2018 California's 21st congressional district election, Campaign
During the campaign, Valadao attacked Cox over his residency, since Cox owns a residence near Washington, D.C., and does not live in the 21st district. The Cox campaign reported that Cox bought another home in Bethesda, Maryland while his wife studied public health policy at Johns Hopkins University, but also reported that Cox's family have since returned to nearby Fresno.


2018 California's 21st congressional district election, Campaign
The Migrant Caravan, which president Trump vilified in a tweet a week before the debate in an attempt to incite fear and make immigration a greater focal point for the midterms, came up in the debate as well. Cox argued that the migrants should go through the legal process of applying for asylum, while Valadao argued that most of the migrants were not fleeing violence at home but just pursuing opportunities in the U.S.


2018 California's 21st congressional district election, Results
California elections are conducted with the use of both polls and mail-in ballots, where the latter are accepted any time so long as they are post-marked by election day. California's 21st is a primarily rural Congressional District, leading many to vote by mail rather than at a polling place that may be quite far away. Furthermore, those ballots may take days or even weeks to reach their destination in these rural areas. California did not certify its November 6 election results until December 14, with votes from the 21st district being received and counted through most of this period.


2018 California's 21st congressional district election, Results
Votes began being counted moments after polls closed on election day. The final election day vote tally represented most of the votes issued at polling locations. Late on election night, Valadao had a 12.6 percentage point lead with over 48,000 votes counted. This led the Associated Press, Politico, and other election analysts to call the race for Valadao, as the prospect of that lead being reversed seemed severely improbable. After all precincts reported their polling vote results, Valadao's lead shrunk to 8%, but was still seen as insurmountable with the given margins and projected remaining mail-in ballots.


2018 California's 21st congressional district election, Results
As mail-in votes were received and counted, however, the result began to change dramatically. By the next Sunday, Valadao's lead was down to 2.2 percent, with 83,008 ballots counted and a number of mail-ins remaining. At this point, it started to become clear the race could go either way. On November 21, Valadao's lead shrunk to below 400 votes, with thousands left to be counted, and some analysts had retracted their calls. Finally, on November 26, Cox took the lead. For this reason, the AP retracted its call, as did NBC.


2018 California's 21st congressional district election, Results
AP received some criticism from other election analysts for delaying its retraction until Cox took the lead. Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight, in particular, labeled AP's delay as an attempt to avoid retracting its call in the case that Valadao managed to hold on, despite it being clear he could end up losing well before the call.


2018 California's 21st congressional district election, Results
Cox retained his lead through the last of the ballot counting, eventually winning with a margin of 0.8 percent. Valadao conceded on December 6, making California's 21st Congressional District the 40th flip to the Democrats of the 2018 midterms, and the second to last election to be decided (behind the election for North Carolina's 9th Congressional District, in which widespread vote manipulation was discovered, leading to a 2019 special election).


2018 California's 21st congressional district election, Results, Results by county
Results by county. Blue represents counties won by Cox. Red represents counties won by Valadao.


2018 California's 39th congressional district election
The 2018 California's 39th congressional district election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, with a primary election being held on June 5, 2018.


2018 California's 39th congressional district election
This election was one of several 53 House elections that was held in California and 435 nationwide, but it had been called "the weirdest race in the country" due to an over-abundance of Democratic candidates potentially spoiling the ability for any Democrats to place first or second in the primary. Under election rules the top two vote-getters in the jungle primary advanced to the November general election, regardless of party affiliation.


2018 California's 39th congressional district election
The primary election was held on June 5, 2018. Republican Assemblywoman Young Kim and Democrat Gil Cisneros came in first and second place respectively, assuaging fears that two candidates from the same party would advance.


2018 California's 39th congressional district election
The general election was held on November 6. On November 17, AP News projected that Cisneros had won the election.


2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Background
The 39th district straddles the Los Angeles–Orange–San Bernardino tri-county border and includes Chino Hills, Diamond Bar, and Fullerton.


2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Background
In January 2018, Republican Ed Royce, who had represented the 39th district since 2013 and previously represented the 40th district from 2003 to 2013 and the 39th district from 1993 to 2003, announced his plans not to run for reelection. During his tenure in Congress, Royce was chairman of the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs. According to Rep. Steve Stivers, Republicans needed to win in suburban districts like Orange County's to hold their majority.


2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Background
After Royce's retirement, the district was considered a prime opportunity for a Democratic pickup, citing dissatisfaction with the Trump administration and the strength of Hillary Clinton's 8 percent lead in the district's vote in the 2016 United States presidential election. The proportion of voters in the district who were registered Republican dropped from 40 to 35 percent since 2012, but Republicans believed that their turnout would be significantly larger than Democrats'. Moreover, as of January 2018, there were still more voters in the district registered as Republicans than as Democrats (128,375 to 123,849).


2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Background
Democrats hoped to have a demographic advantage in this district, since it was less than 30 percent white. However, several commentators (including Cook) speculated that an Asian American nominee would have an edge in this district, regardless of party, as Democrat Jay Chen did against Royce in the 2012 district election. In 2018, the district was conservative and upper-middle class with only 35 percent of the population identifying as Hispanic and the majority identifying as white or Asian. Specifically, Asians made up around 32 percent of the district.


2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Background
Royce's retirement led the Cook Political Report to move CA-39 from lean Republican to lean Democratic. The New York Times rated this district a tossup.


2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election
The primary election in 2018 had a large number of Democrats and Republicans. As the election drew near, Democratic organizations like the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) became concerned that the flood of Democratic candidates might split the vote, causing two Republicans to win the nomination. In June, the race was reported to be the most expensive race in California, drawing $10 million in spending. A majority of the spending was attributed to Democratic frontrunners Gil Cisneros and Andy Thorburn, who were able to personally fund their own respective campaigns, and ran increasingly negative ads targeting one another. On June 5, Republican Young Kim and Democrat Gil Cisneros finished in first and second place, advancing to the general election.


2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Candidates
The district had 17 candidates heading into the June 5 primary — six Democrats, seven Republicans, two American Independents and two no party preference candidates.


2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Candidates
A poll from Fight Back California PAC found that when presented with a list of the three Republicans and four Democrats with some name recognition, Republican Young Kim led the pack with 21 percent of the vote, followed by Republican Bob Huff (19 percent), Democrat Gil Cisneros (16 percent), and Democrat Andy Thorburn (16 percent).


2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Candidates
During the primary, initially seven Democratic candidates split the vote in the district, all but blocking the party from making an endorsement there; the district was one of three (the other two being the 48th and 49th) that Democrats were concerned they could lose in the primary due to vote-splitting. The party held a pre-endorsement conference in January and urged some candidates to withdraw.


2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Candidates
Although the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee backed Gil Cisneros, including by adding him to its "Red to Blue" program, which offered designated candidates financial and organizational support, it did not officially endorse him. Tran was endorsed by Emily's List and by the Feminist Majority Foundation. The California and Orange County Democratic parties did not endorse anyone. Thorburn has been endorsed by the California Nurses Association.


2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Candidates
Scientist Phil Janowicz dropped out of the race to avoid splitting the Democratic vote. Potential candidate Jay Chen also opted not to run, saying, "The greatest contribution I can make right now is to help consolidate the field, by stepping away from it." The DCCC praised his move. Chen's dropping out was cited as an example of how self-funding millionaires drove less wealthy Democrats out of California primaries, as Cisneros obtained his wealth from winning a Mega Millions lottery jackpot.


2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Candidates
Republicans were less eager than Democrats to thin the herd of candidates, which is why the Young Guns program includes both Kim and Nelson on its list.


2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Candidates, Republican
Republican candidates campaigned chiefly on increased border security and an end to California sanctuary state law.


2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Candidates, Republican
Bob Huff is a former state senator who represented California's 29th State Senate district.


2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Candidates, Republican
Young Kim is a former Assemblywoman who represented California's 65th State Assembly district. She emigrated from South Korea in 1975, graduated from University of Southern California in 1981, worked in a bank and then as a controller of a ladieswear manufacturing firm, and served in Royce's congressional office for 21 years as community liaison and director of Asian affairs and has received Royce's endorsement.


2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Candidates, Republican
Kim said she wants to create jobs and keep taxes low. She said she wanted to increase border security and ensure those brought to the U.S. "as children without legal documentation are treated fairly and with compassion."


2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Candidates, Republican
Phil Liberatore is a Certified Public Accountant, founder of IRS Problem Solvers, and author of God, Money and You.


2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Candidates, Republican
Shawn Nelson was a former Orange County Supervisor at the time of the election; he is now a top official in the Orange County District Attorney's office.


2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Candidates, Democratic
Democratic candidates advocated for tax reform to end tax cuts for the wealthy. and supported universal health care. The candidates supported banning assault weapons and implementing universal background checks on gun purchases. Democratic candidate Andy Thorburn sent out mailers accusing candidate Gil Cisneros of investing millions of dollars in gun industry stock.


2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Candidates, Democratic
Andy Thorburn is a former teacher and union activist who made his wealth in the insurance business. He was CEO of Foothill Ranch-based Global Benefits Group from 2005 to 2015, and remains its largest stockholder. Thorburn supported a Medicare for all healthcare system.


2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Candidates, Democratic
Gil Cisneros is a Navy veteran and former shipping and distribution manager at Frito-Lay who won a lottery jackpot of $266 million with his wife in 2010. Cisneros raised the issue of homelessness among veterans, vowing to fight any attempts to defund or weaken HUD-VASH.


