2018 Pskov Oblast gubernatorial election
The  2018 Pskov Oblast gubernatorial election was held on 9 September 2018, on common election day. To be elected, a candidate must get more than 50% of votes. Governor Mikhail Vedernikov secured a new term after winning 70.68 percent of the vote. If no one had achieved 50%, a runoff would've been held 14 days later. Only the two most successful candidates from the first round participate in the second round. The Governor will be elected for five years.


2018 Pskov Oblast gubernatorial election, Background
The previous Governor of Pskov Oblast Andrey Turchak resigned ahead of schedule on 12 October 2017, to take up the post of the General Secretary of United Russia. On the same day, Mikhail Vedernikov was appointed as acting Governor until the election.


2018 Puebla helicopter crash
On December 24, 2018, a helicopter carrying Martha Érika Alonso Hidalgo, the newly elected Governor of the Mexican state of Puebla, and her husband, Senator and former Governor Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas, crashed on a hill in Coronango near the city of Puebla. Five people on board the helicopter were killed in the crash: Alonso, Moreno, the two pilots, Captain Roberto Coppe Obregón and Captain Marco Antonio Tavera Romero, and Héctor Baltazar Mendoza, an assistant to the senator. Alonso was 10 days into her term as governor. The accident investigation found a preexisting problem with a stability system on the helicopter.


2018 Puebla helicopter crash, Crash
The helicopter was an AgustaWestland AW109S Grand manufactured in 2011 and owned by Servicios Aéreos del Altiplano, S.A. de C.V. (SAASA), an air taxi company headquartered at Puebla International Airport. Its destination was the Helipuerto Radio Capital in Mexico City. It crashed on 24 December at 14:50 local time (20:50 GMT), just ten minutes after takeoff from a heliport in Puebla. The crash site is in the municipality of Santa María Coronango, approximately 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of Puebla International Airport.


2018 Puebla helicopter crash, Investigation
The investigation of the crash was conducted by Mexican authorities from the Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil and the office of the federal Attorney General. They were assisted by representatives from Agusta and Pratt and Whitney, which manufactured the helicopter's engines.


2018 Puebla helicopter crash, Investigation
Mexico had sought the aid of the United States National Transportation Safety Board; while the NTSB initially stated it could not support the investigation due to the ongoing government shutdown, an exception was made to allow the NTSB to support the investigation alongside investigators from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.


2018 Puebla helicopter crash, Investigation
The report concluded on March 27, 2020, that the helicopter “should not have flown” because of a preexisting problem with a stability system on the helicopter that both the operator and the maintenance crew knew about. One piece was found to have two loose screws inside. Investigators found no objects that had collided with the aircraft and no pieces of the aircraft that had fallen off it prior to the crash. The government suspended the helicopter company and the company responsible for maintenance; the case has been turned over to prosecutors.


2018 Puebla helicopter crash, Investigation
On 25 December 2020, Mexican authorities announced they had detained four people in connection with the helicopter crash. The four worked at Rotor Flight Services - a company that had a role in the functioning of the helicopter.


2018 Puebla helicopter crash, Responses
Spanish: Estoy recibiendo información de un accidente en Puebla por desplome de un helicóptero. Por confirmar que iban la gobernadora Martha Erika Alonso y el ex gobernador Rafael Moreno Valle. He ordenado a todo el gobierno actuar de inmediato.


2018 Puebla helicopter crash, Responses
I am receiving information about an accident in Puebla involving a helicopter crash. Pending confirmation that Governor Martha Erika Alonso and former Governor Rafael Moreno Valle were on board. I have ordered the entire government to act immediately.


2018 Puebla helicopter crash, Responses
Federal and state officials immediately responded to the crash. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) immediately announced a federal investigation into the accident. Due to the political conflict around the election of Alonso, legislators from the National Action Party commented on the need for a transparent investigation.


2018 Puebla helicopter crash, Responses
The death of Governor Alonso, per provisions in the Puebla state constitution, required the state legislature to name an interim governor and call new elections in three to five months. In a press conference the evening of the accident, Jesús Rodríguez Almeida, who had been the general secretary of government, was announced as the interim governor. In the Senate, Moreno Valle was to be replaced by Roberto Moya Clemente, his alternate and Puebla's former state secretary of finances and administration.


2018 Puebla helicopter crash, Responses
Servicios Aéreos del Altiplano deleted its website and did not respond to messages and phone calls in the aftermath of the incident.


2018 Puerto Rico Soccer League season
The 2018 Puerto Rico Soccer League season would be the 10th season as Puerto Rico's top-division football league.


2018 Puerto Vallarta Open
The 2018 Puerto Vallarta Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 1st edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico between 30 April and 5 May.


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


2018 Puerto Vallarta Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using protected rankings:


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


2018 Puerto Vallarta Open – Doubles
Ante Pavić and Danilo Petrović won the title after defeating Benjamin Lock and Fernando Romboli 6–7(2–7), 6–4, [10–5] in the final.


2018 Puerto Vallarta Open – Singles
Adrián Menéndez Maceiras won the title after defeating Danilo Petrović 1–6, 7–5, 6–3 in the final.


2018 Pulitzer Prize
The 2018 Pulitzer Prizes were awarded by the Pulitzer Prize Board for work during the 2017 calendar year. Prize winners and nominated finalists were announced by Dana Canedy at 3:00 p.m. EST on April 16, 2018.


2018 Pulitzer Prize
The New York Times won the most awards of any newspaper, with three, bringing its total to one hundred and twenty-five Pulitzer Prizes. The Washington Post won Investigative Reporting and National Reporting, the latter of which was shared with The New York Times. ' The New York Times' and The New Yorker won the prize in public service, bringing their totals to 125 and five, respectively. The Press-Democrat won Breaking News Reporting, bringing its total to two prizes. The staff of The Arizona Republic and USA Today won for explanatory reporting; The Cincinnati Enquirer for local reporting about the heroin epidemic; and Reuters won international reporting.


2018 Pulitzer Prize
In letters, drama, and music, Kendrick Lamar's Damn won the music prize, the first non-classical and non-jazz work to win the award.


2018 Punjab provincial election
Provincial elections were held in Punjab, Pakistan on 25 July 2018 to elect the members of the 17th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab. After the elections, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was able to form the government in Punjab, with Sardar Usman Buzdar as the Chief Minister of Punjab.


2018 Punjab provincial election, Background
In the 2013 elections, the Pakistan Muslim League (N) came out with well above a supermajority in the assembly with a landslide haul of 313 seats, and were comfortably able to form a government. They were followed by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, which held only 30 seats.


2018 Punjab provincial election, Background
The election was notable for the downfall of the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Pakistan Muslim League (Q), which, before the elections, held 106 and 79 seats respectively but were reduced to merely 8 seats each, due to the rise of PTI and PML (N), although the sheer numbers that the PML (N) held in the assembly shocked many analysts.


2018 Punjab provincial election, Background
Shehbaz Sharif, brother of PML (N) chairman and two-time Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, became Chief Minister for the third time in his life, securing over 300 votes in the assembly.


2018 Punjab provincial election, Background, Janoobi Punjab Sooba Mahaz
On April 10, 2018, 10 of the ruling PML-N's prominent elected candidates from South Punjab, parted ways from the party and announced a movement for the creation of South Punjab province. The movement was titled Janoobi Punjab Sooba Mahaz (lit. Front for South Punjab Province). In the coming weeks, the movement garnered widespread support and dissident MPs from the ruling coalition, as well as independents, started joining it. At its peak, the movement had the backing of 42 MPs. On May 8, 2018, the movement announced its merger with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, the opposition party in the province, after PTI assured JPSM's leaders that creating the South Punjab province is a priority item in their manifesto for the 2018 elections.


2018 Punjab provincial election, Results
PTI has 183 members in the assembly, PML-Q 10, PML-N 167 and PPP 7. Pakistan Rah-e-Haq party has one member while three independent members are present in house. Election results from three constituencies are pending while it has been halted from other three. Seven seats of Punjab Assembly were vacated after the member chose to take oath from National Assembly seat.


2018 Punjab provincial election, Results
The results showed a virtual tie between the Pakistan Tehreek-e-insaf and the Pakistan Muslim league (N). With Independents joining the party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-insaf came up just short of an absolute majority. Pakistan Tehreek-e-insaf and Pakistan Muslim league (Q) formed a coalition government in Punjab assembly.


2018 Punta Open
The 2018 Punta Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Punta del Este, Uruguay between 26 February and 4 March 2018.


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


2018 Punta Open – Doubles
Facundo Bagnis and Ariel Behar won the title after defeating Simone Bolelli and Alessandro Giannessi 6–2, 7–6(9–7) in the final.


