth, giving the Red Sox a 6–5 lead, which they would not relinquish. In the seventh, Boston added a run on a single and three walks. An inning later, Betts singled, advanced to second on a wild pitch, and scored on a single by J. D. Martinez, increasing Boston's lead to 8–5. In the bottom of the eighth, Alex Bregman was hit by a pitch, advanced to third on a Springer double, and scored on a ground out by Altuve, trimming Boston's lead to 8–6. Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel allowed three walks in the bottom of the ninth to load the bases, but got the final out on Benintendi's diving catch off a Bregman liner to left, for his fourth save this postseason.


2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
At four hours and 33 minutes, this was the second-longest nine-inning postseason game in MLB history; 2017 NLDS Game 5 between the Chicago Cubs and Washington Nationals was four minutes longer.


2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Former Astros All-Star player Jeff Kent threw the ceremonial first pitch. Justin Verlander, Game 1 winning pitcher, started for Houston, while David Price, who got a no decision in Game 2, started for Boston. Chris Sale did not start for Boston due to the effects of being ill after Game 1. Boston took a 1–0 lead in the top of the third inning on a home run by J. D. Martinez, which they would not relinquish. In the top of the sixth, Mitch Moreland doubled, Ian Kinsler singled, and Rafael Devers homered into the Crawford Boxes, putting Boston ahead, 4–0.


2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Houston reliever Roberto Osuna entered to pitch the top of the seventh, replacing Verlander who had allowed four runs on seven hits in six innings pitched, while striking out four and walking two. Boston's Matt Barnes entered to pitch the bottom of the seventh, replacing Price who had allowed no runs on three hits in six innings pitched, while striking out nine and walking none. Marwin González hit a two-out homer to left, reducing Boston's lead to 4–1.


2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Boston's starter from Game 3, Nathan Eovaldi, came on in relief of Barnes, getting the final out of the seventh and holding Houston scoreless in the eighth. Osuna pitched through the ninth for Houston, allowing only one hit during his three innings. Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel entered to pitch the bottom of the ninth. Carlos Correa struck out, Yuli Gurriel walked, González struck out, and Tony Kemp flied out to end the game and send the Red Sox to the World Series. Kimbrel recorded his fifth save this postseason, while for Price, it was his first victory in 12 career postseason starts; his only previous postseason wins came as a reliever. As for Houston, their World Series reign was over.


2018 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Boston's Jackie Bradley Jr., who had nine RBIs in the series on three hits (a double and two home runs), was named ALCS MVP.


2018 American League Division Series
The 2018 American League Division Series were two best-of-five-game series to determine the participating teams of the 2018 American League Championship Series. The three divisional winners, seeded first through third, and a fourth team—the  Wild Card Game winner—played in two series. These matchups were:


2018 American League Division Series
Under sponsorship agreements with T-Mobile, the series was formally known as the American League Division Series presented by T-Mobile. The Astros and Red Sox won their respective series, to advance to the Championship Series. This is the first time since 1999 that all four ALDS participants from the previous year returned to the ALDS this year.


2018 American League Division Series
The Red Sox went on to defeat the Astros in the ALCS, then win the 2018 World Series over the National League champion Los Angeles Dodgers.


2018 American League Division Series, Background
The Red Sox entered the ALDS as the top seed, having completed the regular season with a record of 108–54 and winning the AL East. The second-seeded Astros won the AL West, going 103–59. The AL Central champion Indians were seeded third via their 91–71 record. The final participant was the winner of the AL Wild Card Game, the Yankees.


2018 American League Division Series, Background
This was the 13th ALDS appearance for Boston and the third appearance for Houston; the Red Sox lost to the Astros in the 2017 ALDS. This was the 10th ALDS appearance for Cleveland and 20th appearance for New York; the Indians lost to the Yankees in the 2017 ALDS. This was the first season ever three teams finished with 100-wins in the same league.


2018 American League Division Series, Background
The Red Sox and Yankees met 19 times during the regular season, with Boston winning 10 of the games; this was the first postseason meeting between the two rivals since the famed 2004 ALCS, which Boston took in seven games after falling behind 3–0 en route to its first World Series title in 86 years. The Astros and Indians met seven times during the regular season, with Houston holding a 4–3 edge; this was the first time the teams met in postseason play.


2018 American League Division Series, Boston vs. New York
This was the fourth postseason meeting between the storied rivals and their first meeting in the ALDS. The Yankees previously won the 1999 ALCS and 2003 ALCS, while the Red Sox won the 2004 ALCS. This was just the 11th postseason match-up to feature two 100-win teams.


2018 American League Division Series, Boston vs. New York, Game 1
The ceremonial first pitch was thrown by former Red Sox outfielder Trot Nixon. Boston took an early lead, as J. D. Martinez hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the first inning. The lead grew to 5–0 in the bottom of the third, on a double, bunt single, single, and sacrifice fly. The Yankees scored twice in the top of the sixth, on three singles and a fielder's choice. Red Sox reliever Brandon Workman prevented more damage by striking out Gleyber Torres with the bases loaded and two outs.


