2018 Portland Thorns FC season
The 2018 Portland Thorns FC season is the team's and the league's sixth season of existence. The Thorns play in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top division of women's soccer in the United States. The Thorns are coming into the season as reigning NWSL Champions.


2018 Portland Thorns FC season, Season review, Off-season
On September 21, 2017, Raso signed a loan with Brisbane Roar for the 2017–18 W-League season.


2018 Portland Thorns FC season, Season review, Off-season
on September 24, 2017, the club announced that midfielder Amandine Henry and forward Nadia Nadim will not be returning to the Portland Thorns in 2018 season. The moves were made for financial reasons, NWSL has a strict salary cap of $315,000 for each team and the Thorns could not compete with the offers made by Lyon and Manchester City.


2018 Portland Thorns FC season, Season review, Off-season
In October 2017, Boureille was loaned to Brisbane Roar for the 2017–18 W-League season.


2018 Portland Thorns FC season, Season review, Off-season
On October 24, 2017, it was announced that Sonnett signed a loan with Sydney FC for the 2017–18 W-League season.


2018 Portland Thorns FC season, Season review, Off-season
On January 11, 2018, the club acquired the rights to Australian forward Caitlin Foord and a 2020 conditional natural second-round draft pick from the Seattle Reign in exchange for Allie Long.


2018 Portland Thorns FC season, Season review, Off-season
On January 12, 2018 Portland acquired Brazilian midfielder Andressinha from the Houston Dash in exchange for forward Savannah Jordan.


2018 Portland Thorns FC season, Season review, Off-season
On January 17, 2018, Portland Thorns FC selected midfielders Sandra Yu and Gabby Seiler and goalkeeper Bella Geist from the 2018 NWSL College Draft.


2018 Portland Thorns FC season, Season review, Off-season
On February 15, 2018, Ashleigh Sykes announced her retirement from professional soccer.


2018 Portland Timbers 2 season
The 2018 Portland Timbers 2 season is the 4th season for Portland Timbers 2 in United Soccer League (USL), the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.


2018 Portland Timbers season
The 2018 Portland Timbers season is the 32nd season in their existence and the 8th season for the Portland Timbers in Major League Soccer (MLS), the top-flight professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. The season covers the period from the end of MLS Cup 2017 to the end of MLS Cup 2018.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, April
From April 5 until April 8 the eMLS Cup took place at PAX East in Boston. Timber's eSports player Edgar Guerrero (X_Thiago_Silva_0) finished 7th in the Preliminary Round, giving him a spot in the Western Quarter Finals. Guerrero would fall to Sporting Kansas City eSports player Alex Betancourt (SKC Alekzandur) in the Western Quarter Finals to a score of 3–2.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, April
The Timbers traveled to Orlando, again without the injured Liam Ridgewell for their last away match before the home opener. In the 16th minute, Sebastián Blanco was issued a 2nd yellow card for diving; however, VAR was called to review and the card was overturned and a penalty issued. Even with Joe Bendik guessing the right way, Diego Valeri sent the ball into the far left side of the net, putting the Timbers up 1–0.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, April
In the 59th minute,  Bill Tuiloma was able to head the ball into the net with from a free kick from Diego Valeri that would put the Timbers up 2–0. Starting from the 80th minute, Orlando City SC would begin their comeback starting with a flick from Chris Mueller from a corner kick taken by Yoshimar Yotún, putting Orlando on the board at 2–1. Shortly after in the 81st minute, a controversial penalty was awarded to Orlando from a foul to Dom Dwyer inside the box. It was taken and successfully converted by Sacha Kljestan. Finally, Orlando would seal the win in the 87th minute from a shot inside the box from Dom Dwyer. The final score of the match was 3–2 to Orlando City SC.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, April
On April 14, Portland hosted their home opener for the 2018 campaign against Minnesota United FC. The Timbers Army sang the national anthem  for the home opener, as is tradition in the MLS era, followed by unveiling their Singin' in the Rain themed tifo. In the 20th minute, Larrys Mabiala passed the ball to Alvas Powell who was a few feet past the halfway line. Powell was able to run the ball all the way into the box and take a shot sending the Timbers up 1–0.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, April
Shortly after in the 23rd minute, Powell was able to perform a cross to Diego Valeri. The Timbers went up 2–0. In the 27th minute, Minnesota's Miguel Ibarra had a goal disallowed after VAR caught him offside. In the 30th minute, Sebastián Blanco had a howler shot from about 30 yards out to almost have another goal, but instead hit the crossbar. In the 42nd minute, Ibbara attempted a header which Gleeson was able to make an extremely quick one handed save.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, April
In the 64th minute, Minnesota's Darwin Quintero was able to break through the box and score their first goal of the match, changing the score to 2–1. In the 74th minute, Blanco crossed the bar to Valeri who was deep inside the box. Valeri dropped the ball back to Cristhian Paredes and sent it to Fanendo Adi. Adi was quick to react and used his head to send the ball to the right side and putting the Timbers up 3–1, their highest lead of the season so far. In the 78th minute, Adi would score once again, but would be called offside. Finally in the 81st minute, Bill Tuiloma would accidentally volley the ball past Jake Gleeson's head and score an own goal. The final score was 3–2, giving the Timbers their first win of the 2018 season.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, April
On April 17, Alvas Powell was awarded MLS Week 7 Player of the Week.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, April
On April 19, Alvas Powell won MLS Week 7 Goal of the Week.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, April
On April 22, The Timbers defeated New York City FC 3–0 who at the time was undefeated. Sebastián Blanco, Fanendo Adi, and Larrys Mabiala were the goal scorers and Jeff Attinella delivered the Timbers their first clean sheet of the year.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, April
On April 23, Larrys Mabiala and coach Giovanni Savarese were awarded to MLS Team of the Week.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, May
On May 5, Portland defeated San Jose Earthquakes 1–0 with a free kick goal from Diego Valeri.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, May
On May 13, Portland defeated their rivals, Seattle Sounders 1–0 with goal from Sebastián Blanco.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, May
On May 19, Portland continued their 5-game win streak with a 2–1 victory to Los Angeles FC. Goals scored by Cristhian Paredes and Samuel Armenteros. Both players achieved their first goal in MLS. Liam Ridgewell suffered an unknown injury and was subbed off in the 6th minute.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, May
On May 21, Samuel Armenteros was nominated for Goal of the Week (Week 12).


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, May
On May 24, The Timbers drew to host San Jose Earthquakes in the fourth round of the 2018 U.S. Open Cup on June 6. Later that day, Samuel Armenteros won Goal of the Week (Week 12).


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, May
On May 26, Portland defeated Colorado Rapids 3–2 away. Samuel Armenteros achieved a brace and Diego Valeri moved back into the top goalscorers for the Timbers, tied with Sebastián Blanco at 5.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, May
On May 29, Samuel Armenteros was awarded a spot on Team of the Week (Week 13). Later on that day, he would be announced as a nominee for Goal of the Week (Week 13).


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, May
On May 31, Samuel Armenteros won his second Goal of the Week (Week 13).


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, June
On June 2, Portland drew LA Galaxy at home with a score of 1–1. Diego Valeri converted a Penalty.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, June
On June 4, David Guzmán of Costa Rica and Andy Polo of Peru, both made the final 23 man roster for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, June
On June 6, Portland signed Andre Lewis, Marvin Loría, Darixon Vuelto and Renzo Zambrano from Portland Timbers 2 on short term contracts.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, June
Later on, Portland defeated San Jose Earthquakes at home 2–0 in the 2018 U.S. Open Cup round four.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, June
On June 7, Portland drew to host LA Galaxy on June 15 for the fifth round of the 2018 U.S. Open Cup. The other possible teams in the west pot were LAFC and USL side Sacramento Republic FC. If Portland wins round five they will either travel to LAFC or Sacramento Republic FC depending on that match's outcome.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, June
On June 9, Portland hosted Sporting Kansas City with a result of 0–0. Their unbeaten streak continues to nine but dropped to sixth place in the Western Conference.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, June
On June 15, Portland defeated LA Galaxy 1–0 in the round of 16 for the 2018 U.S. Open Cup. The lone goal was scored by Sebastián Blanco, assisted by Fanendo Adi. The Timbers have increased their undefeated streak to 10 matches.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, June
On June 20, Portland found out they will travel to face Los Angeles FC in the quarterfinal of the 2018 U.S. Open Cup on July 18.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, June
On June 24, Portland resumed play after the MLS 2018 FIFA World Cup break by traveling to Atlanta United FC. Portland ended up drawing 1–1 with a goal from Larrys Mabiala, extending their unbeaten streak to 11.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, June
On June 25, Jeff Attinella was award a spot on MLS Team of the Week: Week 17.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, June
On June 30, Portland traveled to face their rivals Seattle Sounders FC for their first official Cascadia Cup match of the year. Portland defeated Seattle 3–2 with Larrys Mabiala capturing a brace and Samuel Armenteros getting a goal. The Timbers are now 12 matches unbeaten.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, July
On July 2, Diego Valeri and Larrys Mabiala were awarded a spot on Team of the Week (Week 18).


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, July
On July 7, Portland defeated San Jose Earthquakes at home 2–1 with Samuel Armenteros receiving a brace. Portland is now undefeated in 13 matches.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, July
On July 9, Samuel Armenteros and Diego Valeri we're awarded a spot on Team of the Week (Week 19).