2018 Punta Open – Singles
Guido Andreozzi won the title after defeating Simone Bolelli 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 in the final.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix
The 2018 Punta del Este ePrix (formally the 2018 ABB Formula E CBMM Niobium Punta del Este E-Prix) was a Formula E electric car race held at the Punta del Este Street Circuit in the Uruguayan city of Punta del Este, on 17 March 2018. It was the sixth round of the 2017–18 Formula E season and the third Punta de Este ePrix as part of the FIA Formula E Championship. The 37-lap race was won by Techeetah driver Jean-Éric Vergne from pole position. Lucas di Grassi finished second for Audi and Virgin driver Sam Bird was third.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix
Vergne won the pole position after di Grassi, Alex Lynn and Oliver Turvey were penalised for exceeding track limits in qualifying and maintained the lead on the first lap. The race was temporarily neutralised between the fourth and sixth laps when officials extracted the car of Nick Heidfeld who stopped with power issues. Vergne led di Grassi at the restart and the latter remained close behind the former in the next 13 laps until the field made mandatory pit stops to change into a second car. Over the remainder of the race, Di Grassi attempted to pass Vergne but the former prevented the latter from doing so and took his second victory of the season and the third of his career.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix
The result increased Vergne's lead atop the Drivers' Championship to 30 points over Felix Rosenqvist and Bird maintained third place. Sébastien Buemi and Nelson Piquet Jr. did not finish due to car issues but stayed in fourth and fifth positions. Techeetah further extended their Teams' Championship lead to 27 points over Mahindra and Virgin overtook Jaguar for third with six races left in the season.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Background
The Punta del Este ePrix, discontinued after the 2015–16 Formula E season because no financial agreement was reached by the Government of Uruguay to keep it going, was announced as part of the Formula E calendar in a meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Paris on 7 December 2017 after São Paulo authorities requested a cancellation of their planned race due to a delay in selling land to a private owner. The Punta del Este ePrix was part of an alternative plan devised by series founder and CEO Alejandro Agag in case any race was cancelled.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Background
Punta del Este was the sixth of the twelve single-seater electric car rounds of the 2017–18 season and the third edition of the event. The race was held on 17 March 2018, at the 20-turn 2.785 km (1.731 mi) Punta del Este Street Circuit, in Uruguay's Maldonado Department. The circuit is situated on the Playa Brava Beach, meaning sand was laid on the tarmac surface and affected the levels of grip available to drivers. Also, the high ambient temperatures strained the car's batteries. Construction of the track started on 24 February, 22 days before the race; and continued for the next three weeks. 370 people were employed to work long shifts to complete the project.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Background
Going into the race, Techeetah's Jean-Éric Vergne led the Drivers' Championship with 81 points, 12 ahead of Felix Rosenqvist of Mahindra in second. Virgin's Sam Bird was third with 61 points with e.Dams-Renault driver Sébastien Buemi a further nine points behind in fourth. Jaguar's Nelson Piquet Jr. was fifth with 45 points. Techeetah led the Teams' Championship with 99 points with the second-placed Mahindra were nine points behind. Jaguar with 94 points and Virgin on 90 points were third and fourth and e.Dams-Renault were fifth with 59 points.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Background
The circuit underwent three cosmetic changes after the 2015 race. All bar one of the flexible bollards that were situated around the track in the last two Punta del Este races were removed by officials from the world governing body of motorsport, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), and the "sausage" kerbing at the entry of the four chicanes was dismantled. However, additional TecPro barriers were erected to improve safety around the track.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Background
These changes prompted officials to establish a specific area for drivers to stop in should they miss the turning point for the chicanes before rejoining the track during all sessions. The alterations received a mixed reception. Piquet spoke his belief that it would assist drivers attacking the track's high-speed sections. José María López (Dragon) agreed that the kerbing could be negotiated without any major issues and António Félix da Costa (Andretti) praised the "fast and dangerous" nature of the circuit that the changes created. However, the Audi pair of Lucas di Grassi and Daniel Abt called for the further adjustment of the kerbs as they feared the possibility of an accident occurring.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Background
Three days before the race, several drivers, Formula E Teams Association representative and Andretti team principal Roger Griffiths and FIA officials discussed in a meeting procedures of improving the safety of car switches during the mandatory pit stops. It was called after teams were issued clarifications and remainders of pit stop procedures and possibly in response to an injury sustained by a Techeetah mechanic by driver André Lotterer in the preceding Mexico City ePrix.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Background
These clarifications included keeping the steering wheel installed in the driver's first car until it stopped and the FIA wanted all teams not to fully install the safety harness until the driver entered their second vehicle. Additionally, the FIA stressed the responsibility of ensuring the safety of pit stops and seat belt fastening remained with teams and drivers. The FIA also introduced a new regulation authorising stewards to review incidents on and away from the track after races had ended.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Practice
Two practice sessions—both on Saturday morning—were held before the late afternoon race. The first session ran for 45 minutes and the second lasted half an hour. A half hour shakedown session topped by López and di Grassi was held on the Friday afternoon prior to practice to allow teams to check the reliability of their cars and electronic systems. Conditions for the first practice session were cold and the maximum amount of available grip could not be reached because of the sand on the asphalt surface.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Practice
Buemi used 200 kW (270 hp) of power and set the session's fastest lap at 1 minute, 14.536 seconds, 0.343 seconds faster than anyone else on the circuit. His closest challenger was Mitch Evans (Jaguar) in second with di Grassi third. The rest of the top ten were Alex Lynn (Virgin), Vergne, Bird, Piquet, Oliver Turvey (NIO), Abt and Nico Prost (e.Dams-Renault).


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Practice
During the session, which saw several drivers finding their limits with the track and kerbing and causing them to venture onto the run-off areas, Evans stopped in the entry to the pit lane with a technical problem with ten minutes remaining and required outside assistance for recovery to his garage. Buemi made a driving error, removing his rear wing endplate by glancing a barrier necessitating its replacement.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Practice
Di Grassi was fastest in second practice with a new unofficial track record of 1 minute, 13.672 seconds, Bird, Evans, Turvey, Prost, Vergne, Edoardo Mortara (Venturi), Nick Heidfeld (Mahindra), Tom Blomqvist (Andretti) and Lynn filled positions two to ten. Blomqvist possibly broke his right-rear suspension by tapping the turn nine barrier after leaving the corner. An oversteer caused Blomqvist to lose control of the rear of his car and crash against the turn ten and eleven chicane wall after mounting the kerbs, causing the session to be stopped for five minutes. The size of Blomqvist's accident threw his drivetrain onto the track.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Qualifying
Saturday's afternoon qualifying session ran for an hour and was divided into four groups of five cars. Each group was determined by a lottery system and was permitted six minutes of on-track activity. All drivers were limited to two timed laps with one at maximum power. The fastest five overall competitors in the four groups participated in a "Super Pole" session with one driver on the track at any time going out in reverse order from fifth to first.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Qualifying
Each of the five drivers was limited to one timed lap and the starting order was determined by the competitor's fastest times (Super Pole from first to fifth, and group qualifying from sixth to twentieth). The driver and team who recorded the fastest time were awarded three points towards their respective championships.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Qualifying
The first group of five drivers was predicted to be a disadvantage as the circuit was still slippery from the sand being blown from the beaches but had no one make contact with the barriers lining the track. Di Grassi was the early pace setter with Maro Engel, Jérôme d'Ambrosio, Luca Filippi and Blomqvist following in positions two to five. Lynn was the second group's fastest driver despite losing time in the final third of the lap preventing him going quickest overall.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Qualifying
Lynn demoted the previous fastest group driver López who made an error on his lap and took third, behind the second-placed Lotterer but ahead of Félix da Costa. Prost was the second group's slowest competitor because he bent his car's steering arm when he hit a trackside bollard, which speared him into the wall at a 45-degree angle at high speed leaving the turn 15 and 16 chicane. His team was required to repair his car for the afternoon's race.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Qualifying
In the third group, a vast improvement in track conditions allowed most drivers to go faster than di Grassi in the first two sectors but not overall. Evans led the group with Turvey second. Both demoted Abt to third and Mortara was fourth. The session was disrupted when Heidfeld entered the turn 17 chicane too fast and understeered into a TecPro barrier. This caused Mortara to abandon his first timed lap and was granted dispensation to set a second, which he did not take up.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Qualifying
The fourth group had the first five in the Drivers' Championship eager to compete on the track. Vergne overtook di Grassi to go fastest overall in group qualifying with a lap of 1 minute, 13.672 seconds. Buemi lost momentum in the final third of the lap and was second. Bird was the first driver to attempt a timed lap but slower traffic, understeer, and tapping a wall at turn eight left him third. Rosenqvist was similarly slow and minor contact with the turn nine wall put him fourth.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Qualifying
Piquet was set to qualify for super pole but he mounted the kerbing at turn ten and crashed into the barriers. At the end of group qualifying, Vergne, di Grassi, Lynn, Evans and Turvey entered super pole. Di Grassi clinched provisional pole position through a large amount of commitment into the first chicane with a lap of 1 minute, 13.948 seconds but was put under investigation for hitting the bollard at turn 16 and 17. He was joined on the grid's front row by Lynn who damaged his front wing by striking the bollard on his lap.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Qualifying
Evans was third-fastest after glancing a wall at turn nine through pushing hard. Turvey in fourth drove methodically through the first chicane though he was almost a second slower than Vergne's fastest group qualifying lap due to him being untidy in the final third of the lap. Turvey was also placed under investigation for hitting the bollard. Vergne was the favourite to take pole position but an error at the start of his lap put him fifth but avoided hitting the bollard.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Qualifying, Post-qualifying
After qualifying, di Grassi, Lynn and Turvey's lap times were discarded and dropped one place while Evans was demoted to 16th because his car's weight distribution was 300 grams (11 oz) outside the amount permitted. Filippi dropped three places for overspeeding under red flag conditions during practice and Blomqvist started at the back of the grid for changing his gearbox. López was ordered to start from 18th after it was discovered the pressure in two of his tyres were below the minimum mandated amount of 1.60-bar (160 kPa).


