2018 Ontario general election, Candidates, Candidate nominations
In February 2018, the PC leadership overturned the nomination of candidates Karma Macgregor in Ottawa West—Nepean and Thenusha Parani in Scarborough Centre because of irregularities and allegations of ballot stuffing at their nomination meetings. Both candidates denied these claims. The nomination meetings were reorganized, and both candidates lost the nomination at those meetings. However, the PC leadership decided not to overturn the nomination meeting's result in Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas, where a similar situation took place, because of an ongoing police investigation on this situation.


2018 Ontario general election, Candidates, Candidate nominations
In March 2018, the NDP nominated Lyra Evans as their candidate in Ottawa—Vanier. Evans was the first openly transgender candidate nominated by a major party to run in an Ontario general election. She later went on to become the first openly trans school board trustee in Canada. Her work at the school board caused controversy when she moved an amendment to defund the police at two urban schools, citing discrimination against Black and Indigenous students.


2018 Ontario general election, Results
Elections Ontario used electronic vote tabulator machines from Dominion Voting Systems for counting the ballots. Tabulators were deployed at 50 per cent of polling stations at a cost of CA$32,000,000. This election was the first time Ontario used vote counting machines for a provincial election, although tabulators have been used in Ontario civic elections for more than 20 years, and also in a 2016 by-election in Whitby-Oshawa. The original paper ballots marked by voters will be kept for a year along with the digital scans of each ballot by the tabulator.


2018 Ontario general election, Results
The percentage of votes cast for the Progressive Conservatives by riding.


2018 Ontario general election, Results
The percentage of votes cast for the NDP by riding.


2018 Ontario general election, Results
The percentage of votes cast for the Liberals by riding.


2018 Ontario general election, Results
Change in Progressive Conservative vote share by riding compared to the 2014 Ontario election.


2018 Ontario general election, Results
Each dot represents five-thousand votes for the party of the associated colour. Data is based on individual riding results. Dots are placed at random positions within the ridings that they belong to.


2018 Ontario general election, Results
The disproportionality of elections to the Legislative Assembly in the 2018 election was 17.96 according to the Gallagher Index, significantly in favour of the PCs.


2018 Ontario general election, Results, Significant results among independent and minor party candidates
Those candidates not belonging to a major party, receiving more than 1,000 votes in the election, are listed below:


2018 Ontario municipal elections
The 2018 municipal elections in Ontario were held on October 22, 2018.


2018 Ontario municipal elections
Voters in the province of Ontario elected mayors, councillors, school board trustees and all other elected officials in all of the province's municipalities.


2018 Ontario municipal elections, Electoral period
As per the Ontario Municipal Elections Act, 1996, nomination papers for candidates for municipal and school board elections can be filed from May 1, 2018, at which time the campaign period will begin.


2018 Ontario municipal elections, Electoral period
Nominations close on July 27, 2018, at 2 PM local time. Certification of nomination papers is to be completed by 4 PM on July 30, 2018.


2018 Ontario municipal elections, Electoral period
Voting starts on October 22 from 10 AM to 8 PM.


2018 Ontario municipal elections, Ranked ballots
In 2016, the provincial government passed Bill 181, the Municipal Elections Modernization Act, which permitted municipalities to adopt ranked ballots for municipal elections.


2018 Ontario municipal elections, Ranked ballots
London was the only municipality to use ranked ballots in the 2018 election itself, with the decision in that city being made by London City Council in 2017, while Kingston and Cambridge held referendums concurrently with their 2018 elections on whether to adopt ranked ballots for the next municipal elections in 2022. Both of the referendums passed, although the adoption of ranked ballots in both cities may remain in question as the referendums failed to reach the 50 per cent turnout required to make the results legally binding.


2018 Ontario municipal elections, Online voting
The 2018 elections were also noted for a significant increase in the adoption of online voting. Across Ontario, over 150 municipalities conducted their elections primarily online, with physical polling stations either abandoned entirely or limited to only a few central polling stations for voters who could not or did not want to vote online.


2018 Ontario municipal elections, Online voting
On election day, however, 51 of those municipalities, all of which had selected Dominion Voting Systems as their online voting contractor, were affected by a technical failure. According to Dominion the company's colocation centre provider imposed a bandwidth cap, without authorization from or consultation with Dominion, due to the massive increase in voting traffic in the early evening, thus making it impossible for many voters to get through to the server between 5:00 and 7:30 p.m. All of the affected municipalities extended voting for at least a few hours to compensate for the outage; several, including Pembroke, Waterloo, Prince Edward County and Greater Sudbury, opted to extend voting for a full 24 hours into the evening of October 23.


2018 Ontario municipal elections, Single tier municipalities, Kawartha Lakes, Kawartha Lakes Municipal Council
For 2018, the Kawartha Lakes council will be reduced from 16 to 8 seats, plus the mayor.


2018 Ontario municipal elections, Single tier municipalities, Norfolk County, Norfolk County Council
There were some slight alterations to Norfolk County's ward map.


2018 Ontario municipal elections, Single tier municipalities, Norfolk County, Norfolk County Council
A by-election was held on June 3, 2021, in Ward 2 to fill the vacancy of Roger Geysens who retired.


2018 Ontario municipal elections, Separated municipalities, Barrie, Barrie City Council
A by-election was held on February 24, 2020, in Ward 3 to fill the vacancy of Doug Shipley who was elected to the House of Commons. Results:


2018 Ontario municipal elections, Separated municipalities, Guelph, Guelph City Council
Two councillors to be elected in each ward. Results for Guelph city council are as follows.


2018 Ontario municipal elections, Separated municipalities, Kingston, Referendum
Referendum on ranked ballots. The "yes" side won decidedly with 62%, but the turnout to make the referendum binding did not reach the 50% mark. However, Kingston City Council has promised to pursue the matter anyway.


2018 Ontario municipal elections, Separated municipalities, Peterborough, Councillors
Two councillors were elected from each of the 5 wards.


2018 Ontario municipal elections, Separated municipalities, Quinte West, Quinte West City Council
Elections results for Quinte West city council are as follows:


2018 Ontario municipal elections, Separated municipalities, St. Thomas, St. Thomas City Council
The results for St. Thomas city council are as follows:


2018 Open 13
The 2018 Open 13 was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 25th edition of the Open 13, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2018 ATP World Tour. It took at the Palais des Sports in Marseille, France, from 19 February through 25 February 2018.


2018 Open 13 – Doubles
Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus.


2018 Open 13 – Doubles
Klaasen and Venus went on to win the title, defeating Marcus Daniell and Dominic Inglot in the final, 6–7(2–7), 6–3, [10–4].


2018 Open 13 – Singles
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was the defending champion, but withdrew before the tournament began.


2018 Open 13 – Singles
Karen Khachanov won the title, defeating Lucas Pouille in the final, 7–5, 3–6, 7–5.


2018 Open 13 – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds who played received a bye into the second round.


2018 Open BNP Paribas Banque de Bretagne
The 2018 Open BNP Paribas Banque de Bretagne was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the eighth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Quimper, France between 29 January and 4 February 2018.


2018 Open BNP Paribas Banque de Bretagne, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Open BNP Paribas Banque de Bretagne, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:


2018 Open BNP Paribas Banque de Bretagne, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2018 Open BNP Paribas Banque de Bretagne – Doubles
Mikhail Elgin and Igor Zelenay were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2018 Open BNP Paribas Banque de Bretagne – Doubles
Ken and Neal Skupski won the title after defeating Sander Gillé and Joran Vliegen 6–3, 3–6, [10–7] in the final.


2018 Open BNP Paribas Banque de Bretagne – Singles
Adrian Mannarino was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2018 Open BNP Paribas Banque de Bretagne – Singles
Quentin Halys won the title after defeating Alexey Vatutin 6–3, 7–6(7–1) in the final.


2018 Open Castilla y León
The 2018 Open Castilla y León was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 33rd edition, for men, and 4th edition, for women, of the tournament and part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in El Espinar, Segovia, Spain, between 30 July – 5 August 2018.


2018 Open Castilla y León, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Open Castilla y León, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Open Castilla y León – Men's Doubles
Adrián Menéndez Maceiras and Sergiy Stakhovsky were the defending champions but withdrew before their quarterfinal match.


2018 Open Castilla y León – Men's Doubles
Andrés Artuñedo and David Pérez Sanz won the title after defeating Matías Franco Descotte and João Monteiro 6–7(3–7), 6–3, [10–6] in the final.


2018 Open Castilla y León – Men's Singles
Jaume Munar was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2018 Open Castilla y León – Men's Singles
Ugo Humbert won the title after defeating Adrián Menéndez Maceiras 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


2018 Open Championship
The 2018 Open Championship was the 147th Open Championship, and was held from 19–22 July 2018 at Carnoustie Golf Links in Angus, Scotland. It was the eighth Open Championship to be played at Carnoustie.


2018 Open Championship
Playing conditions were unusual as a result of the heatwave in Scotland which had produced brown, dry and sun-baked fairways and brown rough. The fairways played quickly, enabling several players to hit drives that covered over 400 yards.


2018 Open Championship
Francesco Molinari posted a bogey-free final round of 69 to win his first major championship. Molinari finished two shots ahead of Kevin Kisner, Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose and Xander Schauffele. He became the first Italian player to win a major.


2018 Open Championship
This was the final appearance for 1985 champion Sandy Lyle.


2018 Open Championship, Media
The 2018 Open Championship was the third to be televised domestically by Sky Sports on dedicated channel Sky Sports The Open. In the United States, it was the third Open Championship to be televised by NBC (Golf Channel's parent network).


2018 Open Championship, Venue
The 2018 event was the eighth Open Championship played at the Carnoustie Golf Links. The most recent was in 2007, with Pádraig Harrington winning the first of his two consecutive Open titles.