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, July
On July 12, Marco Farfan was announced as part of the roster for the 2018 MLS Homegrown match.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, July
On July 15, Portland drew Los Angeles Football Club at Banc of California Stadium with a score of 0–0. Portland is now undefeated in 14 matches. Diego Chara received another yellow card this match and will be suspended for the next league match.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, July
On July 17, Portland signed Argentinian midfielder Tomás Conechny on a 2018 loan with purchase option at the end of the season.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, July
On July 18, Portland fell to Los Angeles Football Club at Banc of California Stadium with a score of 2–3. Ending their unbeaten streak across all competitions at 14. They are still unbeaten in league play at 11.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, July
On July 19, Portland placed a protest stating that Los Angeles Football Club broke a U.S. Open Cup rule by playing 6 international players when the rule is 5 for professional level clubs. The draw was delayed due to this.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, July
On July 21, Portland hosted and drew Montreal Impact 2–2. Samuel Armenteros and Diego Valeri were the goal scorers.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, July
On July 28, Portland defeated Houston Dynamo 2–1 with goals from Sebastián Blanco and Fanendo Adi. Adi would score his final goal as a timber and push the Timber's league undefeated streak to 13.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, July
On July 30, Fanendo Adi was traded to FC Cincinnati for $850,000 in allocation money. Portland now has an open Designated Player slot.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, August
On August 2, Portland's assistant head coach Sean McAuley stepped down to become an assistant coach at Orlando City SC.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, August
On August 4, Portland defeated Philadelphia Union 3–0 at home with two successfully converted penalties by Diego Valeri and Dairon Asprilla and a goal by David Guzmán.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, August
On August 8, Vytautas Andriuškevičius was traded to D.C. United for $50,00 in Target Allocation Money (TAM). Portland later that day signed their former 2015 MLS Cup winner left back, Jorge Villafaña from Liga MX side Santos Laguna. Portland traded their way to number 1 on the allocation list by giving LA Galaxy  the number 16 position in the Allocation Ranking, $75,000 in General Allocation Money (GAM) and $100,000 in 2019 TAM.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, August
On August 9, Lucas Melano returns to Portland from loan with Estudiantes.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, August
On August 11, Portland lost for the first time at home this season and ended their 15 league unbeaten streak against their rivals, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. The final was a score of 2–1 with Diego Valeri converting a penalty kick.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, August
On August 15, Portland traveled to Audi Field for the first time in Washington, D.C. and lost 4–1. The lone goalscorer was Samuel Armenteros.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, August
On August 17, Portland signed goalkeeper Steve Clark off waivers from D.C. United.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, August
On August 18, Portland traveled to Children's Mercy Park to face Sporting Kansas City with a defeat of 3–0.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, August
On August 26, Portland hosted Seattle Sounders FC in their third out of four Cascadia matches. Portland lost 0–1.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, August
On August 28, Portland loaned out midfielder Eryk Williamson to Portuguese first-division side Clube Desportivo Santa Clara for the club's 2018–19 season with the ability to recall the player in January 2019.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, August
On August 29, Portland defeated Toronto FC at home 2–0. Goals were scored by Diego Chará and David Guzmán.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, September
On September 1, Portland traveled to Gillette Stadium to face New England Revolution. The match ended in a 1–1 draw with a goal from Lawrence Olum.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, September
On September 4, three players were called up to play for their national teams. Andrés Flores for El Salvador, David Guzmán for Costa Rica, and Alvas Powell for Jamaica.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, September
On September 8, Portland defeated Colorado Rapids at home 2–0. The goalscorers were Jeremy Ebobisse and Diego Valeri. Both goals were assisted by Sebastián Blanco.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, September
On September 10, Jeremy Ebobisse, Sebastián Blanco, Zarek Valentin, Diego Chará, and Diego Valeri were all awarded spots on MLS: Team of the Week: Week 28.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, September
On September 11, Sebastián Blanco was awarded MLS Player of the Week: Week 28.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, September
On September 15, Portland traveled to BBVA Compass Stadium and lost to the Houston Dynamo 1–4. The lone goal was an own goal from Houston's Alejandro Fuenmayor.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, September
On September 19, Portland defeated Columbus Crew SC at home 3–2 with goals from David Guzmán, Andy Polo, and an own goal from Lalas Abubakar.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, September
On September 22, Portland traveled to TCF Bank Stadium to play Minnesota United FC. Portland lost 2–3 with goals from Alvas Powell and Sebastián Blanco.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, September
On September 23, Alvas Powell was nominated for Goal of the Week: Week 30.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, September
On September 24, Andy Polo was awarded a bench spot on Team of the Week: Week 30.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, September
On September 29, Portland hosted FC Dallas that ended in a 0–0 draw. Liam Ridgewell was sent off with a straight red in the 90+4 minute.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, October
On October 6, Portland traveled to Rio Tinto Stadium where they defeated Real Salt Lake 4–1. Goals were scored by Jeremy Ebobisse, a brace by Sebastián Blanco, and Lucas Melano.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, October
On October 9, Sebastián Blanco was awarded a spot on Team of the Week:Week 32 and nominated for Goal of the Week:Week 32.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, October
On October 21, Portland hosted Real Salt Lake. Portland won 3–0, with goals from Larrys Mabiala, Diego Valeri, and Diego Chará. Steve Clark received a clean sheet.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, October
On October 22, Sebastián Blanco was awarded a spot on Team of the Week:Week 34.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, October
On October 28, Portland traveled to BC Place to play their final Cascadia Cup and league match against Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Portland lost 2–1 with a goal from Andrés Flores. At the end of the match, Portland finished eighth for the Supporters' Shield, fifth in the MLS Western Conference, and third in the Cascadia Cup. Portland is set to play in the 2018 MLS Cup Playoffs knockout round against fourth seed FC Dallas.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, October
On October 31, Portland began its 2018 MLS Cup Playoffs run by traveling to Toyota Stadium where they would face FC Dallas. Portland advanced to the 2018 MLS Western Conference Semi-final round with a 2–1 victory. Both goals were scored by Diego Valeri.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, November
On November 4, Portland hosted Seattle Sounders FC for leg one of the 2018 MLS Western Conference Semi-final. Portland emerged victorious 2–1 with goals from Jeremy Ebobisse and Sebastián Blanco.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, November
On November 5, left back Jorge Villafaña was called up for U.S. Men's National Team roster for international friendlies against England, Italy.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, November
On November 8, Portland traveled to CenturyLink Field to take on Seattle Sounders FC for the second leg of the 2018 MLS Western Conference Semi-final. Coming into the second leg, Portland are up 2–1 on aggregate. The match would end at full time at 2–1 with a goal from Sebastián Blanco, sending the match into added extra time. During the added extra time, both teams would score a goal with Dairon Asprilla being the only scorer for Portland. The match had to be decided by penalties where Portland emerged victorious with the outcome of 4–2 with successful converted penalties by Lucas Melano, Diego Valeri, Sebastián Blanco, and Dairon Asprilla. Portland will now face Sporting KC in the 2018 Western Conference Finals.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, November
Midfielders Cristhian Paredes (Paraguay) and Andy Polo (Peru) were called up by their respective national teams on November 12.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, November
On November 25, Portland hosted Sporting KC for the start of the first leg in the 2018 MLS Western Conference Finals. The game ended in a 0–0 draw.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, November
On November 29, Portland traveled to Children's Mercy Park to finish the second leg of the 2018 MLS Western Conference Final. Portland defeated Sporting KC 3–2 and won on aggregate by the same score. Portland will travel to Mercedes-Benz Stadium to play Atlanta United FC in the 2018 MLS Cup final on December 8, 2018. This will be Portland's second appearance at an MLS Cup.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Season review by month, December
On December 8, Portland traveled to Mercedes-Benz Stadium for the 2018 MLS Cup Final against Atlanta United FC where they were defeated 2–0.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Competitions, Competitions overview
Updated to match played December 10, 2018Source: Competitions* Major League Soccer and Cascadia Cup are all part of MLS regular season league play. As a result, only Major League Soccer portion is included in the total.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Competitions, Major League Soccer, MLS regular season
The 2018 MLS regular-season schedule was released on January 4, 2018.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Competitions, Major League Soccer, Cascadia Cup
The Cascadia Cup is a trophy that was created in 2004 by supporters of the Portland Timbers, Seattle Sounders FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. It is awarded to the club with the best record in MLS regular-season games versus the other participants. The Portland Timbers are the current Champions. Due to the offset schedule for the 2018 MLS season, the May 13 match against Seattle does not count towards the Cascadia Cup.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
The Timbers and all other MLS clubs join the U.S. Open Cup in round 4.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Player/Staff Transactions
Per league and club policy, terms of the deals are not disclosed except Targeted Allocation Money, General Allocation Money, draft picks, and international rosters spots.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Statistics, Appearances
(T2) = Players called up from Portland Timbers 2 for short term contracts.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Statistics, Goalkeeper stats
The list is sorted by total minutes played then by jersey number.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Statistics, Top scorers
The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Statistics, Top assists
The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal.


2018 Portland Timbers season, Statistics, Clean sheets
The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.


2018 Portsmouth City Council election
The 2018 Portsmouth City Council election took place on Thursday 3 May 2018 to elect members of Portsmouth City Council.


2018 Portsmouth City Council election
14 of 42 seats were contested during this elections within the unitary authority.


2018 Portsmouth City Council election
After this year's local elections, the composition of the council is now (compared to the situation immediately prior to the election):


2018 Portsmouth City Council election
The Statement of Persons Nominated was made on 6 April 2018 by Returning Officer David Williams.


2018 Portsmouth City Council election
Following the elections, a Liberal Democrat minority administration was formed, with the support of Labour. This replaced the previous Conservative minority administration that had governed since 2014.


2018 Portsmouth City Council election, Ward results, Charles Dickens
1: After nominations were closed, Udy resigned from the Labour Party citing a lack of support from the local party while under investigation by the National Executive Committee. 2: Godier's share compared to his performance under UKIP label in 2014.