2018 American League Division Series, Boston vs. New York, Game 1
New York added an additional run in the top of the seventh, with two singles, a walk, and a fielder's choice; Boston reliever Matt Barnes allowed only one run after the Yankees has the bases loaded with nobody out. Aaron Judge led off the top of the ninth with a home run off of Boston closer Craig Kimbrel, but Kimbrel then struck out the next three batters to secure the 5–4 Red Sox victory.


2018 American League Division Series, Boston vs. New York, Game 2
The ceremonial first pitch was thrown by Steve Horgan of the Boston Police Department, who gained notoriety as the "bullpen cop" during Game 2 of the 2013 ALCS. A home run by Aaron Judge in the first inning gave New York an early 1–0 lead. In the second inning, Gary Sánchez homered, and Boston starter David Price gave up a pair of two-out walks followed by an RBI single from Andrew McCutchen, ending Price's outing after 1+2⁄3 innings, having allowed three runs on three hits.


2018 American League Division Series, Boston vs. New York, Game 2
Xander Bogaerts' home run in the bottom of the fourth reduced the Yankees' lead to 3–1. A three-run homer by Sánchez in the top of the seventh, his second of the game, doubled New York's score to 6–1. In the bottom of the seventh, a single by Mitch Moreland and an RBI double by Ian Kinsler got Boston within four runs, 6–2. The Red Sox were unable to score again, with Yankees' relievers Zach Britton and Aroldis Chapman getting the final six outs. New York starter Masahiro Tanaka pitched five innings, allowing one run on three hits and getting the win, tying the series at one all.


2018 American League Division Series, Boston vs. New York, Game 3
Boston got on the board in the top of the second inning, with Rafael Devers scoring from third on a two-out infield single by Christian Vázquez. The lead was extended to 3–0 in the third, with the Red Sox getting two runs on two singles, a sacrifice fly, another single, and a fielder's choice. Boston broke the game open in the fourth, sending 11 men to the plate and getting seven runs on six hits. Brock Holt had two hits in the inning, while Andrew Benintendi drove in three runs with a bases clearing double.


2018 American League Division Series, Boston vs. New York, Game 3
The Yankees got one run back in the bottom of the fourth, on two singles and a fielder's choice. Boston made it 11–1 in the top of the seventh, on a J. D. Martinez RBI single, then 14–1 in the top of the eighth, getting three runs on a total of four hits, a walk, and a wild pitch. Yankees catcher Austin Romine pitched the top of the ninth inning, allowing a two-run homer to Holt, who completed the first postseason cycle in Major League history.


2018 American League Division Series, Boston vs. New York, Game 3
Red Sox starter Nathan Eovaldi pitched seven innings, allowing one run on five hits and getting the win. Yankees starter Luis Severino pitched three innings, allowing six runs on seven hits and taking the loss. First base umpire Ángel Hernández had three calls overturned in the first four innings of the game. The defeat marks the Yankees' worst loss in postseason history.


2018 American League Division Series, Boston vs. New York, Game 4
The ceremonial first pitch was thrown by former Yankee Bucky Dent. Boston took a 3–0 lead in the top of the third inning, on a hit by pitch, single, J. D. Martinez sacrifice fly, Ian Kinsler RBI double, and an Eduardo Núñez RBI single. A Christian Vázquez home run in the fourth extended the lead to 4–0. New York got a run back in the bottom of the fifth, on two hits followed by a sacrifice fly from Brett Gardner.


2018 American League Division Series, Boston vs. New York, Game 4
Boston's Game 1 starting pitcher, Chris Sale, made a relief appearance in the bottom of the eighth, retiring the side in order. Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel entered to pitch the bottom of the ninth inning, allowing a leadoff walk to Aaron Judge followed by a single by Didi Gregorius, bringing the tying run to the plate. Kimbrel struck out Giancarlo Stanton, but walked Luke Voit to load the bases, and hit Neil Walker to force in a run. Gary Sánchez worked a full count before hitting a sacrifice fly that scored Gregorius from third. Gleyber Torres then grounded out, ending the game; the call was confirmed by video replay. Boston starter Rick Porcello allowed one run off of four hits in five innings for the win. New York starter CC Sabathia allowed three runs off of five hits in three innings, taking the loss.


2018 American League Division Series, Boston vs. New York, Composite line score
2018 ALDS (3–1): Boston Red Sox defeated New York Yankees.


2018 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Cleveland
This was the first postseason meeting between the Astros and Indians.


2018 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Cleveland, Game 1
Former Astros pitcher Mike Scott, the 1986 NLCS MVP and Cy Young Award winner, threw the ceremonial first pitch. The defending World Series champion Astros began their title defense in strong fashion as Justin Verlander threw 5+1⁄3 innings with 7 strikeouts and 2 earned runs, holding the Indians hitless until the 6th inning. He and Corey Kluber traded hitless innings through the 3rd, before Alex Bregman led off the bottom of the 4th with a home run while Josh Reddick added an RBI single to bring the score to 2–0.