2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Candidates, Democratic
Mai Khanh Tran is a pediatrician. Despite pressure from Democratic officials, she has refused to drop out, saying she is "the only qualified woman, the only immigrant and the only physician in the race".


2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Fundraising
Millionaires Andy Thorburn and Gil Cisneros have loaned their campaigns $2.3 million and $2 million respectively. As of March 31, Kim raised more than $600,000, according to FEC filings, fourth most in the race and the most for a Republican. Kim received $178,000 in mailers and web ads, and $316,998 altogether, from The American Future Fund. The California Freedom and Prosperity Fund PAC spent about $85,000 opposing Kim, while spending five figures boosting Nelson.


2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Fundraising
In May, the race in the 39th district had seen the fourth most money spent of any House race in the nation. As of June, $10 million had been spent, making the race the most expensive in the state.


2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Advertising
Young Kim was the first Republican in the election to launch a TV ad. The ad highlights her connection to Royce, her record as a state legislator, and her family history. Two Democrats in the race, Navy veteran and lottery winner Gil Cisneros and Andy Thorburn, also launched TV ads in April. Sam Jammal narrated an advertisement from a dog's point of view.


2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Advertising
As of May 15, 2018, House Majority PAC and Priorities USA Action planned to air ads targeting Bob Huff and Shawn Nelson, in an effort to help their chosen candidate, Cisneros. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, a week prior, had made a nearly $450,000 ad buy targeting those same two candidates. The anti-Nelson ad accuses him of hypocrisy over pensions. The anti-Huff ad says, "He huffs and he puffs but would make your taxes go up."


2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Advertising
The DCCC ads did not target Young Kim, who was seen as the leading Republican and was endorsed by Royce to succeed him, since the purpose of the ads was to put a Democrat in the top two by ensuring that Kim is the only Republican to reach the general election. As of May, the DCCC undertook an operation including mailers and digital ads (via platforms such as Google, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat), aimed at registering and turning out the party's voters.


2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Advertising
Cisneros and Thorburn each launched dueling websites panning their rival. Cisneros's campaign accused Thorburn of tax-evasion, while Thorburn's camp has a site calling Cisneros a gun lover. In May, California Democratic Party Chairman Eric Bauman announced that he had helped to engineer a deal between Thorburn and Cisneros to stop attacking each other and instead focus on "promoting their positive visions" and "highlighting their contrast with the corrupt, incompetent Trump Republicans." Both candidates took down their negative websites against each other.


2018 California's 39th congressional district election, Primary election, Advertising
In May, the DCCC announced its first Spanish-language midterm TV ad in favor of Cisneros. The ad criticized Republicans for trying to cut funds for education and student aid, and for denying Dreamers a path to citizenship. Meanwhile, House Majority PAC sent out mailing pieces to Republican and independent voters tying Phil Liberatore to President Trump, a move to raise the underfunded Liberatore's name recognition and try to siphon off votes from other GOP candidates to him. The ads point out Liberatore's desire for a border wall and an end to sanctuary cities, and his endorsement by Joe Arpaio.


2018 California's 39th congressional district election, General election
The primary election was held on June 5, 2018. Under election rules the top two vote-getters in the jungle primary advanced to November, regardless of party affiliation. Republican Assemblywoman Young Kim and Democrat Gil Cisneros came in first and second place respectively, advancing to the general election.


2018 California's 39th congressional district election, General election, Polling
In the three months prior to the election FiveThirtyEight projected a close election, with Kim and Cisneros each respectively having a 65.2% and 62.2% chance of winning at their peak.


2018 California's 39th congressional district election, General election, Results
The general election was held on November 6. In the first few days following the election, Young Kim was leading in the early reported results. However, ballots in California only have to be postmarked on election day, and other races in California have shifted from Republican election night leads to Democratic victories. The Mercury News reports speculation that Democratic swings in the days following the election are "due to Democratic voters being more likely to cast their ballots on election day or mail them in at the last minute, instead of voting early". This is a documented example of the American electoral phenomenon of blue shift. Over the next few days, Cisneros pulled ahead of Young Kim. On November 17, AP News projected that Cisneros had won the election. County officials published their final results on December 7, 2018.


2018 California's 39th congressional district election, General election, Results by county
Results by county. Blue represents counties won by Cisneros. Red represents counties won by Kim.


2018 Caloocan Supremos season
The 2018 Caloocan Supremos season is the 1st season of the franchise in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).


2018 Cambodian League
2018 Cambodian League is the 34th season of the Cambodian League. Contested by 12 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Cambodian Second League. The league starts from 3 March until 30 September. Boeung Ket are the defending champions. Nagaworld FC won the champion again after waiting since 2009.


2018 Cambodian League, Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to five per team. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country.


2018 Cambodian League, Foreign players
Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.


2018 Cambodian Senate election
Senate elections were held in Cambodia on 25 February 2018 after being postponed from 14 January 2018. For the first time, the Senate and parliamentary elections occurred in the same year. The result was a victory for the CPP, which won all 58 seats. King Norodom Sihamoni nominated Princess Norodom Arunrasmy and Oum Somanin to the Senate.


2018 Cambodian general election
General elections were held in Cambodia on Sunday, 29 July 2018 to elect members of the sixth National Assembly. Polling stations opened at 07:00 (ICT) and closed at 15:00. The number of registered voters has decreased for the first time since 1993 and was down 13% from the 2013 general elections.


2018 Cambodian general election
With the absence of a credible opposition, the elections were viewed as a formality, and dismissed as sham elections by the international community. They resulted in a widely expected landslide victory for the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP), which won all 125 seats in the National Assembly. Despite calls to boycott the election, voter turnout was alleged to be 83.02%.


2018 Cambodian general election, Background
The previous elections in July 2013 saw a fourth consecutive victory for the CPP, which won 68 seats in the National Assembly, with the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) claiming the remaining 55 seats. Despite their huge gain in seats, the opposition decried the results and accused the CPP of poll fraud. As a result, the CNRP boycotted parliament in September 2013 and vowed not to enter parliament until electoral reforms had been made. The disputed results led to the outbreak of widespread anti-government protests.


2018 Cambodian general election, Background
On 10 April 2014, Prime Minister Hun Sen agreed to hold elections five months early in February 2018. However, the opposition rejected the suggestion, demanding elections be held as early as 2015 or mid-2016. On 22 July 2014, the political crisis officially ended and the opposition agreed to take their seats in parliament. It was also agreed that the next elections would be held in 2018. However, CNRP leader Sam Rainsy was stripped from parliamentary immunity, and then barred from returning to Cambodia after leaving the country. His request for a royal pardon was blocked by Sen, and in December 2016, his deputy Kem Sokha replaced him as Minority Leader.


2018 Cambodian general election, Background
On 11 February 2017, Rainsy resigned as President of the CNRP, and was succeeded by Sokha. On 3 September, Sokha was arrested and charged with treason, raising questions about the party's future. Another act of repression by the government was the closure of the Cambodia Daily newspaper. On 16 November 2017, the CNRP was dissolved, eliminating any real challenge to the long-ruling CPP. Its seats in parliament were distributed to three other parties.


2018 Cambodian general election, Reactions
The legitimacy of the 2018 elections was called into question by various commentators and media outlets. There were a record number of invalid ballots, accounting for 8.6% of the total votes cast, more than any votes received by a political party barring the CPP. Also, in areas away from the country's capital, voters claimed that CPP were using intimidation tactics in order to influence the elections' results.


2018 Cambodian general election, Reactions
Various international governments including Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan and the United States dismissed the election results, and threatened to impose sanctions on Hun Sen's government.


2018 Cambodian general election, Reactions
China, the Philippines, Laos and Thailand were among the countries to congratulate the CPP on their victory. Meanwhile the former opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party accused the National Election Committee of misleading the number of voter turnout.


2018 Cambridge City Council election
The 2018 Cambridge City Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in England. This was on the same day as other nationwide local elections.


2018 Cambridge City Council election
Note the totals are affected by an off-cycle vacancy in East Chesterton, meaning the council was one member short going in and an extra (vacant) seat was contested.


2018 Cambridge City Council election, Ward results, East Chesterton
Two seats were up due to the resignation of Margery Abbott (Labour, elected 2016)


2018 Camden London Borough Council election
The 2018 Camden election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Camden Council in London. The Labour Party increased their majority on the council by gaining three seats from the Conservatives, who also lost two seats to the Liberal Democrats.


2018 Camellia Bowl
The 2018 Camellia Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 15, 2018, with kickoff scheduled for 5:30 p.m. EST (4:30 p.m. local CST). It was the fifth edition of the Camellia Bowl, and one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. Sponsored by broadcasting company Raycom Media, the game was officially known as the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl.


2018 Camellia Bowl, Teams
The game featured the Eastern Michigan Eagles from the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and the Georgia Southern Eagles of the Sun Belt Conference. This was the first meeting between the two programs.


2018 Camellia Bowl, Teams, Georgia Southern Eagles
On November 28, Georgia-based news organizations reported that Georgia Southern would play in the Camellia Bowl, which was confirmed via an official announcement on December 2. They entered the bowl with a 9–3 record (6–2 in conference). The Eagles had previously played in one bowl game, winning the 2015 GoDaddy Bowl over Bowling Green; before 2014, the team competed in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly known as Division I-AA).