2018 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election
The 2018 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election was held on 13 January 2018. The leadership election was held after then PSD leader Pedro Passos Coelho confirmed he would not run for another term in the aftermath of the poor results of the PSD in the 2017 local elections.


2018 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election
Only two candidates came forward: Rui Rio, former mayor of Porto, and Pedro Santana Lopes, former PSD leader, Prime Minister and mayor of Lisbon. This was Santana Lopes 5th leadership campaign, as he also ran in 1995, 1996, 2000, and 2008. As only two candidates were on the ballot, a second round wasn't necessary. On January 13, 2018, Rui Rio defeated Pedro Santana Lopes by a 54% to 46% margin, thus becoming the new leader of the PSD. Pedro Santana Lopes was, again, defeated in a PSD leadership contest for a 5th time. Rui Rio was confirmed as the new party leader on a party national congress held in Lisbon between 16 and 18 February 2018. Six months after this leadership election, Santana Lopes left the PSD to for his own party, Alliance.


2018 Poznań Open
The 2018 Poznań Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the fifteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place at the Park Tenisowy Olimpia in Poznań, Poland from 5 to 10 June 2018.


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


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


2018 Poznań Open – Doubles
Guido Andreozzi and Jaume Munar were the defending champions but only Andreozzi chose to defend his title, partnering Ariel Behar. Andreozzi lost in the first round to Roberto Maytín and Nathan Pasha.


2018 Poznań Open – Doubles
Mateusz Kowalczyk and Szymon Walków won the title after defeating Attila Balázs and Andrea Vavassori 7–5, 6–7(8–10), [10–8] in the final.


2018 Poznań Open – Singles
Alexey Vatutin was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Hubert Hurkacz.


2018 Poznań Open – Singles
Hurkacz won the title after defeating Taro Daniel 6–1, 6–1 in the final.


2018 Prague Military Parade
The Prague Military Parade of 2018 was a military parade in the Czech Republic which took place on Prague's European Street on 28 October 2018. It took place as part of the 3-day centennial celebrations of the founding of Czechoslovakia in 1918. The parade was the first of its kind in 10 years and the largest in the country since the 1985 Victory Parade. It saw over 4,000 Czech and Slovak military personnel take part in the event, which included troops the United Kingdom, France, Italy and the United States. Czech President Milos Zeman presided over the parade as foreign dignitaries, such as Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini and U.S Defense Secretary James Mattis watched.


2018 Prague municipal election
The 2018 Prague municipal elections were held in Prague in on 5 and 6 October 2018 as part of nationwide municipal elections. All 65 seats of the Prague Assembly were up to elect. Full results were presented a day later, on 7 October 2018.


2018 Prague municipal election
The result was a narrow victory of conservative Civic Democratic Party (ODS), which received 17.9 per cent of votes and 14 seats. The ODS won for the fifth time in Prague. Followed by liberal Czech Pirate Party (Pirates), receiving 17.1 per cent (almost 12 per cent more than in 2014 election), and 13 seats. Praha sobě ("Prague Together", 16.6 per cent) and the United Forces for Prague (16.3 per cent) won 13 seats as well.


2018 Prague municipal election
Centrist populist ANO, the strongest party of the Czech Republic at that time, as well as the strongest party in Prague, lost 5 seats and 6.7 per cent of votes, receiving 12 seats and 15.4 per cent of votes. The Freedom and Direct Democracy received only 3.5 per cent, failed to reach 5% threshold. The Communist Party received 3.3 per cent, and the Czech Social Democratic Party received 2.9 per cent, both failed to reach the threshold for the first time. Pirate Party's Zdeněk Hřib was elected as mayor with the support of Prague Together and UFP.


2018 Prague municipal election, Background
ANO 2011 won the 2014 municipal elections, with Adriana Krnáčová becoming Mayor of Prague. The coalition in Prague consists of Czech Social Democratic Party and Three-Coalition (Green Party, Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party, Mayors and Independents).


2018 Prague municipal election, Background
Preparations for the 2018 elections started in December 2017. Krnáčová was expected to run for second term as a candidate of ANO 2011. TOP 09 announced Jiří Pospíšil as its candidate for Mayor. The party suggested electorali alliance with Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party and Mayors and Independents. The Civic Democratic Party was speculated to stand Alexandra Udženija or Bohuslav Svoboda as its candidate for Mayor. Czech Pirate Party also plans to have its candidate for Mayor. Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party MP Jan Čižinský announced his candidacy for Mayor on 14 December 2017.


2018 Prague municipal election, Background
He is candidate of Civic Initiative Prague Together. During February 2018, Krnáčová's position within ANO 2011 weakened due to some problems with her management of the city. Czech Pirate Party launched its primaries for Mayor candidate on 5 February 2018. Zdeněk Hřib won the primary. On 6 February 2018, Parlamentní Listy reported that the Czech Social Democratic Party started negotiations with Jiří Drahoš about his possible candidacy for Mayor.


2018 Prague municipal election, Background
TOP 09 and Mayors and Independents agreed to participate on joint list. Hana Marvanová became electoral leader of the alliance. Adriana Krnáčová announced on 11 April 2018 that she will end in politics after the election and won't run for another term as Mayor.


2018 Prague municipal election, Background
The Civic Democratic Party announced on 7 June 2018 that Bohuslav Svoboda will be its candidate for Mayor. Svoboda stated that he wants to return Prague to people of Prague. Party of Free Citizens and Realists will participate in election on the Civic Democratic Party list.


2018 Prague municipal election, Background
In July 2018, it was reported that Patrik Nacher will be replaced by Petr Stuchlík as ANO 2011 electoral leader. It was confirmed on 13 July 2018 when Stuclík was announced to be party's candidate for Mayor.


2018 Prague municipal election, Campaign, ANO 2011
ANO launched campaign on 3 September 2018. It uses slogan "Make Prague richer." Petr Stuchlík is party's candidate for Mayor.


2018 Prague municipal election, Campaign, ANO 2011
Stuchlík held a press conference on 19 September 2018. He called Transportation issues a priority for ANO 2011. He stated that Prague should focus on finishing D0 motorway.


2018 Prague municipal election, Campaign, Civic Democratic Party
The Civic Democratic Party launched its campaign on 9 March 2018. Party had installed its posters in Public transportation and in streets. Campaign was called "We will start up the Prague together."


2018 Prague municipal election, Campaign, Civic Democratic Party
The party announced Bohuslav Svoboda as its candidate for Mayor during July 2018. Svoboda stated that he believes that Prague citizens remember what he built in the city when he used to be the Mayor.


2018 Prague municipal election, Campaign, Civic Democratic Party
The main phase of party's campaign was launched on 5 September 2018. Svoboda called transportation the main problem in Prague. The party criticised previous council that consisted of ANO, ČSSD and Three-Coalition.


2018 Prague municipal election, Campaign, Civic Democratic Party
ODS was also very critical of Pirate Party during its campaign against anarchy.


2018 Prague municipal election, Campaign, Czech Pirate Party
Pirates launched main phase of its campaign on 4 September 2018. Zdeněk Hřib stated that party aims to win the election. Party used slogans "On the Edge of Change" and "We keep course."


2018 Prague municipal election, Campaign, Czech Social Democratic Party
ČSSD launched campaign on 20 August 2018. Party promised public transportation for free and building of transportation infrastructure.


2018 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team
The 2018 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team represented Prairie View A&M University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Panthers were led by first-year head coach Eric Dooley and played their home games at Panther Stadium at Blackshear Field in Prairie View, Texas as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).


2018 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team, Previous season
The Panthers finished the 2017 season 6–5, 4–3 in SWAC play to finish in third place in the West Division.


2018 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team, Previous season
On December 9, head coach Willie Simmons resigned to become the head coach at Florida A&M He finished at PVA&M with a three-year record of 21–11.


2018 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team, Preseason, SWAC football media day
During the SWAC football media day held in Birmingham, Alabama on July 13, 2018, the Panthers were predicted to finish third in the West Division.


2018 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team, Preseason, Presason All-SWAC Team
The Panthers had seven players selected to Preseason All-SWAC Teams.


2018 Preakness Stakes
The 2018 Preakness Stakes was the 143rd running of the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the American Triple Crown. It was a Grade I stakes race with a purse of $1.5 million for three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of 1+3⁄16 miles (1.9 km). It was held on May 19, 2018, at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland and was broadcast on NBC from 5:00 pm to 7:15 pm EDT with coverage of the undercard on NBCSN starting at 2:30 pm.


2018 Preakness Stakes
It was a very muddy track and extremely foggy at post time with visibility down to a sixteenth of a mile. Out of the gate, Justify went to the early lead while Good Magic rushed up his inside to challenge. The two matched strides for the first mile before Good Magic tired somewhat down the stretch. Justify held off a fast closing Bravazo to win by half a length, keeping alive his hopes of winning the Triple Crown. The Maryland Jockey Club reported a track record total attendance of 134,487, the second highest attendance for American thoroughbred racing events in North America during 2018.


2018 Preakness Stakes, Field
Entries for the 2018 Preakness were taken on May 16. As is commonly the case with the Preakness, the field for the race featured the winner and other top horses from the Kentucky Derby, facing off with several "new shooters" – horses who either did not qualify for the Derby or whose connections chose to bypass that race to focus on the Preakness.


2018 Preakness Stakes, Field
The heavy favorite for the race was Justify, the 2018 Kentucky Derby winner, even though he bruised his heel during the running of that race. His main rival was Good Magic, the champion two-year-colt of 2017 and runner-up in the Derby. Six other horses completed the field: Quip, winner of the Tampa Bay Derby and second in the Arkansas Derby, bypassed the Kentucky Derby to focus on the Preakness; Bravazo (sixth in the Derby); Lone Sailor (eighth); Diamond King (winner of the Federico Tesio Stakes); Sporting Chance (fourth in the Blue Grass Stakes); and Tenfold (fifth in the Arkansas Derby).