2018 Open Championship, Field
Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.


2018 Open Championship, Field
Mark Calcavecchia, Stewart Cink (2), Darren Clarke (2), David Duval, Ernie Els (2), Todd Hamilton, Pádraig Harrington (2), Zach Johnson (2), Tom Lehman, Sandy Lyle, Rory McIlroy (2,3,4,5,10), Phil Mickelson (2,4,15), Louis Oosthuizen (2,4,15), Jordan Spieth (2,3,4,8,9,12,15), Henrik Stenson (2,4,5), Tiger Woods


2018 Open Championship, Field
Rafa Cabrera-Bello (4,5), Branden Grace (4,5,15), Brooks Koepka (4,8,12,15), Matt Kuchar (4,12,15), Marc Leishman (4,12,15), Li Haotong (4,5), Alex Norén (4,5,6), Matthew Southgate


2018 Open Championship, Field
Kiradech Aphibarnrat (5), Daniel Berger (12,15), Patrick Cantlay (12), Paul Casey (12), Kevin Chappell (12,15), Jason Day (10,11,12,15), Bryson DeChambeau, Tony Finau (12), Ross Fisher (5), Matthew Fitzpatrick (5), Tommy Fleetwood (5), Rickie Fowler (12,15), Sergio García (5,9,12), Adam Hadwin (12,15), Brian Harman (12), Tyrrell Hatton (5), Charley Hoffman (12,15), Dustin Johnson (8,12,15), Kim Si-woo (11,15), Kevin Kisner (12,15), Satoshi Kodaira (20), Alexander Lévy (5), Hideki Matsuyama (12,15), Francesco Molinari (5,6), Pat Perez (12), Ian Poulter, Jon Rahm (5,12), Patrick Reed (9,12,15), Justin Rose (5,12), Xander Schauffele (12), Charl Schwartzel (5,15), Webb Simpson (11,12), Cameron Smith, Kyle Stanley (12), Brendan Steele, Justin Thomas (10,12,15), Bubba Watson (9), Gary Woodland (12)


2018 Open Championship, Field
Nicolas Colsaerts, Paul Dunne, Dylan Frittelli, Scott Jamieson, Shane Lowry, Thorbjørn Olesen, Thomas Pieters, Jordan Smith, Hideto Tanihara, Peter Uihlein, Lee Westwood, Fabrizio Zanotti


2018 Open Championship, Field
The Open Qualifying Series (OQS) consists of 11 events from the six major tours and the Korean Tour. Places are available to the leading players (not otherwise exempt) who finish in the top n and ties. In the event of ties, positions go to players ranked highest according to that week's OWGR.


2018 Open Championship, Field
The Final Qualifying events were played on 3 July at four courses covering Scotland and the North-West, Central and South-coast regions of England. Three qualifying places were available at each location.


2018 Open Championship, Field
To make up the full field of 156, additional places are allocated in ranking order from the Official World Golf Ranking at the time that these places are made available by the Championship Committee.


2018 Open Championship, Round summaries, First round
Kevin Kisner opened with 66 (−5) for a one-shot lead over Tony Finau, Zander Lombard, and Erik van Rooyen. Kisner was one-over after his first five holes before making a 40-foot eagle putt at the 6th. He made another 35-footer for birdie at the following hole, and added three straight birdies on the back-nine.


2018 Open Championship, Round summaries, First round
Finau made eight birdies in his round to join Van Rooyen and Lombard in second place. Defending champion Jordan Spieth was 3-under before playing his final four holes in 4-over, including a double bogey at the 15th. He finished with 72 (+1). Three-time champion Tiger Woods, playing at the Open for the first time since 2015, had two early birdies but made three bogeys on the back-nine to finish even-par.


2018 Open Championship, Round summaries, Second round
Zach Johnson, the 2015 champion, holed a 30-foot putt at the 18th to post a round of 67 (−4) and tie first round leader Kevin Kisner. Kisner held a two-shot lead playing the 18th, but hit his approach in the burn guarding the green and made double bogey.


2018 Open Championship, Round summaries, Second round
Pat Perez, Tommy Fleetwood and Xander Schauffele were a shot behind at five-under. Perez was tied for the lead playing the 18th, but hit into a bunker and made bogey. Fleetwood, runner-up at the U.S. Open after shooting 63 in the final round, shot a bogey-free 65 (−6); Fleetwood owns the course record of 63 at Carnoustie, made at the 2017 Dunhill Links Championship.


2018 Open Championship, Round summaries, Second round
Rory McIlroy, the 2014 champion, shot 69 (−2) for a second straight day to join a group two shots out of the lead. Jordan Spieth, one-over after the first round, rebounded with a 4-under 67 to get within three of the lead, while Tiger Woods shot another even-par round.


2018 Open Championship, Round summaries, Second round
World No. 1 and 2 Dustin Johnson and Justin Thomas both missed the cut, Johnson making a double bogey at the last while Thomas made three straight double bogeys on the front-nine.


2018 Open Championship, Round summaries, Third round
Defending champion Jordan Spieth shot a six-under 65 to tie Kevin Kisner and Xander Schauffele for the 54-hole lead. Spieth, beginning the third round three off the lead, drove the green on the par-four 1st and made eagle, and then added a birdie on the 4th to tie. At the 10th, he hit his tee shot into the rough but managed to escape with a birdie, and then made another at 11. He birdied the par-5 14th, and then holed a long birdie putt at the par-3 16th.


2018 Open Championship, Round summaries, Third round
Schauffele shot a four-under 67 that included six birdies, finishing his round with a long putt at the 18th from just off the back of the green. Kisner, tied for the lead coming into the round, shot a bogey-free 68 (−3).


2018 Open Championship, Round summaries, Third round
Francesco Molinari didn't make a bogey while getting six birdies to shoot 65 (−6) and move to three off of the lead.


2018 Open Championship, Round summaries, Third round
Tiger Woods began the round six behind but made three straight birdies on holes 9–11, and then briefly tied for the lead after a birdie at 14. He made bogey on the 16th but managed to save par at the last after his tee shot narrowly missed the burn. He finished with a round of 66 (−5) and was four back.


2018 Open Championship, Round summaries, Third round
Zach Johnson was tied with Kisner entering the round but made bogey at 11 and double bogey at the 12th, settling for a one-over round of 72 and falling four shots behind. Justin Rose had the round of the day with 64, tying for the lowest round at an Open Championship at Carnoustie.


2018 Open Championship, Round summaries, Final round, Summary
Francesco Molinari shot a bogey-free round of 69 (−2) to become the first Italian to win a major championship. Molinari was three shots behind at the start of the round and began with 13 straight pars before a birdie at the par-5 14th. He hit his approach close to the pin at the 18th and converted another birdie to post 8-under. Molinari didn't make a bogey in his last 37 holes.


2018 Open Championship, Round summaries, Final round, Summary
Tiger Woods, paired with Molinari, made two birdies on the front-nine to take solo possession of the lead. At the 11th, however, he hit his tee shot in the rough and his approach over the green. His chip shot came up short of the green and he failed to get up-and-down, settling for a double bogey. He made another bogey at the 12th, and despite getting a birdie at the par-5 14th after chipping from close to the 4th pin on the double green he finished three shots behind after an even-par 71.


2018 Open Championship, Round summaries, Final round, Summary
Xander Schauffele was in a three-way tie for the lead at the start of the round but found trouble at the 5th when his approach shot buried in a greenside bunker. That led to a bogey, and he made another bogey at the 6th after hitting into a bunker once again. At the 7th Schauffele hit his tee shot into the rough and failed to get out on his second shot. His third went over the green and he made double bogey. He rebounded with a birdie at the 10th to get back into the lead, and another at the 14th. One shot back of Molinari playing the 17th, Schauffele's approach went well right of the green and he made bogey to finish two behind.


2018 Open Championship, Round summaries, Final round, Summary
Kevin Kisner was also tied for the lead, but began his round with a double bogey at the 2nd after having to play sideways out of a fairway bunker. He made three more bogeys on the front-nine for a four-over 40. He began the second nine with a birdie at 10, joining a six-way tie for the lead at six-under. A dropped shot at the 12th, however, saw Kisner fall out of the lead and he also finished two behind Molinari.


2018 Open Championship, Round summaries, Final round, Summary
Defending champion Jordan Spieth, tied with Kisner and Schauffele at the start of the round, failed to make a birdie on his way to a five-over 76. He made a bogey at the 5th after hitting into a fairway bunker, then had a double bogey at the 6th after taking an unplayable lie from a bush. He made two more bogeys on the back-nine to finish four shots back.


2018 Open Championship, Round summaries, Final round, Summary
Rory McIlroy was two-over par after his first eight holes, before birdies at the 9th and 11th. At the 14th he holed a long putt for eagle to tie for the lead at 6-under. But he failed to make another birdie the rest of the round and settled into the four-way tie for second. Justin Rose, who needed a 13-foot birdie at the 18th Friday just to make the cut, eagled the 14th after his approach hit the flag, then birdied the 18th after a close approach to also finish runner-up.


2018 Open Championship, Round summaries, Final round, Final leaderboard
Note: Top 10 and ties qualify for the 2019 Open Championship; top 4 and ties qualify for the 2019 Masters Tournament


2018 Open Città della Disfida
The 2018 Open Città della Disfida was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 19th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Barletta, Italy between 9 and 15 April 2018.


2018 Open Città della Disfida, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Open Città della Disfida – Doubles
Marco Cecchinato and Matteo Donati were the defending champions but only Donati chose to defend his title, partnering Simone Bolelli. Donati lost in the first round to Nikola Milojević and Mohamed Safwat.


2018 Open Città della Disfida – Doubles
Denys Molchanov and Igor Zelenay won the title after defeating Ariel Behar and Máximo González 6–1, 6–2 in the final.


2018 Open Città della Disfida – Singles
Aljaž Bedene was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2018 Open Città della Disfida – Singles
Marco Trungelliti won the title after defeating Simone Bolelli 2–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4 in the final.


2018 Open Harmonie mutuelle
The 2018 Open Harmonie mutuelle was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the fifteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Saint-Brieuc, France between 26 March and 1 April 2018.