2018 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Cleveland, Game 1
George Springer and José Altuve hit back to back home runs in the bottom of the 5th and ended Kluber's day after 4+2⁄3 innings. After throwing five innings of no-hit ball, the Indians chased Verlander in the 6th after loading the bases. Ryan Pressly came in relief allowing Yan Gomes to score on a wild pitch and Francisco Lindor on a José Ramírez groundout before striking out Edwin Encarnación to end the threat and keep the score at 4–2.


2018 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Cleveland, Game 1
Martin Maldonado homered and Bregman drove in his second run of the day in the 7th while Reddick added another RBI single in the 8th to bring the score to 7–2. Roberto Osuna closed the door in the 9th to give the Astros a dominant Game 1 victory. Springer's home run tied him with Carlos Beltrán for the club record for most consecutive postseason games with a home run, with five. Springer had four in a row in the 2017 World Series.


2018 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Cleveland, Game 2
Three-time Astros All-Star and 2005 NLCS MVP Roy Oswalt threw the ceremonial first pitch. Hoping to even the series before returning home, Cleveland struck first and took a 1–0 lead in the top of the third inning, on a home run by Francisco Lindor. In the bottom of the sixth, an infield single and walk followed by a Marwin González double gave Houston a 2–1 lead. A home run by Alex Bregman in the seventh inning extended Houston's lead to 3–1.


2018 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Cleveland, Game 2
With two outs in the top of the ninth inning, a walk to Edwin Encarnación brought Josh Donaldson to the plate as the tying run, but closer Roberto Osuna got him to fly out, securing Game 2 for the Astros. Houston starter Gerrit Cole struck out 12 and allowed just one run in seven innings for the win, while Indians starter Carlos Carrasco gave up six hits and two runs in 5+1⁄3 innings and took the loss. Cole became only the second pitcher in playoff history to strikeout at least 12 batters without allowing a walk, following Tom Seaver's 13 strikeout-no walk performance in the 1973 NLCS. Osuna recorded a four-out save for his third career postseason save, and first with the Astros.


2018 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Cleveland, Game 3
Cleveland took a 1–0 lead in the third inning, on two singles followed by a sacrifice bunt and a sacrifice fly. The teams traded home runs in the fifth inning, by George Springer of the Astros and then Francisco Lindor of the Indians. Houston went ahead, 4–2, with three runs in the seventh from two singles, a fielder's choice, error, walk, and a two-RBI double by Marwin González. The Astros added six runs in the eighth on a homer by Springer, a double, two walks, RBI single, bases loaded wild pitch, and a three-run homer by Carlos Correa.


2018 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Cleveland, Game 3
Houston extended their lead to 11–2 in the ninth, on a walk, balk, ground out, and RBI single by Alex Bregman. Cleveland got one run in the last of the ninth, with Edwin Encarnación scoring from third on a wild pitch, followed by Melky Cabrera grounding out to first for the 11–3 final and to give the Astros a series sweep. Houston starter Dallas Keuchel had a no decision after allowing two runs on four hits in five innings; he was relieved by Collin McHugh who pitched two innings without allowing a hit and got the win. Cleveland starter Mike Clevinger also had a no decision after allowing three hits and one run in five innings; he was relieved by Trevor Bauer who allowed four hits and three runs (two earned) in 1+1⁄3 innings and took the loss.


2018 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Cleveland, Game 3
With their victory in Game 3, the Astros earned a postseason sweep for the first time in franchise history, advancing to the ALCS to meet the winner of the Red Sox and Yankees series. This marks the second time in franchise history that the Astros have reached back-to-back Championship Series; the first time was in 2004 and 2005, when the team played in the National League. The Indians were swept in the postseason for the first time since 1954, and were eliminated in the ALDS for the second straight year. They were also eliminated from the postseason at home for the third straight year.


2018 American League Division Series, Houston vs. Cleveland, Game 3
According to Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports, the Cleveland Indians warned the Boston Red Sox that a man representing the Houston Astros might try to steal signs from their dugout in the ALCS. Passan reported that the same man, Astros' intern Kyle McLaughlin, was found taking cell phone video of the Indians' dugout during the Astros' and Indians' ALDS matchup. After the 2019 season, MLB punished the Astros for illicitly stealing their opponents' signs and relaying it to their hitters throughout 2017 and 2018 seasons.


2018 American League Wild Card Game
The 2018 American League Wild Card Game was a play-in game during Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2018 postseason contested between the American League's (AL) two wild card teams, the New York Yankees and the Oakland Athletics. The game took place at Yankee Stadium on October 3, starting at 8:08 pm EDT. The Yankees won, 7–2, and advanced to face the Boston Red Sox in the American League Division Series. As a result of sponsorship agreements with Hankook Tire, the game was formally known as the American League Wild Card Game presented by Hankook Tire.


2018 American League Wild Card Game
This game started a part of the postseason where TBS broadcast postseason games because of the Fox's contact holdout with Optimum. Said holdout would continue until the 2018 World Series.


2018 American League Wild Card Game, Background
New York entered the game with a 100–62 record, while Oakland was 97–65. They met six times during the regular season, with each team winning three times.


