2018 French Guiana's 2nd constituency by-election, Background
On 8 December, the constitutional council annulled the election of Adam in the constituency, noting that per article R. 42 of the electoral code, each polling station is required to have two assessors; however, no assessor was present in polling stations 1 and 2 in the commune of Maripasoula, where 220 and 276 votes were cast, respectively. Because the electoral code was not respected, the result of the election was annulled and a by-election will be held to fill the vacant seat. On 20 January 2018, the first round of the by-election was scheduled for 4 March 2018, with a second round on 11 March should no candidate secure a majority of votes in the first round.


2018 French Guiana's 2nd constituency by-election, Background
Declarations of candidacies were submitted between 5 and 9 February.


2018 French Guiana's 2nd constituency by-election, Background
Polling stations will be open from 8:00 to 18:00 local time. The vast constituency, covering an area of 54,013.20 square kilometres (20,854.61 sq mi), includes the communes of Apatou, Awala-Yalimapo, Grand-Santi, Iracoubo, Kourou, Macouria, Mana, Maripasoula, Montsinéry-Tonnegrande,  Papaïchton, Saint-Élie, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, Saül, and Sinnamary.


2018 French Guiana's 2nd constituency by-election, Candidates and campaign
Outgoing deputy Lénaïck Adam of La République En Marche! (REM) declared himself a candidate. A 26-year-old business executive, graduate of Sciences Po, and the first Bushinengue elected to the National Assembly, he was already elected to the assembly of French Guiana in the 2015 territorial election on the list of Rodolphe Alexandre, president of the territorial collectivity of French Guiana, and subsequently received the backing of his party, Guyane Rassemblement, in the by-election.


2018 French Guiana's 2nd constituency by-election, Candidates and campaign
The Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI), traditionally allied to The Republicans (LR), surprised observers by backing Adam in the by-election, marking the first time that the party backed REM candidates. Adam was also supported by Gilles Adelson, mayor of Macouria. Christophe Castaner traveled to French Guiana from 23 to 26 February to campaign for Adam in French Guiana. A preliminary investigation into Adam for workplace harassment was opened at the end of 2017 following the filing of a complaint by a former parliamentary assistant. He was also attacked by his opponents in the by-election for his lack of legislative activity in the National Assembly.


2018 French Guiana's 2nd constituency by-election, Candidates and campaign
Davy Rimane, who narrowly lost to Adam in June 2017, also contested the by-election, this time with the backing of Jean-Luc Mélenchon's La France Insoumise (FI). During the 2017 social unrest in French Guiana, the 38-year-old led the Kolectif pou lagwiyann dékolé, serving as a spokesman during the protests, is part of the trade union EDF Guyane, and also currently serves as general secretary of the Union of Guianese Workers (UTG).


2018 French Guiana's 2nd constituency by-election, Candidates and campaign
The decision of Mélenchon to back Rimane in the by-election was met with dissent among local supporters, some under the banner of "La Guyane Insoumise", with significant support within the local party for Richard Joigny. In response to these complaints, Mélenchon affirmed his party's support for Rimane, and said that the decision in Paris was made to avoid a result like that in June – when the party designated its own candidate, securing 1.37% of the vote – this time choosing to back a candidate who would be able to win. Rimane is the grand-nephew of Eustase Rimane, who served as mayor of Kourou for 42 years from 1953 to 1995. As in June, Rimane was backed by Léon Bertrand, who served in the government of Jacques Chirac and is currently mayor of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, later twice convicted in two judicial cases.


2018 French Guiana's 2nd constituency by-election, Candidates and campaign
At his campaign launch on 17 February, Rimane received the support of Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Younous Omarjee as well as Gabriel Serville, deputy for French Guiana's 1st constituency, with FI deputy Danièle Obono also visiting in support starting on 21 February, with Omarjee and Obono later accompanying Mélenchon, who traveled to French Guiana to campaign for Rimane from 26 February to 5 March. During the 2017 presidential election, he came in first place with 24.72% of the vote in the first round, just ahead of Marine Le Pen with 24.29%.