2018 Camellia Bowl, Teams, Eastern Michigan Eagles
Eastern Michigan received and accepted a bid to the Camellia Bowl on December 2. The Eagles entered the bowl with a 7–5 record (5–3 in conference). This was the Eagles' second bowl game in the last three years, having also played in the 2016 Bahamas Bowl where they were defeated by Old Dominion, 24–20.


2018 Cameroon International
The 2018 Cameroon International is a badminton tournament which takes place at Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex in Cameroon from 14 to 17 June 2018 and had a total purse of $10,000.


2018 Cameroon International, Tournament
The 2018 Cameroon International is the eleventh tournament of the 2018 BWF International Series and also part of the Cameroon International championships which has been held since 2017. This tournament was organized by the Badminton Federation of Cameroon.


2018 Cameroon International, Tournament, Venue
This international tournament was held at Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex in Yaoundé, Cameroon.


2018 Cameroon International, Tournament, Point distribution
Below is the tables with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF International Series event.


2018 Cameroon International, Tournament, Prize money
The total prize money for this year tournament is US$10,000. Distribution of prize money is in accordance with BWF regulations.


2018 Cameroonian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Cameroon on 7 October 2018.


2018 Cameroonian presidential election, Background
The previous presidential elections on 9 October 2011 saw incumbent president Paul Biya elected for another seven-year term following a 2008 constitutional amendment that removed term limits, allowing Biya to run again. Going into the 2018 elections Cameroon experienced unrest in the English-speaking portions of the country where separatists have attempted to create the state of Ambazonia. The worst of the unrest occurred in Manyu where several Western countries issued travel warnings to their citizens.


2018 Cameroonian presidential election, Background
The Social Democratic Front, a party that traditionally performs well in the English-speaking portions of the country, has been vocal in their criticism of the handling of the unrest. Biya has responded to the unrest by stating that he would like to see faster progress made on decentralization reforms that were begun in 2010 so that local regions would have more self governance.


2018 Cameroonian presidential election, Background
On 15 June 2018, the BBC obtained a copy of a letter from Paul Biya to the leader of Cameroon's Senate, appearing to request that the elections be postponed until October 2019. In July President Biya announced that the election would be held on October 7, 2018.


2018 Cameroonian presidential election, Electoral system
The President of Cameroon is elected by first-past-the-post voting; the candidate with the most votes is declared the winner with no requirement to achieve a majority.


2018 Cameroonian presidential election, Aftermath
On 28 January 2019 Maurice Kamto was arrested in Douala while at a supporter's house.


2018 Campbell Fighting Camels football team
The 2018 Campbell Fighting Camels football team represented Campbell University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Mike Minter and played their home games at Barker–Lane Stadium. They were first-year members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 1–4 in Big South play to finish in fifth place.


2018 Campbell Fighting Camels football team, Previous season
The Fighting Camels finished the 2017 season 6–5, 5–3 in PFL play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. This was Campbell's final season in the PFL.


2018 Campbell Fighting Camels football team, Preseason, Big South poll
In the Big South preseason poll released on July 23, 2018, the Fighting Camels were predicted to finish in fifth place.


2018 Campbell Fighting Camels football team, Preseason, Preseason All-Big South team
The Big South released their preseason all-Big South team on July 23, 2018, with the Fighting Camels having one player selected along with two more on the honorable mention list.


2018 Campeonato Baiano
The 2018 Campeonato Baiano de Futebol was the 114th edition of Bahia's top professional football league. The competition began on 21 January and ended on 8 April. Bahia won the championship for the 47th time.


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the Brasileirão Assaí 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was the 62nd season of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top level of professional football in Brazil, and the 15th edition in a double round-robin since its establishment in 2003. The season began on 14 April 2018 and ended on 2 December 2018. The top six teams as well as the 2018 Copa do Brasil champions qualified to the Copa Libertadores. The next six best-placed teams not qualified for Copa Libertadores qualified for the Copa Sudamericana and the last four were relegated to Série B in 2019.


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Palmeiras won their 10th title, which is the most titles in the tournament.


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Teams
Twenty teams competed in the league – the top sixteen teams from the previous season, as well as four teams promoted from the Série B.


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Teams
América Mineiro became the first club to be promoted after a 1–2 win against Figueirense on 11 November 2017. Internacional was promoted on 14 November 2017, and Paraná and Ceará were promoted on 18 November 2017.


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Personnel and kits, Foreign players
The clubs can have a maximum of five foreign players in their Campeonato Brasileiro squads per match, but there is no limit of foreigners in the clubs' squads.


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
The 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the second division.


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Twenty teams competed in the tournament, twelve returning from the 2017 season, four promoted from the 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C (CSA, Fortaleza, São Bento and Sampaio Corrêa). and four relegated from the 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (Coritiba, Avaí, Ponte Preta and Atlético Goianiense).


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
The top four teams were promoted to the 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. Fortaleza became the first club to be promoted after a 1–2 win against Atlético Goianiense on 3 November 2018. Goiás was promoted on 17 November, and Avaí and CSA on 24 November.


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
The 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the third division. The competition started on 14 April and ended on 22 September 2018.


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
Twenty teams competed in the tournament, twelve returning from the 2017 season, four promoted from the 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D (Operário Ferroviário, Globo, Atlético Acreano and Juazeirense), and four relegated from the 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (Luverdense, Santa Cruz, ABC and Náutico).


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
Botafogo-SP, Bragantino, Cuiabá and Operário Ferroviário qualified for the semi-finals and were promoted to the 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
Operário Ferroviário won the title after defeating Cuiabá in the final.


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, Group stage
In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Head-to-head (if the tie is only between two teams). If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used (except if both teams shared the same stadium); 5. Fewest red cards; 6. Fewest yellow cards; 7. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 15).


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, Group stage
The top four teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stages.


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, Final Stages
Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, Final Stages
Starting from the semi-finals, the teams were seeded according to their performance in the tournament. The teams were ranked according to overall points. If tied on overall points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Overall wins; 2. Overall goal difference; 3. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 17).


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, Final Stages, Quarter-finals
The matches were played between 18 and 27 August 2018.


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, Final Stages, Quarter-finals, Group C
Bragantino won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, Final Stages, Quarter-finals, Group D
Operário Ferroviário won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, Final Stages, Quarter-finals, Group E
Cuiabá won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, Final Stages, Quarter-finals, Group F
Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Botafogo-SP won on penalties and advanced to the semi-finals


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, Final Stages, Semi-finals
The matches were played between 1 and 9 September 2018.


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, Final Stages, Semi-finals, Group G
Tied 0–0 on aggregate, Operário Ferroviário won on penalties and advanced to the finals


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, Final Stages, Semi-finals, Group H
Cuiabá won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the finals


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, Final Stages, Finals
The matches were played on 16 and 22 September 2018.


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
The 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the fourth division. The competition started on 21 April and ended on 4 August 2018.


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
Sixty-eight teams competed in the tournament. Sixty-four teams qualified from their state leagues and cups, and four relegated from the 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C (ASA, Macaé, Mogi Mirim and Moto Club).


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
Ferroviário, Imperatriz, São José and Treze qualified for the semi-finals and were promoted to the 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C.


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
Ferroviário won the title after defeating Treze in the final.


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, Competition format
In the first stage, 68 teams were divided into seventeen groups of four, organized regionally. 32 teams (17 winners and 15 runners-up) qualified for the second stage. From the second stage on the competition was played as a knock-out tournament with each round contested over two legs.


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, First stage
In the first stage, each group played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners of each group and the best 15 runners-up qualified for the second stage. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Head-to-head (if the tie was only between two teams); 5. Fewest red cards; 6. Fewest yellow cards; 7. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 12).


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, Second stage
The Second stage was a two-legged knockout tie, with the draw regionalised.


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, Second stage, Qualification and draw
The 32 qualifiers (17 group winners and 15 best performing group runners-up) were divided into two pots. Pot 1 contained the 16 best performing group winners. Pot 2 contained the worst performing group winner and the 15 qualifying group runners-up. In pot 1 the teams were numbered 1 to 16 in numerical order of the group they qualified from. In pot 2 the teams were numbered 17 to 32 in numerical order of the group they qualified from. In the case that one of the qualifying runners-up was from the same group as the worst performing group winner, both teams would be in pot 2 and the group winners would be numbered lower in sequence than the group runners-up.


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, Second stage, Qualification and draw
The teams were ranked according to points. If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 14).


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, Second stage, Qualification and draw
To keep the draw regionalised Team 1 played Team 18, Team 2 played Team 17 and this pattern was repeated throughout the draw. The higher numbered team played at home in the first leg.


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, Third stage
The third stage was a two-legged knockout tie, with the draw regionalised. The ties were predetermined from the second stage, with the winners of second stage tie 1 playing the winners of second stage tie 2, etc. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the tournament with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg.


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, Final stages
The final stages were a two leg knockout competition with quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals rounds. The draw for the quarter-finals was seeded based on the table of results of all matches in the competition for the qualifying teams. First played eighth, second played seventh, etc. The top four seeded teams played the second leg at home. The four quarter-final winners were promoted to Série C for 2019.


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, Final stages
The draw for the semi-finals was seeded based on the table of results of all matches in the competition for the qualifying teams. First played fourth, second played third. The top two seeded teams played the second leg at home.


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, Final stages
In the finals, the team with the best record in the competition played the second leg at home.