2018 American League Wild Card Game, Background
This was New York's seventh playoff appearance as a wild card team. Since MLB's addition of a second wild card team in 2012, the Yankees had previously appeared in two Wild Card Games, a loss in 2015 and a win in 2017. The Yankees' appearance represented the first time a 100-win team played in a Wild Card Game. The most recent time that a 100-win team had not won their division was the 2001 Athletics.


2018 American League Wild Card Game, Background
This was Oakland's third playoff appearance as a wild card team. They had previously appeared in one Wild Card Game, a loss in 2014.


2018 American League Wild Card Game, Background
This was the fourth time the Yankees and A's met in postseason play—the Yankees had won the three prior meetings: the 1981 ALCS (3–0), 2000 ALDS (3–2), and 2001 ALDS (3–2).


2018 American League Wild Card Game, Game results, Line score
Luis Severino was the starting pitcher for the Yankees, while the Athletics used Liam Hendriks as an opener. The Yankees scored two runs in the first inning, as Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer off of Hendriks. The Yankees added four runs in the sixth, on back-to-back doubles by Judge and Aaron Hicks, followed by a walk to Giancarlo Stanton and a triple by Luke Voit. In the eighth inning, Khris Davis hit a two-run home run for Oakland and Stanton hit a home run for New York.


2018 American Samoan constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in American Samoa on 6 November 2018, alongside general elections. The proposed constitutional amendment would allow the Fono to override the veto of the Governor, a proposal which had previously been rejected by voters in referendums in 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014. Voters again rejected the measure, with 70% voting against.


2018 American Samoan constitutional referendum, Background
On 2 October 2017 the Senate approved the proposal by a vote of 14–1. The House of Representatives approved it unanimously on 11 April 2018.


2018 American Society of Cinematographers Awards
The 33rd American Society of Cinematographers Awards was held on February 9, 2019, at the Hollywood & Highland Ray Dolby Ballroom, honoring the best cinematographers of film and television in 2018.


2018 American Society of Cinematographers Awards
The nominees for film and television were announced on January 7, 2019.


2018 American Society of Cinematographers Awards, Winners and nominees, Film, Spotlight Award
The Spotlight Award recognizes outstanding cinematography in features and documentaries that are typically screened at film festivals, in limited theatrical release, or outside the United States.


2018 American Ultimate Disc League season
The 2018 American Ultimate Disc League season was the seventh season for the league. The Madison Radicals won the championship, the team's first. Rowan McDonnell of the DC Breeze won league MVP after the season.


2018 American Ultimate Disc League season, Offseason
The Vancouver Riptide was the lone team to cease operations after 2017, with plans to move the team to Portland, Oregon and rejoin the league for the 2019 season. Stadium joined the AUDL as broadcast partner, replacing Eleven Sports Network. Stadium televised one game a week live as well as all three games during Championship Weekend VII.


2018 American Ultimate Disc League season, Postseason, Championship Weekend VII
Championship Weekend VII was held in Madison, Wisconsin at Breeze Stevens Field from August 11-12, 2018.


2018 American Ultimate Disc League season, Postseason, Championship Weekend VII
The Madison Radicals won their first championship, and did so in front of a home crowd.


2018 American salmonella outbreak
The 2018 American salmonella outbreak was an American foodborne disaster that started in Iowa, spreading to 7 other states, sickening as many as 265 people, killing one, with 94 hospitalized. Ready-to-eat chicken salad was produced by Iowa-based Triple T Specialty Meats Inc. between January 2 and February 7 for distribution in Fareway grocery stores. Salad was sold in containers of various weights at Fareway stores deli from January 4 to February 9. Total of approximately 20 630 pounds of chicken were deemed contaminated with Salmonella Typhimurium at the time of recall on February 21.


2018 American salmonella outbreak, Overview
Illnesses started from January 8 to March 20. 94 hospitalizations, including one death, were reported. On February 9 Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) notified the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of its investigation of Salmonella-related illnesses. Whole genome sequencing performed on bacteria from ill people across the 8 states affected showed close genetic relationship, indicating a common source of infection.


2018 American salmonella outbreak, Overview
Samples of chicken salad were collected in February for testing at Iowa State Hygienic Laboratory (SHL). Test results were presumptive positive Salmonella Typhimurium, leading to a joint public IDPH and the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals (IDIA) alert.


2018 American salmonella outbreak, Epidemiology
265 people in 8 states were identified to carry similar Salmonella Typhimurium strains, predominantly in Iowa (240 cases). Additional cases appeared in Illinois (10), Nebraska (5), Minnesota (4), South Dakota (3) and in Indiana, Mississippi and Wisconsin, with one case respectively.


2018 American salmonella outbreak, Epidemiology
Out of 222 patients interviewed, 87% reported chicken salad consumption. Overall, 94 people had to be hospitalised with one reported death in Iowa. Patients age ranged from less than 1 to 89 years, with a median of 57.67, the majority female (67%).


2018 American salmonella outbreak, Transmission
According to the Centre for Disease Control investigative report, likely source of this outbreak was chicken salad produced by Triple T Specialty Meats, Inc. from January 2, 2018, to February 7, 2018. This specific product was sold in various weights at Fairway grocery stores in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota and were subsequently recalled by Triple T Specialty Meats Inc. on February 21, 2018, due to the possible Salmonella contamination as at the time, the source had not been confirmed.