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Qualifying, Post-qualifying
Mortara originally had a ten-place grid penalty for changing his chassis by damaging it over a kerb in shakedown but annulled it when Venturi determined it could not be fixed sufficiently in Punta del Este and it was shipped to chassis designer Dallara for evaluation and repair. The result of the penalties gave Vergne his third pole position of the season.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Race
The race began at 16:03 Uruguay Time (UTC−03:00) on 17 March. The weather at the start were dry and sunny with the air temperature ranging from 28.85 to 30.56 °C (83.93 to 87.01 °F) and the track temperature between 35.5 and 37.2 °C (95.9 and 99.0 °F). A special feature of Formula E is the "Fan Boost" feature, an additional 100 kW (130 hp) of power to use in the driver's second car. The three drivers who were allowed to use the boost were determined by a fan vote.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Race
For the Punta del Este round, Abt, Buemi and Rosenqvist were handed the extra power. The number of laps contested was increased from 33 in 2015 to 37 in 2018  to showcase Formula E's technological developments. Vergne maintained the lead going into the first corner. Di Grassi stayed in second after holding off Lynn and Turvey followed close behind in fourth.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Race
The rest of the field negotiated the chicane without incident although Mortara ran wide and fell to 20th. Di Grassi regained some ground and quickly drew closer to Vergne while Turvey was unable to remain with the leaders and Abt began to battle him. Further back, Lotterer and Bird got close to one another in a battle for sixth.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Race
Piquet lost positions to Filippi, Rosenqvist and Evans as he was placed wide at the final chicane and Vergne completed the first lap with di Grassi following closely in second. On the second lap, Bird attacked Lotterer into the turn eight and nine hairpin but the latter blocked his path. Soon after, Heidfeid stopped at the side of the track with a technical system error that shut down his car after leaving the first chicane.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Race
Race control offered Heidfeld a small amount of time to restart his car but could not do so while his teammate Rosenqvist overtook Filippi for 12th on the third lap. Meanwhile, Buemi out-braked Bird to pass him for sixth at the turn eight and nine chicane. Buemi slowed to stop him running too deep and prevented Bird from re-passing him. The safety car was deployed on lap four to allow officials to move Heidfeld's car and two drivers made overtakes. Buemi passed Lotterer and Engel likewise overtook Bird but both drivers were not penalised. Vergne led at the lap-six restart with di Grassi second. The pair gradually began pulling away from Lynn. Piquet fell to 20th when his car developed drive train problems due to him hitting a wall earlier in the race.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Race
Bird got a fast exit leaving the turn one and two chicane, allowing him to draw alongside Lotterer on the inside line entering the turn eight and nine chicane and made the pass for sixth. The manoeuvre's effectiveness lost Lotterer four places to Engel, Félix da Costa and Rosenqvist within two laps. On lap 11, Buemi was out of contention for a strong result when he made an error that put him wide onto the dusty line and into a wall.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Race
Buemi's barrier glance deranged his left-rear suspension rod and he entered the pit lane to get into his second car on the following lap since the problem had worsened. Rosenqvist overtook Félix da Costa and d'Ambrosio to move into the top ten soon after. Meanwhile, Abt passed Turvey for fourth and Engel overtook Rosenqvist. After damaging his vehicle on lap nine, Mortara got into his second car on the 16th lap because steering damage necessitated the change, requiring him to conserve electrical energy for the rest of the race. As Turvey saved electrical energy, Bird overtook him for fifth place and Abt passed Lynn soon after.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Race
Vergne was affected by radio communication issues that made him uncertain as to how much electrical energy he had left as di Grassi followed close behind but was unable to affect an overtake by the time they entered the pit lane for the switch into their second cars on lap 19 with the majority of the field following suit. López led for one lap before he, d'Ambrosio and Prost made their pit stops on the next lap. After the pit stops, Vergne and di Grassi retained first and second places.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Race
Abt was third and Bird left the pit lane alongside teammate Lynn and passed him for fourth. Similarly, Rosenqvist and Evans moved to fifth and sixth. Di Grassi attempted to pass Vergne on the left into turn 17 on his first lap out of the pit lane and the two briefly made contact, causing di Grassi to lock his brakes and go sideways. Di Grassi lost almost two seconds of time but began closing back up to Vergne. Two laps later, Bird pressured Abt and the battle continued until Abt entered the pit lane on lap 23 because his seat belts unbuckled under braking though post-race data confirmed that the shoulder harnesses were correctly fitted. Abt rejoined in 15th after Bird took over third.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Race
Before lap 28 ended, Evans overtook Rosenqvist for fifth. Evans latter attempted to repass Rosenqvist by using his FanBoost but was unsuccessful. At the front, di Grassi made several unsuccessful attempts to pass Vergne, allowing Bird to close up. López earned one point for setting the race's fastest lap on lap 31 by setting a time of 1 minute, 16.811 seconds. Two laps later, Lynn lost fourth to Evans who put him onto the dirty side of the track and overtook him on the left through turn 13.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Race
Lynn was then left to fend off Rosenqvist. Di Grassi's best opportunity to pass Vergne was denied at the end of lap 34 as he nudged the latter wide at the final corner but was not able to accelerate faster than Vergne on the start/finish straight and gain the lead. The duel for first was the main focus for the rest of the race. It enabled Bird to get his best chance of taking the lead but was denied his opportunity after a minor driver error on the final lap. This along with Bird being required to conserve electrical energy and manage battery temperatures dropped him out of contention.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Race
Di Grassi made one final passing manoevure, which saw him gently nudge the rear of Vergne's car approaching the final turn but Vergne maintained the lead on the start/finish line to achieve his second win of the season and the third of his career. Di Grassi finished 0.447 seconds behind in second place and Bird took third. Off the podium, Evans took fourth with Rosenqvist moving past Lynn late in the race for fifth and Turvey was seventh.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Race
The Dragon duo of López and d'Ambrosio took eighth and ninth due to their strategy of running one lap longer than the rest of the field and Engel came tenth. Félix da Costa, Lotterer, Filippi, Abt, Prost, Blomqvist and Mortara were the final finishers. Of the other two retirements, Buemi completed 29 laps after he was unable to finish the race due to his early car swap and Piquet's drive shaft failed after 25 laps.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Race, Post-race
The top three drivers appeared on the podium to collect their trophies and spoke to the media in a later press conference. Vergne remarked the win was possibly "the hardest [of his three victories], and probably the one I'm most happy with in terms of my driving, my whole race", and while his team lacked the resources needed to improve the car, the race demonstrated "the proof to everybody that I have a lot of pace." Second-placed di Grassi spoke of his annoyance over losing pole position which he felt was unfair.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Race, Post-race
While he acknowledged that overtaking was difficult in Punta del Este, he congratulated Vergne for winning, "Today we had the fastest car for pole and to win but we came second." He affirmed that it would not be the last time Audi would contend for victories in the season. Bird dedicated his third-place to broadcaster and motorsports journalist Henry Hope-Frost who was killed in an motorbike accident in the United Kingdom nine days before the race, "There was a lot of fever out there today and I think he’d have been pretty happy with the driving out there today." He spoke of his effort of staying within reach of Vergne and di Grassi and revealed he wanted them to challenge both slightly more to give him an opportunity to win the race.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Race, Post-race
Di Grassi was summoned to meet the stewards after the race and incurred a €10,000 (£8,750) fine and three penalty points on his race licence for wearing non-compliant fireproof underwear. He was allowed to retain second in what AOL's Andrew Evans described as "one of the strangest racing penalties ever seen." Di Grassi apologised to the stewards, vowed not to repeat the infraction in the future and said Punta del Este's hot weather caused his previous pair to soak up body sweat. The stewards also investigated Abt's seat belt incident but decided that no further action was necessary.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Race, Post-race
Abt was mystified as to how his seat belts became unbuckled in the act of braking, saying, "This we have to figure out, but of course in that situation what do you do? You risk your life or you come in – for me it's no choice." Audi team principal Allan McNish surmised Abt's issue prevented the driver from getting onto the podium but was more positive that his cars finished the race.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Race, Post-race
Evans reckoned he could have taken his first victory and revealed the weight issue that demoted him to 16th was due to a change of battery between second practice and qualifying being 3 kg (6.6 lb) lighter than the one it replaced, "We can't argue with it – that's the way it rolls. We had a good fast car, and I'm happy to be heading to the next few races hopefully in a position to fight for the win."


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Race, Post-race
Evans's view was reiterated by Jaguar team principal James Barclay who praised the driver's fast pace, overtaking abilities and the car, "The reality is, we’ve shown we have the car that’s really fast. I’m not surprised considering how much work we’ve put into it, but it’s really positive to see that we’ve made one of the biggest steps and that’s really good and I’m really proud of the team." Buemi apologised to his team for hitting a wall on lap 11 and stated his belief he could have completed around three or four more laps had the safety car been deployed for a second time.


2018 Punta del Este ePrix, Race, Post-race
The consequence of the race further extended Vergne's Drivers' Championship lead to 30 points over Rosenqvist while Bird's third-place finish allowed him to further close up to the latter by five points. Buemi and Piquet remained in fourth and fifth places despite both not finishing the event. Techeetah increased their Teams' Championship lead to 27 points over the second-placed Mahindra while Virgin moved to third place. Jaguar followed a further seven points behind in fourth and e.Dams-Renault maintained fifth position with six races left in the season. Though he reiterated his happiness over winning the race, Vergne admitted he was focused on the championship battle and approached it on a race-by-race basis.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers baseball team
The 2018 Purdue Boilermakers baseball team was a baseball team that represented Purdue University in the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Boilermakers were members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Alexander Field in West Lafayette, Indiana. They were led by second-year head coach Mark Wasikowski.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers baseball team, Preseason, Previous season
In 2017, Purdue compiled a 29–27 record (12–12 in conference play) during the regular season, qualifying for a postseason for the first season since 2012. Purdue's 19 win improvement in 2017 from 2016 was the largest improvement in NCAA Division I baseball during the 2017 season.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers baseball team, Preseason, Coaching staff changes
On July 20, 2017, Purdue hired Greg Goff to join the baseball team as a volunteer assistant, replacing Jack Marder who left for the same position with Stanford.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers baseball team, Preseason, MLB Draft
No Boilermakers on the 2017 roster were selected in the 2017 Major League Baseball draft.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers baseball team, Preseason, Departed Players
The following Boilermakers on the 2017 roster departed the program prior to the 2018 season:


2018 Purdue Boilermakers baseball team, Preseason, Recruiting Class
The Boilermakers added the following players to the roster as part of their 2017 recruiting class:


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


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team
The 2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Boilermakers played their home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana and competed in the West Division of the Big Ten Conference. They were led by second-year head coach Jeff Brohm.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team
Purdue began the year with three consecutive losses, each by less than four points, at the hands of Northwestern, Eastern Michigan, and Missouri. Their luck began to turn as they went on a four-game winning streak, which started with a victory over No. 23 Boston College and ended with a victory over No. 2 Ohio State, the school's first win over a top-two ranked team since 1984. The Boilermakers also secured a victory over No. 19 Iowa and finished the regular season tied for second in the West Division with a conference record of 5–4. The team was invited to the Music City Bowl, where they lost to Auburn.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team
The Boilermakers were led on offense by quarterback David Blough, who finished in second in the conference behind Ohio State's Dwayne Haskins in passing yards (3,705), completions (305), and completion percentage (66%). Freshman wide receiver and return specialist Rondale Moore was named first-team All-Big Ten at wide receiver, and was a consensus first-team All-American as a return specialist. He led the Big Ten Conference with 114 receptions, 1,258 receiving yards, and 12 receiving touchdowns.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Previous season
The Boilermakers finished the 2017 season 7–6, 4–5 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for third place in the West Division. They received a bid to the Foster Farms Bowl, their first bowl game since 2012, where they defeated Arizona, 38–35.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Northwestern
To begin the season, Purdue hosted Northwestern, the first time the two schools opened the season against each over to open the season since 1976.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Northwestern
Purdue lost to Northwestern, 31–27. Northwestern scored 14 points in the first quarter via a 1-yard touchdown run from Jeremy Larkin and a 2-yard touchdown run by John Moten IV. Purdue responded with 14 points in the first quarter via a 32-yard touchdown pass from Elijah Sindelar to Rondale Moore and a 76-yard touchdown run by Moore. Northwestern regained its lead in the second quarter via a 34-yard field goal by Charlie Kuhbander and a one-yard touchdown run by T. J. Green.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Northwestern
Purdue responded with a 38-yard Spencer Evans field and the final score of the first half came on a 4-yard run by Larkin, which made the score 31–17 in favor of Northwestern at half-time. Purdue added a 2-yard touchdown run by D. J. Knox in the third quarter. Purdue reduced Northwestern's lead to four points following a 27-yard field goal from Evans in the fourth quarter.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Northwestern
Moore's 313-yard all-purpose yards was the record for most in program history, and first since Otis Armstrong, who had 312 in 1972.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Eastern Michigan
Following its opening game against Northwestern, Purdue hosted the Eastern Michigan Eagles. This was the first meeting between the schools since 2012, a game Purdue won in a blowout.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Eastern Michigan
Purdue lost in a close game, 20–19. Purdue scored 6 points in the first quarter via a 29-yard and 34-yard field goals by Spencer Evans. Eastern Michigan added 7 points in the first quarter via a 75-yard touchdown pass from Tyler Weigers to Mathew Sexton. In the second quarter, the teams exchanged scores with a 7-yard touchdown pass from Elijah Sindelar to Markell Jones and a 27-yard field goal by Chad Ryland, which made the score 12–10 in favor of Purdue at half-time. Eastern Michigan regained the lead in the fourth quarter via a nine-yard touchdown run by Breck Turner. Purdue added seven points in the fourth quarter via a 45-yard touchdown run by D. J. Knox. Eastern Michigan finally won the game late in the fourth quarter with a 24-yard field goal by Ryland as time expired.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Missouri
Missouri defeated Purdue 40–37. Missouri scored three times in the first quarter on a 40-yard Tucker McCann field goal, a 21-yard Drew Lock touchdown pass to Johnathan Johnson and another field goal by McCann from 29-yards. Purdue scored just once in the first quarter on a 12-yard touchdown pass from David Blough to Terry Wright. Purdue scored on three of its four possessions during the second quarter with a 33-yard Spencer Evans field goal, 1-yard touchdown run by Blough and a 3-yard touchdown pass to Brycen Hopkins from Blough.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Missouri
Missouri scored twice during the second, with a 59-yard touchdown pass to Jalen Knox and a 2-yard Albert Okwuegbunam touchdown pass from Lock. Missouri took a 27–24 lead into halftime. Purdue tied the game midway through the third quarter with a 29-yard field goal by Evans, but Missouri scored twice after the field goal with an 8-yard touchdown run by Lock and a 31-yard McCann field goal. Blough then found Rondale Moore from 7-yards out for a Purdue touchdown and a 26-yard field goal by Evans. Missouri took the lead via a 25-yard field goal from McCann as the time expired.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Missouri
Blough's 572 passing yards were the most since Curtis Painter threw for 546 against Central Michigan in 2007.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Boston College
Following its game against Missouri, Purdue hosted its final non-conference game on the schedule when they hosted the No. 23 Boston College Eagles.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Boston College
Purdue won in a blowout, 30–13. Purdue and Boston College each scored 7 points in the first quarter via a one-yard touchdown run by D. J. Knox, and Anthony Brown finding Tommy Sweeney on a 15-yard pass. Purdue added 16 points in the second quarter, via two touchdown passes from David Blough to Rondale Moore, the first a 70-yard and the later a nine-yard touchdown pass, and a 21-yard field goal for J. D. Dellinger, which made the score 23–7 in favor of Purdue at half-time. Purdue added 7 points in the third quarter via a 36-yard Blough pass to Terry Wright. Boston College scored a late touchdown in the fourth quarter via a 1-yard touchdown run from E. J. Perry.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Boston College
Purdue ended streaks of six straight Homecoming losses and 18 straight losses to ranked opponents with its win over No. 23 Boston College. Purdue's last win against a ranked opponent came on October 22, 2011, (a homecoming game) to then-No. 23 Illinois. Purdue's 17-point margin of victory was its largest over a ranked opponent since beating then-No. 5 Michigan State by 24 points (52–28) on October 16, 1999.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, at Nebraska
After facing Boston College, Purdue traveled to Lincoln, Nebraska to face the Nebraska Cornhuskers.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, at Nebraska
Purdue defeated Nebraska 42–28. Nebraska scored seven points in the first quarter while Purdue scored ten, via an eighteen-yard touchdown run from Devine Ozigbo and a 42-yard D. J. Knox run and 31-yard Spencer Evans field goal respectively. Purdue extended their lead in the second quarter via a one-yard touchdown run from David Blough and a 25-yard Evans field goal, which made the score 20–7 in favor of Purdue at half-time. In the third quarter, Purdue and Nebraska traded touchdowns in the third quarter. Purdue struck first with a twelve-yard touchdown reception by Brycen Hopkins from Blough.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, at Nebraska
Nebraska answered back with a 21-yard J. D. Spielman from Adrian Martinez. Purdue responded with a 6-yard Knox run followed by a two-point conversion. Nebraska capped the third quarter scoring with another 21-yard Spielman touchdown reception from Martinez. Purdue and Nebraska both scored a fourth quarter touchdown, on a six-yard touchdown by Markell Jones and a 23-yard Ozigbo touchdown run respectively.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, at Nebraska
Purdue won for the first time in three trips in Lincoln. Nebraska was held scoreless for 36:01 between the first and third quarters as Purdue scored 27 unanswered points Purdue played its most efficient game of the season going six-for-six on its redzone trips.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, at Illinois
Following its road game against Nebraska, Purdue traveled the Illinois Fighting Illini to play for the Purdue Cannon.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, at Illinois
Purdue won in a blowout, 46–7. Illinois got on the board first via a five-yard touchdown run from A. J. Bush. Purdue responded with a 3-yard touchdown reception by Isaac Zico from David Blough, and a 7-yard touchdown reception by Blough from Jared Sparks to close out the first quarter scoring. Purdue scored three times in the second quarter on a one-yard Markell Jones touchdown run, a 37-yard field goal from Spencer Evans and a 42-yard Zico reception from Blough to end the half with a 29–7 lead. Purdue extended their lead in the third quarter via a seven-yard touchdown reception by Rondale Moore from Blough. Purdue added 10 more points in the fourth quarter. First with a 32-yard field goal from Evans and a 3-yard touchdown run from Alexander Horvath.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, at Illinois
Purdue's defense held Illinois to season-lows of 250 total yards, 181 passing yards and 69 rushing yards. Purdue has won 11 of the last 14 against Illinois, including four straight and eight of the last 10 in Champaign, Illinois. Isaac Zico's 127 receiving yards and two touchdowns were career bests. The 39-point win was Purdue's largest margin of victory since 2012, when it defeated Eastern Kentucky, 48–6. It was Purdue's largest margin of victory over an FBS opponent since 2008, when it crushed Indiana, 62–10. The margin of victory was also Purdue's largest in a Big Ten road game since defeat Indiana in Bloomington, 56–7 in 1997.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Ohio State
After its second consecutive away game at Illinois, Purdue returned to West Lafayette to host the No. 2 ranked, undefeated Ohio State Buckeyes.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Ohio State
Purdue shocked Ohio State with a 49–20 victory, during which they never trailed. David Blough found Isaac Zico with a 13-yard pass reception to give the Boilermakers the only score of the first quarter. Ohio State had to settle for a 24-yard field goal by Blake Haubeil early in the second quarter. After a fourth down conversion on a fake field goal, Rondale Moore was able to score on a 9-yard reception from Blough to end the half.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Ohio State
In the third quarter Ohio State drove to the red zone for the second time in the game, only to come away with a 23-yard Haubeil field goal, and Purdue scored on a one-yard run from D.J. Knox. The teams traded scoring in the fourth quarter, first with Purdue on a 42-yard run from Knox, then Ohio State on a 32-yard reception by Johnnie Dixon from Dwayne Haskins, Purdue with a 40-yard run by Knox, Ohio State with a 34-yard reception by Terry McLaurin from Haskins, and Purdue with a 43-yard reception by Moore from Blough. Purdue capped the game with a 41-yard interception return by Markus Bailey.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Ohio State
Purdue was able to win despite Haskins setting a school record for passing yardage in a single game (470). It was the first time they beat a second-ranked team since 1984, when they also defeated the Buckeyes. Purdue swept the Big Ten Players of the Week awards (Blough for Offensive Player, Bailey for Defensive Player, Joe Schopper for Special Teams, and Moore for Co-Freshman), the first time a team has ever accomplished this feat.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, at Michigan State
After facing Ohio State, Purdue traveled to East Lansing, Michigan to face the Michigan State Spartans. Michigan State defeated Purdue 23–13. Michigan State scored six points in the first quarter, via 43 and 48-yard field goals from Matt Coughlin. Purdue scored 3 points on a 28-yard field goal by Spencer Evans. Purdue tied the game on a 35-yard field goal by Spencer Evans. Michigan State regained the lead via an eleven-yard touchdown pass from Rocky Lombardi to Darrell Stewart Jr, which made the score 13–6 in favor of Michigan State at half-time.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, at Michigan State
In the second half, Michigan State held Purdue to just 7 points while accumulating 10 points. First a field goal by Coughlin from 34-yards in the third quarter. Purdue responded with a 1-yard Terry Wright touchdown reception from David Blough. Michigan State closed out the scoring with a 48-yard touchdown pass from Rocky Lombardi to Jalen Nailor