2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, Final stages, Finals
The matches were played on 30 July and 4 August.


2018 Campeonato Carioca
The 2018 Campeonato Carioca de Futebol was the 115th edition of the top tier of football  of FFERJ (Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, or Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation). The top four teams in the final standings of the tournament not otherwise qualified competed in the 2019 Copa do Brasil. The top three teams not competing in any level of the national Campeonato Brasileiro qualified for the 2019 Brasileiro Série D.


2018 Campeonato Carioca
The format remained unchanged from the 2017 edition. In the First Round, six teams played a round-robin tournament, with the top two teams qualified for the main competition and the bottom four entering the Relegation Round. The main competition was divided into two tournaments, the Taça Guanabara and Taça Rio, each with two 6-team groups. The top two placed teams in each of the groups qualified to contest the state title. The top four teams in the final standings qualified automatically for the Final Round (the Taça Guanabara and Taça Rio champions). The Final Round was a knockout-style playoff with a two-legged final played at the Maracanã Stadium. in Macaé was punished with the loss of 26 points by TJD-RJ by irregular escalation of left-side Luke Gabriel in six matches of the Taça Rio.


2018 Campeonato Carioca, First round
The First Round was contested in a round-robin format from 20 December 2017 to 13 January 2018 by six teams: the two final teams from the 2017 Campeonato Carioca Série B1 (Goytacaz and America), the bottom two teams from the 2017 Campeonato Carioca main competition (Resende and Macaé), and the two surviving teams from the 2017 Campeonato Carioca Relegation Round (Cabofriense and Bonsucesso). The two top placed teams qualified to contest 2018 Campeonato Carioca, one team each placed in Group A and Group B. The remaining four teams contested in the 2018 Relegation Round.


2018 Campeonato Carioca, Championship round
The Championship Round was two competitions: Taça Guanabara and Taça Rio. The twelve clubs were  into two groups of six, Group A and Group B. The traditional "big four" teams of Rio de Janeiro (Flamengo, Botafogo, Fluminense, and Vasco da Gama) were separated with two teams placed in each group. Each round had its own four-team playoff featuring the top two teams of each group. The Taça Rio was followed by a four-team Final playoff featuring the top four teams of the combined table across both competitions (the competition playoff champion(s) automatically qualified for the Final playoff).


2018 Campeonato Carioca, Championship round, Taça Guanabara
The Taça Guanabara was played from 16 January 2018 to 4 February 2018. It was a single round-robin format with each team playing one match with the teams of their own group. The two top point teams qualified for the knockout stage of the competition. The champion of Taça Guanabara qualified to the Final Stage.


2018 Campeonato Carioca, Championship round, Taça Rio
The Taça Rio tournament was from 19 February 2018 to 18 March 2018. Group A and Group B remained the same as in Taça Guanabara, but each team played a single match round-robin against the teams of the other group. The top two teams in points in each group qualified for the knockout stage of the competition. The champion of Taça Rio qualified to the Final Stage.


2018 Campeonato Carioca, Relegation playoffs
The Relegation Round was played from 20 January 2018 to 4 March 2018 in a double round-robin format. The two top placed teams qualified for the First Round of the 2019 Campeonato Carioca and the two placed bottom teams were relegated to the 2019 Campeonato Carioca Série B1.


2018 Campeonato Carioca Série B1
The 2018 Campeonato Carioca Série B1 was the 38th edition of the main division of football in Rio de Janeiro. The contest is organized by FERJ. from 2018, in Campeonato Carioca Série B will called Série B1. The main novelty for a season will be an inclusion of the two times demoted in the 2018 Campeonato Carioca.


2018 Campeonato Gaúcho
The 2018 Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF (2018 FGF First Division Professional Football Championship), better known as the 2015 Campeonato Gaúcho or  Gaúcho, was the 97th edition of the top flight football league of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The season began in January and ended in April.


2018 Campeonato Goiano
The 2018 Campeonato Goiano  (officially the Campeonato Goiano de Profissionais da 1ª Divisão – Edição 2018) is the 76th edition of Goiás's top professional football league. The competition began on 17 January 2019 and end on 8 de abril 2018.


2018 Campeonato Goiano, Format
In the first stage, the 10 teams were drawn into two groups of five teams each.


2018 Campeonato Internacional de Tênis de Campinas
The 2018 Campeonato Internacional de Tênis de Campinas was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Campinas, Brazil between 1 and 7 October 2018.


2018 Campeonato Internacional de Tênis de Campinas, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Campeonato Internacional de Tênis de Campinas – Doubles
Máximo González and Fabrício Neis were the defending champions but only Neis chose to defend his title, partnering Rafael Matos. Neis lost in the quarterfinals to Thiago Monteiro and Pedro Sakamoto.


2018 Campeonato Internacional de Tênis de Campinas – Doubles
Hugo Dellien and Guillermo Durán won the title after defeating Franco Agamenone and Fernando Romboli 7–5, 6–4 in the final.


2018 Campeonato Internacional de Tênis de Campinas – Singles
Gastão Elias was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Camilo Ugo Carabelli.


2018 Campeonato Internacional de Tênis de Campinas – Singles
Christian Garín won the title after defeating Federico Delbonis 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


2018 Campeonato Mineiro
The 2018 Campeonato Mineiro was the 104th season of Mineiro's top professional football league. The competition began on January 17 and ended on April 8. Atlético was the defending champions but was beaten in the final by its longtime rival Cruzeiro, that conquered its 37th title and became the defending champions.


2018 Campeonato Mineiro, Format, First stage
The 2018 Módulo I first stage was played by 12 clubs in a single round-robin, with all teams playing each other once. The eight best-placed teams qualified for the final stage and the last two teams were relegated to the 2019 Módulo II.


2018 Campeonato Mineiro, Format, First stage
The league also selects Minas Gerais's representatives in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D and the Copa do Brasil. The two best placed teams not already qualified to the 2018 seasons of the Série A, Série B or Série C, earns the spots to the 2018 Série D. The three best-placed teams qualify for the 2019 Copa do Brasil.


2018 Campeonato Mineiro, Format, Knockout stage
The knockout stage was played between the 8 best-placed teams from the previous stage, with the quarterfinals played in a one-legged tie and the semifinals and finals played in a two-legged tie. The quarterfinals were played necessarily at the best-placed team's home. The first best-placed team played against the eighth best-placed, the second against the seventh and so on. In the semifinals, the best-placed team in the first stage in each contest have the right to choose whether to play its home game in the first or second leg. The best-placed team in the first stage of each contest could win it with two ties.


2018 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba
The 2018 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba is the 107th season of the top-tier football league in Cuba. The season began on 19 February and ended on 30 June 2018.


2018 Campeonato Nacional de Velocidade Turismos
The 2018 Campeonato Nacional de Velocidade Turismos is set to be the fourth season of Campeonato Nacional de Velocidade Turismos (en: Portuguese Touring Car Championship) that will run under the TCR regulations. The series is organised by the Federação Portuguesa de Automobilismo e Karting (FPAK) and Full Eventos under the Racing Weekend banner. Francisco Mora is the defending drivers' champion.


2018 Campeonato Nacional de Velocidade Turismos, Teams and drivers
Yokohama is the official tire supplier. All teams and drivers are Portuguese based


2018 Campeonato Nacional de Velocidade Turismos, Calendar and results
The original version of the calendar, which included 5 stages, was changed on April 4 due to the need for teams of more time to prepare for participation in the new season. All events will be held in Portugal. For works in the Estoril circuit, the Federação Portuguesa de Automobilismo e Karting, together with the promoter of the event, opted for the change of the 4th stage for the Braga circuit.


2018 Campeonato Paraense
The 2018 Campeonato Paraense de Futebol was the 106th edition of Pará's top professional football league. The competition started on 13 January and ended on 8 April. Remo won the championship for the 45th time.


2018 Campeonato Paraense, Format
The competition will consist of two groups of five teams each, who will face off in round games and back against the other key times in a single turn. The top two will contest the semi-finals in their respective groups, thereby defining the two championship finalists. The losers of the semifinals will make two matches to decide the third place. Semifinal and final matches will round trip.


2018 Campeonato Paraense, Format
The worst placed of each group will be relegated to the Second Division.


2018 Campeonato Paraense, Format
The champion qualify to the 2019 Copa Verde. The champion, the runner-up and the 3rd-placed team qualify to the 2019 Copa do Brasil. The best two teams who isn't on Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Série B or Série C qualifies to 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.


2018 Campeonato Paraense, Semi-finals, Match 51
Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Paysandu won on penalties and advanced to the final.


2018 Campeonato Paraense, Semi-finals, Match 52
Remo won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the final.


2018 Campeonato Paraense Finals
The 2018 Campeonato Paraense Finals was the final that decided the 2018 Campeonato Paraense, the 106th season of the Campeonato Paraense. The final were contested between Paysandu and Remo.