2018 Open Harmonie mutuelle, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Open Harmonie mutuelle, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempts:


2018 Open Harmonie mutuelle – Doubles
Andre Begemann and Frederik Nielsen were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2018 Open Harmonie mutuelle – Doubles
Sander Arends and Tristan-Samuel Weissborn won the title after defeating Luke Bambridge and Joe Salisbury 4–6, 6–1, [10–7] in the final.


2018 Open Harmonie mutuelle – Singles
Egor Gerasimov was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Jürgen Zopp.


2018 Open Harmonie mutuelle – Singles
Ričardas Berankis won the title after defeating Constant Lestienne 6–2, 5–7, 6–4 in the final.


2018 Open Sopra Steria de Lyon
The 2018 Open Sopra Steria de Lyon was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 3rd edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Lyon, France between 11 and 17 June 2018.


2018 Open Sopra Steria de Lyon, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Open Sopra Steria de Lyon – Doubles
Sander Gillé and Joran Vliegen were the defending champions but only Vliegen chose to defend his title, partnering Rameez Junaid. Vliegen lost in the quarterfinals to Pedro Martínez and David Vega Hernández.


2018 Open Sopra Steria de Lyon – Doubles
Elliot Benchetrit and Geoffrey Blancaneaux won the title after defeating Hsieh Cheng-peng and Luca Margaroli 6–3, 4–6, [10–7] in the final.


2018 Open Sopra Steria de Lyon – Singles
Félix Auger-Aliassime was the defending champion and successfully defended his title.


2018 Open Sopra Steria de Lyon – Singles
Auger-Aliassime won the title after defeating Johan Tatlot 6–7(3–7), 7–5, 6–2 in the final.


2018 Open Sud de France
The 2018 Open Sud de France was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 31st edition of the Open Sud de France, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2018 ATP World Tour. It took placed at the Arena Montpellier in Montpellier, France, from February 5 to February 11, 2018.


2018 Open Sud de France, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Open Sud de France, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:


2018 Open Sud de France, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2018 Open Sud de France – Doubles
Alexander and Mischa Zverev were the defending champions, but Alexander chose not to participate this year. Mischa played alongside Karen Khachanov, but lost in the first round to Ben McLachlan and Hugo Nys.


2018 Open Sud de France – Doubles
Ken and Neal Skupski won the title, defeating McLachlan and Nys in the final, 7–6(7–2), 6–4.


2018 Open Sud de France – Singles
Alexander Zverev was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.


2018 Open Sud de France – Singles
Lucas Pouille won the title, defeating Richard Gasquet in the final, 7–6(7–2), 6–4.


2018 Open Sud de France – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2018 Open d'Orléans
The 2018 Open d'Orléans was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the fourteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Orléans, France between 24 and 30 September 2018.


2018 Open d'Orléans, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Open d'Orléans – Doubles
Guillermo Durán and Andrés Molteni were the defending champions but chose not to defend his title.


2018 Open d'Orléans – Doubles
Luke Bambridge and Jonny O'Mara won the title after defeating Yannick Maden and Tristan-Samuel Weissborn 6–2, 6–4 in the final.


2018 Open d'Orléans – Singles
Norbert Gombos was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Luca Vanni.


2018 Open d'Orléans – Singles
Aljaž Bedene won the title after defeating Antoine Hoang 4–6, 6–1, 7–6(8–6) in the final.


2018 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer
The 2018 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the twenty-first edition of the tournament and was part of the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France, on 7–13 May 2018.


2018 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2018 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer – Doubles
Chang Kai-chen and Hsieh Su-wei were the defending champions, but Chang chose not to participate, while Hsieh chose to compete at the 2018 Mutua Madrid Open.


2018 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer – Doubles
Kaitlyn Christian and Sabrina Santamaria won the title, defeating Vera Lapko and Galina Voskoboeva in the final, 2–6, 7–5, [10–7].


2018 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer – Singles
Beatriz Haddad Maia was the defending champion, but chose to compete at the 2018 Mutua Madrid Open instead.


2018 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer – Singles
Rebecca Peterson won the title, defeating Dayana Yastremska in the final, 6–4, 7–5.


2018 Open de Guadeloupe
The 2018 Open de Guadeloupe was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Le Gosier, Guadeloupe between 27 March and 1 April 2018.


2018 Open de Guadeloupe, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Open de Guadeloupe, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:


2018 Open de Guadeloupe, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates:


2018 Open de Guadeloupe – Doubles
James Cerretani and Antal van der Duim were the defending champions but only Cerretani chose to defend his title, partnering Nicholas Monroe. Cerretani lost in the first round to Ruben Bemelmans and Jonathan Eysseric.


2018 Open de Guadeloupe – Doubles
Neal Skupski and John-Patrick Smith won the title after defeating Bemelmans and Eysseric 7–6(7–3), 6–4 in the final.


2018 Open de Guadeloupe – Singles
Malek Jaziri was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2018 Open de Guadeloupe – Singles
Dušan Lajović won the title after defeating Denis Kudla 6–4, 6–0 in the final.


2018 Open de Limoges
The 2018 Open de Limoges was a professional tennis tournament, played on indoor hard courts. It was the 12th edition of the tournament and part of the 2018 WTA 125K series, offering a total of $125,000 in prize money. It took place in Limoges, France, from 5 to 11 November 2018.


2018 Open de Limoges, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Open de Limoges, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:


2018 Open de Limoges, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the main draw as a lucky loser:


2018 Open de Limoges – Doubles
Valeria Savinykh and Maryna Zanevska were the defending champions, but neither player chose to participate.


2018 Open de Limoges – Doubles
Veronika Kudermetova and Galina Voskoboeva won the title, defeating Timea Bacsinszky and Vera Zvonareva in the final 7–5, 6–4.


2018 Open de Limoges – Singles
Monica Niculescu was the defending champion, but she lost in the second round to Margarita Gasparyan.


2018 Open de Limoges – Singles
Ekaterina Alexandrova won the title after defeating Evgeniya Rodina 6–2, 6–2 in the final.


2018 Open de Rennes
The 2018 Open de Rennes was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the twelfth edition of the tournament and part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Rennes, France between 22 and 28 January 2018.


2018 Open de Rennes, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Open de Rennes, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:


2018 Open de Rennes, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2018 Open de Rennes – Doubles
Evgeny Donskoy and Mikhail Elgin were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2018 Open de Rennes – Doubles
Sander Gillé and Joran Vliegen won the title after defeating Sander Arends and Antonio Šančić 6–3, 6–7(1–7), [10–7] in the final.


2018 Open de Rennes – Singles
Uladzimir Ignatik was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Alexey Vatutin.


2018 Open de Rennes – Singles
Vasek Pospisil won the title after defeating Ričardas Berankis 6–1, 6–2 in the final.


2018 Open du Pays d'Aix
The 2018 Open du Pays d'Aix was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Aix-en-Provence, France between 7 and 13 May 2018.


2018 Open du Pays d'Aix, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Open du Pays d'Aix, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:


2018 Open du Pays d'Aix – Doubles
Wesley Koolhof and Matwé Middelkoop were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2018 Open du Pays d'Aix – Doubles
Philipp Petzschner and Tim Pütz won the title after defeating Guido Andreozzi and Kenny de Schepper 6–7(3–7), 6–2, [10–8] in the final.


2018 Open du Pays d'Aix – Singles
Frances Tiafoe was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2018 Open du Pays d'Aix – Singles
John Millman won the title after defeating Bernard Tomic 6–1, 6–2 in the final.


2018 Opportunities Party leadership election
The 2018 Opportunities Party leadership election was held in New Zealand in December 2018 to determine the future leadership of The Opportunities Party (TOP) political party. The election was won by previous deputy leader Geoff Simmons.


2018 Opportunities Party leadership election, Background
TOP was founded in November 2016 by wealthy economist Gareth Morgan to advocate for "a prosperous, fair and equitable society". TOP contested the 2017 general election gaining 2.44% of the vote, but won no seats in the New Zealand House of Representatives. Three months after the election, Morgan resigned as leader of the party but said TOP would contest the 2020 election though he would not lead it.


2018 Opportunities Party leadership election, Background
In August 2018, The Opportunities Party appointed a new board and former deputy leader Geoff Simmons was appointed as an interim leader. The new board embarked on a "listening tour" across the country to gauge supporters reactions and future interest. Additionally, a ballot of party members would be conducted to determine a new party leader.


2018 Opportunities Party leadership election, Aftermath
In addition to Simmons being elected leader, fellow leadership contestant Donna Pokere-Phillips was elected in a concurrent election to serve as TOP's membership representative on the party board. In March 2019 Morgan announced his resignation from TOP altogether, Simmons thanked Morgan for creating the party and his subsequent contributions.


2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Chicago
The 2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Chicago was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. This tournament was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2018 WTA 125K series. The first edition took place from September 4 to 9, 2018 in Chicago, United States.


2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Chicago, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Chicago, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates:


2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Chicago, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Chicago – Men's Doubles
Luke Bambridge and Neal Skupski won the title after defeating Leander Paes and Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Chicago – Men's Singles
Denis Istomin won the title after defeating Reilly Opelka 6–4, 6–2 in the final.


2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Chicago – Women's Doubles
Mona Barthel and Kristýna Plíšková won the title, defeating Asia Muhammad and Maria Sanchez in the final, 6–3, 6–2.


2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Chicago – Women's Singles
Petra Martić won the title, defeating Mona Barthel in the final, 6–4, 6–1.


2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Houston
The 2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Houston was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. This tournament was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2018 WTA 125K series. The first edition took place at the George R. Brown Tennis Center from November 12 to 18, 2018 in Houston, United States.


2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Houston, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Houston, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Houston, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the main draw as lucky losers:


2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Houston, Women's doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:


2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Houston – Men's Doubles
Austin Krajicek and Nicholas Monroe won the title after defeating Marcelo Arévalo and James Cerretani 4–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–5] in the final.