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, at Michigan State
Blough fell 23 yards shy of becoming the first quarterback in Purdue history to pass for 300 yards in four consecutive games. Purdue continued its losing streak that was extended to an eight-game losing streak to Michigan State dating back to Nov. 10, 2007.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Iowa
After losing to Michigan State, Purdue hosted the No. 16 Iowa Hawkeyes in a sellout performance.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Iowa
Purdue knocked off Iowa, 38–36 after a walk-off, 25-yard field goal by Spencer Evans. Purdue scored the first points in the first quarter by a 36-yard touchdown pass from David Blough to receiver Isaac Zico. Ivory Kelly-Martin evened the score at 7–7 nearly six minutes later; this would be the longest drive of the game. Purdue scored once again via a touchdown run from Markell Jones.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Iowa
In the second quarter, Miguel Recinos opened off to kick a 34-yard field goal to make the score 14–10, Boilermakers. Purdue and Iowa then traded touchdowns, the former a touchdown pass to Terry Wright from David Blough, the latter coming from Nate Stanley, the Iowa quarterback, with 17 seconds left in the first half. The score was 21–17 at the conclusion of this half.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Iowa
On the Boilermakers' opening drive of the second half, David Blough found Terry Wright for a stellar 82-yard reception. This was the Boilermakers' only play of the drive. Two and a half minutes later, the Hawkeyes also found the end zone to make the score 28–23. The Hawkeyes, however, made a controversial two-point conversion attempt, which they failed. With 2:26 left in the third quarter, David Blough found Terry Wright in the end zone to make the score 35–23. This was Wright's third touchdown reception of the game.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Iowa
In the fourth quarter, Iowa mounted a comeback against the Boilermakers. Boosted by two touchdown runs following an interception from David Blough, the Hawkeyes made the score 35–23 after chasing points again. However, the Boilermakers were to make a heroic final, last-breath drive and capped their stellar effort with an amazing field goal from Spencer Evans.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Iowa
Purdue earned its third win this season against an AP Top 25 ranked opponent. It is the first time since 2003 that Purdue has defeated three ranked teams in a single season. Markell Jones rushed for his 18th career touchdown, passing Otis Armstrong (17, 1970–72) for 10th on Purdue's all-time career rushing touchdowns list. Terry Wright totaled six receptions for a career-high 146 yards and three touchdowns. Wright entered the game with 474 career receiving yards and two previous touchdowns.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, at Minnesota
After facing in-division rival Iowa, Purdue traveled to the Minnesota Golden Gophers.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, at Minnesota
Minnesota won in a blowout, 41–10. Minnesota opened the scoring in the first quarter via a 24-yard field goal by Emmit Carpenter. Purdue responded with a 40-yard Spencer Evans field goal to end the first quarter. Minnesota extended their lead in the second quarter via an 11-yard touchdown pass from Seth Green to Jake Paulson and a 27-yard Carpenter field goal, which made the score 13–3 in favor of Minnesota at half-time.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, at Minnesota
Minnesota added 21 points in the third quarter via a 46-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown by Blake Cashman, a two-yard touchdown run by Green and an 11-yard Bryce Williams touchdown run. Minnesota added 7 more points in the fourth quarter via a 12-yard touchdown pass by Tanner Morgan to Tyler Johnson. Purdue finally got another score late in the fourth quarter via a nine-yard touchdown pass to Rondale Moore from David Blough.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, at Minnesota
Purdue was held to its lowest score and fewest total points since a 17–9 loss to Wisconsin in 2017. The 31-point margin of defeat was the largest Purdue had suffered since losing to Penn State by 38 points in 2016. Purdue entered the game with a 43 percent third-down conversion rate, but was 0-for-12 on third down against the Gophers.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Wisconsin
After facing Minnesota, Purdue returned home to face the Wisconsin Badgers on Senior Day.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Wisconsin
Wisconsin defeated Purdue 47–44 in triple overtime. After a scoreless first quarter by both teams, Purdue scored ten points in the second quarter, via an 18-yard touchdown pass to D. J. Knox from David Blough and a 20-yard field goal by Spencer Evans. Wisconsin scored on a 29-yard Rafael Gaglianone field goal bring the score to 10–3 in favor of Purdue at half-time. Wisconsin opened the second half scoring when Jonathan Taylor via an 80-yard touchdown run and a 22-yard field goal by Gaglianone.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Wisconsin
Purdue responded with two third quarter touchdowns via a 12-yard touchdown run by Markell Jones and a 46-yard touchdown pass to Rondale Moore from Blough. Purdue scored first in the fourth quarter on a 20-yard Evans field goal, but two late touchdown receptions by Danny Davis III from Jack Coan of five and 18-yards respectively tied the game before regulation ended.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Wisconsin
In the first overtime, Purdue scored on its first possession with a 15-yard touchdown reception by Moore from Blough. Wisconsin responded with a 12-yard touchdown run by Taylor. Wisconsin opened the second overtime with a 4-yard Garrett Groshek touchdown run, but Purdue responded on the next play with a 25-yard Issac Zico touchdown pass from Blough. When Purdue scored on a 41-yard Evans field goal to open the third overtime, Wisconsin scored on a 17-yard Taylor touchdown run to seal the victory for Wisconsin.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, at Indiana
Following its home finale against Wisconsin, Purdue traveled to Bloomington, Indiana to face its arch-rival, the Indiana Hoosiers, in the 94th playing of Old Oaken Bucket.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, at Indiana
Purdue defeated Indiana 28–21. Purdue scored 7 points in the first quarter via an 11-yard touchdown pass from David Blough to Issac Zico. Indiana responded with 7 points in the second quarter via an eight-yard touchdown run by Stevie Scott. Purdue regained its lead in the second quarter via a 56-yard touchdown pass from Blough to Rondale Moore, which made the score 14–7 in favor of Purdue at half-time. Purdue added a 33-yard touchdown reception by Moore from Blough in the third quarter. Indiana reduced Purdue's lead to seven points following a 23-yard touchdown run from Peyton Ramsey in the fourth quarter. Purdue responded with a 32-yard touchdown run by Markell Jones. Indiana scored again with 1:17 to play on a 40-yard touchdown reception by Nick Westbrook from Ramsey.


2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, at Indiana
Purdue finished in 3rd place of the Big Ten West Division with a 5–4 record in conference play. The win also made Purdue bowl eligible for the second consecutive year.


2018 Qatar Cup
The 2018 Qatar Cup, more widely known as the Crown Prince Cup, was the sixteenth edition of the Qatar Cup. It was played from April 21–27. The cup is contested by the top four finishers of the 2017–18 Qatar Stars League.


2018 Qatar Cup, Participants
The top four teams of the 2017–18 Qatar Stars League qualified for the tournament.


2018 Qatar ExxonMobil Open
The 2018 Qatar Open (also known as 2018 Qatar ExxonMobil Open for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 26th edition of the Qatar Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2018 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha, Qatar, from January 1–6.


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


2018 Qatar ExxonMobil Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2018 Qatar ExxonMobil Open – Doubles
Jérémy Chardy and Fabrice Martin were the defending champions, but Chardy chose not to participate this year and Martin chose to compete in Brisbane instead.


2018 Qatar ExxonMobil Open – Doubles
Oliver Marach and Mate Pavić won the title, defeating Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares in the final, 6–2, 7–6(8–6).


2018 Qatar ExxonMobil Open – Singles
Novak Djokovic was the defending champion, but withdrew before the tournament due to an elbow injury.


2018 Qatar ExxonMobil Open – Singles
Gaël Monfils won the title, defeating Andrey Rublev in the final, 6–2, 6–3.


2018 Qatar Open (table tennis)
The 2018 Qatar Open was the second event of the 2018 ITTF World Tour. It was the first of six top-tier Platinum events on the tour, and took place from 8–11 March in Doha, Qatar.


2018 Qatar Total Open
The 2018 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the event and a WTA Premier 5 tournament on the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 12 and 17 February 2018.


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


2018 Qatar Total Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2018 Qatar Total Open, Champions, Singles
It was Kvitova's first Doha title and second of the year and 22nd WTA title overall.


2018 Qatar Total Open – Doubles
Abigail Spears and Katarina Srebotnik were the defending champions, but chose not to compete together. Spears played alongside Alicja Rosolska, but lost in the first round to Mihaela Buzărnescu and Alizé Cornet. Srebotnik teamed up with Shuko Aoyama, but lost in the first round to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Olga Savchuk.


2018 Qatar Total Open – Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski and Jeļena Ostapenko won the title, defeating Andreja Klepač and María José Martínez Sánchez in the final, 6–3, 6–3.


2018 Qatar Total Open – Doubles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2018 Qatar Total Open – Singles
Karolína Plíšková was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Catherine Bellis.


2018 Qatar Total Open – Singles
Petra Kvitová won the title, defeating Garbiñe Muguruza in the final, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4.


2018 Qatar Total Open – Singles
Caroline Wozniacki and Simona Halep were in contention for the WTA no. 1 singles ranking at the beginning of the tournament. Wozniacki retained the no. 1 ranking when she won her quarterfinal match and Halep withdrew from the semifinals.