2018 Campeonato Paraense Finals
Remo defeated Paysandu 3–1 on aggregate to win their 45th Campeonato Paraense title.


2018 Campeonato Paraense Finals, Road to the final
Note: In all scores below, the score of the home team is given first.


2018 Campeonato Paraense Finals, Format
The finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.


2018 Campeonato Paraense Finals, Matches, First leg
Assistant referees:Fabrício Vilarinho da Silva (Goiás)Rogério Pablos Zanardo (São Paulo)Fourth official:Wasley do Couto Leão (Pará)Fifth official:Nadilson Sousa dos Santos (Pará)


2018 Campeonato Paraense Finals, Matches, Second leg
Assistant referees:Alessandro Álvaro de Matos (Bahia)Guilherme Dias Camilo (Minas Gerais)Fourth official:Dewson Fernando Freitas da Silva (Pará)Fifth official:Joquetan Moreira Guimarães (Pará)


2018 Campeonato Paraibano
The 2018 Campeonato Paraibano de Futebol was the 108th edition of Paraíba's top professional football league. The competition began on 7 January and ended on 8 April. Botafogo-PB were defending champions, after defeating Treze in the 2017 final.


2018 Campeonato Paraibano, Format
In the first (group) stage, the ten teams weredivided into two groups of five. Each team played the five teams in the other group, home and away, for a total of ten games. The teams that finished top of each group qualified directly for the third (semi-final) stage. The teams that finished second and third in each group qualified for the second (quarter-final) stage. Of these two teams, the one with the best record in the competition was classified first for going into the next stage. The teams that finished fourth and fifth in each group played in the relegation quadrangle stage.


2018 Campeonato Paraibano, Format
In the second (quarter-final) stage, the teams that finished second in each group played the team finishing third in the same group over two legs, home and away. In both ties the team that finished third in their group played the first leg at home. The two winning teams qualified for the third (semi-final) stage. The team with the best record in the competition so far was classified as third going into that stage.


2018 Campeonato Paraibano, Format
In the relegation quadrangle stage, the four qualifying teams played each other home and away, with no points carried forward from the first (group) stage. The two teams that finished bottom of this stage were relegated to Division 2 for 2019.


2018 Campeonato Paraibano, Format
In the third (semi-final) stage, the team classified fourth played the team classified first, and the team classified third played the team classified second. Both ties were played over two legs, with the lower qualified team playing the first leg at home.


2018 Campeonato Paraibano, Format
In the final stage, the two winning teams from the third (semi-final) stage played over two legs, with the team with the best record in the competition so far playing the first leg away from home.


2018 Campeonato Paraibano, Format, Qualification
The two finalists qualified to participate in the 2019 Copa do Brasil and 2019 Copa do Nordeste. The two best placed teams (other than Botafogo-PB) qualified to participate in the 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.


2018 Campeonato Paraibano, Semi-final stage
Games were scheduled to be played on 18 March and 25 March. The first leg between Botafogo-PB and Treze was postponed due to a legal challenge by Botafogo-PB regarding who should have home advantage according to the published rules of the competition. Following rejection of the challenge, the game was rescheduled for 25 March, with the second leg on 1 April.


2018 Campeonato Paulista
The 2018 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 117th season of São Paulo's top professional football league.


2018 Campeonato Paulista, Format, Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:


2018 Campeonato Paulista, Awards, Team of the year
The Young Player of the Year was awarded to Rodrygo.


2018 Campeonato Paulista, Awards, Team of the year
The Countryside Best Player of the Year was awarded to Bruno Moraes.


2018 Campeonato Paulista, Awards, Team of the year
The top scorer of the season was Miguel Borja, who scored seven goals.


2018 Campeonato Paulista knockout stage
The knockout stage of the 2018 Campeonato Paulista began on 17 March with the quarter-final and concluded on 8 April 2018 with the final. A total of eight teams competed in the knockout stage. Corinthians were the champions.


2018 Campeonato Paulista knockout stage, Round and draw dates
All draws held at Federação Paulista de Futebol headquarters in São Paulo, Brazil.


2018 Campeonato Paulista knockout stage, Format
Each tie is played over two legs, with the team with the best placing in the general table playing the second leg at home. The quarterfinals are played between the winners and runners-up of each group. In the semifinals the best team (first) will face the team with the worst campaign (fourth), while the second will face the team with the third best campaign.


2018 Campeonato Pernambucano
The 2018 Campeonato Pernambucano (officially the Pernambucano da Série A1 de 2018) was the 104th edition of the state championship of Pernambuco organized by FPF. The championship began on 17 January and ended on 8 April. Sport were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Central in the semi-finals.


2018 Campeonato Pernambucano
Náutico defeated Central 2–1 on aggregate to win their 22nd Campeonato Pernambucano title, the first one since 2004. As champions, Náutico qualified for the 2019 Copa do Brasil and 2019 Copa do Nordeste.


2018 Campeonato Pernambucano
Central and Sport qualified for 2019 Copa do Brasil as runners-up and third placed team, respectively.


2018 Campeonato Pernambucano
Sport declined to participate in the 2019 Copa do Nordeste. They were replaced by Santa Cruz (best second-team in the 2018 RNC). Salgueiro qualified for 2019 Pré-Copa do Nordeste via RNC.


2018 Campeonato Pernambucano, Teams
Eleven teams were competing, ten returning from the 2017 and one promoted from the 2017 Pernambucano A2 Championship (Pesqueira).


2018 Campeonato Pernambucano, First stage
In the first stage, each team played the other 10 teams in a single round-robin tournament. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Head-to-head; 5. Fewest red cards; 6. Fewest yellow cards; 7. Draw in the headquarters of the FPF.


2018 Campeonato Pernambucano, First stage
Top eight teams advanced to the quarter-finals of the final stages. The two teams with the lowest number of points were relegated to the 2019 Campeonato Pernambucano A2. Top three teams not already qualified for 2019 Série A, Série B or Série C qualified for 2019 Série D.


2018 Campeonato Pernambucano, Final stages
Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:


2018 Campeonato Pernambucano, Final stages, Finals, Matches
Náutico won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2019 Copa do Nordeste.


2018 Campeonato Pernambucano, 2018 Campeonato Pernambucano team
The 2018 Campeonato Pernambucano team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.


2018 Campeonato de España de Resistencia
The 2018 Trofeo de España TCR is the third season of the TCR Spanish Series. The championship will run as the one of classes of the Campeonato de España Resistencia.


2018 Campeonato de España de Resistencia, Championship standings, Drivers' championship
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.


2018 Campeones Cup
The 2018 Campeones Cup was the first edition of the Campeones Cup, an annual North American football competition contested between the champions of the previous Major League Soccer season and the winner of the Campeón de Campeones from Liga MX.


2018 Campeones Cup
The match featured Canadian side Toronto FC, winners of the 2017 MLS Cup, and UANL, winners of the 2018 Campeón de Campeones, for which they qualified by winning the 2017 Liga MX Torneo Apertura. Toronto FC hosted the match at BMO Field in Toronto, Canada on 19 September 2018.


2018 Campeones Cup
UANL won the match 3–1 to win the inaugural Campeones Cup.


2018 Campeones Cup, Venue
As the MLS team, Toronto FC hosted the match, which took place at BMO Field in Toronto, with a seating capacity of 30,000, hosted the match. The stadium opened in 2007 and was renovated in 2016.


2018 Campeones Cup, Broadcasting
The match's English broadcast was aired in Canada on TSN and the United States on ESPN2. A French broadcast was aired in Canada on TVA Sports 2, while Univision and Univision Deportes Network carried the Spanish broadcast in the United States. The Univision broadcast was watched by an audience of 1.1 million.


2018 Campeones Cup, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Juan Carlos Mora (Costa Rica)Octavio Jara (Costa Rica)Fourth official:Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)


2018 Campeón de Campeones
The 2018 Campeón de Campeones was a Mexican football match that took place on July 15, 2018. The match was the fourth edition of the modern Campeón de Campeones, contested by the Liga MX season's Apertura and Clausura champions. The 2018 edition featured Tigres UANL, the Apertura champion, and Santos Laguna, the Clasura champion, at the StubHub Center in Carson, California, hosting for the third consecutive year. Like previous editions, the Campeón de Campeones was contested at a neutral venue in the United States and paired with the 2018 Supercopa MX.


2018 Campeón de Campeones
As winners, UANL earned the right to play against MLS Cup winners Toronto FC in the inaugural edition of the Campeones Cup.


2018 Campeón de Campeones, Match details
Assistant referees: Alberto Morin Méndez  Andres Hernández Delgado Fourth official:Marco Antonio Ortiz


2018 Camping World Bowl
The 2018 Camping World Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 28, 2018, between the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Syracuse Orange. It was the 29th edition of the Camping World Bowl, and one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the recreational vehicle company Camping World.


2018 Camping World Bowl, Teams
The game was played between West Virginia from the Big 12 Conference and Syracuse from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). This was the 61st time the two programs had met; Syracuse held a 33–27 series lead in prior games.


2018 Camping World Bowl, Teams, West Virginia Mountaineers
West Virginia received and accepted a bid to the Camping World Bowl on December 2. The Mountaineers entered the bowl with an 8–3 record (6–3 in conference). Quarterback Will Grier, tackle Yodny Cajuste, and wide receiver Gary Jennings announced that they would sit out the game in order to prepare for the 2019 NFL Draft.


2018 Camping World Bowl, Teams, Syracuse Orange
Syracuse received and accepted a bid to the Camping World Bowl on December 2. The Orange entered the bowl with a 9–3 record (6–2 in conference). Syracuse also entered the game short-handed, as defensive end Alton Robinson, defensive tackle McKinley Williams, and defensive back Antwan Cordy all missed the game for personal reasons.


2018 Can-Am 500
The 2018 Can-Am 500 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on November 11, 2018, at ISM Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 312 laps on the one mile (1.6 km) oval, it was the 35th race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, ninth race of the Playoffs, and final race of the Round of 8.