2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Houston – Men's Singles
Bradley Klahn won the title after defeating Roy Smith 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4) in the final.


2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Houston – Women's Doubles
Maegan Manasse and Jessica Pegula won the title, defeating Desirae Krawczyk and Giuliana Olmos in the final, 1–6, 6–4, [10–8].


2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Houston – Women's Singles
Peng Shuai won the title, defeating Lauren Davis in the final 1–6, 7–5, 6–4.


2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells
The 2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. This tournament is part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2018 WTA 125K series. The first edition took place on February 26 through March 4, 2018 in Indian Wells, United States.


2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:


2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following team received wildcard into the doubles main draw:


2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells – Men's Doubles
Austin Krajicek and Jackson Withrow won the title after defeating Evan King and Nathan Pasha 6–7(3–7), 6–1, [11–9] in the final.


2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells – Men's Singles
Martin Kližan won the title after defeating Darian King 6–3, 6–3 in the final.


2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells – Women's Doubles
Taylor Townsend and Yanina Wickmayer won the title after defeating Jennifer Brady and Vania King 6–4, 6–4 in the final.


2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Indian Wells – Women's Singles
Sara Errani won the title, defeating Kateryna Bondarenko in the final 6–4, 6–2.


2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Newport Beach
The 2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Newport Beach was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament, which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2018 WTA 125K series. It took place January 22 through 28, 2018 in Newport Beach, United States.


2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Newport Beach, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Newport Beach, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Newport Beach – Men's Doubles
James Cerretani and Leander Paes won the title after defeating Treat Huey and Denis Kudla 6–4, 7–5 in the final.


2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Newport Beach – Men's Singles
Taylor Fritz won the title after defeating Bradley Klahn 3–6, 7–5, 6–0 in the final.


2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Newport Beach – Women's Doubles
Misaki Doi and Jil Teichmann won the title after defeating Jamie Loeb and Rebecca Peterson 7–6(7–4), 1–6, [10–8] in the final.


2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Newport Beach – Women's Singles
Wildcard Danielle Collins won the title, defeating Sofya Zhuk in the final 2–6, 6–4, 6–3.


2018 Orakzai bombing
On 23 November 2018, at least 33 people were killed and 56 others were injured in a suicide bombing in Kalaya, Orakzai District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.


2018 Orakzai bombing
On the same day, an armed assault on the Chinese consulate in Karachi, Pakistan resulted in the deaths of four people and the three attackers. However, the two attacks are likely unconnected.


2018 Orakzai bombing, Incident
On 23 November 2018, around 10:30 am PST a bomb blast on Friday in market Kalaya, Orakzai District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant later claimed responsibility for the bombing. At least 33 people were killed which included three members of the minority Sikh community and 56 others were injured. However a statement on Amaq, a news outlet associated with ISIL, claimed "57 Shiites were killed and 75 were wounded" in the bombing.


2018 Orange Bowl
The 2018 Orange Bowl was a college football bowl game played on Saturday, December 29, 2018. It was the 85th edition of the Orange Bowl. The Orange Bowl was one of two College Football Playoff semifinal games, with the winner advancing to the 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship. It was one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Capital One Financial Corporation, the game was officially known as the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl.


2018 Orange Bowl, Teams
The game featured top-ranked Alabama of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) against fourth-ranked Oklahoma of the Big 12 Conference. The programs had previously met five times, with Oklahoma leading the series, 3–1–1. They first met in the 1963 Orange Bowl, won by Alabama, 17–0. Their most recent meeting was in the 2014 Sugar Bowl, a 45–31 Oklahoma victory.


2018 Orange Bowl, Teams, Alabama Crimson Tide
Alabama defeated Georgia in the 2018 SEC Championship Game on December 1, then received their bid to the Orange Bowl with the release of final CFP rankings on December 2. The Crimson Tide entered the bowl with a 13–0 record (8–0 in conference). On December 25, it was announced that three Alabama players, including starting offensive lineman Deonte Brown, would not play in the game due to an unspecified violation of team rules.


2018 Orange Bowl, Teams, Oklahoma Sooners
Oklahoma defeated Texas in the 2018 Big 12 Championship Game on December 1, then received their bid to the Orange Bowl with the release of final CFP rankings on December 2. The Sooners entered the bowl with a 12–1 record (8–1 in conference); their only loss was to Texas, by a score of 45–48 in the 113th Red River Showdown on October 6.


2018 Orange County Board of Supervisors election
The 2018 Orange County Board of Supervisors elections was on June 5, 2018 as part of the primary election on June 5, 2018. Three of the five seats of the Orange County, California Board of Supervisors were up for election.


2018 Orange County Board of Supervisors election
County elections in California are officially nonpartisan. A two-round system will be used for the election, starting with the first round in June; followed by a runoff in November between the top-two candidates in each district. Runoffs are only held if no candidate receives a majority in each district.


2018 Orange County Board of Supervisors election, District 2
District 2 consists of coastal Orange County, including Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Cypress, La Palma, Los Alamitos, Newport Beach, Seal Beach, most of Fountain Valley, and neighborhoods in southern Buena Park.


2018 Orange County Board of Supervisors election, District 4
District 4 consists of inland northwestern Orange County, taking in Fullerton, La Habra, Placentia, Brea, western Anaheim, and most of Buena Park. Incumbent Shawn Nelson retired to run for California's 39th congressional district.


2018 Orange County Board of Supervisors election, District 5
District 5 encompasses southern Orange County, including Aliso Viejo, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Juan Capistrano, Laguna Beach, San Clemente, and Dana Point.


2018 Orange County SC season
The 2018 Orange County SC season was the club's eighth season of existence, and their eighth consecutive season in the United Soccer League, the second tier of American soccer. Orange County also competed in the U.S. Open Cup. The season covered the period from October 14, 2017 to the beginning of the 2019 USL season.


2018 Orange County SC season
OCSC won the Western Conference in the regular season, finishing one point ahead of runners-up Sacramento Republic. It marked the second time in club history that Orange County had topped the conference, after 2015. However, the club would be knocked out in the conference finals by eventual USL Cup runners-up Phoenix Rising. In the U.S. Open Cup, Orange County were eliminated in the second round by Golden State Force, failing to win a game in the competition for the fourth time in club history.


2018 Orange County SC season
2018 marked the first season with Braeden Cloutier as the club's head coach, and Cloutier's first season as a professional head coach. The season averaged 3,095 fans per home match, and was the second consecutive season that the average attendance had increased.


2018 Orange County SC season, Competitions, USL, Match results
In August 2017, the USL announced that the 2018 season would span 34 games, the longest regular season the league had ever run. The expansion was spurred by the addition of six new clubs for the 2018 season: Atlanta United 2, Fresno FC, Indy Eleven, Las Vegas Lights, Nashville SC, and North Carolina FC.


2018 Orange County SC season, Competitions, USL, Match results
On January 14, 2018, the league announced home openers for every club. Orange County opened the season with a home match against Phoenix Rising, marking the first season-opening match to ever be played at Championship Soccer Stadium. In 2017, the club played its first four matches on the road before getting to open the new stadium on May 6.


2018 Orange County SC season, Competitions, USL, Match results
The schedule for the remainder of the 2018 season was released on January 19. Orange County played three times against both LA Galaxy II and Phoenix. They played every other Western Conference team twice.


2018 Orange County, California District Attorney election
The 2018 Orange, County, California District Attorney election took place on June 5, 2018 for the first round. Because no candidate received a majority in the first round, a runoff took place November 6, 2018, to elect the Orange County, California District Attorney. County-level elections in California are officially nonpartisan. Because no candidate received a majority, a runoff was held on November 6, 2018.


2018 Orange County, California District Attorney election
Incumbent District Attorney Tony Rackauckas is running for a sixth term. Rackauckas was re-elected in 2014 with 73% of the vote in 2014.


2018 Orange County, California District Attorney election
In July 2017, Orange County Supervisor Todd Spitzer declared that he will challenge Rackauckas due to scandals within the Orange County District Attorney's office.


2018 Orange County, California District Attorney election
In May of 2018, former mayor of Brea Brett Murdock declared candidacy.


2018 Orange County, California District Attorney election
Rackauckas has faced criticism for allegedly mishandling jailhouse informants, making it more difficult to convict and sentence defendants.


2018 Orange County, California District Attorney election
On September 22, 2017, Scott Dekraai was sentenced to eight terms of life in prison without the possibility of parole, one term for each of his victims and to seven years to life for attempted murder in a Seal Beach salon shooting. The jailhouse informant scandal allegedly involving Rackauckas made it impossible to seek the death penalty for Dekraai.


2018 Orange County, California District Attorney election
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a complaint claiming the alleged widespread use of jailhouse informants by Orange County law enforcement officeholders has continued for decades. The United States Department of Justice and California Attorney General's office both launched probes investigating the jailhouse informant case. As of April 4, 2018, no charges have been filed against any Orange County law enforcement official.


2018 Orange County, California District Attorney election
On April 26 2018, A forum for candidates sponsored by conservative PAC Hispanic 100 was held.


2018 Orange County, California District Attorney election
Assistant Orange County Public Defender Scott Sanders claims California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions have turned a blind eye to the use of jailhouse informants. Sanders discovered that more than 140 cases might have been mishandled due to the use of jailhouse informants. Sanders claims that it is the largest jailhouse informant scandal in United States history.


2018 Orange County, California District Attorney election
On November 6, 2018, Spitzer, a Republican, defeated incumbent Republican Rackauckas, denying Rackauckas a sixth term.


2018 Orange County, California District Attorney election, General election, Results by county supervisorial district
Rackauckas won all 5 county supervisorial districts by varying margins. Red represents county supervisorial districts won by Rackauckas.


2018 Orange County, California District Attorney election, General election, Results by congressional district
Rackauckas won all 7 congressional districts by varying margins. Red represents congressional districts won by Rackauckas.