2018 French Guiana's 2nd constituency by-election, Candidates and campaign
During the visit, Mélenchon denounced Castaner's travel by helicopter in French Guiana, questioning the financing of the trips; in response, the campaign stated that the trip was properly accounted for, that parts of the constituency are only accessible via air or water, and that the electoral code exempts travel expenses from spending limits.


2018 French Guiana's 2nd constituency by-election, Candidates and campaign
David Riché, mayor of Roura and president of the Association of Mayors of French Guiana, also contested the by-election, a "parachutage" from the other constituency of the department. A "man of the left", he was first elected as mayor in 2008, and was selected as substitute to Chantal Berthelot, formerly a deputy for the constituency, in the 2007 legislative elections. In March 2017, he announced his intention to run in the 1st constituency of French Guiana before later renouncing the possibility.


2018 French Guiana's 2nd constituency by-election, Candidates and campaign
He received the official backing of the Guianese Socialist Party (PSG) after Mylène Mazia declared her candidacy before receiving the investiture of the party. After a supporter discovered racist graffiti against Riché and posted a video of it on social media, public prosecutor Éric Vaillant announced the opening of an investigation by the authorities in Kourou to locate the person who wrote it. Riché was targeted by similar anti-white racism during his first mayoral campaign. After being eliminated in the first round, Riché backed Adam in the second round.


2018 French Guiana's 2nd constituency by-election, Candidates and campaign
José Makébé, a 30-year-old business executive in Kourou, presented himself as a centrist candidate, having supported Adam in June rather than presenting his own candidacy. He ran without the official support of any party, though he previously served as a regional delegate of the UDI youth in French Guiana. Like Riché, he also announced his support for Adam in the second round.


2018 French Guiana's 2nd constituency by-election, Candidates and campaign
Richard Joigny, the 34-year-old director of services of the town hall of Iracoubo who received 5.79% of the vote in June 2017, stood again under the banner of the Guianese Progressive Party (PPG), hoping to capture the left-wing vote in the by-election. He called for a "common left front", and hoped to receive the support of Berthelot as well as La Guyane Insoumise, which withdrew its support for Paul Persdam in the last few days before the first round in June to back Joigny.


2018 French Guiana's 2nd constituency by-election, Candidates and campaign
On 5 February, Jean-Philippe Dolor, former campaign director for Lénaïck Adam, youth leader of the Guianese Socialist Party, and general director of services for the town hall of Apatou, declared his surprise candidacy. Jérôme Harbourg was nominated by the National Front (FN), hoping to create a "surprise" by submitting his nomination papers within the final hours. At the age of 21, he is the youngest candidate in the by-election, studying at the University of the French West Indies and Guiana. Candidates were required declarations of their candidacies between 5 and 9 February.


2018 French Guiana's 2nd constituency by-election, Candidates and campaign
Georges Mignot, a 47-year-old animation assistant, stood for the Popular Republican Union (UPR), replacing Nicolas Miray, who was initially designated as the party's candidate in the constituency. François Asselineau, president of the UPR, flew to French Guiana in order to campaign in support of Mignot from 25 February to 5 March.


2018 French Guiana's 2nd constituency by-election, Candidates and campaign
On 29 January, Mylène Mazia of the PSG declared her candidacy on behalf without having yet selected a substitute, but the PSG disavowed her candidacy, which had not been approved by the party. She claimed that she did not consult the party because she believed the outcome had been assured, having served as treasurer of the party and successfully directed the campaign of Gabriel Serville in 2012 and 2017. On 16 February, Mazia withdrew her candidacy following the death of her brother on 14 February.


2018 French Guiana's 2nd constituency by-election, Candidates and campaign
Two debates with four candidates each were broadcast by Guyane 1ère on 21 and 22 February at 20:00 local time, presented by Laurent Marot and Jessy Xavier. The first debate was held between Dolor, Harbourg, Joigny, and Mignot, and the second between Riché, Rimane, Adam, and Makébé.


2018 French Indoor Athletics Championships
The 2018 French Indoor Athletics Championships was the 47th edition of the national championship in indoor track and field for France, organised by the French Athletics Federation. It was held on 17–18 February at the Arena Stade Couvert de Liévin in Liévin. A total of 28 events (divided evenly between the sexes) were contested over the two-day competition.