2018 Preakness Stakes, Race description
The conditions for the race were so poor that the Washington Post jokingly said the track "should have been downgraded from 'sloppy' to 'biblical'". After heavy downpours over several days, the rain finally stopped shortly before the race but then a heavy fog descended, limiting visibility to about a sixteenth of a mile. Despite the weather, a crowd of 134,487 watched at the track, the third-largest attendance in history. Total wagering on the race was a record $61.97 million, boosted by increases in wagering on exotics such as the trifecta and superfecta. The NBC broadcast received a 5.5 overnight rating and 12 share, a 12% increase over 2017. The ratings during the race itself peaked at 6.6 overnight with a 15 share.


2018 Preakness Stakes, Race description
The start was critical, and Justify broke well to take the early lead. To his inside, Good Magic rushed up to challenge and the two matched strides around the first turn and down the backstretch while setting moderate fractions. They picked up the pace rounding the final turn and opened a gap on the rest of the field. However, in mid-stretch, Tenfold started closing ground rapidly to Justify's outside while Bravazo, who had trailed by five lengths in mid-stretch, was moving fastest of all in the center of the track. Justify dug in to win by half a length over Bravazo, with Tenfold just a neck further back in third, another neck in front of Good Magic.


2018 Preakness Stakes, Race description
It was a record-tying seventh win of the Preakness for Justify's trainer, Bob Baffert. Five of those wins came with horses who had just won the Kentucky Derby: Silver Charm, Real Quiet, War Emblem and American Pharoah. Of these, only American Pharoah went on to complete the Triple Crown by winning the Belmont Stakes. Justify later duplicated this feat in the 2018 Belmont Stakes, making Baffert only the second person to train two Triple Crown winners.


2018 Preakness Stakes, Results
Times: 1⁄4 mile – 0:23.11;  1⁄2 mile – 0:47.19; 3⁄4 mile – 1:11.42; mile – 1:36.10;  final – 1:55.93. Splits for each quarter-mile: (:23.11) (:24.08) (:24.23) (:24.68) (:19.83 for final 3⁄16)


2018 Premier League Darts
The 2018 Unibet Premier League Darts was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation – the fourteenth edition of the tournament. The event began on Thursday 1 February at the 3Arena in Dublin and ended with the Play-offs at The O2 Arena in London on Thursday 17 May. This was the first year that the tournament is sponsored by Unibet.


2018 Premier League Darts
Michael van Gerwen won his fourth Premier League title (and his third in a row, after winning in 2016 and 2017) by defeating Michael Smith 11–4 in the final.


2018 Premier League Darts
This was also the first time that the event has had a round in Germany, when the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin hosted the 4th round on 22 February.


2018 Premier League Darts
Storm Emma resulted in the Exeter round of the event being postponed on 1 March. This was the first time ever since the Premier League started in 2005 that a whole round in the league phase of Premier League Darts was postponed. The same extreme conditions would also go on to cause severe problems in the staging of that weekends UK Open in Minehead which resulted in the event having to be played entirely behind closed doors. In 2010, the play-offs were postponed for 24 hours after a power cut at Wembley Arena.


2018 Premier League Darts, Format
The tournament format was identical to that since 2013. During the first nine weeks (Phase 1) each player played the other nine players once. The bottom two players were then eliminated from the competition. In the next six weeks (phase 2) each player played the other seven players once. Phase 2 consisted of four weeks where five matches were played followed by two weeks where four matches were played. At the end of phase 2, the top four players contested the two semi-finals and the final in the play-off week.


2018 Premier League Darts, Players
The players in this year's tournament were announced following the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship final on 1 January, with the top four of the PDC Order of Merit joined by six Wildcards. This was the first time in the event's history in which Phil Taylor did not take part, following his decision to retire. Unlike in previous years the six wildcards were joint decisions by the PDC and Sky Sports this year. There were no PDC specific wildcards or Sky Sports specific wildcards.


2018 Premier League Darts, Players
The tournament was noteworthy for its high-number of debuting players. Rob Cross qualified by right due to being in the world's top four at the end of the season, with wildcards going to World Grand Prix champion Daryl Gurney, Champions League winner Mensur Suljović, and world number 12 Gerwyn Price. In fact, only four of the previous year's ten players (van Gerwen, Wright, Anderson and van Barneveld) were included this year.


2018 Premier League Darts, Prize money
The prize fund remained the same as last year, £825,000.


2018 Premier League Darts, League stage, 1 March – Initial Week 5 Cancelled
The scheduled 5th week was cancelled due to Storm Emma. The matches, which were scheduled to be played that day, were instead played in Week 9 in Liverpool, with that week's games now being Judgement Night. In order to complete the schedule within the timescale, two rounds of Phase 2 were played on Wednesday 18 April and Thursday 19 April (Week 11) in the Rotterdam Ahoy complex.


2018 Premier League Darts, League stage, 5 April – Week 9 (Phase 1 – Judgement  Night)
The night was overshadowed by the sudden death of 5 time World Champion Eric Bristow, who suffered a heart attack outside the venue. His death was announced during the Gurney v Wright match. The crowd paid tribute to Bristow at the end of the night's play.


2018 Premier League Darts, Table and streaks, Table
After the first nine weeks (phase 1), the bottom two in the table are eliminated. In the next six weeks (phase 2) the eight remaining players each play a further seven matches. The top four players then compete in the playoffs.


2018 Premier League Darts, Table and streaks, Table
Two points are awarded for a win and one point for a draw. When players are tied on points, leg difference is used first as a tie-breaker, after that legs won against throw and then tournament average.


2018 Premier League Darts, Table and streaks, Table
Last updated: 10 May 2018Source: Match reports from the results section.


2018 Premier League Darts, Table and streaks, Table
Top four will qualify for the Play-offs after Week 14. NB: LWAT = Legs Won Against Throw. A = Average. C% = Checkout Percentage. HC = High Checkout.


2018 Premier Volleyball League Collegiate Conference
The 2018 Premier Volleyball League Collegiate Conference is the 5th conference of the Premier Volleyball League (32nd conference of the former Shakey's V-League). Conference started on July 21, 2018 and ended on September 12, 2018 at the Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan, Metro Manila.


2018 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference
The 2018 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference is the sixth conference of the Premier Volleyball League (33rd conference of the former Shakey's V-League). The conference started on September 22, 2018 at the Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines.


2018 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference
Teams played a double-round robin elimination round to determine the final four teams that will advance to the semifinals.


2018 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference
The 2018 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference was the fourth conference of the Premier Volleyball League (31st conference of the former Shakey's V-League). Conference will start on April 27, 2018 with a Grand Fans Day at the Trinoma Activity Center, Quezon City, 9 days before its opening ceremonies and games on May 6, 2018 at the Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan City, Philippines. PLDT returns as PayMaya after two years of absence in the league and newcomer teams, Tacloban Fighting Warays and Petro Gazz Angels are expected to join the league.


2018 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference
Teams will play a single round robin in the preliminary round. The top two teams (ranks 1 and 2) after the preliminary round will automatically enter the semifinals round. The bottom teams after the preliminary round will play a single round robin to determine the two teams (as ranks 3 and 4) that will advance to the semifinals round.


2018 Premier Volleyball League season
The 2018 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) season was the second season of the Premier Volleyball League (15th season of the former Shakey's V-League). There are three indoor conferences for this season.


2018 Premier Volleyball League season, Men's Division, Open conference, Final round
The number 1 seeded Sta. Elena-NU pulled out of the conference after advancing in the semi-finals to represent the Philippines in the 2018 ASEAN University Games in Myanmar. Cignal HD Spikers and Philippine Air Force Aguilas will play a one-game knockout match to determine the team that will face the PLDT Home Power Hitters in the finals. PLDT has twice-to-beat advantage in the finals.


2018 Premier Volleyball League season, PVL on Tour
The Premier Volleyball League’s “PVL on Tour” staged by Sports Vision and Grid Athletic Sports, organizer of the immensely successful Beach Volleyball Republic, the October tour of the PVL marks the first time ever in its storied history that Sports Vision is bringing its games to the countryside. Matches were held in the Bren Z. Guiao Sports Complex in City of San Fernando, Pampanga.


2018 Premiership Rugby Sevens Series
The 2018 Premiership Rugby Sevens Series would be the eighth rugby union sevens competition for the twelve clubs who compete in the 2018–19 Premiership Rugby clubs. It was also the second to feature the new format in which all twelve Premiership Rugby teams feature together in one venue over two days.


2018 Premiership Rugby Sevens Series
The competition would be held at Franklin's Gardens for the second successive year on 27 and 28 July 2018.


2018 Premiership Rugby Sevens Series, Format
The twelve teams were split into four groups – A, B, C & D. Each team in the group played each other once, to World Rugby Laws of the Game – 7s Variations. Based on the result, teams received:


2018 Premiership Rugby Sevens Series, Format
Following all matches in each group, the winner and runner-up in each group progressed to the quarter-finals. The winners of each quarter-final qualified for the cup semi-finals, with the losers eliminated. Thereafter, competition was a simple knockout bracket, with the winner of the cup final being declared the series winner. The third placed team in each pool compete in the plate competition.


2018 Premiership Rugby Sevens Series, Finals stage
The four pool winners played a quarter-final against the runners-up in a 1 v 8, 2 v 7, 3 v 6 4 v 5 format. The winner of these quarter-finals competed in the cup competition, while the losers were eliminated. The third placed team in each pool competed in the plate competition.