2018 Orange County, California District Attorney election, Runoff, Results by county supervisorial district
Spitzer won all 5 county supervisorial districts. Green represents county supervisorial districts won by Spitzer.


2018 Orange County, California District Attorney election, Runoff, Results by congressional district
Green represents congressional districts won by Spitzer. Red represents congressional districts won by Rackauckas.


2018 Oregon Ballot Measure 101
Oregon Measure 101 was a ballot measure approved by voters in the U.S. state of Oregon in the special election on January 23, 2018. The measure approved taxes on hospitals and some health insurers to fund the Oregon Health Plan.


2018 Oregon Ballot Measure 102
Oregon Ballot Measure 102 was a ballot measure passed by voters in the November 6, 2018 general election. If passed, the measure "would allow local governments to issue bonds to pay for affordable housing projects that involve nonprofits or other nongovernmental entities".


2018 Oregon Ballot Measure 102
The Oregon state legislature voted to put the measure on the ballot for voter approval and it received broad bipartisan support during the election, including from both major party candidates in the 2018 Oregon gubernatorial election, Democrat Kate Brown and Republican Knute Buehler. The measure also had the support of vocal opponents of an affordable housing bond that was put before Portland-area voters in the same election. It faced no major organized opposition.


2018 Oregon Ballot Measure 102
Early results from election night showed that the measure passed easily, and the official results later published by the Oregon Secretary of State showed that the measure passed with 56.90% of the vote.


2018 Oregon Ballot Measure 103
Oregon Ballot Measure 103 was a ballot measure defeated by voters in the upcoming 2018 election. Voters considered "a constitutional amendment that would bar new taxes on groceries, including food and soda, as well as freeze the state's corporate minimum tax for supermarkets". It was defeated with 42.69% of the vote.


2018 Oregon Ballot Measure 104
Oregon Ballot Measure 104 was a ballot measure defeated by voters in the upcoming 2018 election. Voters considered "a constitutional amendment that would require a three-fifths supermajority for legislation that raises revenue through changes in tax exemptions, credits and deductions". It was defeated with 35% of the vote.


2018 Oregon Ballot Measure 105
Oregon Ballot Measure 105 was a ballot measure defeated by voters in the upcoming 2018 election. If passed, the measure "would overturn 1987 sanctuary law that prohibits state and local police from enforcing immigration law if a person's only violation is being in the country illegally". It was defeated with 37% of the vote.


2018 Oregon Ballot Measure 106
Oregon Ballot Measure 106 was a ballot measure on the 2018 election ballot in the U.S. state of Oregon.


2018 Oregon Ballot Measure 106
The measure, a proposed amendment to the state Constitution, would have barred the use of public funds to pay for abortions in Oregon, "except when medically necessary or required by federal law." The measure would have affected persons with Medicaid health insurance coverage and state employees. The measure was defeated by a broad margin, with 1,195,718 "no" votes (64%), and 658,793 "yes" (35%) votes.


2018 Oregon Ballot Measure 106
The measure was sponsored by anti-abortion activists, who succeeded in placing the measure on the ballot in 2018 after failures in the previous three election cycles. Planned Parenthood and other groups opposed the measure.


2018 Oregon Ducks football team
The 2018 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by first-year head coach Mario Cristobal who took over for Willie Taggart who departed for Florida State. Oregon played their games at Autzen Stadium and competed as members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference.


2018 Oregon Ducks football team
Coming off a 7–6 season under Taggart in 2017, Oregon began the year ranked 24th in the preseason AP Poll. After sweeping their non-conference slate, they fell to then-No. 7 Stanford in overtime. The team bounced back with wins over No. 24 California and No. 7 Washington and rose to 12th in the polls before losing three of their next four games. The Ducks finished the regular season in fourth in the Pac-12 North Division with a conference record of 5–4. They were invited to the Redbox Bowl, where they defeated Michigan State to end the year at 9–4 overall.


2018 Oregon Ducks football team
The Oregon offense was led by junior quarterback Justin Herbert, who finished in second the Pac-12 Conference with 31 total touchdowns (29 passing and 2 rushing). Running back C. J. Verdell finished with 1,018 rushing yards and 10 rushing touchdowns. Defensively, the team was led by defensive end Jalen Jelks, who was named first-team all-conference.


2018 Oregon Ducks football team, Previous season
The Ducks finished the 2017 season 7–6, 4–5 in Pac-12 play to finish in fourth place in the North Division. They were invited to the Las Vegas Bowl where they lost to Boise State 28–38.


2018 Oregon Ducks football team, Preseason, Pac-12 Media Days
The 2018 Pac-12 media days are set for July 25, 2018 in Hollywood, California. Mario Cristobal (HC), Justin Herbert (QB) & Jalen Jelks (DL) at Pac-12 Media Days. The Pac-12 media poll was released with the Ducks predicted to finish in third place at Pac-12 North division.


2018 Oregon State Beavers baseball team
The 2018 Oregon State Beavers baseball team represented Oregon State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Beavers played their home games at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. The team was coached by Pat Casey in his 24th and final season at Oregon State. The Beavers began the season ranked #2 by Baseball America and were unanimously selected by Pac-12 coaches to repeat as conference champions.


2018 Oregon State Beavers baseball team
They won their third national championship by defeating Arkansas in the 2018 College World Series. It was only the second time in College World Series history that a team won the championship after losing their first game of the tournament and the first game of the championship series. The first team to do that was the 2006 Oregon State Beavers.


2018 Oregon State Beavers baseball team, Season
On March 11th, head coach Pat Casey was suspended by the NCAA for 4 games as a result of contact made on March 9th with third base umpire Mark Buchanan while disputing a check-swing call against a Cal State Fullerton batter. Casey was ejected following the contact and the game resulted in the Beavers' first loss of the season 3–5. Associate head coach Pat Bailey led the team during Casey's suspension.


2018 Oregon State Beavers baseball team, Season
Entering into the final game of the regular season against UCLA Oregon State found itself 1⁄2 game behind Stanford for the Pac-12 crown. A win against UCLA coupled with a Stanford loss to Washington, who was also in contention for the league championship, would have given the Beavers their second straight Pac-12 championship. Oregon State would go on to lose against UCLA and Stanford rallied to win against Washington to give them their first Pac-12 championship since 2004.


2018 Oregon State Beavers baseball team, Season
In the postseason tournament the Beavers were selected as the #3 overall national seed, which guaranteed home field advantage for both the Regionals and Super Regionals. Only defending national champion Florida (#1) and Pac-12 champion Stanford (#2) were seeded higher.


2018 Oregon State Beavers baseball team, College World Series
On June 16, 2018, Oregon State dropped the opening game of the CWS to North Carolina by a score of 8–6. Oregon State was first on the board when Trevor Larnach tripled in the bottom of the 1st to drive in leadoff batter Steven Kwan. The Tarheels matched the Beavers 1–1 in the 2nd, before taking a commanding 6–1 lead in the top of the 3rd. This marked the first time all season Oregon State gave up 6 runs in the first 3 innings.


2018 Oregon State Beavers baseball team, College World Series
A controversial safe call at third base in the top of the 7th helped sustain The Tarheels inning, when Beavers' 3rd baseman Gretler appeared to tag Tarheels runner Martorano, but was ruled safe. Instant replay would say otherwise, but the call was non-reviewable. Martorano was driven in by the next batter, increasing the Tarheels lead to 7–4.


2018 Oregon State Beavers baseball team, College World Series
On June 18, 2018, Oregon State defeated the Washington Huskies in the first elimination game of the CWS by a score of 14–5. This marked the 4th meeting between the two conference rivals this season, with Oregon State leading the series 2–1. Washington took a 3–0 lead in the bottom of the 3rd, before giving up 4 runs and surrendering the lead in the top of the 5th. Washington was quick to respond, taking a 5–4 lead before a 4+1⁄2-hour rain delay in the top of the 6th.


2018 Oregon State Beavers baseball team, College World Series
Washington walked in the tying run after play resumed in the 6th, and would be shutout for the remainder of the game. Lead-off hitter Steven Kwan injured his hamstring while at bat in the top of the 3rd inning. Kwan would sit out the majority of the College World Series, starting only the opening game of the finals against Arkansas.


2018 Oregon State Beavers baseball team, College World Series
On June 20, 2018, Oregon State defeated the North Carolina Tarheels in an elimination game by a score of 11–6. The Beavers jumped out to an early 3–0 lead, before the Tarheels tied the game in the bottom of a 3rd with the assist of a controversial fair ball call. The hit drove in 2 runs and was deemed non-reviewable. Oregon State trailed 6–3 in the top of the 8th with 1 out, before Adley Rutchman crushed a base hit double to center field, driving in 3 runs to tie the game 6–6. The Beavers continued to pile on runs into the 8th inning, while shutting the Tarheels out for the remainder of the game.


2018 Oregon State Beavers baseball team, College World Series
Oregon State vs Mississippi St (Game 11)On June 22, 2018, Oregon State defeated the Mississippi State Bulldogs by a score of 12–2. Mississippi State appeared to have the blessings of the College Baseball Gods throughout the tournament, staving off five elimination games before arriving in Omaha. Mississippi State quickly put up 1 run in the top of the 1st, and but failed to establish their presence for the remainder of the game. Oregon State went on a hitting frenzy with a barrage of runs in the 2nd and 7th inning. In the 7th inning, head coach Pat Casey sent his son, Joe Casey, to pinch hit for Tyler Malone. Casey dug a pitch out of the ground for a base hit over 2nd and his first CWS RBI.


2018 Oregon State Beavers baseball team, College World Series
Oregon State vs Mississippi St (Game 13)On June 23, 2018, Oregon State defeated the Mississippi State Bulldogs by a score of 5–2. The Beavers scored all 5 runs with 2 outs in the top of the 3rd, the final three runs coming on DH Tyler Malone's home run. The Bulldogs appeared to have regained favor of the College Baseball Gods with a last minute rally brewing in the bottom of the 9th, as Oregon State pitcher, Jake Mulholland, loaded the bases with a 5–2 lead and Jordan Westburg at bat.