2018 French Open
The 2018 French Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 27 May to 10 June and consisted of events for players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players also took part in singles and doubles events. Rafael Nadal (Spain) was the defending champion in the Men's Singles and won his 11th French Open title. Simona Halep (Romania) won her first Grand Slam title in Women's Singles.


2018 French Open
It was the 122nd edition of the French Open and the second Grand Slam event of 2018. Jeļena Ostapenko was the defending champion in the Women's Singles but lost in the first round to Kateryna Kozlova. This was the first French Open since 1992 that both the men's and the women's singles competitions were won by the top seeds.


2018 French Open, Tournament
The 2018 French Open was the 122nd edition of the French Open and was held at Stade Roland Garros in Paris. A new shot clock that gives 25 seconds for the player serving, between points was introduced. Also for the juniors tournament, service lets wasn't featured.


2018 French Open, Tournament
The tournament is an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the 2018 ATP World Tour and the 2018 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event.


2018 French Open, Tournament
There is a singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which is part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and singles and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players under the Grand Slam category. The tournament was played on clay courts and took place over a series of 22 courts, including the three main showcourts, Court Philippe Chatrier, Court Suzanne Lenglen and Court 1.


2018 French Open, Points and prize money, Points distribution
Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.


2018 French Open, Points and prize money, Prize money
The total prize money for the 2018 edition is €39,197,000. The winners of the men's and women's singles title receive €2,200,000, an increase of €100,000 compared to 2017.


2018 French Open, Singles seeds
The following are the seeded players and notable players who have withdrawn from the event. Seedings are based on ATP and WTA rankings as of 21 May 2018. Rank and points before are as of 28 May 2018.


2018 French Open, Singles seeds, Men's Singles, Withdrawn players
† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2017. Accordingly, this was the points defended from the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour.


2018 French Open, Singles seeds, Women's Singles
† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2017. Accordingly, points for her 16th best result are deducted instead.


2018 French Open, Main draw wildcard entries
The following players were given wildcards (wc) to the main draw based on internal selection and recent performances.


2018 French Open, Protected ranking
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:


2018 French Open, Withdrawals
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw, but withdrew with injuries or other reasons.


2018 French Open (badminton)
The 2018 French Open (officially known as the Yonex French Open 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at Stade Pierre de Coubertin in Paris, France, from 23 to 28 October 2018 and had a total prize of $750,000.


2018 French Open (badminton), Tournament
The 2018 French Open is the twenty-first tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the French Open championships, which had been held since 1909. This tournament is organized by French Badminton Federation and sanctioned by the BWF.


2018 French Open (badminton), Tournament, Venue
This international tournament was held at Stade Pierre de Coubertin in Paris, France.


2018 French Open (badminton), Tournament, Point distribution
Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 750 event.


2018 French Open (badminton), Tournament, Prize money
The total prize money for this year's tournament was US$750,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.


2018 French Open – Boys' Doubles
Ondřej Štyler and Naoki Tajima won the Boys' Doubles tennis title at the 2018 French Open, defeating Ray Ho and Tseng Chun-hsin in the final, 6–4, 6–4.


2018 French Open – Boys' Doubles
Nicola Kuhn and Zsombor Piros were the defending champions, however Kuhn chose not to participate, while Piros is no longer eligible to participate in junior tournaments.


2018 French Open – Boys' Singles
Tseng Chun-hsin won the Boys' Singles tennis title at the 2018 French Open, defeating Sebastián Báez in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–2.


2018 French Open – Boys' Singles
Alexei Popyrin was the defending champion, but is no longer eligible to participate in junior tournaments.


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


2018 French Open – Day-by-day summaries
The 2018 French Open described below in detail, in form of day-by-day summaries.


2018 French Open – Girls' Doubles
Caty McNally and Iga Świątek won the Girls' Doubles tennis title at the 2018 French Open, defeating Yuki Naito and Naho Sato in the final, 6–2, 7–5.


2018 French Open – Girls' Doubles
Bianca Andreescu and Carson Branstine were the defending champions, however both players chose not to participate.