2018 Can-Am 500, Report, Background
ISM Raceway – also known as PIR – is a one-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. It is named after the nearby metropolitan area of Phoenix. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted the IndyCar Series, CART, USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series. The raceway is currently owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation.


2018 Can-Am 500, Report, Background
The raceway was originally constructed with a 2.5 mi (4.0 km) road course that ran both inside and outside of the main tri-oval. In 1991 the track was reconfigured with the current 1.51 mi (2.43 km) interior layout. PIR has an estimated grandstand seating capacity of around 67,000. Lights were installed around the track in 2004 following the addition of a second annual NASCAR race weekend.


2018 Can-Am 500, Report, Background
ISM Raceway is home to two annual NASCAR race weekends, one of 13 facilities on the NASCAR schedule to host more than one race weekend a year. The track is both the first and last stop in the western United States, as well as the fourth and penultimate track on the schedule.


2018 Can-Am 500, First practice
Erik Jones was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 26.113 seconds and a speed of 137.862 mph (221.867 km/h).


2018 Can-Am 500, Qualifying
Kevin Harvick scored the pole for the race with a time of 25.836 and a speed of 139.340 mph (224.246 km/h).


2018 Can-Am 500, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice
Kevin Harvick was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 26.724 seconds and a speed of 134.710 mph (216.795 km/h).


2018 Can-Am 500, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice
Kevin Harvick was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 26.642 seconds and a speed of 135.125 mph (217.463 km/h).


2018 Can-Am 500, Media, Television
NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, two–time Phoenix winner Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and three-time Phoenix winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.


2018 Can-Am 500, Media, Radio
MRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.


2018 Can-Am Duels
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2018 Can-Am Duels
The 2018 Can-Am Duels were a pair of Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series stock car races held on February 15, 2018, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Both contested over 60 laps, they were the qualifying races for the 2018 Daytona 500, and also counted as the first stage of the race, although no playoff points were awarded, the top ten in each race earn championship points as is normal in a stage.


2018 Can-Am Duels, Report, Background
Daytona International Speedway is one of six superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the others being Michigan International Speedway, Auto Club Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Pocono Raceway and Talladega Superspeedway. The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four–turn superspeedway that is 2.5-mile (4.0 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees.


2018 Can-Am Duels, Qualifying
Alex Bowman scored the pole for the race with a time of 46.002 and a speed of 195.644 mph (314.858 km/h).


2018 Can-Am League season
The 2018 Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball season began on May 17, 2018, and ended on September 3, 2018. It was the league's 14th season of operations. Following the regular season, the playoffs were held. The Sussex County Miners defeated the reigning-champion Quebec Capitales in the fourth and deciding game, played on September 15.


2018 Can-Am League season, Season summary
While the Dominican Republic National team toured during the regular season, there were two additional traveling teams that played all six of the Can-Am League teams; the Salina Stockade and the Hollywood Stars. The Stars played nine games, finishing 1-8, and the Stockade played 18 games, finishing 3-15.


2018 Canada Cup
The 2018 Home Hardware Canada Cup was held December 5–9 at Affinity Place in Estevan, Saskatchewan. The tournament winners qualified for the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials.


2018 Canada Cup
Both the men's and women's events have a total purse of $70,000 with the winners receiving $14,000 and the runners up winning $9,000.


2018 Canada Cup, Men, Teams
A revised version of the World Curling Tour's Order of Merit ranking system, allowing the many new teams for the 2018–19 curling season to carry over points individual players earned on their former teams, as of May 1, 2018, was used to qualify the first six men's teams. Team Dunstone qualified as the top-ranking non-qualified team on the Canadian Team Ranking System as of November 11, 2018.


2018 Canada Cup, Men, Player percentages
After Round Robin Play; Includes games played at other positions


2018 Canada Cup, Women, Teams
A revised version of the World Curling Tour's Order of Merit ranking system, allowing the many new teams for the 2018–19 curling season to carry over points individual players earned on their former teams, as of May 1, 2018, was used to qualify the first six teams. However, due to a virtual tie, a seventh women's teams was invited using this method. Team Flaxey qualified as the top-ranking non-qualified team on the Canadian Team Ranking System as of November 11, 2018. Team Tracy Fleury had qualified for the event, but had to decline as they were representing Canada at the Second Leg of the 2018–19 Curling World Cup.


2018 Canada Open (badminton)
The 2018 Canada Open (officially known as the Yonex Canada Open 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament that took place at Canadian Winter Sport Institute in Canada from 19 to 24 June 2018 and had a total purse of $75,000.


2018 Canada Open (badminton), Tournament
The 2018 Canada Open was the third Super 100 tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the Canada Open championships which has been held since 1957. This tournament was organized by the Badminton Canada with the sanction of the BWF.


2018 Canada Open (badminton), Tournament, Venue
This international tournament was held at Markin-MacPhail Centre in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.


2018 Canada Open (badminton), Tournament, Point distribution
Below is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF Tour Super 100 event.


2018 Canada Open (badminton), Tournament, Prize money
The total prize money for this tournament was US$75,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.


2018 Canada Sevens
The 2018 Canada Sevens was the third edition of the Canada Sevens tournament, and the sixth tournament of the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 10–11 March at BC Place in Vancouver.


2018 Canada Sevens, Format
The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each, with each team playing every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/5th place brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Challenge trophy/13th place brackets.


2018 Canada Sevens, Teams
Fifteen core teams participated in the tournament along with one invited team, the highest-placing non-core team of the 2018 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens, Uruguay:


2018 Canada Sevens, Pool stage
All times in Pacific Standard Time (UTC−08:00). The pools were scheduled as follows:


2018 Canada Sevens, Players, Dream Team
The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:


2018 Canada Women's Sevens
The 2018 Canada Women's Sevens was the fourth tournament within the 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the fourth edition of the Canada Women's Sevens to be played in the series. It was held over the weekend of 12–13 May 2018 at Westhills Stadium in Langford, British Columbia.


2018 Canada Women's Sevens, Format
The teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup brackets while the top 2 third place teams also compete in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group play-off for the Challenge Trophy.


2018 Canada Women's Sevens, Teams
Eleven core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, Brazil:


2018 Canada Women's Sevens, Players, Dream Team
The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:


2018 Canadian Championship
The 2018 Canadian Championship was a soccer tournament hosted and organized by the Canadian Soccer Association. It was the eleventh edition of the annual Canadian Championship. Toronto FC won the competition for the third consecutive year and qualified for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League.


2018 Canadian Championship
The 2018 edition saw the invitation of the champions of League1 Ontario (L1O) and Première Ligue de soccer du Québec (PLSQ). FC Edmonton suspended operations and did not take part in the Championship this year. As a result, a new format was adopted which saw the L1O and PLSQ champions, the Oakville Blue Devils and A.S. Blainville, enter in a new first qualifying round. As winners of the first qualifying round, AS Blainville played Ottawa Fury FC in the second qualifying round, and the winner of that match, Ottawa Fury, joined the MLS teams in the semi-final round. With six teams, the 2018 edition was the largest edition of the championship to date.


2018 Canadian Championship, Qualified clubs
Statistics include previous incarnations of the Montreal Impact and Vancouver Whitecaps.


2018 Canadian Figure Skating Championships
The 2018 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships took place January 8–14, 2018, in Vancouver, British Columbia. Organized by Skate Canada and sponsored by Canadian Tire, the event determined the national champions of Canada. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance on the senior, junior, and novice levels. Although the official International Skating Union terminology for female skaters in the singles category is ladies, Skate Canada uses women officially. The results of this competition were among the selection criteria for the 2018 Winter Olympics, the 2018 World Championships, the 2018 Four Continents Championships, and the 2018 World Junior Championships.


2018 Canadian Figure Skating Championships
Vancouver was named as the host in January 2017. Competitors qualified at the Skate Canada Challenge held in Pierrefonds, Quebec in December 2017.


2018 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, Winter Olympics
The team for the 2018 Winter Olympics was announced on January 14, 2018.


2018 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, World Championships
The team for the 2018 World Championships was announced on January 14, 2018.


2018 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, Four Continents Championships
The team for the 2018 Four Continents Championships was announced on January 14, 2018.


2018 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, World Junior Championships
The team for the 2018 World Junior Championships was announced on January 14, 2018.


2018 Canadian Grand Prix
The 2018 Canadian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grand Prix Heineken du Canada 2018) is a Formula One motor race that took place on 10 June 2018 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The race was the 7th round of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship. The race was won by Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari. It was Vettel's 50th career win, becoming the fourth driver in Formula One history to achieve such a feat (joining Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton and Alain Prost).


2018 Canadian Grand Prix
It was the 55th running of the Canadian Grand Prix, the 49th time the event had been included as a round of the Formula One World Championship since the inception of the series in 1950, and the 39th time that a World Championship was held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Fernando Alonso also celebrated his 300th Grand Prix entry at this race. This race was Ferrari's first win in Canada since Michael Schumacher won here in 2004.


2018 Canadian Grand Prix
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton went in to the race as the defending race winner. He entered the round with a 14-point lead over Sebastian Vettel in the World Drivers' Championship. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes held a 17-point lead over Ferrari.


2018 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Background, Tyres
The tyre compounds provided for this race were the hypersoft, ultrasoft  and supersoft.