2018 Oregon State Beavers baseball team, College World Series
Westburg was fresh off a CWS Grand Slam against North Carolina, and was looking to become the first player ever to hit 2 CWS Grand Slams. Westburg blasted a grounder to shortstop Cadyn Grenier, which appeared to be glued to the inside of Grenier's glove, before finding its way to 2nd baseman Nick Madrigal for the final out.


2018 Oregon State Beavers baseball team, College World Series
On June 26, 2018, the Arkansas Razorbacks defeated the Oregon State Beavers, 4–1, in the opening game of the CWS Finals. The CWS Finals were scheduled to begin on the previous day, but were delayed due to rain, giving Oregon State an extra day to rest their bullpen. This defeat marked Oregon State's first loss to an SEC team all season, and the first loss to an SEC team since losing game 2 of the CWS Semi Finals to LSU in 2017. The game was marred by a controversial interference call which lead to a double play and took a run off the board for the Beavers. Oregon State was unable to recover from the shift in momentum, going scoreless for the remainder of the game.


2018 Oregon State Beavers baseball team, College World Series
On June 27, 2018, Oregon State defeated Arkansas 5–3 to even the series 1–1. Arkansas appeared in complete control of the game, and on their way to certain victory, when Arkansas missed a game winning pop-up foul ball off the bat of Cadyn Grenier in the top of the 9th. The ball fell between the first base line and the wall, with the first baseman, right fielder, and second baseman honing in on the game sealing pop-up.


2018 Oregon State Beavers baseball team, College World Series
The second baseman, Carson Shaddy, bumped first baseman Jared Gates while running towards the ball, causing Gates to take his eye off the ball, Shaddy to overrun the ball, and right fielder Eric Cole to pull up. The ball landed foul between the 3 Arkansas players, giving Oregon State a second chance. Cadyn Grenier knocked in the game-tying run 2 pitches later. Trevor Larnach came to the plate with Arkansas still in shock, boasting the most home runs of the season for the Beavers, and hit a two-run shot over the head of Cole to win the game, 5–3.


2018 Oregon State Beavers baseball team, College World Series
On June 28, 2018, Oregon State defeated Arkansas, 5–0, to win their third College World Series championship. Oregon State pitcher Kevin Abel worked himself into a jam in the top of the 3rd, loading the bases with one out against the Razorbacks, before going on to retire 20 batters in a row. Abel became the first pitcher to win four games in the CWS, and two games in the CWS Finals. He pitched only the 4th complete game shutout in a championship game, with the lowest hit total of those games (2). Oregon State catcher Adley Rutchman set the CWS hits record during this game, with 17 hits. Rutchman won the CWS Most Outstanding Player Award.


2018 Oregon State Beavers baseball team, Rankings
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2018 Oregon State Beavers baseball team, Major League Baseball Draft
In the 2018 Major League Baseball draft Nick Madrigal became the highest draft pick in Oregon State history when the Chicago White Sox selected him with the 4th pick of the 1st Round. The previous record holder was Michael Conforto, who was selected 10th overall by the New York Mets in the 2014 MLB draft.


2018 Oregon State Beavers baseball team, Major League Baseball Draft
Pitcher Drew Rasmussen, who missed the entire 2018 season due to undergoing his second Tommy John surgery, was originally selected 31st overall in the 2017 MLB draft by the Tampa Bay Rays but was unable to come to terms with the team before the July 7th deadline. He was later denied free agency by Major League Baseball.


2018 Oregon State Beavers baseball team, Major League Baseball Draft
Two-time Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year, Luke Heimlich, went undrafted for the second straight year. The Texas Rangers announced a month before the draft that they would not select the winningest pitcher in Oregon State history after it was revealed Heimlich pled guilty to sexually molesting a family member when he was 15. Heimlich has since denied the allegations to which he pled guilty as a juvenile saying the guilty plea was "a decision me and my parents thought was the best option to move forward as a family."


2018 Oregon State Beavers football team
The 2018 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team played their home games on campus at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon as a member of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They were led by first-year head coach Jonathan Smith. The schedule was released on November 16, 2017. The Beavers finished the season with a 2–10 record. They went 1–8 in Pac-12 play and finished in last place in the North Division.


2018 Oregon State Beavers football team, Previous season
The Beavers finished the 2017 season 1–11, 0–9 in Pac-12 play to finish in last place in the North Division. The Beavers entered the season with Gary Andersen as coach in his third year. After his squad opened with losses in five of their first six games, with their only win against Portland State, Andersen resigned and was replaced by interim head coach Cory Hall for the remainder of the season.


2018 Oregon State Beavers football team, Preseason, Pac-12 Media Days
The 2018 Pac-12 media days were on July 25, 2018 in Hollywood, California. Oregon State was represented by Jonathan Smith (HC), Blake Brandel (OL) & Kee Whetzel (LB) at Pac-12 Media Days. The Pac-12 media poll was released with the Beavers predicted to finish in last place in the North Division.


2018 Oregon gubernatorial election
The 2018 Oregon gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018 to elect the Governor of Oregon who would serve a full four-year term, after the 2016 special election, where Governor Kate Brown was elected to serve the last two years of a four-year term. Incumbent Democratic Governor Kate Brown ran for a full term. The Republican Party nominated Knute Buehler to run against Brown; the Independent Party of Oregon nominated Patrick Starnes. Kate Brown was re-elected as governor in a rematch of the 2012 Oregon Secretary of State Election.


2018 Oregon legislative election
The 2018 elections for the Oregon Legislative Assembly determined the composition of both houses for the 80th Oregon Legislative Assembly. The Republican and Democratic parties held primary elections on May 15, 2018 with general elections on November 6, 2018.


2018 Oregon legislative election
As a result of the elections, the Democratic Party expanded its advantage in both houses of the state legislature. The party gained one seat in the Oregon State Senate and three seats in the Oregon House of Representatives, bringing its advantage over the Republican Party to 18-12 and 38-22, respectively. These gains gave the Democratic Party a 3/5 (or 60%) supermajority in both chambers for the 80th Oregon Legislative Assembly.


2018 Oregon legislative election, Oregon Senate
The 30 members of the Oregon State Senate are elected to four-year terms, and only half of those seats (15) are up for election every two years. In addition to these 15 regular elections, there were two special elections to determine who would complete the four-year terms of Senators that were replaced during the first half of their term. These 17 seats up for election were represented by 10 Democrats and 7 Republicans. The Democrats decreased their advantage over Republicans from 18-12 to 17-13 in the 2016 election.


2018 Oregon legislative election, Oregon House of Representatives
The 60 members of the Oregon House of Representatives are elected to two-year terms, so all 60 seats were up for election. In this election, these seats were represented by 35 Democrats and 25 Republicans. The Democrats maintained their 35-25 advantage in the 2016 election.


2018 Oregon state elections
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Oregon on November 6, 2018. Primary elections were held on May 15, 2018.


2018 Oregon state elections, United States House of Representatives
All five of Oregon's seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for re-election in 2018. All five incumbents, four Democrats and one Republican, won re-election.


2018 Oregon state elections, Governor
Incumbent Democratic Governor Kate Brown was originally elevated to the role in February 2015 upon the resignation of her predecessor, Governor John Kitzhaber. Then serving as the Oregon Secretary of State, Brown was first in the line of succession to replace the Kitzhaber. Brown won a special election the following year to serve the final two years of Kitzhaber's four-year term. Brown won re-election to her first full term in this election. Brown was challenged by Republican Knute Buehler, representative of Oregon's 54th House district, and several third party candidates.


2018 Oregon state elections, Commissioner of Labor
Incumbent Brad Avakian elected not to seek re-election to the office of Oregon Commissioner of Labor. A nonpartisan primary election was held alongside partisan primary elections on May 15, 2018. Three candidates appeared on the primary election ballot:


2018 Oregon state elections, Commissioner of Labor
Since the Commissioner of Labor is a nonpartisan role, a general election is only held if no one in the primary election secures 50% of the vote. Hoyle avoided a runoff vote and was elected to the role by winning 52.28% of the vote in the primary election.


2018 Oregon state elections, Legislative
Of the 30 seats in the Oregon State Senate, 17 were up for election (15 regular elections and 2 special elections). All 60 seats in the Oregon House of Representatives were up for election. As a result of the election, the Democratic Party expanded its advantage over the Republican Party and held a supermajority in both chambers. Democrats had a 18-12 majority in the Senate and 38-22 majority in the House of Representatives.


2018 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures
There were five statewide Oregon ballot measures on the general election ballot. As a result of the election, one ballot measure passed while the other four failed.


2018 Oregon wildfires
Wildfires in the U.S. state of Oregon in 2018 include the Boxcar Fire, Graham Fire, and Jack Knife Fire.


2018 Oregon wildfires
In July, one person was killed by the Substation Fire, which also destroyed the Charles E. Nelson House.


2018 Oregon wildfires, Wildfires
The following is a list of fires that burned more than 1,000 acres, or produced significant structural damage or loss of life.


2018 Orienteering World Cup
The 2018 Orienteering World Cup was the 24th edition of the Orienteering World Cup. The 2018 Orienteering World Cup consisted of 11 individual events and  9 relay events. The events were located in Switzerland, Latvia, Norway and Czech Republic. The European Orienteering Championships in Ticino, Switzerland and the 2018 World Orienteering Championships in Riga, Latvia were included in the World Cup.


2018 Orienteering World Cup
Matthias Kyburz of Switzerland won his third consecutive overall title in the men's World Cup, his fifth title in total. Tove Alexandersson of Sweden won her fifth overall title in the women's World Cup.


2018 Orienteering World Cup, Points distribution
The 40 best runners in each event were awarded points. The winner was awarded 100 points. In WC events 1 to 9, the eight best results counted in the overall classification. In the finals (WC 10 and WC 11), both results counted.