2018 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season
The 2018 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season was the seventh season of play for the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec, a Division 3 semi-professional soccer league in the Canadian soccer pyramid and the highest level of soccer based in the Canadian province of Québec.


2018 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season
AS Blainville was the defending champion and won the title again this season. This was the inaugural female season.


2018 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season, Changes from 2017
For the first time, the league had eight teams, with CS Fabrose beginning their first season in the league.


2018 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season, Men's Division, Teams
The following eight teams took part in the 2018 season:


2018 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season, Men's Division, Cup
The cup tournament is a separate contest from the rest of the season, in which all eight teams from the league take part, and is unrelated to the season standings. It is not a form of playoffs at the end of the season (as is typically seen in North American sports), but is a competition running in parallel to the regular season (similar to the Canadian Championship or the FA Cup), albeit only for PLSQ teams. All matches are separate from the regular season, and are not reflected in the season standings.


2018 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season, Men's Division, Cup
In a change from previous seasons, all ties were played on a single match basis. Due to the expansion of the league to 8 teams, all clubs began in the first round.


2018 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season, Women's Division, Teams
The following five teams took part in the inaugural season in 2018:


2018 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team
The 2018 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team represented Presbyterian College in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Tommy Spangler, in his second stint as PC head coach, as he coached the Blue Hose from 2001–06. The Blue Hose played their home games at Bailey Memorial Stadium as a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 2–8, 0–5 in Big South play to finish in last place.


2018 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team, Previous season
The Blue Hose finished the 2017 season 4–7, 1–4 in Big South play to finish in fifth place.


2018 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team, Preseason, Big South poll
In the Big South preseason poll released on July 23, 2018, the Blue Hose were predicted to finish in last place.


2018 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team, Preseason, Preseason All-Big South team
The Big South released their preseason all-Big South team on July 23, 2018, with the Blue Hose having one player on the honorable mention list.


2018 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team, Game summaries, Bluefield
This win was the 500th in program history for Presbyterian.


2018 Presbyterian Blue Hose women's soccer team
The 2018 Presbyterian Blue Hose women's soccer team represents Presbyterian College during the 2018 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. This season is the 30th in program history. The Blue Hose play their home games at Martin Stadium in Clinton.


2018 Presbyterian Blue Hose women's soccer team, Previous season
In 2017, the Blue Hose finished the season 3–13, 1–8 in Big South play.


2018 Prescott and Russell United Counties municipal elections
Elections were held in Prescott and Russell United Counties, Ontario on October 22, 2018 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.


2018 Prescott and Russell United Counties municipal elections, Prescott and Russell United Counties Council
The Council consists of the mayors of the eight constituent municipalities:


2018 Prescott and Russell United Counties municipal elections, Russell, Councillors
There are 4 seats being contested for Russell Town Council.


2018 President of Ireland's Cup
The 2018 President's Cup was the fifth President's Cup contested for. The match was played between the champions of 2017 League of Ireland Premier Division and 2017 FAI Cup, Cork City and the runners-up of the 2017 FAI Cup, Dundalk on 11 February 2018, at Oriel Park. Cork City won the game 4-2 in a match played during snow showers.


2018 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic election
Election of the President of the Senate of the Czech Republic was held on 14 November 2018. It was held after 2018 Senate election. Civic Democratic Party nominated Jaroslav Kubera, Mayors and Independents nominated Jan Horník and Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party nominated Václav Hampl. Incumbent President Milan Štěch doesn't seek reelection. It was the first time in the history of the Senate that more than 2 candidates run for the position. Senate factions usually came to an agreement about the new President in the past.


2018 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic election
Jaroslav Kubera and Václav Hampl advanced to the second round. Kubera then defeated Hampl with 46 votes to 24 and became the new Senate President. His victory was considered a surprise as it was expected that Mayors and Independents and Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party will support other party's Candidate against Kubera in the second round. Kubera's victory was attributed to Kubera's Charisma and strategy of his Party.


2018 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic election, Background
Prior 2018 Senate election it was believed that Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party will become largest senate party and its nominee will replace Milan Štěch as the President of the Senate. Václav Hampl was speculated as the likeliest candidate as he was offered the position by the party. It was viewed as an unwritten rule that a representative of the largest Senate faction holds the position of the President of the Senate.


2018 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic election, Background
The Civic Democratic Party eventually won the election and was tied with Mayors and Independents in the position of largest Senate faction. Leader of the Civic Democratic Party stated that he considers Jaroslav Kubera as the most logical candidate for the Senate president. Kubera was endorsed by Miloš Zeman. Kubera himself stated that party's nomination would be an Honor for him but noted that it isn't something that he couldn't live without. He stated that he believes that all parties should keep the rule that President of the Senate comes from the largest faction.


2018 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic election, Background
Mayors and Independents declined to support Kubera as he didn't view him as a counterbalance to the President Miloš Zeman. Christian Democrats also declined Kubera. Both parties didn't like Kubera's previous politically incorrect statements and his strongly right-wing stances. Mayors and Independents announced on 23 October 2018 that it would nominate Jiří Růžička as its candidate. The Civic Democratic Party announced it could withdraw Kubera's nomination if other parties agreed to their terms. Civic Democrats were negative towards Růžička's nomination.


2018 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic election, Background
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party announced on 31 October 2018 it would nominate Václav Hampl. Christian Democrats also announced they are prepared to uphold Hampl by force. Mayors and Independents criticised Hampl's candidacy as Christian Democrats have only 15 Senators while Civic Democrats and Mayors and Independents both have 18 Senators. Mayors and Independents decided withdrawn Růžička's nomination and nominated Jan Horník instead.


2018 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic election, Background
ANO 2011 announced on 2 November 2018 that its Senators will support Kubera's candidacy. Civic Democrats also negotiated with the Czech Social Democratic Party and Senator 21 about possible support for Kubera. Václav Hampl on the other hand was endorsed by leader of Senator 21 Václav Láska. Leader of Mayors and Independents admitted on 4 November 2018 that it is possible that his party won't find an agreement with Civic Democrats and the election could become a "shot up."


2018 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic election, Background
Political scientist Lukáš Jelínek noted on 6 November 2018 that Kubera's chances to become the new Senate President were very low but grew due to negotiations of Civic Democrats with Social Democrats and ANO 2011. Chances of Jan Horník to become new Senate President are viewed by Jelínek as low.


2018 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic election, Background
Civic Democrats announced on 6 November 2018 that they will stand after Kubera as its candidate. Horník attacked Kubera and stated that he would support Hampl against Kubera if they face each other in the second round. Kubera was at the time supported by his party and ANO 2011. Part of Czech Social Democratic Party faction also supported him. Hampl had support of most of Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party faction and most of Senator 21 senators. Horník was supported by his party. Representatives of ODS, STAN and KDU-ČSL senate factions met on 7. November 2018 but didn't come to an agreement.


2018 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic election, Background
A of 8 November 2018, Kubera had support of ODS and ANO 2011 faction with 24 votes. Hampl had support of KDU-ČSL and SEN 21 faction with 21 votes. Horník was supported by STAN faction with 18 votes. ČSSD faction was split between candidates. It was believed due to the faction endorsements that Kubera and Hampl will advance to the second round. No candidate was viewed as the clear front-runner.


2018 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic election, Background
Kubera, Hampl and Horník met on a debate held by Česká televize on 10 November 2018. Kubera stated that his main advantage are his political experiences. He stated that he runs because position of the President of the Senate would allow him to fight Bureaucracy and growing freedom limitations more effectively. Hampl stated that he considers himself a candidate of compromise and stated that he could use his experiences as a Rector of the Charles University. Horník noted that he worked within Senate for a long time.


2018 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic election, Background
The incumbent President Milan Štěch stated on 11 November 2018 that there could be a fourth candidate of compromise. He didn't say who would be such candidate but ruled out his own candidacy. Main Senate factions refused possibility of fourth candidate. Nominations were closed on 12 November 2018. Kubera, Horník and Hampl became official candidates.


2018 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic election, Endorsements
This section lists notable public Personas who publicly endorsed Kubera, Hampl or Horník excluding Members of parties that nominated each of Candidates.


2018 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic election, Voting
Voting is held on 14 November 2018. No candidate was elected in the first round. Kubera received 35 votes, Hampl received 22 votes and Horník received 18 votes in the first round. Kubera and Hampl advanced to the second round.


2018 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic election, Voting
Kubera received 46 votes while Hampl received 24 votes in the second round. Kubera was thus elected and became the new Senate President.


2018 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic election, Aftermath
Kubera thanked senators for their votes and stated that he will endeavor for Senate to be the true Upper Chamber of Czech parliament and not the poor brother of the Chamber of Deputies. He also thanked his predecessor Milan Štěch for dignified representation of Senate.


2018 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic election, Aftermath
Five vice-presidents were elected after the election of the president. Milan Štěch, Jiří Oberfalzer, Jiří Růžička and Jan Horník became new vice-presidents.


2018 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic election, Aftermath, Reactions
Václav Hampl stated that he wasn't pleased with Kubera's victory due to Kubera's views on European Union. He admitted that he considers the election his first big political defeat and noted that he didn't expect the result. Jan Horník on the other hand noted that he believes that Kubera could be a good Senate President. He noted that the result didn't surprise him.