2018 American salmonella outbreak, Transmission
During the investigation, public health officials in Iowa interviewed 222 people and 197 of those reported eating a chicken salad from Fareway grocery stores. Iowa Investigators then collected samples for laboratory testing from Fareway grocery stores and the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium was identified in both samples.


2018 American salmonella outbreak, Signs and Symptoms
Salmonella is a bacterium that produces the symptoms of diarrhoea, fever and abdominal cramps in infected individuals 12-72 hours after exposure. Most people recover without treatment and the illness usually lasts for 4-7 days.


2018 American salmonella outbreak, Signs and Symptoms
Some people may need hospitalization due to severe symptoms and in rare cases, Salmonella can cause death unless the person is treated with antibiotics promptly. Those most likely to develop severe salmonella are children under the age of 5, adults over the age of 65 and people with compromised immune systems.


2018 American salmonella outbreak, Treatment
Treatment of salmonella infections depends on age and pre-disposition of the infected person and the severity of the symptoms. One of the side-effects from salmonella infection is dehydration, making the replacement of fluids and electrolytes the main treatment for less severe infections. In severe cases, patients are treated with antibiotics, rehydrated with intravenous (IV) fluids and hospitalized. In cases where the infection spreads from the intestines to the bloodstream, quick treatment with antibiotics is required to prevent the risk of death.


2018 American salmonella outbreak, Treatment
Possible complications include resistances to certain antibiotics in the salmonella streaks, that might require treatment with different antibiotics than commonly prescribed antibiotics. In this case, whole-genome sequencing (WGS) analysis identified no antibiotic resistance in 112 of 127 isolates.


2018 American salmonella outbreak, Prevention and Structural Consequences
Following the incident, the FSIS reviewed and revised foodborne illness related procedures to accelerate response times, clarify responsibilities and improve communication. Measures include enhanced communication processes with partners, advice to strengthen collaboration with industry and updated guidelines on sampling. The PulseNet national laboratory network connects foodborne illness cases to detect outbreaks using DNA fingerprinting of bacteria that make people sick. Since establishment in 1996 PulseNet has been instrumental in detecting thousands of local and multistate outbreaks, identifying Salmonella 2018 among others.


2018 American salmonella outbreak, Prevention and Structural Consequences
Due to the salmonella occurring in ready-made convenience foods, prevention on the consumer side was not possible.


2018 American salmonella outbreak, CDC Investigation
On February 22, 2018, the Centre for Disease Control released their first statement about a collaborative investigation into a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium with public health officials and regulatory officials in several states. As of February 21, 2018, 65 people were infected with the outbreak strain in 5 states. They used epidemiological and laboratory evidence to trace the source of the outbreak and this resulted in a recall.


2018 American salmonella outbreak, CDC Investigation
On March 7, 2018, the Centre for Disease Control announced a case count update of 105 more infected people in 6 states and they anticipated a delay in case number updates due to the 2-4 week window of initial infection to case reporting, their last announcement showed that as of April 6, 2018, the outbreak was over.


2018 American salmonella outbreak, Lawsuits
Litigation cases in Iowa were set between the victims and Fareway grocery stores and Triple T Specialty Meats, Inc. with regards to the Salmonella outbreak and victims filed civil suits in federal court to seek reimbursement for medical costs as well as other costs. The 50 lawsuits against Fareway and Triple T Specialty Meats were subsequently settled.


2018 Americas Challenge (January)
The 2018 Americas Challenge was a curling challenge that took place from January 11 to 13 at the Western Fair Sports Centre in London, Ontario. The challenge round determined which nation would qualify to the last Americas Zone spot at the 2018 World Men's Curling Championship. Brazil and Canada played a best-of-five series to determine the winner in the men's event.


2018 Americas Challenge (January)
The Challenge was held concurrently with the 2018 Continental Cup of Curling, the first time it was held on arena ice and not at a dedicated curling facility.


2018 Americas Challenge (January), Background
The World Curling Federation allots two spots at the World Men's Curling Championship to the Americas Zone, which are normally taken by Canada and the United States. However, the World Curling Federation allows for other member nations in the Americas Zone (i.e. Brazil) to challenge Canada and/or the United States for berths to the World Championships. As hosts, the United States receive an automatic berth to the 2018 World Men's Championships. Thus, Brazil is allowed to challenge Canada for a berth to the 2018 World Championships. This will be Brazil's first men's challenge of Canada; it had unsuccessfully challenged the United States in 2017, 2015, 2010 and 2009.


2018 Americas Challenge (November)
The 2018 Americas Challenge was a curling challenge that took place from November 16 to 18 at the Chaska Curling Club in Chaska, Minnesota, United States.


2018 Americas Challenge (November)
This was the first time the Americas Challenge had three teams competing, with Guyana making their first appearance. The winner will be the second team from the Americas zone to qualify for the 2019 World Men's Curling Championship (Canada qualifies automatically as the host). The second-placed team will qualify for the 2019 World Qualification Event, a further chance to qualify for the men's world championship.