2018 Orienteering World Cup, Overall standings
This section shows the final standings after all 10 individual events.


2018 Orienteering World Cup, Overall standings, Relay
The table shows the final standings after all 9 relay events. All results counted in the overall standings.


2018 Orlando City SC season
The 2018 Orlando City SC season was the club's eighth season of existence in Orlando and fourth season in Major League Soccer, the top-flight league in the United States soccer league system. Alongside Major League Soccer, the club also competed in the U.S. Open Cup. The team played its home games at Orlando City Stadium.


2018 Orlando City SC season, Season review, Pre-season
On December 17, 2017, Kaká announced his retirement, after turning down offers from former clubs São Paulo FC and A.C. Milan. With the options of several players declined at the end of the previous season, Orlando City set its sights on the off-season to rebuild its roster. The club began the winter transfer window by acquiring midfielder Sacha Kljestan from the New York Red Bulls in exchange for attacker Carlos Rivas and defender Tommy Redding. During this time, it was announced that Orlando City B had elected to not participate in the 2018 USL season, sparking alarm in regards to the club's youth development and depth. Just a few days later, Paraguayan midfielder Josué Colmán signed with the club as a Young Designated Player.


2018 Orlando City SC season, Season review, Pre-season
In early January, Orlando City Stadium played host to two games in the 2018 edition of the Florida Cup. This was followed by the club also hosting the 2018 MLS Combine from January 11 to 17, which resulted in forward Chris Mueller being picked by Orlando City in the MLS SuperDraft.


2018 Orlando City SC season, Season review, Pre-season
By mid-January, attention shifted to forward Cyle Larin after images of him undergoing a medical with Beşiktaş J.K. were posted on the Turkish club's Twitter account. While Orlando City was aware of the social media posting, no transfer agreement had been made at that time and the club was preparing to take legal action as Larin was still "under contract with Orlando City through 2019." When training camp officially commenced on January 22, Larin was absent and appeared to be training with Beşiktaş in a video released the following day. A week later, Orlando City announced that they had come to terms with Beşiktaş for the transfer of Larin.


2018 Orlando City SC season, Season review, Pre-season
On January 29, it was announced that Orlando City had acquired midfielder Justin Meram from Columbus Crew SC in exchange for $1.05 million in allocation money plus an international roster spot. Further transfers were made throughout January and February, with a total of 13 new players making the move to Orlando. On February 28, center back Jonathan Spector was named the new captain of Orlando City following Kaká's departure.


2018 Orlando City SC season, Season review, March
Orlando City began their fourth Major League Soccer campaign on March 3 at home against D.C. United. Despite Joe Bendik making a penalty save early on, D.C. United opened the scoring in the 32nd minute with a Yamil Asad free kick. In the 41st minute, PC was issued a red card and Orlando City played the remainder of the game with 10 men. The Lions maintained pressure throughout the second half and eventually equalized in stoppage time following a forward run by Jonathan Spector that set Stefano Pinho up for his debut goal, securing a point with a 1–1 draw.


2018 Orlando City SC season, Season review, March
Orlando remained at home for its second match, falling 2–1 to Minnesota United following a brace by Ethan Finlay. The club then hit the road for its first away match of the season against New York City FC. This marked the first Orlando City appearances for Lamine Sané and Josué Colmán, who both came on as second half subs, as well as Sacha Kljestan. Despite holding a 0–0 scoreline at half, the Lions ended up falling 2–0 from goals by Ismael Tajouri and Maxi Moralez. Following a two-week hiatus, Orlando City returned home to host the New York Red Bulls.


2018 Orlando City SC season, Season review, March
After conceding in the seventh minute, City soon struck back with a tap-in goal by Will Johnson. The Red Bulls regained the lead shortly after, but the Lions equalized once again via a Dom Dwyer header to end the half at 2–2. Dwyer opened the second half with a goal that came from a throw-in assist by Mohamed El Monir. The visitors were able to level the scoreline in the 82nd minute, but a shot from Scott Sutter that deflected off of Colmán made its way into the back of the net and secured City all three points in the club's first victory of the 2018 Major League Soccer season.


2018 Orlando City SC season, Season review, April
On April 8, the Lions made team history by securing their first win from a 2-goal deficit, with Dwyer scoring the game-winning goal in the 87th minute for a dramatic 3–2 comeback victory against the Portland Timbers. The result also marked the first back-to-back wins for the club since April 29, 2017. With all three goals scored in the final ten minutes, they lead the league with 25 in the last three seasons, reaffirming the nickname "Cardiac Cats."


2018 Orlando City SC season, Season review, April
Five days later, Joe Bendik picked up his first clean sheet of the season to go along with four saves, while Dwyer scored his 99th goal in all career caps, for the Lions' first away win of the season: a 2–0 shutout of the Philadelphia Union. The winning streak stretched to four in a 3–2 home victory against the San Jose Earthquakes, courtesy of goals from Mueller, Kljestan, and Dwyer.


2018 Orlando City SC season, Season review, April
Both Mueller and Dwyer's goals were milestones: Mueller's strike came 63 seconds into the match, making it the fastest MLS goal in the club's history, and Dwyer's goal marked his 100th career goal in all competitions. Then, in yet another come-from-behind thriller and their fifth straight win to close out the month, Orlando City defeated the Colorado Rapids with a 2–1 scoreline at the high altitude of DSG Park.


2018 Orlando City SC season, Season review, May
The first major test of the season comes early, as four of the next five matches for Orlando City come against the top four 2017 Eastern Conference teams: Atlanta United FC, Toronto FC, the Chicago Fire, and New York City FC. A new club record was reached as the "Cardiac Cats" opened the month of May with their sixth straight victory, and fourth when conceding the first goal, in a 3–1 result against Real Salt Lake. Lamine Sané scored his first goal in purple, while Chris Schuler made his debut in the squad's starting 11, against his former team.


2018 Orlando City SC season, Season review, May
On May 13, Justin Meram opened his account with a second-half goal against the Five Stripes. However, the Lions' comeback fell short in a 2–1 loss, their second of the season at home. The game was marred by fans throwing trash onto the field in frustration. Orlando City was later criticized by local authorities and news organizations for routinely condemning behavior without taking any significant action to decrease such incidents. The rough patch continued with another 2–1 loss at Toronto FC. A 2–1 defeat at home to the Chicago Fire extended the losing streak to three games to close out the month, as the Lions looked ahead to a 4-game, 12-day road trip with stops in New York, Miami, Vancouver, and Montreal.


2018 Orlando City SC season, Season review, June
The losing streak continued into the month of June, as Orlando City fell 3–0 to New York City FC. With Dom Dwyer out due to injury, the Lions have found it difficult to score in their last four matches. The club was able to turn things around in their first match of the 2018 U.S. Open Cup when they defeated NPSL side Miami United FC 3–0 with goals from PC, Stefano Pinho, and Dillon Powers. However, the club's MLS losing streak stretched to five games after the Lions were reduced to 10 men and were outscored 5–2 in Vancouver.


2018 Orlando City SC season, Season review, June
The 12-day road trip came to an end in Montreal, where Orlando City suffered its third consecutive three-goal margin defeat. Two days later, the club announced that it had parted ways with head coach Jason Kreis and that assistant coach Bobby Murphy would assume the role of interim coach. Under Bobby's leadership, and changing to a three-back formation that showed much-improved stability in the defense, the Lions were able to eke out a 1-1 win on PKs (4-2), against D.C. United in the Round of 16 in the U.S. Open Cup on June 20.


2018 Orlando City SC season, Season review, June
Orlando played their first MLS match following Kreis' departure on June 23, 2018 when they faced Montreal for the second consecutive game. Murphy continued with the three-back formation he had used in the Open Cup four days earlier but Orlando fell to a 2-0 defeat, only registering one shot on target on the way to their seventh consecutive league defeat, a performance Bobby and several of the players apologized for post-game.


2018 Orlando City SC season, Season review, June
On June 29, the club announced that Louisville City FC manager and former Orlando City player-coach James O'Connor would take over as the Lion's new head coach. The day after, Murphy took control of his final game as interim manager prior to O'Connor filling the position permanently. The result was a 4–0 defeat away to Atlanta United.


2018 Orlando City SC season, Season review, July
James O'Connor's first game in charge was away at Los Angeles FC, marking the first time Orlando had ever played the new expansion side. The original kick off time was moved to 11:00 p.m. ET to avoid triple-digit temperatures. The team returned to the 4–2–3–1 formation that had been implemented earlier in the season under Jason Kreis but lost 4–1, breaking their three-game scoreless streak but extending the losing streak to nine. On July 14, O'Connor took charge of his first home game with the visit of Toronto FC. Orlando won 2–1 to end their winless streak.


2018 Orlando City SC season, Season review, July
It was the first MLS match of the season to not feature Joe Bendik after Earl Edwards Jr. was given the start in goal. Orlando were knocked out of the U.S. Open Cup at the quarterfinals stage on July 18, losing 1–0 away to Philadelphia Union. On July 22, Orlando traveled to Columbus Crew SC where they led for most of the match. However, a penalty call and a controversial lack of VAR led to a game-tying 88th-minute penalty. Columbus would go on to win the game 3–2 in stoppage time.


2018 Orlando City SC season, Season review, July
In response, Professional Referee Organization released a statement acknowledging the error and reaffirming that the organization holds all officials "accountable and takes appropriate action when necessary." Orlando returned home to face NYCFC for the third and final time of the year on July 26, falling to a 2–0 defeat and hitting the woodwork four times in the process. Then, despite taking the lead three times, Orlando lost 4–3 away to LA Galaxy on July 29, a game in which Cristian Higuita broke Cyle Larin's club record 89 appearances. Galaxy's Zlatan Ibrahimović notably scored his first MLS hattrick in the game.