2018 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic election, Aftermath, Reactions
Leader of the Civic Democratic Party Petr Fiala congratulated Kubera for his victory. He stated that Kubera is an experienced politician and strong Persona who will be great President of the Senate. Senator Jiří Drahoš congratulated Kubera and stated that he is looking forward to their collaboration. TOP 09 MP Miroslav Kalousek congratulated Kubera but criticised Mayors and Independents for his support in second round. He stated that he doesn't understand why they preferred Kubera over Václav Hampl whom he considers a Persona of European Formate. Kalousek then criticised Kubera for his previous statements.


2018 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic election, Aftermath, Reactions
Leader of Mayors and Independents Petr Gazdík defended party's decision and reminded that TOP 09 Senators are also part Mayors and Independents senate faction. The Civic Democratic Party defended Kubera and noted that Kalousek criticised Kubera for statement he made in a different context. Civic Democrats then thanked TOP 09 senators for their votes to Kubera.


2018 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic election, Aftermath, Reactions
Kubera himself stated that he hopes to be the President of the Senate for three Terms until his Senate post expires in 2024. His Wish hasn't been fulfilled as he unexpectedly passed away on 20 January 2020. Miloš Vystrčil became his Successor on 19 February 2020.


2018 President's Cup (tennis)
The 2018 President's Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the thirteenth (ATP) and tenth (ITF) editions of the tournament and was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Astana, Kazakhstan, on 16–22 July 2018.


2018 President's Cup (tennis), Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 President's Cup (tennis), Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2018 President's Cup (tennis) – Men's Doubles
Toshihide Matsui and Vishnu Vardhan were the defending champions but only Matsui chose to defend his title, partnering Saketh Myneni. Matsui lost in the first round to Ivan Gakhov and Roman Safiullin.


2018 President's Cup (tennis) – Men's Doubles
Mikhail Elgin and Yaraslav Shyla won the title after defeating Arjun Kadhe and Denis Yevseyev 7–5, 7–6(8–6) in the final.


2018 President's Cup (tennis) – Men's Singles
Egor Gerasimov was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Jurij Rodionov.


2018 President's Cup (tennis) – Men's Singles
Sebastian Ofner won the title after defeating Daniel Brands 7–6(7–5), 6–3 in the final.


2018 President's Cup (tennis) – Women's Doubles
Natela Dzalamidze and Veronika Kudermetova were the defending champions, but decided not to participate.


2018 President's Cup (tennis) – Women's Doubles
Berfu Cengiz and Anna Danilina won the title after defeating Akgul Amanmuradova and Ekaterine Gorgodze 3–6, 6–3, [10–7] in the final.


2018 President's Cup (tennis) – Women's Singles
Zhang Shuai was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2018 President's Cup (tennis) – Women's Singles
Ekaterine Gorgodze won the title after defeating Sabina Sharipova 6–4, 6–1 in the final.


2018 Presidential Tour of Turkey
The 2018 Presidential Tour of Turkey was a road cycling stage race that took place between 9 and 14 October 2018 in Turkey. It was be the 54th edition of the Presidential Tour of Turkey and the thirty-fifth event of the 2018 UCI World Tour. It was won by Eduard Prades of Euskadi–Murias.


2018 Presidential Tour of Turkey, Teams
Twenty teams started the race. Each team had a maximum of seven riders:


2018 Preston City Council election
Council elections for the City of Preston, Lancashire were held on 3 May 2018 as part of the 2018 United Kingdom local elections. Due to the "in thirds" system employed in Preston local elections, the previous elections to Preston council occurred in the 2014 Preston City Council election, consequently this means gains, losses, and vote share comparisons this year are with those fought in 2014.


2018 Preston City Council election
All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who are aged 18 or over on polling day are entitled to vote in the local elections.


2018 Preston City Council election, Ward results, Greyfriars
Due to the resignation of Damien Moore there will be a double election making direct comparison with 2014 impossible.


2018 Pretoria Convair 340 crash
On 10 July 2018, a Convair 340 owned by Dutch aviation museum Aviodrome crashed during a trial flight in Pretoria, South Africa. The aircraft suffered an engine fire moments after takeoff and crashed into a factory building as the crew attempted to return it to Wonderboom Airport.


2018 Pretoria Convair 340 crash, Aircraft
The aircraft, a Convair 340 registered ZS-BRV, was originally delivered to the United States Air Force (USAF) in 1954 as a C-131D. It was retired from USAF service in 1987 and was stored for five years before its conversion for civilian use and operation by several companies, eventually being acquired by Rovos Air (the aviation division of South African rail operator Rovos Rail), which began using the aircraft for luxury safari trips in South Africa in 2001. The aircraft was retired in 2009 and sat unused until May 2018, when Rovos Air donated it to Dutch aviation museum Aviodrome.


2018 Pretoria Convair 340 crash, Aircraft
The museum had the aircraft restored and painted in the colours of Martin's Air Charter, a Dutch air charter company that operated Convairs in the 1950s (still operating in 2018, as cargo airline Martinair); and plans were made to fly the aircraft to the Netherlands through eastern Africa and central Europe, departing on 12 July.


2018 Pretoria Convair 340 crash, Accident
The aircraft was operating a test flight in preparation for its delivery flight. Shortly after takeoff, the aircraft's left engine began trailing brown smoke. Footage taken from inside the aircraft shows the engine began to vibrate and fire trailed from its exhaust. The pilots immediately initiated a return to Wonderboom Airport, but were unable to complete the manoeuvre and the aircraft crashed into a factory approximately 2 km (1.2 mi) from the airport at about 4:30 pm local time. The flight engineer was killed in the crash. The pilot in command succumbed to his injuries about 18 months after the accident.


2018 Pretoria Convair 340 crash, Passengers and crew
The aircraft was carrying 16 passengers and had a crew of three: two pilots and a flight engineer.


2018 Pretoria Convair 340 crash, Passengers and crew
The two pilots were Australian; the captain was a retired Qantas A380 senior check captain. The co-pilot was  a check-and-training captain for the airline's fleet of Airbus A380s. Both men were members of Australia's Historical Aviation Restoration Society (HARS) and had previously flown another former Rovos Air Convair aircraft to HARS' home base at Illawarra Regional Airport south of Sydney in 2016; and each had over 30 years' flying experience in various aircraft types. The flight engineer was South African and was killed in the accident. The pilot in command succumbed to his injuries about 18 months later.


2018 Pretoria Convair 340 crash, Investigation
The Accident and Incident Investigations Department of the South African Civil Aviation Authority began an investigation, and pledged to have an initial report within 30 days of the crash. A preliminary report was released in August 2018. It said the pilots did not follow the prescribed checklist procedures when they discovered an engine had caught fire. Recovered video footage from the cockpit showed the captain was the pilot flying, while the first officer was doing the radio work. The footage also showed the licensed aircraft maintenance engineer (LAME) operating the engine controls.


2018 Pretoria Convair 340 crash, Investigation
Further, “during taxi, takeoff and flight, until moments before the crash, one of the passengers was seen standing in the cockpit area behind the LAME. “The GoPro also shows that the pilots were not sure if they had retracted the landing gears, as they can be heard asking each other whether the gears are out or not. It also shows that though the pilots and LAME were informed of the left engine fire, they were asking each other which engine was on fire,” the preliminary report reads.


2018 Pretoria Convair 340 crash, Investigation
The GoPro footage also showed that “at no stage did the pilots or the LAME discuss or attempt to extinguish the left engine fire, as the left engine fire extinguishing system was never activated”. The preliminary report noted the aircraft was certified for operation by two pilots and it was “not clear why the LAME was allowed to operate the engine controls during the operation of the aircraft” and noted “crew resource management in the cockpit was found lacking”.


2018 Pretoria Convair 340 crash, Investigation
The South African Civil Aviation Authority released its final report on 28 August 2019. In the report it indicated that the probable cause of the accident was poor maintenance of the engines and multiple mistakes by unqualified pilots, such as continuing the flight after the left engine had caught fire. Early indications of the engine fault were misdiagnosed by maintenance personnel as an instrument reading erratically.


2018 Prime Minister Cup
The 2018 Prime Minister Cup was the second edition of Prime Minister One Day Cup, which featured 10 teams.


2018 Primera B de Chile
The 2018 Primera B de Chile, known as the 2018 Campeonato Loto for sponsorship purposes, was the 65th season of Chile's second-tier football league. The competition began on 2 February 2018 and ended on 1 December 2018. Coquimbo Unido were the champions.


2018 Primera B de Chile, Format
The tournament was played by 16 teams which played each other twice (once at home and once away), for a total of 30 matches. The team that finished in first place at the end of the round-robin tournament earned promotion to the Campeonato Nacional for the 2019 season. Meanwhile, the teams finishing from second to sixth place played in a playoff tournament for the second promotion berth, with the season runners-up having a bye to the final. The team finishing in bottom place at the end of the season was relegated to the Segunda División Profesional.


2018 Primera B de Chile, Promotion playoff, Finals
Cobresal won 4–3 on aggregate and earned promotion to the Primera División.


2018 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2018 Prince Edward Island  Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship for Prince Edward Island, was held January 4–9 at the Cornwall Curling Club in Cornwall, Prince Edward Island. The winning Robyn MacPhee team represented Prince Edward Island at the 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.


2018 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Playoffs
Game 2 was not needed as Team MacPhee needed to be beaten twice.


2018 Prince Edward Island municipal elections
Municipal elections were held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island on November 5, 2018.


2018 Princeton Tigers football team
The 2018 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by ninth-year head coach Bob Surace and played their home games at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium. Princeton was a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 10–0 overall and 7–0 in Ivy League play to win the Ivy League title.


2018 Princeton Tigers football team, Previous season
The Tigers finished the 2017 season 5–5, 2–5 in Ivy League play to finish in seventh place.