2018 Qatar Total Open – Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.


2018 Qatar Total Open – Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2018 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2018 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2018 MotoGP season. It was held at the Losail International Circuit in Doha on 18 March 2018.


2018 Quaker State 400
The 2018 Quaker State 400 presented by Walmart is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on July 14, 2018 at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) speedway, it was the 19th race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.


2018 Quaker State 400, Report, Background
The sixth running of the Quaker State 400 was held in Sparta, Kentucky at Kentucky Speedway on July 9, 2016. The track is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) tri-oval speedway owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc.. Kentucky Speedway, which has also hosted the ARCA Racing Series, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the Indy Racing League, has a grandstand seating capacity of 107,000.


2018 Quaker State 400, Practice, First practice
Kyle Larson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 29.053 seconds and a speed of 185.867 mph (299.124 km/h).


2018 Quaker State 400, Practice, Final practice
Erik Jones was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.762 seconds and a speed of 187.748 mph (302.151 km/h).


2018 Quaker State 400, Qualifying
Martin Truex Jr. scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.588 and a speed of 188.890 mph (303.989 km/h).


2018 Quaker State 400, Media, Television
NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr. had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.


2018 Quaker State 400, Media, Radio
PRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.


2018 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2018 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship of Quebec, was held from January 9 to 14 at the Club de curling Etchemin in Saint-Romuald, Quebec. The winning Émilia Gagné team represented Quebec at the 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.


2018 Quebec general election
The 2018 Quebec general election was held on October 1, 2018, to elect members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The election saw a landslide victory for the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) led by François Legault won 74 of 125 seats, giving the party a majority and unseating the Quebec Liberal Party. The Liberals became the Official Opposition with 31 seats.


2018 Quebec general election
This election was the first won by the CAQ, which had previously been the third party in the legislature. It was also the first since 1966 that had been won by a party other than the Liberals or Parti Québécois.


2018 Quebec general election, Background
In Quebec the Liberal Party had held power since 2003, save for a period of less than two years between 2012 and 2014.


2018 Quebec general election, Background
The National Assembly has had a fixed four-year term since passing a fixed election date law in 2013. The law stipulates that "the general election following the end of a Legislature shall be held on the first Monday of October of the fourth calendar year following the year that includes the last day of the previous Legislature", setting the date for October 1, 2018. However, the Chief Electoral Officer could have changed the election date in the event of a natural disaster. Furthermore, the Lieutenant Governor could have called an election sooner should the Premier have requested one, or in the event the government had been dissolved by a motion of no confidence.


2018 Quebec general election, Results
The CAQ went into the election as the third party in the legislature, but won a decisive victory with 74 seats, exceeding all published opinion polling. The Liberals won 31 seats, while Québec solidaire and the Parti Québécois each won 10 seats. This is the second election in a row in which a government has been defeated after only one term.


2018 Quebec general election, Results
The CAQ formed government for the first time, mainly by dominating its traditional heartlands of Capitale-Nationale, Chaudière-Appalaches and Centre-du-Québec, while winning sweeps or near-sweeps in Mauricie, Estrie, Lanaudière, Montérégie, the Laurentides and northern Quebec. Many of their gains came at the expense of the PQ. The CAQ took a number of seats that had been in PQ hands for four decades or more, in some cases by landslide margins (for instance, Taillon). It did, however, win only two seats in Montreal.


2018 Quebec general election, Results
The Parti Québécois came up two seats short of official status in the legislature. Notably, it was completely shut out in Montreal for the first time in decades; indeed, it won only one seat (Marie-Victorin in Longueuil) in the entire Greater Montreal area. It was easily the PQ's worst showing in a provincial election in 45 years. For the second election in a row, its leader was unseated in his own riding. According to a postmortem by The Globe and Mail, the PQ was so decisively beaten that there were already questions about whether it could survive. Echoing this, Christian Bourque of Montreal-based pollster Léger Marketing told The Guardian that he believed the PQ was likely finished in its present form, and would have to merge with another sovereigntist party to avoid fading into irrelevance.


2018 Quebec general election, Results
The election was viewed as the Liberals' worst defeat since the 1976 election. While the party more than held its own in Montreal and Laval, it only won seven seats elsewhere.


2018 Quebec general election, Results
This was the first election in which Québec Solidaire garnered seats outside Montreal.


2018 Quebec general election, Results
The CAQ won 37.4 percent of the popular vote, a smaller vote share than the Liberals' 41 percent in 2014 and the lowest vote share on record for a party winning a majority government. However, due to the nature of the first-past-the-post system, which awards power solely on the basis of seats won, the CAQ's heavy concentration of support in the regions they dominated was enough for a strong majority of 11 seats. Quebec elections have historically seen large disparities between the raw vote and the actual seat count.


2018 Quebec general election, Results
Following the elections, both Jean-François Lisée and Philippe Couillard resigned.


2018 Quebec general election, Incumbents not running for reelection
As of September 5, 2018, a total of 45 MNAs elected in 2014 will not run in the 2018 election, of whom 12 resigned from the National Assembly, one died in office and 32 announced that they will not seek re-election including one who got fired. The latter comprise the following:


2018 Quebec general election, Incumbents not running for reelection
At the end of his term, Gendron, Dean of the National Assembly, will have served for 41 years and 10 months, representing Abitibi-Ouest for 11 terms.


2018 Quebec general election, Campaign, Issues
The election was believed to be the first in almost half a century that had not been fought on the issue of whether Quebec should stay in Canada. The PQ had promised not to hold another referendum on sovereignty until 2022 at the earliest had it won.


2018 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)
The 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on 11 June 2018 by the Governor-General, Sir Peter Cosgrove.


2018 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)
The Birthday Honours were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations during the month of June.


2018 Queen's Club Championships
The 2018 Queen's Club Championships (also known as the Fever-Tree Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 116th edition of the event and part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2018 ATP World Tour. It is taking place at the Queen's Club in London, United Kingdom from 18 June until 24 June 2018. The tournament marked the return of five-time champion Andy Murray who had been recovering from a hip injury. First-seeded Marin Čilić won the singles title.


2018 Queen's Club Championships, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Queen's Club Championships, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2018 Queen's Club Championships – Doubles
Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares were the defending champions, but lost in the final to Henri Kontinen and John Peers, 4–6, 3–6.


2018 Queen's Club Championships – Singles
Feliciano López was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Nick Kyrgios.


2018 Queen's Club Championships – Singles
Marin Čilić won the title, after beating Novak Djokovic 5–7, 7–6(7–4), 6–3 in the final, despite being a match point down in the second set.


2018 Queen's Club Championships – Singles
This was Djokovic's first ATP Tour final in almost a year, and Cilic's overall second victory against him in 16 matches.


2018 Queen's Club Championships – Wheelchair Doubles
Stéphane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer won the first Wheelchair Doubles title at the Queen's Club Championships in a round robin.


2018 Queen's Club Championships – Wheelchair Singles
Stefan Olsson won the first Wheelchair Singles title at the Queen's Club Championships, defeating Stéphane Houdet in the final, 6–1, 6–4.


2018 Queensland Cup
The 2018 Queensland Cup season was the 23rd season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition, known as the Intrust Super Cup due to sponsorship from Intrust Super, featured 14 teams playing a 28-week long season (including finals) from March to September.


2018 Queensland Cup
The Redcliffe Dolphins won their sixth premiership after defeating the Easts Tigers 32–22 in the Grand Final at Suncorp Stadium. Ipswich Jets prop Nathaniel Neale was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Petero Civoniceva Medal.


2018 Queensland Cup, Teams
In 2018, the lineup of teams remained unchanged for the fourth consecutive year.


2018 Queensland Cup, Grand Final
Redcliffe finished the regular season as minor premiers for the sixth time and earned a bye in the first week of the finals. In the major semi final, they defeated Burleigh 13–6 and qualified for their 11th Grand Final. Easts finished fifth on the ladder and defeated the fourth-placed Northern Pride 32–0 in the first week of the finals. In the minor semi final, they eliminated Ipswich 50–20 before upsetting Burleigh in the preliminary final to qualify for their fifth Grand Final. Redcliffe and Easts last met in a Grand Final in 1997, with the Dolphins winning 18–16.


2018 Queensland Cup, Grand Final, First half
Redcliffe were the first to score in the Grand Final thanks to a Kotoni Staggs penalty goal from 20 metres out. The first try of the contest went to Easts, with Conor Carey stretching out to score in the corner. Redcliffe recorded their first four-pointer in the 16th minute when a late Cameron Cullen offload found fullback Trai Fuller who muscled his way over. They scored their second when Jeremy Hawkins leapt high to catch a Bryce Donovan kick and planted it down for a try. Another penalty goal in the 33rd minute gave the Dolphins a 14–6 lead. Easts hit back in the shadow of half time when Marion Seve scored out wide to cut the margin to four points.


2018 Queensland Cup, Grand Final, Second half
The Dolphins opened the second half with an early try when Fuller ducked through the Tigers' defence to score his second try. They extended their lead in the 46th minute when a Donovan grubber was kept alive by Aaron Whitchurch, who batted infield for Staggs to score. Easts got back into the game in the 56th minute when captain Jake Foster barged over from close range to score. In the 62nd minute, Redcliffe all but sealed the win when Donovan set up another try with his boot, this time finding Nathan Watt who dived on his grubber.


2018 Queensland Cup, Grand Final, Second half
The Tigers got one back two minutes later through fullback Scott Drinkwater but it proved to be a consolation try in the end, as Redcliffe ended the game with a try to Tom Opacic in the 78th minute. Dolphins' second rower Toby Rudolf was awarded the Duncan Hall Medal for man of the match.


2018 Queensland Cup, Grand Final, NRL State Championship
After winning the Grand Final, the Redcliffe Dolphins qualified for the NRL State Championship on NRL Grand Final day. They were defeated by the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, the New South Wales Cup premiers, 18–42.