2018 Americas Challenge (November)
The United States went undefeated to qualify for the World Men's Curling Championship. Guyana's debut was a success, as while they lost both of their games to the US, they beat Brazil twice to secure second place and a spot in the World Qualification Event.


2018 Americas Challenge (November)
A women's event was scheduled with Brazil taking on the United States, but Brazil chose to concede, going straight to the 2019 World Qualification Event.


2018 Americas Challenge (November), Format
The teams played a double round robin to determine the winner of the challenge. In the case of a tie, head-to-head score or shootout score will be used to determine the winner.


2018 Americas Challenge (November), Results
All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00).


2018 Americas Rallycross Championship
The 2018 Americas Rallycross Championship is the first season of the Americas Rallycross Championship, a feeder championship to the FIA World Rallycross Championship representing North America. This championship can be seen as the spiritual successor to the Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship, which folded in early 2018. The season consists of four rounds across two categories; Supercar and ARX2. The season commenced on 27 May with the special round at Silverstone in the UK, and culminated on 30 September in Austin at the Circuit of the Americas.


2018 Americas Rallycross Championship, Results and standings, ARX2
a Did not finish the event and so got no points.


2018 Americas Rugby Challenge
The 2018 Americas Rugby Challenge or ARCh 2018 was the inaugural edition of the Americas Rugby Challenge, a men's rugby union international tournament for tier 2 teams in North and South America. The inaugural edition was confirmed in August 2018, to be played at the Estadio Cincuentenario in Medellín, Colombia from August 24 to September 1.


2018 Americas Rugby Challenge
The competition brings together Rugby Americas North (RAN) and Sudamérica Rugby, following the example of the Americas Rugby Championship (ARC). The Americas Rugby Challenge is officially the ‘B’ competition for the ARC.


2018 Americas Rugby Challenge
As is the case of the Americas Rugby Championship, the new Americas Rugby Challenge saw all countries playing against each other. The first edition of the competition was a Four Nations tournament with Rugby Americas North and Sudamérica Rugby both having two representatives each.


2018 Americas Rugby Challenge
The host nation, Colombia, was joined by Sudamérica Rugby rivals Paraguay. Guyana and Mexico represented Rugby Americas North. Colombia won the first edition.


2018 Americas Rugby Championship
The 2018 Americas Rugby Championship was the third series of the Americas Rugby Championship (sometimes informally called the "Americas' Six Nations", a reference to Europe's Six Nations Championship), which is the top elite tournament for the Americas nations. It was contested by Argentina XV (Argentina's secondary national team), Canada, United States, Uruguay, Brazil, and Chile. All matches were full international test matches with caps awarded, except those involving Argentina XV.


2018 Americas Rugby Championship
The Championship was retained by the United States, who became the first nation to win the Grand Slam ARC title, winning all five games.


2018 Americas Rugby Championship, Fixtures
The tournament will be played in a round-robin format, with each team playing the five others once. The fixtures were announced on 10 December 2017. The opening fixture will take place a week early to the following two games of the same round, with it doubling up as a 2019 Rugby World Cup Americas qualifier match for Canada and Uruguay.


2018 Americas Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Week 1
Touch judges:Kurt Weaver (United States)Derek Summers (United States)Television match official:Marc Nelson (United States)


2018 Americas Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Week 2
Touch judges:FRC Appt. (Chile)FRC Appt. (Chile)Television match official:FRC Appt. (Chile)


2018 Americas Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Week 2
Touch judges:Mike O'Brien (United States)Lee Bryant (United States)Television match official:USA Appt. (United States)


2018 Americas Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Week 3
Touch judges:Murilo Bragotto (Brazil)Cauã Ricardo (Brazil)Television match official:Xavier Vouga (Brazil)


2018 Americas Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Week 3
Touch judges:Damián Schneider (Argentina)Juan Pablo Federico (Argentina)Television match official:UAR Appt. (Argentina)


2018 Americas Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Week 3
Touch judges:Derek Summers (United States)Phil Akroyd (United States)Television match official:Marc Nelson (United States)


2018 Americas Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Week 4
Touch judges:USAR Appt (United States)USAR Appt (United States)Television match official:USAR Appt (United States)


2018 Americas Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Week 4
Touch judges:Rodrigo Goyret (Uruguay)Gonzalo Ventoso (Uruguay)Television match official:URU Appt (Uruguay)


2018 Americas Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Week 4
Touch judges:Harry Mason (Canada)Robin Kaluzniak (Canada)Television match official:RC Appt (Canada)


2018 Americas Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Week 5
Touch judges:FRC Appt. (Chile)FRC Appt. (Chile)Television match official:FRC Appt. (Chile)


2018 Americas Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Week 5
Touch judges:CBRU Appt (Brazil)CBRU Appt (Brazil)Television match official:CBRU Appt (Brazil)


2018 Americas Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Week 5
Touch judges:UAR Appt (Argentina)UAR Appt (Argentina)Television match official:UAR Appt (Argentina)


2018 Americas Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Week 6
Touch judges:FRC Appt. (Chile)FRC Appt. (Chile)Television match official:FRC Appt. (Chile)


2018 Americas Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Week 6
Touch judges:URU Appt (Uruguay)URU Appt (Uruguay)Television match official:URU Appt (Uruguay)


2018 Americas Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Week 6
Touch judges:Murilo Bragotto (Brazil)Victor Barboza (Brazil)Television match official:CBRU Appt (Brazil)


2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads
This is a list of the complete squads for the 2018 Americas Rugby Championship, an annual rugby union tournament contested by Argentina XV, Brazil, Canada, Chile, United States and Uruguay. Argentina XV are the defending champions.