2018 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
The 2018 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race which was held at Longchamp on Sunday 7 October 2018. The race was run at Longchamp Racecourse for the first time since 2015, having been staged at Chantilly Racecourse in 2016 and 2017 while Longchamp was closed for major redevelopment. It was the 97th running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.


2018 Pro A Leaders Cup
The 2018 LNB Pro A Leaders Cup season was the 22nd edition of this tournament, the fifth since it was renamed as Leaders Cup. The event included the eight top teams from the first half of the 2017–18 Pro A regular season and was played in Disneyland Paris. AS Monaco Basket won its third consecutive title after beating Le Mans Sarthe in the Final.


2018 Pro Bowl
The 2018 Pro Bowl was the National Football League's all-star game for the 2017 season, which was played at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida on January 28, 2018. For the first time since 2008, the game started during afternoon hours instead of primetime hours for U.S. Mainland viewers with a 3:00 PM ET start. It marked the second year the game was played in Orlando. It was televised nationally by ESPN and simulcasted on ABC. The roster was announced on December 19 on NFL Network. The AFC team won the game 24–23, the second straight year the Pro Bowl was won by the AFC.


2018 Pro Bowl, Background, Host selection process
Under a three-year deal that began in 2017, the Pro Bowl will once again be hosted by Camping World Stadium in Orlando.


2018 Pro Bowl, Background, Side events
The Pro Bowl Skills Challenge was held on January 25 at the Walt Disney World Resort and its ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.


2018 Pro Bowl, Game format, Rule changes
The game format was the same as for 2017, highlighted by:


2018 Pro Bowl, NFC rosters, Special teams
Notes:Players must have accepted their invitations as alternates to be listed; those who declined are not considered Pro Bowlers.


2018 Pro Bowl, Broadcasting
The 2018 Pro Bowl was televised nationally by ABC, ESPN, and ESPN Deportes. The simulcast marked the game's return to broadcast television, as well as its return to ABC for the first time since 2003. To accommodate the return to broadcast television, the game moved from primetime to an afternoon start time to avoid interfering with ABC's Primetime Lineup.


2018 Pro Bowl, Cheerleaders
All selected in a different way, some by fan vote, some by team vote and some by choice of their director, the 2018 Pro Bowl Cheerleaders were a team composed of only one representative from each NFL team. This elite group of women attended events, performed for fans, and learned new routines all throughout the week leading up to the game. The team performed for the entirety of the game and in the half-time routine with Jordan Fisher.


2018 Pro Golf Tour
The 2018 Pro Golf Tour was the 22nd season of the Pro Golf Tour, one of four third-tier tours recognised by the European Tour. Events took place in Central Europe and North Africa. Events carried Official World Golf Ranking points.


2018 Pro Golf Tour, Schedule
The season consisted of 20 events in seven countries. All tournaments have prize funds of €30,000.


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


2018 Pro Mazda Championship
The 2018 Pro Mazda Championship was the 20th season in series history. It was the final season using the Pro Mazda name, as the series was re-branded as "Indy Pro 2000" for the 2019 season. A 16-race schedule was announced on 17 October 2017. This was the first season to use the new Tatuus PM-18 chassis and Mazda MZR piston engine. All prior engine packages for the series included a Mazda Wankel engine.


2018 Pro14 Grand Final
The 2018 Pro14 Grand Final was the final match of the 2017–18 Pro14 season. The 2017–18 season is the fourth with Guinness as the title sponsor, the ninth with a Grand Final and the first season with 14 teams, following the admission of two South African teams. The final was played at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin and saw Leinster defeat the Scarlets 40-32.


2018 Pro14 Grand Final, Route to the final
The top side from each of the two conferences are given a bye to the semi-finals and have home advantage. Teams placed second and third in opposite conferences play each other to determine the other two semi-finalists with the team ranked second having home advantage.


2018 Pro14 Grand Final, Route to the final
The play-offs are scheduled in the four weeks after the regular season has been completed.


2018 Pro14 Grand Final, Final Match
Touch judges:Television match official:Marius Mitrea (Italy)Mike Adamson (ScotlandTelevision match official:Neil Paterson (Scotland)


2018 Professional Fighters League season
This is a list of events and standings for the Professional Fighters League, a mixed martial arts organization based in the United States, for the 2018 season.


2018 Professional Fighters League season
Each weight class had 12 fighters, each of which faced two rivals. The top eight fighters in each weight class qualified to the playoffs. The season concluded on December 31, 2018 with six championship bouts back-to-back with a $10 million prize pool.


2018 Professional Fighters League season, 2018 PFL Heavyweight playoffs
* Valdrin Istrefi was originally scheduled to face Philipe Lins but was forced to pull out of the bout. He was replaced by Caio Alencar.


2018 Professional Fighters League season, 2018 PFL Middleweight playoffs
* Shamil Gamzatov was originally scheduled to face John Howard but was forced to pull out of the bout. He was replaced by Eddie Gordon.


2018 Professional Fighters League season, 2018 PFL Welterweight playoffs
* João Zeferino was originally scheduled to face Bojan Veličković but was forced to pull out of the bout. He was replaced by Abubakar Nurmagomedov.


2018 Professional Fighters League season, 2018 PFL Welterweight playoffs
* Abubakar Nurmagomedov was originally scheduled to face Magomed Magomedkerimov but was unable to continue in the tournament. He was replaced by his quarterfinal opponent, Bojan Veličković.


2018 Professional Fighters League season, 2018 PFL Lightweight playoffs
* Islam Mamedov was originally scheduled to face Rashid Magomedov but was unable to continue in the tournament. He was replaced by his quarterfinal opponent, Thiago Tavares.


2018 Professional Fighters League season, 2018 PFL Featherweight playoffs
* Timur Valiev was originally scheduled to face Alexandre Almeida but was forced to pull out of the bout. He was replaced by Jumabieke Tuerxun.


2018 Professional Fighters League season, Standings
The point system consists of outcome based scoring and bonuses for an early win. Under the outcome based scoring system, the winner of a fight receives 3 points and the loser receives 0 points. If the fight ends in a draw, both fighters will receive 1 point. The bonus for winning a fight in the first, second, or third round is 3 points, 2 points, and 1 point respectively. For example, if a fighter wins a fight in the first round, then the fighter will receive 6 total points. If a fighter misses weight, then the fighter that missed weight will receive 0 points and his opponent will receive 3 points due to a walkover victory.


2018 Professional Fighters League season, Standings, Heavyweight
♛ = Clinched playoff spot ---🚫 = Ruled out ---E = Eliminated


2018 Professional Fighters League season, Standings, Heavyweight
NOTE:  Prior to PFL 8, which started the PFL playoff, Valdrin Istrefi was ruled out because of an injury. Caio Alencar was declared the first alternate and participated in the playoff.


2018 Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia leadership election
The Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia leadership election, 2018 took place on October 27, 2018, due to Jamie Baillie's announcement that he was stepping down as leader of the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia on November 1, 2017. Baillie was to remain in the position until a new leader was elected, however on January 24, 2018, he announced his resignation with immediate effect due to "allegations of inappropriate behaviour".


2018 Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia leadership election
Unlike the system of delegated conventions previously used, this election was conducted on a One Member One Vote basis, weighted so that each electoral district being allocated 100 points, which were distributed proportionally according to each candidate's level of support.


2018 Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia leadership election, Candidates, Cecil Clarke
Mayor of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality (2012-2020), Attorney General of Nova Scotia (2007-2009), Minister of Justice (2007-2009), Speaker of the House of Assembly (2006-2007), Minister of Energy (2003-2006), Minister of Economic Development (2003), MLA for Cape Breton North (2001-2011)


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election
The Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election, 2018 was held on April 27–29, 2018, to select a successor to Paul Davis who announced on October 11, 2016, that he planned to step down as leader once his replacement was elected. St. John's lawyer Ches Crosbie defeated former Health Authority CEO Tony Wakeham to become the new leader. 11,000 members joined the party during this leadership election, of which, just over 4,000 cast their ballots.


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election, Timing
On October 11, 2016, Progressive Conservative Party leader Paul Davis announced that he had written party president Mark Whiffen and asked for a leadership convention to be called. Davis, who had been facing a leadership review at the party's upcoming convention, stated he would remain party leader until his successor was chosen. Davis has since stated that will not rule out running again. The party subsequently delayed the leadership vote until 2018 in order to give the party time to change its leadership election system in its constitution from delegated to a mix of one-member-one vote and points per district.


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election, Timing
Election Period means the period of time which begins by the death, retirement or resignation or announcement of the retirement or resignation, of the Leader of the Party; or in which Article 15-2 of the Constitution applies. For the purposes of the leadership selection process occurring between 2016 and 2018 the election period began on October 11, 2016.


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election, Timing
To become a candidate, a person must have filed nomination papers with the Chief Electoral Officer by January 15, 2018. To vote, a member of the public must have become a member of the party by January 30, 2018. The election was conducted by mail-in balloting with all party members (as of January 30, 2018) eligible to vote. Ballots must have been returned by April 25, 2018 and were opened and counted at the party's Annual General Meeting on April 28, 2018.


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election, Timing, Rules
To apply to become an accredited candidate, a prospective or announced candidate shall:


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election, Timing, Rules
b.	be eligible to stand for election as a Member of the House of Assembly;


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election, Timing, Rules
c.	apply in writing, using Form B, to be accredited as a Leadership Candidate;


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election, Timing, Rules
d.	file a nomination form, using Form C, containing the


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election, Timing, Rules
iv. district associations of 100 individuals, representing 51% of electoral districts, who are registered Members or registered Supporters of the Party;


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election, Timing, Rules
e.	provide a non-refundable registration fee in the form of a certified cheque in the amount of $10,000.00 payable to the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador;


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election, Timing, Rules
f.	plus a $10,000.00 deposit, in the form of a certified cheque, the amount will be refunded, less any imposed penalties or deductions as per Rules 122, 123 and 186(c).