2018 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Practice
Max Verstappen was fastest across all three practice sessions, improving his time in each successive session. In FP2, Grosjean hit a groundhog that was on the track, damaging his front wing, and reducing the Haas team's spare parts.


2018 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Romain Grosjean's car had a major engine failure as it left the pitlane in Q1 meaning he failed to set a lap time, and raced at the stewards' discretion. In Q2, when Sebastian Vettel was completing his final flying lap, he aborted the lap because Carlos Sainz, Nico Hülkenberg and a number of other cars were driving slowly along the back straight, leading him to pull into the pits. In Q3, Vettel took pole with a new track record however his teammate made a mistake in Turn 2, meaning he would qualify in P5.


2018 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Race
The grid got away largely without incident from the line, but in turn 5, Brendon Hartley and local driver Lance Stroll collided, forcing their immediate retirement and the deployment of the safety car. At the restart, Sergio Pérez touched Sainz, forcing Pérez off the track, losing positions. On Lap 18, Daniel Ricciardo overcut Lewis Hamilton for the fourth position. On lap 46, Fernando Alonso retired from the race with an exhaust issue.


2018 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Race officials erroneously directed model Winnie Harlow to wave the chequered flag before race leader Vettel completed lap 69 (the scheduled penultimate lap) and therefore the results were taken from lap 68, according to the Formula 1 sporting regulations article 43.2. This meant that Ricciardo's successively faster fastest laps on laps 69 and 70 were voided, and Sergio Pérez's overtake on Kevin Magnussen for 13th did not stand.


2018 Canadian Junior Curling Championships
The 2018 New Holland Canadian Junior Curling Championships was held from January 13 to 21 at the Aréna Grand-Mère and the Centre municipal de curling de Shawinigan in Shawinigan, Québec. The winners represented Canada at the 2018 World Junior Curling Championships in Aberdeen, Scotland.


2018 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Ontario
The Ontario U21 Provincial Championships were held December 27–30, 2017 at the Annandale Golf & Curling Club in Ajax.


2018 Canadian Junior Curling Championships – Men's tournament
The men's tournament of the 2018 New Holland Canadian Junior Curling Championships was held from January 13 to 21 at the Aréna Grand-Mère and the Centre municipal de curling de Shawinigan.


2018 Canadian Junior Curling Championships – Men's tournament, Round Robin Results
All draw times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5:00).


2018 Canadian Junior Curling Championships – Women's tournament
The women's tournament of the 2018 New Holland Canadian Junior Curling Championships was held from January 13 to 21 at the Aréna Grand-Mère and the Centre municipal de curling de Shawinigan.


2018 Canadian Junior Curling Championships – Women's tournament, Round Robin Results
All draw times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5:00).


2018 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship
The 2018 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship was held from November 12 to 18, 2017 at the Swan River Curling Club in Swan River, Manitoba. The championship was won by the team from Ontario, who went on to represent Canada at the 2018 World Mixed Curling Championship.


2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
The 2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from March 28 to April 1 at Ken's Furniture Arena and Robinson Arena in Leduc, Alberta


2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials
The 2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials, also known as the Canad Inns Canadian Mixed Doubles Trials, were held from January 2 to 7 at the Stride Place in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. The winners of this event  represented Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics.


2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials, Teams
Teams qualified for these Olympic Trials by virtue of their results at the past two Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championships as well as their standing on the Canadian Mixed Doubles Rankings (CMDR). Members of Canada's Olympic four-player teams are not eligible to compete in the Canadian Mixed Doubles Trials because of the rigours of the Olympic curling schedule. If their teammate qualified for the Olympics as part of a four-player team, they must name a replacement to compete alongside them in the Trials.


2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials, Teams
The teams that qualified for the trials are listed as follows:


2018 Canadian Ringette Championships
2018 Canadian Ringette Championships was 40th edition of Canadian Ringette Championships. It was a national ringette tournament held from April 9 to April 14, 2018 at Winnipeg, Manitoba.


2018 Canadian Ringette Championships, Results
x denotes that team clinches first round (U16) or quarterfinal (U19)


2018 Canadian Rugby Championship
The 2018 Canadian Rugby Championship was the 10th season of the Canadian Rugby Championship. The competition took place between July 27 and August 26, 2018. The format for the 2018 season saw two double headed regional matches, followed by semi-finals and ranking finals.


2018 Canadian Rugby Championship
The Ontario Blues beat the Atlantic Rock in the final; claiming their sixth Canadian Rugby Championship.


2018 Canadian Senior Curling Championships
The 2018 Canadian Senior Curling Championships was held March 24 to 29, 2018 in Stratford, Ontario.


2018 Canadian Soccer League season
The 2018 Canadian Soccer League season was the 21st season under the Canadian Soccer League name. The season began on May 13, 2018 and concluded on October 13, 2018 with the CSL Championship final held at Centennial Park Stadium in Toronto, Ontario. FC Vorkuta won their first championship by defeating Scarborough SC in a penalty shootout. Vorkuta found further success in the Second Division by winning their first CSL double after defeating Halton United in the finals. Meanwhile FC Ukraine United claimed the First Division title.


2018 Canadian Soccer League season
The First Division saw an increase to 9 teams, while the Second Division decreased in size to 6 teams. The First Division returned to the territories of Hamilton, Mississauga, and the promotion of FC Ukraine United. While new entries to the Second Division included the return of Milton SC, and the debut of Scarborough SC's reserve squad.


2018 Canadian Soccer League season, Summary
The main narrative of the season was the race for the First division title between FC Ukraine United and FC Vorkuta. The outcome was determined on the final match of the season with Ukraine United edging Vorkuta out with a higher goal differential by five goals. Though Vorkuta would achieve success in the postseason by claiming its first CSL Championship. The organization made further advances in the Second division as its reserve squad secured the double (division title and DII Championship). In preparation for the season Vorkuta managed to secure Ukraine United's general manager Denys Yanchuk and continued in the club's practice of foreign recruitment from the Ukrainian football market.


2018 Canadian Soccer League season, Summary
After producing a perfect season in the Second division Ukraine United returned to the top division in 2018. Andrei Malychenkov resumed his coaching duties, and retained the majority of his previous roster with additional imports from the Ukraine. From the onset of the season the club remained highly competitive, and battled with rivals Vorkuta for supremacy of the division. Vorkuta held the top position for sixteen consecutive weeks until Ukraine United usurped the position for the final five weeks of the season. The western Toronto team ultimately reached the second round of the playoffs and succumbed to Scarborough SC.


2018 Canadian Soccer League season, Summary
The third position in the First division was a highly contested spot with Hamilton City, Scarborough SC, Serbian White Eagles, and SC Waterloo Region competing with one another. The White Eagles achieved a five game undefeated streak and held the spot for two weeks. Shortly their performance dwindled and fluctuated between the fourth and fifth position to conclude the season in the sixth spot. Following their mediocre 2017 season SC Waterloo named Radivoj Panić as the head coach, and assembled a roster with a mixture of league veterans with European imports from the Western Balkans. After a slow start to the season the club rebounded to a seven match undefeated streak, and secured the third position on the final match of the regular season.


2018 Canadian Soccer League season, Summary
Scarborough SC continued to develop as an elite club with Zoran Rajović being assigned head coach responsibilities. Rajović took advantage of the influx of European imports to the league, and a player agreement to acquire talent from York Region Shooters was negotiated. One notable re-signing was the return of Canadian international Adrian Cann as team captain.


2018 Canadian Soccer League season, Summary
The acquisitions produced dividends for the eastern Toronto club as they held the coveted third position for the majority of the season for a total of sixteen weeks until forfeiting it on the final week to Waterloo on an account of a greater goal difference. In the postseason the club reached the championship final for the second consecutive season.


2018 Canadian Soccer League season, Summary
After a year hiatus from the league Hamilton City returned under new management with Saša Vuković as owner and head coach. The club experienced a transitional stage with fewer imports from abroad  and more reliance on talent from their previous reserve team. Hamilton managed to produce an average season enough to secure a playoff berth with just four points away from the third position. The final two postseason berths were secured by Brantford Galaxy, and SC Real Mississauga. After the departure of Vukovic the Galaxy brought in Milan Prpa as head coach and the team assembled by Prpa remained primarily the same as the previous seasons with many veterans returning.


2018 Canadian Soccer League season, Summary
The season also witnessed the return of professional soccer to the Peel Region with CSC Mississauga and SC Real Mississauga representing the city of Mississauga. Real Mississauga, an academy founded by league veteran Krum Bibishkov, received a franchise in the CSL. They primarily competed with Brantford throughout the season and secured a playoff berth. CSC Mississauga struggled to make an impact as they remained at the bottom of the standings for the majority of the season. In the Second division Burlington SC were renamed Halton United, and were the primary competitors to FC Vorkuta B. For eleven weeks Halton retained the second position and reached the championship final.


2018 Canadian Soccer League season, First Division, Changes from 2017
Club membership increased in the First Division from eight members to nine. Changes included the return of FC Ukraine United from the Second Division with further new additions from two Mississauga franchises CSC Mississauga, and Real Mississauga SC. The division also saw the return of Hamilton City SC from its one year hiatus under new club management. The York Region Shooters failed to feature an active squad for the season as owner Tony De Thomasis became involved with Unionville Milliken SC in League1 Ontario.