2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads
Note: Number of caps and players' ages are indicated as of 27 January 2018 – the tournament's opening day.


2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Argentina XV
1 Following the start of the Super Rugby, Contepomi called up players as cover for their professional contingent.


2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Brazil
1 After recovering from injury, Endy Willian rejoined the squad ahead of the second round.


2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Brazil
2 After recovering from injury, Stefano Giantorno joined the squad for the final two rounds, whilst Daniel Lima joined the squad as injury cover.


2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Brazil
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Canada
Canada's 35-man extended squad ahead of Canada's 2019 RWC Qualifiers against Uruguay (doubles up as ARC Round 1) and for the reaming ARC rounds post qualification matches.


2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Canada
1 Following the conclusion of the RWC Qualifiers between Canada and Uruguay, Canada called up players to cover the professional players returning to their European clubs.


2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Canada
2 Jones added Ryan Kotlewski and Cam Polson to the squad for the final two rounds.


2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Canada
3 Noah Barker was a late call up to the fourth round games against Argentina XV.


2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Canada
4Josh Thiel was added for the final round as injury cover.


2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Canada
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Chile
Chile's 45-man extended squad for the 2018 Americas Rugby Championship.


2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Chile
1 Nicolás Garafulic was a late addition to the training squad ahead of the ARC.


2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Chile
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads, United States
On 4 January 2018, newly appointed head coach Gary Gold announced a 39-man squad for the 2018 Americas Rugby Championship.


2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads, United States
1 Chris Baumann rejoined the squad following his recovering stint with his club in Europe.


2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads, United States
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Uruguay
On 11 January 2018, Meneses named a 26-man squad ahead of Uruguay's 2019 RWC Qualifiers against Canada (doubles up as ARC Round 1) and for the reaming ARC rounds post qualification matches.


2018 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Uruguay
1 Following the conclusion of the RWC Qualifiers between Canada and Uruguay, Uruguay called up several players to for the remaining games in the ARC.


2018 Americas Rugby League Championship
The 2018 Americas Rugby League Championship was held in Jacksonville, Florida in November 2018. This tournament is the 3rd Americas Rugby League Championship. The tournament also acted as part of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup qualifying. The winning team directly qualified for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup, while the runner-up will progress to the intercontinental repechage in 2019.


2018 Americas Rugby League Championship
The winner of the tournament was Jamaica, with the United States moving on to the intercontinental repechage to be hosted in 2019.


2018 Amesbury poisonings
On 30 June 2018, in Amesbury, two British nationals, Charlie Rowley and Dawn Sturgess, were admitted to Salisbury District Hospital in Wiltshire, England. Police determined that they were poisoned by a Novichok nerve agent of the same kind used in the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury, 8 miles (13 km) away, almost four months prior. Sturgess died on 8 July, and Rowley regained consciousness two days later.


2018 Amesbury poisonings, Hospital admissions and subsequent death of Sturgess
According to the subsequent press report released by the Metropolitan Police, at 10:15 on Saturday 30 June 2018, the South Western Ambulance Service was called to a residential address in Amesbury after Dawn Sturgess had collapsed. She was subsequently taken to hospital and admitted. At 15:30, the ambulance service was again called to that address, after Charlie Rowley had fallen ill. He was taken to hospital, and Wiltshire Police were informed of both admissions.


2018 Amesbury poisonings, Hospital admissions and subsequent death of Sturgess
On 8 July, Sturgess died at Salisbury District Hospital after doctors took the decision to switch off her life support. On 10 July, Rowley regained consciousness and there was a "small but significant improvement to his condition" according to the hospital. On 11 July, he was no longer in critical condition and the hospital downgraded his condition to "serious but stable". The same day, officers from the investigation team spoke with Rowley.


2018 Amesbury poisonings, Hospital admissions and subsequent death of Sturgess
He told his brother Matthew the nerve agent had been in a small perfume or aftershave bottle, which they had found in a park about nine days before spraying themselves with it. The police later closed and fingertip-searched Queen Elizabeth Gardens, a riverside park in central Salisbury, which the couple had visited the day before they fell ill. The funeral of Sturgess took place at Salisbury crematorium on 30 July 2018.


2018 Amesbury poisonings, Hospital admissions and subsequent death of Sturgess
On 20 July, Rowley was discharged from the hospital. Over the weekend of 18/19 August 2018, he was re-admitted to hospital with sight problems. On 4 September 2018 he was reported to be ill with meningitis but was expected to leave hospital "within a month".