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election, Declared candidates, Ches Crosbie
Ches Crosbie is a prominent St. John's lawyer and son of former provincial and federal cabinet minister John Crosbie.


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election, Declared candidates, Ches Crosbie
Crosbie states his platform will focus on three issues: rebuilding the economy, restoring confidence in government and revitalizing the PC Party. Specifically, introducing laws to prevent government overspending, and bring in what he calls an "honesty in politics" law. Crosbie is also calling for a repeal of the 15% tax on insurance premiums.


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election, Declared candidates, Tony Wakeham
Tony Wakeham is the former CEO Labrador-Grenfell Health. He also worked in senior health management roles in St. John's, Clarenville and Grand Falls-Windsor. Wakeham grew up in Placentia and studied economics at Memorial University. Wakeham, lives in Kippens, and also has deep roots in the sport of basketball, both as a player and coach at the provincial and federal levels. He and his wife Patricia have two adult children.


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election, Debates
Two debates took place during the course of the leadership campaign.


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election, Results
For the first time in the party's history, the voting was conducted through a one-member, one-vote points system, which divided the province into forty districts worth a hundred points each. The points were allocated based on each candidates share of the popular vote.


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election
The 2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election was held on March 10, 2018, due to the resignation of party leader Patrick Brown on January 25, 2018, following allegations of sexual misconduct. Winner Doug Ford narrowly defeated runner-up Christine Elliott on the third ballot with 50.6% of allocated points.


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election
The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election was scheduled for 3 months before the 2018 provincial election scheduled for June 7. It came after a turbulent year of disputed and allegedly fraudulent nominations contests across the province for local PC candidates. In two of these contests; Ottawa West—Nepean and Scarborough Centre the nominations were overturned after Brown's resignation and Brown's own nomination in Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte was cancelled. At the time of the leadership election Newmarket—Aurora and five others remained under active investigation by the party and Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas remained under police investigation.


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election
According to Article 23.1 of the PC party constitution, when there is a vacancy in the position of leader, the party caucus chooses an interim leader to serve until a new leader is elected in a leadership election, which must be held within 18 months of the vacancy occurring, and in which all party members can vote. Party president Rick Dykstra told the media on January 25 that "a leadership election will take place at such time as the PC party shall determine in its discretion".


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election
The party executive met on January 26, 2018, following the caucus election, to determine whether to have a leadership election before the provincial election, and if so, how it would proceed, or whether to have the interim leader lead the party into the election, and called the leadership election for March 2018.


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, Rules and procedures
All party members are eligible to cast votes by preferential ballot using electronic balloting, provided that they are members in good standing by February 16, 2018. To be eligible, one must be at least 14 years of age, a Canadian Citizen who is a resident of Ontario, and pay a $10 membership fee with personal funds (i.e. no corporation or union funds may be used).


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, Rules and procedures
The vote was weighted so that each of the province's ridings that has more than 100 votes cast are allocated 100 electoral votes; ridings in which fewer than 100 party members vote were weighted, but instead had the votes counted as individual votes. The lowest-ranked candidate were dropped from the next round as ballots are counted, and the first candidate to get 50 per cent of the votes was declared the new leader.


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, Rules and procedures
Candidates must be nominated by at least 100 party members, must agree to abide by the party's existing platform for the next election, and must be approved by the party's nominations committee as a PC candidate for the 2018 provincial election.


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, Rules and procedures, Method and Electronic Security
The voting method is solely electronic voting with no other access methods. To cast a ballot,  a three-part validation-vote was employed. First each eligible member had to register to vote with a code sent via regular mail. Second, each member who had registered had to validate their identity with one piece of government issued identification by uploading an image. Third, each qualifying member was provided a second access code to use during the voting period via the internet. The system was criticized by all candidates as overly complicated and difficult for elderly members and those with difficulties using or accessing computers.


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, Rules and procedures, Method and Electronic Security
Doug Ford and Tanya Granic Allen raised concerns over the security and legitimacy of the vote. Ford stated he believed "party elites" and "the establishment" would try to steal the election and said "there should be security cameras on the servers". Past leadership candidate Frank Klees said he had grave concerns about the integrity of the vote.


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, Interim leadership
Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli was elected as interim leader by the PC parliamentary caucus in a unanimous vote on January 26, 2018. Caucus had favoured having the interim leader lead the party in the election campaign but the party executive opted to hold a leadership election prior to the general election.


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, Candidates, Christine Elliott
Christine Elliott, 66, is the former non-partisan Patient Ombudsman for Ontario (2016–2018), a past PC leadership candidate (2009 and 2015) and former MPP (Whitby—Ajax 2006–07, Whitby—Oshawa 2007–15). She is a lawyer by training, and is the widow of former federal Minister of Finance, and 2002 and 2004 Ontario PC leadership candidate Jim Flaherty. Elliott is also a co-founder and director of the Abilities Centre, a facility for those with special needs.


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, Candidates, Christine Elliott
Elliott opposed a carbon tax, and supported building a high-speed rail line between Toronto to Windsor.


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, Candidates, Doug Ford
Doug Ford, 56, is a businessman and politician who is currently seeking the PC nomination in Etobicoke North for the upcoming June 2018 provincial election. Ford is the brother of former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, and son of former Etobicoke-Humber MPP Doug Ford Sr.. He was a member of Toronto City Council during his brother's term as mayor (2010–2014) and the runner-up in the 2014 Toronto mayoral election. Ford announced on February 1, 2018, that he would devote his energy to the leadership race and was no longer intending to run in the 2018 Toronto mayoral election.


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, Candidates, Doug Ford
Ford promised to "present Ontarians with a compassionate and responsible vision". He wanted to keep taxes low and eliminate a carbon tax. He stated he would not support policies that make Ontario less competitive. He has promised to fund election promises by finding efficiencies in government. Ford is in favour of expanding public transit in the GTA. He promised to revisit the sex-education curriculum.


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, Candidates, Tanya Granic Allen
Tanya Granic Allen, 37, is a social conservative parental rights activist and the president of Parents As First Educators (PAFE), a group that opposes the province's new sex education curriculum. She also sits on the board of the Catholic Civil Rights League, a conservative Catholic lobby and advocacy group. She previously worked as a political staffer at Toronto City Hall for then Toronto City Councillor John Parker, and as a spokesperson for the Campaign Life Coalition.


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, Candidates, Tanya Granic Allen
Granic Allen opposes abortion and also supported repealing and replacing the Liberal government's new sex education curriculum. She promised to rerun contested riding nominations completed under Patrick Brown.


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, Candidates, Caroline Mulroney
Caroline Mulroney, 47, is a businesswoman, lawyer and the daughter of former Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney and his wife, Mila. Mulroney is the PC candidate in York—Simcoe for the upcoming election.


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, Candidates, Caroline Mulroney
Mulroney wanted to use the "People's Guarantee" as a "starting point". She supported childcare rebates as well as cuts to hydro rates. Mulroney had been in favour of a carbon tax, but shifted against one. Mulroney remained committed to spending $1 billion to build Hamilton's light rail transit system. Her platform would have had a small deficit to pay for her promises.


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, Withdrawn candidates, Patrick Brown
Patrick Brown, 43, is the MPP for Simcoe North (2015–2018 as a Progressive Conservative and 2018–present as an independent) and a former Conservative MP for Barrie (2006–2015). He was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario from 2015 until his 2018 resignation triggered this leadership election. Brown was expelled from the PC caucus hours before registering his candidacy on February 16, 2018. On February 21, 2018 the party's nominations committee approved Brown to seek the leadership in a 3 to 2 vote.


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, Withdrawn candidates, Patrick Brown
Brown planned to run on the full "People's Guarantee" platform, including a carbon tax which would fund the platform, and which had been the intended 2018 election platform prior to Brown's resignation.


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, Withdrawn candidates, Patrick Brown
Brown withdrew ten days after announcing his candidacy, claiming that he and his family had been subjected to threats for entering the contest. His withdrawal occurred hours after reports surfaced that as leader he had directed top party officials: "get me the result I want", in a riding nomination that has subsequently become the focus of a Hamilton Police Service investigation for alleged fraud and also the same day that the Integrity Commissioner announced an investigation of Brown's travel expenses and other alleged financial improprieties.


2018 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election, Withdrawn candidates, Vic Fedeli
Vic Fedeli, 65, was the Interim Leader (2018), Finance Critic and MPP for Nippissing (2011–present), past leadership candidate (2015) and former mayor of North Bay, Ontario  (2003–2010). Fedeli told reporters that he will "let my name stand for leader of our party". After the party executive announced its decision to schedule a leadership election in March, Fedeli reiterated his intention to run for the permanent leadership. On January 30, 2018, however, he announced that he would not be running for the permanent leadership after all in order to focus on his duties as interim leader and correcting organizational problems within the party in the run up to the general election.


2018 Prosperita Open
The 2018 Prosperita Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 15th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Ostrava, Czech Republic between 30 April and 6 May.


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


2018 Prosperita Open – Doubles
Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Franko Škugor were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2018 Prosperita Open – Doubles
Attila Balázs and Gonçalo Oliveira won the title after defeating Lukáš Rosol and Sergiy Stakhovsky 6–0, 7–5 in the final.


2018 Prosperita Open – Singles
Stefano Travaglia was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2018 Prosperita Open – Singles
Arthur De Greef won the title after defeating Nino Serdarušić 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 in the final.


2018 Provo Premier League
The 2018 Provo Premier League is the 18th season of the top football division in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The season began on 13 January and concluded on 29 September 2018.