2018 Canadian Soccer League season, Second Division, Changes from 2017
The Second Division decreased in size to six member as FC Ukraine United were promoted to the First Division, and Royal Toronto FC became inactive for the season. SC Waterloo B, London City were disbanded, and Milton SC returned to the Second Division. Another new entry was through Scarborough SC as they began operating a reserve team for the first time. Other changes included the renaming of Burlington SC to Halton United.


2018 Canadian U18 Curling Championships
The 2018 Canadian U18 Curling Championships was held from April 9 to 14 at the W.C. O'Neill Arena Complex and Heather Curling Club in Saint Andrews, New Brunswick.


2018 Canadian U18 Curling Championships – Men's tournament
The men's tournament of the 2018 Canadian U18 Curling Championships was held from April 9 to 14 at the W.C. O'Neill Arena Complex and Heather Curling Club in Saint Andrews, New Brunswick.


2018 Canadian U18 Curling Championships – Women's tournament
The women's tournament of the 2018 Canadian U18 Curling Championships was held from April 9 to 14 at the W.C. O'Neill Arena Complex and Heather Curling Club in Saint Andrews, New Brunswick.


2018 Canadian banknote series
The eighth series of banknotes of the Canadian dollar was first released by the Bank of Canada in 2018. Like the preceding 2011 Frontier series, the 2018 series consists of polymer banknotes designed for increased durability and to incorporate more security features. It is the first series issued by the Bank of Canada printed in a vertical configuration.


2018 Canadian banknote series
The banknotes were designed by the Canadian Bank Note Company, which also prints the banknotes. The first note, the $10 bill featuring Viola Desmond, was revealed on International Women's Day, March 8, 2018, and was released to the public on November 19, 2018. Future notes will come at a slower pace than previous series to allow technological innovations to be worked into their design as time goes on.


2018 Canadian banknote series, $5 note
In January 2020, the Bank of Canada confirmed it would begin soliciting suggestions for the historic Canadian who would replace Wilfrid Laurier on the $5 note. The Bank of Canada released a shortlist of candidates under consideration for the bill in November 2020 which included figures such as Pitseolak Ashoona, Won Alexander Cumyow, Terry Fox, and others.


2018 Canadian banknote series, $10 note
The $10 note is purple, and the obverse features a portrait of Viola Desmond, a  Black Nova Scotian businesswoman who challenged racial segregation at a film theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, in 1946. The background of the portrait is a colourful rendition of the street grid of  Halifax, Nova Scotia, including the waterfront, Citadel, and Gottingen Street, where Desmond's Studio of Beauty Culture was located. Foil features on the note face include both the Flag and Coat of Arms of Canada. This is the first Canadian banknote to feature neither a prime minister nor a member of the royal family in its solo portrait, and the first to feature a solo female Canadian other than the Queen.


2018 Canadian banknote series, $10 note
The reverse features the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Part of the background pattern mirrors the museum's interior architecture and its ramps connecting multiple levels. A foil eagle feather is prominent, symbolizing ideals such as truth, power and freedom. A quotation from section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms appears in both English and French.


2018 Canadian banknote series, $10 note
The foil window at the base of the note includes an iridescent rendering of the Library of Parliament's vaulted dome ceiling, which can be seen from both sides of the note.


2018 Canadian banknote series, $10 note
In 2019, the International Bank Note Society awarded the design the top prize in its annual banknote design competition. It won against new currency designs from Switzerland, Norway, Russia and the Solomon Islands.


2018 Canadian cabinet reshuffle
On 18 July 2018, Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau carried out a significant reshuffle of his ministry. This included the adding of 5 new ministry positions, expanding the previous size of cabinet from 30 to 35. The cabinet remained gender balanced.


2018 Canadian cabinet reshuffle, Reaction
The appointment of Bill Blair as the new  Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction was praised by Opposition Immigration Critic Michelle Rempel, in response to an increase of illegal crossings of the Canada–United States border. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition Lisa Raitt called the reshuffle a "desperate attempt to hit the reset button before the next election".


2018 Canadian cabinet reshuffle, Reaction
The reshuffle was labeled by CBC News as Trudeau's re-election kickoff for the 2019 federal election.


2018 Canadian federal budget
The Canadian federal budget for fiscal year 2018–2019 was presented to the Canadian House of Commons by Finance Minister Bill Morneau on February 27, 2018 as the omnibus Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1. The deficit was projected to be $18.1 billion, including a $3 billion adjustment for risk. This was later refined to $14.0 billion when the Annual Financial Report of the Government of Canada for Fiscal Year 2018–2019 was released.


2018 Canadian federal budget, Financial situation
In the Annual Financial Report of the Government of Canada for 2018 - 2019, the Minister of Finance said that the budgetary deficit was $14.0 billion for the FY ending March 31, 2019 and that revenues "increased by $21.0 billion, or 6.7 per cent, from 2017–18." There was an increase of 4.7 per cent ($14.6 billion) in program expenses. The federal debt was $685.5 billion and debt-to-GDP (gross domestic product) ratio was 30.9 per cent which is a decrease from 31.3 per cent in 2018.


2018 Canadian federal budget, Financial situation
Public debt charges that had reached a peak of about "30 percent in the mid-1990s" were down to "6.7 per cent of expenses in 2018–19." The report said there was strong growth in most regions of the world in 2016 and 2017 and that global economic expansion was more moderate in 2018. Canada's real GDP grew 3.0 per cent in 2017 and 1.9 per cent in 2018. From the fall of 2015 through March 2019, Canada has added 1 million jobs. The unemployment rate reached its lowest level since 1979.


2018 Canadian federal budget, Financial situation, Oil prices
Oil prices dropped in the second half of 2018 globally. The price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil increased to nearly US$70 per barrel in October, 2018 which represents its "highest level since before the oil shock." By December WTI dropped to below US$50 per barrel." As a result of the lower price of oil at the end of the year, Canada's nominal GDP was more moderate in 2018 than 2017.


2018 Canadian federal budget, Highlights, GGPPA
The Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act under the mask of the Budget Implementation Act 2018, in Part 4.


2018 Canadian federal budget, Highlights, SNC-Lavalin affair
The SNC-Lavalin affair was created as a result of Division 20 of Part 6.


2018 Canadian federal budget, Highlights, Environment and Climate Change Canada
The federal budget presented in February 2018 included an increase in Environment and Climate Change Canada's budget to $1.5 billion which represents an increase of 53.5 per cent "more than it was initially allocated" in 2017 and "23.1 per cent more than it ended up spending" in 2017.


2018 Canadian honours
The following are the appointments to various Canadian Honours of 2018. Usually, they are announced as part of the New Year and Canada Day celebrations and are published within the Canada Gazette during year. This follows the custom set out within the United Kingdom which publishes its appoints of various British Honours for New Year's and for monarch's official birthday. However, instead of the midyear appointments announced on Victoria Day, the official birthday of the Canadian Monarch, this custom has been transferred with the celebration of Canadian Confederation and the creation of the Order of Canada


2018 Canadian honours
However, as the Canada Gazette publishes appointment to various orders, decorations and medal, either Canadian or from Commonwealth and foreign states, this article will reference all Canadians so honoured during the 2018 calendar year.


2018 Canadian honours
Provincial and Territorial Honours are not listed within the Canada Gazette, however they are listed within the various publications of each provincial government. Provincial and territorial honours are listed within the page.


2018 Canadian honours, Meritorious Service Decorations, Secret appointments
16 June 2018: Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, on the recommendation of the Chief of the Defence Staff, has awarded seven Meritorious Service Medals to members of the Canadian Armed Forces for military activities of high standard that have brought great honour to the Canadian Armed Forces and to Canada. For security and operational reasons, the names and citations of the recipients have not been released.


2018 Canberra Challenger
The 2018 Canberra Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was a part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Canberra, Australia between 8 and 13 January 2018.


2018 Canberra Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Canberra Challenger – Doubles
Andre Begemann and Jan-Lennard Struff were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2018 Canberra Challenger – Doubles
Jonathan Erlich and Divij Sharan won the title after defeating Hans Podlipnik-Castillo and Andrei Vasilevski 7–6(7–1), 6–2 in the final.


2018 Canberra Challenger – Singles
Dudi Sela was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Hugo Grenier.


2018 Canberra Challenger – Singles
Andreas Seppi won the title after defeating Márton Fucsovics 5–7, 6–4, 6–3 in the final.


2018 Canberra Raiders season
The 2018 Canberra Raiders season was the 37th in the club's history. Coached by Ricky Stuart and captained by Jarrod Croker, the Raiders completed the NRL's 2018 Telstra Premiership in 10th place and did not qualify for the finals.


2018 Canberra Raiders season, 2018 Meninga Medal Award Winners
Gordon McLucas Memorial Junior Representative Player of the Year - Jack Murchie


2018 Canberra Raiders season, 2018 Meninga Medal Award Winners
Fred Daly Memorial Club Person of the Year – Michael Oldfield


2018 Canberra Rugby League
The 2018 Canberra Raiders Cup was the 21st season of the cup, the top division Rugby League club competition in Canberra. The 2018 Canberra Raiders Cup consisted of 18 regular season rounds that began on the 5th of April and ended on the 11th of August. There was 3 playoff rounds, beginning on the 18th of August with the major semi-final, and ending on the 2nd of September with the Grand Final.


2018 Canberra Rugby League, Teams
There was  9 teams playing in 2018. 5 teams from Canberra, 2 from Queanbeyan, 1 from Yass, and 1 from Goulburn.