2018 Orlando City SC season, Season review, August
On August 3, Orlando City traded Justin Meram back to Columbus Crew SC for $750,000 in Targeted Allocation Money and a 2019 international roster slot. The following day, the Lions returned home to face New England Revolution. After trailing by two goals early on, City equalized in the 71st minute. While New England gained the lead five minutes later, the Lions equalized again in stoppage time – resulting in a 3–3 draw. The team ended the month with two losses, both by a one-goal margin, to DC United and Atlanta United. The DC game marked the first time Orlando played at the newly-opened Audi Field.


2018 Orlando City SC season, Season review, September
On September 1, Orlando hosted Philadelphia Union and held them to a 2–2 draw thanks to a Scott Sutter goal in stoppage time. It was the first time Orlando had avoided defeat against the same opponent twice in MLS this season. The following weekend the team lost 1–0 away to Sporting Kansas City as Dom Dwyer returned to face his former team for the first time. The team finished the month winless, losing on two away trips to Sporting Kansas City and Chicago Fire before earning a 0–0 draw at home to Houston Dynamo, with Adam Grinwis securing only the team's second league clean sheet of the season on his debut.


2018 Orlando City SC season, Season review, October
Prior to the team's game against FC Dallas on October 6, Orlando were officially eliminated from playoff contention following Montreal's win over Columbus Crew earlier that day. They went on to lose 2–0. Orlando remained on the road for the next match against New England Revolution which also ended 2–0 and extending the team's scoreless run to five games. On October 17 the team set a new MLS single season record for number of goals conceded when Víctor Rodríguez opened the scoring for Seattle Sounders, the 71st goal Orlando had given up that year.


2018 Orlando City SC season, Season review, October
This surpassed the previous total of 70 set by Minnesota United in their inaugural season in 2017. Seattle went on to win 2–1. Orlando's final home game of the season, played on October 21, saw them win only their second game under the stewardship of James O'Connor when Kljestan scored penalty in stoppage time to beat Columbus Crew 2–1.


2018 Orlando City SC season, Season review, October, Decision Day
On October 28, the final day of the regular season, Orlando traveled to a New York Red Bulls side who were one of two teams with the potential to win the Supporters' Shield. They started the day one point behind Atlanta United but their 1–0 win over Orlando combined with Atlanta's 4–1 defeat against Toronto FC meant they finished top of the standings and lifted the Shield for the third time. Orlando finished the season bottom of the Eastern Conference and, because of Colorado Rapids' decision day win, dropped to 22nd in the Supporters' Shield.


2018 Orlando City SC season, Season review, November
On November 26, 2018, Orlando City parted ways with General Manager Niki Budalić who had been at the club since January 2016 and held the role of GM for two years. The day after, the club announced it had decided not to exercise the contract options of eight players: Joe Bendik, Richie Laryea, Tony Rocha, Chris Schuler, Jonathan Spector, Scott Sutter, Donny Toia and Jose Villarreal. Earl Edwards, Jr. would also be released as a result of his expired contract.


2018 Orlando City SC season, Competitions, Friendlies
The pre-season schedule was announced on January 16, 2018, outlining five closed-door pre-season friendlies over the course of February. Training camp began on Monday, January 22, for the first of three training sessions before the club traveled to Jacksonville for a 10-day pre-season training camp at Davis Park. The club then relocated back to its training facility at Sylvan Lake Park. A sixth pre-season friendly was played on February 25 against Nashville SC of the United Soccer League.


2018 Orlando City SC season, Competitions, Major League Soccer
The opening home match was announced on December 19, 2017, while the remaining MLS schedule was released on January 4, 2018. Outside of the club, there were several changes made throughout the league. The most significant change came via the addition of Los Angeles FC as the 23rd franchise in MLS and 12th member of the Western Conference. Orlando City SC played LAFC for the first time on July 7, 2018.


2018 Orlando City SC season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
After the fourth round draw was held on May 24, Orlando City entered the 105th edition of the U.S. Open Cup on the road in South Florida, against Miami FC on June 6.


2018 Orlando City SC season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
Host team listed first. Bold = winner* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score


2018 Orlando City SC season, Squad statistics, Appearances
Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances after the + symbol where applicable.


2018 Orlando City SC season, Player movement
Per Major League Soccer and club policies, terms of the deals do not get disclosed.


2018 Orlando City SC season, Player movement, MLS SuperDraft picks
Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. The 2018 draft was held on January 19, 2018. Orlando had one selection.


2018 Orlando City SC season, Broadcasting
Orlando City were featured on national television 13 times during the 2018 season, while all remaining matches were televised locally on WRDQ. Six of the nationally televised games were shown on ESPN, tied with three other clubs for the most appearances. Additionally, certain matches were streamed live on Twitter following the announcement of a three-year agreement between Major League Soccer and the social networking service. In May 2018, the club announced a deal it had made with YouTube TV in which all of its locally televised matches would be streamed live through the subscription service.


2018 Orlando City SC season, Broadcasting
English-language radio was be split between WTKS 104.1 and WYGM 740 AM/96.9 FM/101.1-2 HD for the 2018 season, with WYGM airing 18 regular-season matches and WTKS airing 14 regular-season matches. Spanish-language radio broadcasts were conducted on WDYZ 990 AM.


2018 Orlando Pride season
The 2018 season was Orlando Pride's third season in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States. The team played its home games at Orlando City Stadium.


2018 Orlando Pride season, Transfers and loans, 2018 NWSL College Draft
Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. The 2018 college draft was held on January 18, 2018. Orlando had one selection.


2018 Orlando Pride season, Media
The NWSL website and the Go90 app have the exclusive rights to streaming all games live on each of their platforms. In addition, the league has partnered with the Lifetime Network to air a "Game of the Week" on Saturdays for the 24-week Regular Season. The Pride were selected for 8 matches on the slate. The dates are:


2018 Orléans Masters
The 2018 Orléans Masters was a badminton tournament which took place at Palais des Sports in France from 27 March to 1 April 2018 and had a total purse of $75,000.


2018 Orléans Masters, Tournament
The 2018 Orléans Masters was the first Super 100 tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the Orléans Masters championships which had been held since 2012. This tournament was organized by the Cercle Laïque des Tourelles Orléans Badminton (CLTO) with the sanction from the French Badminton Federation (FFBaD) and BWF. It was also the first ever new Super 100 Level 6 tournament of the BWF World Tour schedule.


2018 Orléans Masters, Tournament, Venue
This international tournament was held at Palais des Sports in Orléans, Centre-Val de Loire, France.


2018 Orléans Masters, 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 Orléans Masters, 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 Oruro attacks
On 10 February 2018, an explosion occurred in the afternoon of the Bolivian city of Oruro during the traditional carnival of the city. In a street food stand, 8 people were killed by an explosion near the main street of Oruro. At first it was thought that it was the explosion of a gas canister due to mishandling, but not finding fragments of the alleged canister or a gas leak that caused it, the government has discarded this theory. It also left more than forty people injured.


2018 Oruro attacks
Three days later, another attack occurred at 18:57. Approximately three kilos of dynamite mixed with ANFO were used, which were detonated a short distance from the first explosion. The explosion caused the death of four persons, two of them children, and left nine people injured.


2018 Oruro attacks
The culprit of both explosions is unknown, but there have been several detainees. Three suspects who were in the explosion site of the second explosion were arrested the following day, but later it was discovered that they had no relation at all with the event. Another suspect of the first explosion continues apprehended since 27 March 2018. They were the most serious explosive attacks in Bolivian history.


2018 Oruro attacks, Aftermath, First explosion
Initially, the first detonation was attributed to the mishandling of a gas canister from a food stall installed in the street, but this was ruled out upon the announcement of the second explosion, which caused the conclusion of the investigation of the first explosion to be reviewed. It was discovered that the weapons used were 3 kilos of dynamite with hydrogel. It is thought that this dynamite was placed next to a carafe of liquefied petroleum gas with the intention of exploiting it. All the victims belonged to the same family, so it is possible that there were interests involved and that it was a targeted killing.


2018 Oruro attacks, Aftermath, First explosion
It was requested that the nearby houses and businesses deliver the filmings of between February 10 and 12 as a result of the non-functioning of the security cameras due to flaw.


2018 Oruro attacks, Aftermath, First explosion
The culprit is not known, but a suspect has been arrested, Juan Carlos Herrera Beltrán. He was arrested by the police on 27 March 2018 thanks to the recordings obtained by volunteers who offered to help. According to studies, it has been determined that the explosives were placed in a blue container placed in the middle of the victims, which implies that it was an attack directed at these people. It has also been claimed that Herrera left the place minutes before the attack. In the recordings, it was observed how Herrera did not help his wife when she was still alive. Herrera was remanded in custody. It is suspected that the crime is passionate, since he maintained a loving relationship with his sister-in-law, Amanda Balderrama.


2018 Oruro attacks, Aftermath, First explosion
Three days after the first explosion, the second would take place.


2018 Oruro attacks, Aftermath, Second explosion
The Bolivian Police assured that there is no risk of a new attack and that there is a device deployed in the city. It has been criticized that the government did not exercise any preventive measure and that the second explosion would have been avoided had it not been for their ineptitude. Three suspects who were in the explosion site were arrested the following day, of which two of them circulated in a vehicle that presented damage presumably produced by explosives.


2018 Oruro attacks, Aftermath, Second explosion
Later, it was discovered that they were not related to the attack and that they were separated at the time of the explosion, but they continued to be detained because of the possession of illegal weapons. The explosion caused the death of four persons, two of them under-ages, and left nine people injured.


2018 Oruro attacks, Aftermath, Second explosion
The Bolivian authorities classified the event as a terrorist attack, too. It has been suggested that the explosion was caused by a gas leak, but due to the dimensions of the crater, that has been ruled out. The general commander of the Bolivian Police, Faustino Mendoza, declared that they had found the remains of a detonator for more than 3 kilos of dynamite.


2018 Oruro attacks, Aftermath, Second explosion
The company YPFB, a state-owned oil and gas company, cut the supply of gas in the area and verified that there was no gas leak, while conveying condolences to the families of the victims, action that also made the President Evo Morales.