2018 Queensland Reds season
The 2018 Queensland Reds season was the club's 22nd season since the inception of Super Rugby in 1996.


2018 Quetta suicide bombing
On 25 July 2018, during polling for the 2018 Pakistani general election, a bomb blast outside a polling station in Quetta's Eastern Bypass area resulted in 31 people being killed and over 35 injured. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the attack, according to the group’s Amaq News Agency.


2018 Quetta suicide bombing, Attack
"The bomber was trying to enter the polling station. When police tried to stop him, he blew himself," a local administration official in Quetta, Hashim Ghilzai, has said. According to Bomb Disposal Squad, 18-20 kilograms of explosives were used in the suicide attack.


2018 Quetta suicide bombing, Responsibility
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the attack, according to the group’s Amaq news agency. The group said the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber, but did not provide further detail or evidence for its claim.


2018 Quetta suicide bombing, Aftermath
Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) while condemning the attack had summoned report from Balochistan government. ECP also suspended the internet and cellphone services in several districts in Balochistan. Polling resumed in the PB-31 polling station after being suspended briefly, however, the number of voters remained low.


2018 Quezon City Capitals season
The 2018 Quezon City Capitals season is the 1st season of the franchise in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).


2018 Quick Lane Bowl
The 2018 Quick Lane Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 26, 2018, at Ford Field in Detroit. It was the fifth edition of the Quick Lane Bowl, and one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by Quick Lane tire and auto centers.


2018 Quick Lane Bowl, Teams
The game was contested between Minnesota from the Big Ten Conference and Georgia Tech from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). This was the first meeting between these teams.


2018 Quick Lane Bowl, Teams, Minnesota Golden Gophers
Minnesota received and accepted a bid to the Quick Lane Bowl on December 2. The Golden Gophers entered the bowl with a 6–6 record (3–6 in conference).


2018 Quick Lane Bowl, Teams, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Georgia Tech received and accepted a bid to the Quick Lane Bowl on December 2. The Yellow Jackets entered the bowl with a 7–5 record (5–3 in conference). In the weeks prior to the game, head coach Paul Johnson announced that this would be his last game coaching.


2018 Quick-Step Floors season
The 2018 season for Quick-Step Floors began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obliged to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.


2018 Quidditch Premier League season
The 2018 Quidditch Premier League season was the league's second, and was contested by ten teams over the course of the summer of 2018. The ten teams were split into two divisions, with the North Division composed of the Northern Watch, Yorkshire Roses, East Midlands Archers, West Midlands Revolution, and the debuting Scottish Thistles, and the South Division composed of the London Monarchs, Southeast Knights, Southwest Broadside, Eastern Mermaids, and the debuting Welsh Dragons.


2018 Quidditch Premier League season
During the regular season, each division held three 'fixtures', which saw each team in that division attend and participate in round robin games. In total, teams played 12 games each during the regular season, with a total of 60 games played in total. Based on the results of those fixtures, the teams were seeded for the 2018 Quidditch Premier League Championship, which all ten qualified for. The championship was decided with a knockout bracket format


2018 Quidditch Premier League season, Regular season, Divisional fixtures
A total of six fixtures were held across the UK, split between the North and South Divisions.


2018 Quidditch Premier League season, Championship
The London Monarchs won the 2018 Quidditch Premier League Championship, played at the Arms Park Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, ending the season with a perfect 15–0 record. They defeated the Southeast Knights 160*-80 in the final match. By winning the title, the London Monarchs took the crown from the 2017 winners, the West Midlands Revolution.


2018 Quidditch Premier League season, Championship
The Championship format consisted of a double elimination bracket which was then split into upper and lower brackets, giving full placings from 1st to 10th. The latter stages of the upper bracket and lower bracket can be seen below.


2018 Qujing International Challenger
The 2018 Qujing International Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Qujing, China between 19 and 25 March 2018.


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


2018 Qujing International Challenger – Doubles
Aliaksandr Bury and Peng Hsien-yin won the title after defeating Wu Di and Zhang Ze 6–7(3–7), 6–4, [12–10] in the final.


2018 Qujing International Challenger – Singles
Malek Jaziri won the title after defeating Blaž Rola 7–6(7–5), 6–1 in the final.


2018 RAN Sevens
The 2018 RAN Sevens was the 19th edition of the annual rugby sevens tournament organized by Rugby Americas North. It will be played at the Barbados Polo Club in Saint James, Barbados, with the winner eligible for the 2019 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier tournament and two teams advancing to the 2019 Pan American Games.


2018 RAN Sevens, Pool stage
All times in Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−04:00)Top 2 in each group advance to the knockout stage.


2018 RAN Women's Sevens
The 2018 RAN Women's Sevens was the 14th edition of the annual rugby sevens tournament organized by Rugby Americas North. It will be played at the Barbados Polo Club in Saint James, Barbados, with the winner eligible for the 2019 Hong Kong Women's Sevens qualifier tournament and two teams advancing to the 2019 Pan American Games.


2018 RBC Pro Challenge
The 2018 RBC Pro Challenge was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament and was part of the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Tyler, United States, on 29 October–4 November 2018.


2018 RBC Pro Challenge, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2018 RBC Pro Challenge – Doubles
Jessica Pegula and Taylor Townsend were the defending champions, but both players decided not to participate.


2018 RBC Pro Challenge – Doubles
Nicole Gibbs and Asia Muhammad won the title after defeating Desirae Krawczyk and Giuliana Olmos 3–6, 6–3, [14–12] in the final.


2018 RBC Pro Challenge – Singles
Kristie Ahn was the defending champion, but retired in the first round against Kurumi Nara.


2018 RBC Pro Challenge – Singles
Whitney Osuigwe won the title, defeating Beatriz Haddad Maia in the final, 6–3, 6–4.


2018 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas
The 2018 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 21st edition of the tournament and part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Dallas, United States between 29 January and 4 February 2018.


2018 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas – Doubles
David O'Hare and Joe Salisbury were the defending champions but only Salisbury chose to defend his title, partnering Leander Paes. Salisbury lost in the final to Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Christopher Rungkat.


2018 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas – Doubles
Nedunchezhiyan and Rungkat won the title after defeating Paes and Salisbury 6–4, 3–6, [10–7] in the final.


2018 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas – Singles
Ryan Harrison was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2018 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas – Singles
Kei Nishikori won the title after defeating Mackenzie McDonald 6–1, 6–4 in the final.


2018 RFL Championship
The 2018 Rugby Football League Championship is a rugby league football competition played primarily in the United Kingdom, one tier below the first tier Super League. The 2018 season is the fourth to consist of the Super 8s structure combining the Championship and Super League three-quarters of the way through the season.


2018 RFL Championship
The 2018 Championship features 12 teams, which all play one another twice in the regular season, once at home, and once away, totalling 22 games. The 2018 season also features the "Summer Bash Weekend" for a fourth time. This is a 23rd round of fixtures which replicates Super League's Magic Weekend concept for the Championship sides. After these 23 rounds in both the Championship and the Super League, the two divisions of twelve are split into three divisions of eight, the "Super 8s".


2018 RFL Championship
New sponsors for the league were announced in January 2018, and the league will be known as the Betfred Championship until the end of 2019. The bookmakers, Betfred, extended their sponsorship of rugby league to include the Championship and League 1 as well as Super League.


2018 RFL Championship, Teams
This year's competition features 12 teams. The teams consist of nine of the 12 teams from 2017, the champions of the 2017 League One season, the Toronto Wolfpack, and the champion of the League One playoffs, Barrow Raiders. Bradford Bulls and Oldham, the two bottom placed teams in the 2017 season, were relegated to League One, while Hull Kingston Rovers were promoted back to Super League after just one season in the Championship.


2018 RFL Championship, The Qualifiers
Toronto, London, Toulouse and Halifax will play in the 2018 Qualifiers together with Super League sides Leeds, Hull Kingston Rovers, Salford and Widnes. With points reset to zero, after each side has played each other once the top three teams will qualify for Super League XXIV in 2019. The teams finishing fourth and fifth will play each other in the Million Pound Game with the winner also qualifying for Super League XXIV. The losers of the Million Pound Game together with the teams finishing sixth, seventh and eighth in the Qualifiers will play in the 2019 Rugby League Championship.


2018 RFL Championship, Championship Shield
The clubs finishing fifth and below in the regular season play for the Championship Shield. Points earned during the regular season are carried forward and after seven more games the top two clubs play in the shield final.


2018 RFL Championship, Championship Shield
Prior to the start of the season it was announced that the two clubs at the bottom of the table will be  relegated to the League 1 for 2019, however following an emergency general meeting of the RFL on 13 September 2018 the Championship and League 1 clubs agreed that for 2019 the number of clubs in the Championship would be increased from 12 to 14. To achieve this the team finishing 11th will not be relegated and the team finishing bottom will play-off against the League 1 team that loses the League 1 promotion final to decide which team will play in the Championship for 2019.


2018 RFL Championship season results
This is a list of the 2018 RFL Championship season results. The Championship is the second-tier rugby league competition in the United Kingdom. The season is scheduled to begin on February 2.


2018 RFL Championship season results
The regular season will be played over 23 round-robin fixtures, where each of the twelve teams involved in the competition play each other, once at home and once away. Teams will also play one extra match on the Summer Bash Weekend.


2018 RFL Championship season results
The play-offs will commence after the round-robin fixtures. The top four teams in the Championship will qualify for "The Qualifiers", along with the bottom four teams in the Super League. Each team's points totals will be reset to zero and each team will play against each other once.


2018 RFL Championship season results
The top three teams will qualify automatically for the Super League in 2019, the fourth and fifth-placed teams will contest the "Million Pound Game" at the venue of the fourth-placed team, with the winner also earning a place in the Super League for 2019, while  the losing team and the bottom three teams will enter the Championship in 2019.