2018 Amesbury poisonings, Investigation
The incident was investigated by the Specialist Operations Directorate of the Metropolitan Police, assisted nationally by the National Counter Terrorism Policing Network and locally by Wiltshire Police, in a multi-agency response named Operation Fortis. According to the Metropolitan Police, there was nothing in either of the victims' backgrounds to suggest that they were deliberately targeted, and there were no other reports of people presenting with similar symptoms. The couple were believed to have been near the roads that were sealed off during the investigation of the Skripal poisoning in Salisbury.


2018 Amesbury poisonings, Investigation
During initial assessment, medical staff believed that the patients' illness was caused by the use of contaminated illegal drugs. But on 2 July, hospital staff had concerns over the symptoms the couple were displaying, and sent samples from both patients to the Government's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) at Porton Down for analysis. On 4 July the laboratory confirmed that the patients had been exposed to the Novichok nerve agent.


2018 Amesbury poisonings, Investigation
According to BBC News, the "most likely hypothesis" was that the Novichok was left over from the attack on the Skripals, and that the contaminated item which poisoned the couple "could be a vial or syringe because of the couple's lifestyle", as it was believed the Novichok was disposed of "in a haphazard way". Friends of the couple told The Guardian that Rowley frequently scavenged recycling bins for objects that he could sell, and that the couple's houses contained "loads of household things" they had picked up.


2018 Amesbury poisonings, Investigation
Sites in both Amesbury and Salisbury which were believed to have been visited by the couple were cordoned off. These included the local Boots Pharmacy, the Baptist Centre, and Muggleton Road in Amesbury, and Queen Elizabeth Gardens in Salisbury. Local residents were warned of an increased police presence, including officers wearing protective equipment.


2018 Amesbury poisonings, Investigation
On 6 July, police announced that officers had identified and spoken to several key witnesses and were reviewing more than 1,300 hours of CCTV footage which has been collected so far.


2018 Amesbury poisonings, Investigation
On 13 July a police cordon closed the north end of Rollestone Street, Salisbury to enable members of the Counter Terrorism Policing Network to search John Baker House, a hostel for the homeless where Dawn Sturgess lived. On 24 July the cordon was lifted and the police announced that no contamination was found in the hostel.


2018 Amesbury poisonings, Investigation
The Metropolitan Police announced on 13 July 2018 that they had identified the source of the nerve agent that poisoned Sturgess and Rowley as being a "small bottle" discovered at Rowley's house in Amesbury, which was confirmed by analysis at DSTL Porton Down to contain Novichok. Matthew Rowley, brother of the victim, said Charlie told him that he had picked up "the perfume bottle". The Metropolitan Police refused to confirm this claim.


2018 Amesbury poisonings, Investigation
Also on 13 July, the intergovernmental Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) received a request from the UK for technical assistance on the incident in Amesbury. The OPCW sent a team of specialists who collected samples and sent them to two laboratories. By 18 July, preliminary work was completed and the team left the UK.


2018 Amesbury poisonings, Investigation
On 7 August 2018, the Foreign Office announced that OPCW experts would return to Amesbury to collect further samples. A spokesman said: "During their visit, the OPCW's experts will collect more samples to inform their work following their visit in July. The samples will be analysed at highly reputable international laboratories designated by the OPCW." The poison was confirmed on 4 September by the OPCW to be the same kind of nerve agent as that used on the Skripals, but the OPCW also said that it could not determine if it was from the same batch.


2018 Amesbury poisonings, Investigation
On 5 September 2018, Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said the police had "no doubt" that this incident was connected to the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal. He said, "we do not believe Dawn and Charlie were deliberately targeted, but became victims as a result of the recklessness in which such a toxic nerve agent was disposed of." On the same date, the Metropolitan Police released a detailed description of the Salisbury poisoning and named the suspects wanted. The announcement went on to state that the investigation into the Amesbury poisoning was ongoing by the Police and the Crown Prosecution Service, and further charges relating to Sturgess and Rowley would follow.


2018 Amesbury poisonings, Investigation, Inquest
The inquest for Sturgess was opened and adjourned by HM Coroner for Wiltshire and Swindon in Salisbury on 19 July 2018, with a Pre-Inquest Review listed for 16 January 2019. This was delayed, in part because the Crown Prosecution Service requested a suspension in view of the ongoing criminal investigation. The Senior Coroner, David Ridley, issued a 31-page ruling on the scope of the inquest on 20 December 2019, but no date for the full inquest was given.


2018 Amesbury poisonings, Government response
On 5 July 2018, Home Secretary Sajid Javid chaired a meeting of the COBR committee to discuss the incident. In the House of Commons later that day, Javid stated the most likely hypothesis was that the Novichok was in an item discarded after the Skripal attack. He accused Russia of using Britain as a "dumping ground for poison".


2018 Amesbury poisonings, Interview with Rowley
Rowley gave an interview to ITV News on 24 July 2018, stating that he believed a sealed box of a recognisable brand of perfume, which he had found and given to Sturgess, was the source of the Novichok. His partner became sick "within 15 minutes" of spraying the "oily substance" onto her wrists before rubbing them together, under the assumption that it was perfume. He also stated that he came into contact with the chemical agent after some tipped onto his hands while attaching the plastic spray dispenser to the bottle, but had washed his hands soon after. They had used a knife to open the sealed packaging.