2018 French Open – Girls' Singles
Coco Gauff won the Girls' Singles tennis title at the 2018 French Open, defeating compatriot Caty McNally in the final, 1–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–1).


2018 French Open – Girls' Singles
Whitney Osuigwe was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


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


2018 French Open – Legends Over 45 Doubles
Mansour Bahrami and Fabrice Santoro were the defending champions, and successfully defended their title, defeating John McEnroe and Cédric Pioline in the final, 6–1, 2–6, [12–10].


2018 French Open – Legends Over 45 Doubles, Draw, Group C
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 4) Steering Committee decision.


2018 French Open – Legends Over 45 Doubles, Draw, Group D
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 4) Steering Committee decision.


2018 French Open – Legends Under 45 Doubles
Sébastien Grosjean and Michaël Llodra were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the round robin competition.


2018 French Open – Legends Under 45 Doubles
Àlex Corretja and Juan Carlos Ferrero won the title, defeating Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Marat Safin in the final, 6–3, 6–3.


2018 French Open – Legends Under 45 Doubles, Draw, Group A
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 4) Steering Committee decision.


2018 French Open – Legends Under 45 Doubles, Draw, Group B
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 4) Steering Committee decision.


2018 French Open – Men's Doubles
Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut won the Men's Doubles tennis title at the 2018 French Open, defeating Oliver Marach and Mate Pavić in the final, 6–2, 7–6(7–4). Herbert and Mahut were the third all-French team to reach the French Open men's doubles final in six years.


2018 French Open – Men's Doubles
Ryan Harrison and Michael Venus were the defending champions, but they chose not to compete together this year. Harrison played alongside Vasek Pospisil, but lost in the first round to Federico Delbonis and Benoît Paire. Venus teamed up with Raven Klaasen, but lost in the third round to Nikola Mektić and Alexander Peya.


2018 French Open – Men's Doubles
Pavić retained the ATP no. 1 doubles ranking when fellow contenders John Peers, Łukasz Kubot and Mike Bryan all lost before the semifinals.


2018 French Open – Men's Doubles
Bob Bryan withdrew from the tournament with a right hip injury, ending a streak of 76 consecutive Grand Slam events played alongside his brother Mike as a team. Current US Open title holder, Horia Tecău, missed his first Grand Slam in 10 years with injury.


2018 French Open – Men's Singles
Defending champion Rafael Nadal defeated Dominic Thiem in the final, 6–4, 6–3, 6–2 to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 2018 French Open. It was his record-extending eleventh French Open title and 17th major title overall. Nadal equaled Margaret Court's all-time record of 11 Grand Slam singles titles won at one major and became the first player to achieve that feat in the Open Era. He dropped only one set during the entire tournament, and retained the ATP No. 1 singles ranking by defending the title. Nadal and Roger Federer (despite having withdrawn from the clay season) were in contention for the top ranking.


2018 French Open – Men's Singles
With Alexander Zverev as the second seed, this was the first time since the 2006 Australian Open that a player outside of the Big Four was one of the top two seeds at a major.


2018 French Open – Men's Singles
Novak Djokovic was attempting to become the first man in the Open Era to achieve a double career Grand Slam, but he lost in the quarterfinals to Marco Cecchinato. Djokovic's loss ensured a first time major finalist from the bottom half of the draw; Thiem emerged to be that player, and became the first Austrian player to reach a major singles final since Thomas Muster at the 1995 French Open.


2018 French Open – Men's Singles
Cecchinato, ranked 72nd and having failed to win a main draw match in his four previous major appearances, became the first unseeded men's singles semifinalist at the French Open since Gaël Monfils in 2008, the lowest-ranked male singles player to reach the French Open semifinals since Andriy Medvedev in 1999, and the first Italian man to reach a major singles semifinal since Corrado Barazzutti at the 1978 French Open.


2018 French Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2018 French Open – Men's Singles Qualifying
The 2018 French Open – Men's Singles Qualifying was a series of tennis matches which took place 21 May 2018 to 25 May 2018 to determine the sixteen qualifiers into the main draw of the 2018 French Open – Men's Singles. Eight competitors also qualified as lucky losers.