2018 RFL Championship season results
The fifth-twelfth placed teams in the Championship in 2018 will contest the "Championship Shield", where each team will play seven extra games, retaining their original points. The top four teams will contest play-offs, with the first-placed team facing the fourth-placed team and the second-placed team facing the third-placed team; The two winning teams will then contest the Championship Shield Grand Final. The bottom two teams will be relegated to League 1 in 2019.


2018 RFL Championship season results, Regular season
All times are UK local time (UTC or UTC+1) on the relevant dates.


2018 RFL League 1
The 2018 RFL League 1 was a professional rugby league football competition played in England and Wales and is the third tier of the sport for Rugby Football League (RFL) affiliated clubs.


2018 RFL League 1
Even before the end of the 2017 season there were news stories that two of the clubs in the league, Gloucestershire All Golds and  Oxford were considering a merger and relocating to Bristol. Uncertainty around this move meant that the structure of League 1 for 2018 was undecided until October 2017 when the merger was confirmed by the RFL who also announced that the new Bristol side would not play in the league in 2018 and the league for 2018 will comprise only 14 clubs.


2018 RFL League 1
The format of the season was very different from the 2017 season. There was no Super 8s and the season was of 26 games with each of the 14 teams playing each other home and away. The team finishing top would win automatic promotion to the 2019 Championship and be named league champions for 2018. The teams finishing second to fifth would meet in two play-off semi-finals with the semi-final winners meeting in the League 1 Promotional Final. The winner of the Promotional Final will play in the Championship on 2019.


2018 RFL League 1
Following a special general meeting of the Rugby Football League on 14 September 2018, the promotion criteria were changed to allow the expansion of the 2019 Championship from 12 clubs to 14 clubs. Two teams would be promoted as previously agreed however the loser of the Promotion Final would have a further chance at promotion in a single-leg play-off against the team finishing bottom of the Championship with the winner playing in the Championship for 2019.


2018 RFL League 1
Oldham and Bradford Bulls were relegated from the Championship in 2017. During the close season South Wales Ironmen re-branded as West Wales Raiders following the purchase of the club and a move from Merthyr Tydfil to Llanelli in 2017.


2018 RFL League 1
New sponsors for the league were announced in January 2018 and the league was known as the Betfred League 1, a name that will remain until the end of 2019 as the bookmakers, Betfred, extended their sponsorship of rugby league to include the Championship and League 1 as well as Super League.


2018 RFL League 1
York City Knights won automatic promotion to the 2019 Championship by beating Whitehaven on the last day of the season and ending the season two points ahead of nearest rivals, Bradford Bulls. Bradford were also promoted after beating Workington Town 27–8 in the promotion final on 7 October 2018. Defeat for Workington gave them a further shot at promotion in a promotion play-off final on 14 October against Swinton Lions, who finished last in the Championship Shield. Swinton had home advantage in the play-off final following a coin toss between the two clubs and retained their Championship status with a 33–20 victory consigning Workington to another season in League 1.


2018 RFL League 1
Post season West Wales Raiders were deducted four points for having fielded an ineligible player during two games; with the team having lost all of their fixtures during the season it meant that they ended the season on minus four points.


2018 RFL League 1, Teams
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2018 RFL League 1 results
The fixture list for the 2018 season was issued on 15 November 2018. The regular season comprised 26 rounds where each team played each other home and away.


2018 RFL League 1 results
All times are UK local time (UTC or UTC+1) on the relevant dates.


2018 RFL League 1 results, Round 2
All games in the division were postponed on 4 March due to ice and snow.


2018 RFL Women's Super League
The 2018 RFL Women's Super League was the second season of the rugby league Women's Super League for female players in clubs affiliated to the Rugby Football League. The grand final was won by Wigan Warriors Women, who beat Leeds Rhinos Women 18–16 at the Grand Final at the Manchester Regional Arena. Wigan finished second to League Leaders Shield winners Leeds in the regular season.


2018 RFL Women's Super League
The defending champions were Bradford Bulls Women, but they failed to make the play-offs in 2018.


2018 RFL Women's Super League
At the end of the regular season, the top four teams met in the play-off semi-finals. First placed Leeds beat fourth placed Castleford, while second placed Wigan beat St Helens who finished third. The winners met in the Grand Final at the Manchester Regional Arena on 13 October.


2018 RFL Women's Super League, Teams
Two of the seven teams are newly formed for this season, one is renamed and the other four were in existence before 2018.


2018 RFL Women's Super League, Fixtures and results
The fixtures are organised into 14 rounds, with each team only having 12 fixtures this means that every team will have a bye in two rounds of the competition.


2018 RFL Women's Super League, Play-offs, Grand final
The Grand Final was played at the Manchester Regional Arena on 13 October 2018. Neither team existed when the inaugural Grand Final was played in 2017. Leeds were seeking to complete the treble (League Leaders Shield, Challenge Cup and Grand Final winners) in their first season while Wigan were seeking their first ever trophy.


2018 RFL Women's Super League, Play-offs, Grand final
Leeds scored first, when Rhiannion Marshall scored a try from close range, Courtney Hill added the conversion. Wigan hit back a few minutes later when (Rachel Thompson scored their first try. The first half remained 6–4 to Leeds until shortly before half-time, when Thompson scored her, and Wigan's second try to make the half-time score 8–6 to Wigan.


2018 RFL Women's Super League, Play-offs, Grand final
In the second half Georgia Wilson extended Wigan's lead to 12–6 and Thompson completed her hat trick to put Wigan further ahead 16–6. Leeds struck back with a Caitlin Beevers solo effort, covering 80 metres from a 20-metre restart, Courtney Hill added the extra two points. With the score at 12–16, Leeds equalised as Suze Hill scored with only three minutes left to play. The conversion attempt was missed, and in stoppage time, Wigan were awarded a penalty which Charlotte Foley kicked to give Wigan victory by 18 points to 16.


2018 RY7
2018 RY7, is a small near-Earth object of the Apollo group. It is currently trapped in a 3:5 mean motion resonance with Venus. The object was first observed on 14 September 2018, by astronomer B. M. Africano with the Mount Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon Observatory, Arizona, United States.


2018 RY7, Orbit and physical properties
The asteroid's orbit determination is in need of some improvement. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.87–1.17 AU once every 374 days (semi-major axis of 1.016 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.1470 and an inclination of 13.35° with respect to the ecliptic. It is a member of Apollo dynamical class in both the JPL Small-Body Database and the Minor Planet Center. Apollo asteroids are Earth-crossing asteroids.


2018 RY7, Orbit and physical properties, False binary
2018 RY7 is currently trapped in a 3:5 mean motion resonance with Venus and follows an orbit very similar to that of 2017 SN16. This pair of near-Earth objects show the highest observed level of dynamical coherence among the NEO-population.


2018 RY7, Physical characteristics
2018 RY7 has an absolute magnitude of 24.4 which gives a calculated mean diameter between 23 and 103 meters for an assumed geometric albedo of 0.60 and 0.03, respectively.


2018 Race of Champions
The 2018 Race of Champions was the 29th running of the event, and took place on 2–3 February 2018 at King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, it was the first-ever international motorsport competition in Saudi Arabia.


2018 Racquetball World Championships
The International Racquetball Federation's 19th Racquetball World Championships were held in San José, Costa Rica from August 10–18, 2018. Originally, the event was to be held in Haining, China, but on March 17, 2018 the IRT announced via its Facebook page that the venue will be changed due to complications. Cali, Colombia was the first alternative choice, but there were complications there as well, so on June 16, 2018, the IRF announced via Facebook that San Jose, Costa Rica will host Worlds.


2018 Racquetball World Championships
Rodrigo Montoya of Mexico won Men's Singles for the first time, defeating the USA's Charlie Pratt in the final. In Women's Singles, Ana Gabriela Martinez of Guatemala upset the three-time defending champion Mexican Paola Longoria to win gold. In doubles, Alvaro Beltran and Daniel De La Rosa won Men's Doubles in three games over Rocky Carson and Sudsy Monchik of the US, and Bolivians Valeria Centellas and Yasmine Sabja became the first women from South America to win Women's Doubles after defeating Mexicans Alexandra Herrera and Monserrat Mejia in a three-game final.


2018 Racquetball World Championships
2018 was the first year the USA did not win a gold medal at Worlds. On five occasions the USA swept the gold medals in Men's and Women's Singles and Doubles: 1981, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008. Also, 2018 was the third time that three countries won a gold medal at Worlds; that first happened in 2006 and 2014.


2018 Racquetball World Championships, Tournament format
The 2018 World Championships used a two-stage format to determine the World Champions. Initially, players competed in separate groups over three days. The results were used to seed players for an elimination round. Thus, there was no team competition. Team standings were based on points earned from the singles and doubles competitions.


2018 Racquetball World Championships – Men's Doubles
The International Racquetball Federation's 19th Racquetball World Championships are being held in San José, Costa Rica from August 10-18. This is the first time Worlds have been Costa Rica, and the first time a Central American country has hosted the event.


2018 Racquetball World Championships – Men's Doubles
In 2016, Mexicans Alvaro Beltran and Javier Moreno won the Men's Doubles World Championship for the third time as a team, when the defeated Americans Jake Bredenbeck and Jose Diaz in the final, 15-12, 15-9. Previously, the Mexicans had won in 2006 and 2012. Moreno also won the title in 2000 with Luis Bustilos. The Mexicans defeated the 2012 World Champions, Sebastian Franco and Alejandro Herrera of Colombia, in the semi-finals.


2018 Racquetball World Championships – Men's Doubles, Tournament format
The 2018 World Championships used a two stage format with an initial group stage that was a round robin with the results used to seed players for a medal round.


2018 Racquetball World Championships – Men's Singles
The International Racquetball Federation's 19th Racquetball World Championships are being held in San José, Costa Rica from August 10-18. This is the first time Worlds have been Costa Rica, and the first time a Central American country has hosted the event.