2018 French Open – Mixed Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski and Rohan Bopanna were the defending champions, but chose not to compete together. Bopanna teamed up with Tímea Babos, but lost in the first round to Zhang Shuai and John Peers. Dabrowski played alongside Mate Pavić, but lost to Latisha Chan and Ivan Dodig in the final, 6–1, 6–7(5–7), [10–8].


2018 French Open – Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Stéphane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Frédéric Cattaneo and Stefan Olsson in the final, 6–1, 7–6(7–5).


2018 French Open – Wheelchair Men's Singles
Alfie Hewett was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Gordon Reid.


2018 French Open – Wheelchair Men's Singles
Shingo Kunieda won the title, defeating Gustavo Fernández in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–0.


2018 French Open – Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Marjolein Buis and Yui Kamiji were the defending champions, but lost in the final to Diede de Groot and Aniek van Koot, 1–6, 3–6.


2018 French Open – Wheelchair Women's Singles
Yui Kamiji was the defending champion and successfully defended her title, defeating Diede de Groot in the final, 2–6, 6–0, 6–2.


2018 French Open – Women's Doubles
Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová were the defending champions, but chose not to compete together this year. Mattek-Sands played alongside Latisha Chan, but lost in the second round to Irina Bara and Mihaela Buzărnescu. Šafářová teamed up with Svetlana Kuznetsova, but lost in the second round to Sorana Cîrstea and Sara Sorribes Tormo.


2018 French Open – Women's Doubles
Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková won their first Grand Slam doubles title, defeating Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya in the final, 6–3, 6–3.


2018 French Open – Women's Doubles
Despite losing in the first round with different partners, Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina jointly attained the WTA no. 1 doubles ranking at the end of the tournament. Chan and Tímea Babos were also in contention for the top ranking at the beginning of the tournament but were eliminated from contention when they lost.


2018 French Open – Women's Legends Doubles
Tracy Austin and Kim Clijsters were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Austin played alongside Lindsay Davenport, but they were eliminated in the round robin competition. Clijsters teamed up with Nathalie Tauziat, but were defeated in the final by Nathalie Dechy and Amélie Mauresmo, 6–7(4–7), 6–4, [15–13].


2018 French Open – Women's Legends Doubles, Draw, Group A
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 4) Steering Committee decision.


2018 French Open – Women's Legends Doubles, Draw, Group B
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 4) Steering Committee decision.


2018 French Open – Women's Singles
World No. 1 Simona Halep won her first Grand Slam title, defeating Sloane Stephens in the final, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1 to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2018 French Open. She became the second Romanian woman to win a Grand Slam title in  Women's Singles after the 1978 French Open champion Virginia Ruzici. She also became the sixth woman to win both the senior and junior title, having won the latter in 2008.


2018 French Open – Women's Singles
Halep retained the WTA no. 1 singles ranking after defeating fellow contender Garbiñe Muguruza in the semifinals. In addition to Halep and Muguruza, Caroline Wozniacki, Elina Svitolina, Karolína Plíšková and Caroline Garcia were also in contention for the top ranking at the start of the tournament.


2018 French Open – Women's Singles
Jeļena Ostapenko was the defending champion, but was defeated in the first round by Kateryna Kozlova, making her only the second French Open champion (after Anastasia Myskina in 2005) to lose in the first round of her title defense.


2018 French Open – Women's Singles
This was the first Grand Slam singles appearance for future French Open champion Barbora Krejčíková.


2018 French Open – Women's Singles
This was the final appearance of the 2010 champion Francesca Schiavone in the final Grand Slam tournament, she lost to Viktória Kužmová in the first round; she would announce her retirement months later.


2018 French Open – Women's Singles
This tournament marked the first time that Agnieszka Radwańska did not play in the main draw of a Grand Slam singles event since her debut at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, ending a streak of 47 consecutive appearances.


2018 French Open – Women's Singles
This was Serena Williams' first Grand Slam appearance since the 2017 Australian Open and giving birth to her daughter in September 2017. She was unseeded in a Grand Slam singles event for the first time since the 2007 Australian Open. Williams was attempting to equal Margaret Court's all-time record of 24 Grand Slam singles titles.


2018 French Open – Women's Singles
She was also attempting to become only the second player, after Steffi Graf, to complete a quadruple career Grand Slam, however she withdrew before her fourth round match against Maria Sharapova due to a pectoral muscle injury, ending her streak of 10 consecutive major quarterfinals dating back to the 2014 US Open (she did not play between the 2017 French Open and 2018 Australian Open due to pregnancy and maternity leave).


2018 French Open – Women's Singles
This was also the final French Open appearance of former World No. 1 and two time (2012, 2014) champion Maria Sharapova. She lost to former World No. 1 and the 2016 champion Garbiñe Muguruza in the quarterfinals.


2018 French Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2018 French Open – Women's Singles Qualifying
The 2018 French Open – Women's Singles Qualifying was a series of tennis matches that took place from 22 May 2018 to 25 May 2018 to determine the twelve qualifiers into the main draw of the 2018 French Open – Women's Singles. Two competitors also qualified as lucky losers.


2018 French Pacific Junior Men's Handball Cup
The 2018 Junior Men's French Pacific Handball Championship was held in L'Arene du Sud, New Caledonia, New Caledonia on 14 June 2018 during the 2018 Oceania Men's Handball Challenge Trophy.


2018 French Pacific Junior Men's Handball Cup
The competition participants Tahiti, and New Caledonia. Wallis and Futuna did not send a team.


2018 French Polynesian legislative election
Legislative elections were held in French Polynesia on 22 April and 6 May 2018. On 22 April 2018, voters cast their ballots in the first round of the election to the Assembly of French Polynesia. A second round was held on 6 May 2018 for the three political parties that exceeded 12.5 percent of the vote in the first round. The new Tapura Huiraatira party emerged as the largest in the Assembly, winning 38 of the 57 seats.


2018 French Polynesian legislative election, Background
The Tahoera'a Huiraatira party, an anti-independence party led by Gaston Flosse, previously won 38 of the 57 seats in the Assembly in the 2013 general election. However, the governing Tahoera'a Huiraatira has been plagued by infighting and internal splits since 2013. Some former Tahoera'a Huiraatira members set up a new political party, which has since merged with the only other anti-independence party in the Assembly. Notably, Assembly Speaker Marcel Tuihani quit Tahoera'a Huiraatira in June 2017, and set up a rival party.


2018 French Polynesian legislative election, Background
All French Polynesian political parties must alternate between male and female candidates to encourage a gender balance among legislative candidates.


2018 French Polynesian legislative election, Background
The French High Commissioner of French Polynesia René Bidal announced the vote registration for the territorial election will be open from 12 March to 26 March 2018.


2018 French Polynesian legislative election, Electoral system
The 57 members of the Assembly of French Polynesia are elected by a proportional multi-member list of two rounds, with a majority premium. Polynesia is a single constituency whose communes make up of eight sub-divisions called sections, each with a majority premium of 1 to 4 seats according to their population for a total of 19 premium seats.


2018 French Polynesian legislative election, Electoral system
Each list presents 73 candidates in the eight sections. Each list is composed alternately of a candidate of each sex. In the first round, the list having received an absolute majority of votes in its section is awarded the majority bonus, then the remaining seats are distributed proportionally among all the lists having crossed the electoral threshold of 5% of the votes according to the method of voting.


2018 French Polynesian legislative election, Electoral system
If no list obtains more than 50% of the votes cast, a second round is held between all the lists having collected more than 12.5% of the votes, those having collected between 5% and 12.5% being able to merge with the lists that have been maintained. The leading list then gets the majority bonus, and the remaining seats are distributed proportionally under the same conditions.


2018 French Polynesian legislative election, Electoral system
The lists may be reimbursed for part of their campaign costs if they reach the threshold of 3% of the votes cast in the first round, provided that they comply with accounting transparency requirements and legislation on the format of documents.


2018 French Polynesian legislative election, Party participation
In December 2017, France's ruling party, En Marche, which was founded by French President Emmanuel Macron, announced that it would contest the French Polynesian legislative election in 2018 for the first time. Efforts at forming a coalition involving En Marche and other known political figures in the territory, under the name Here Fenua, reportedly failed in February 2018.


2018 French Polynesian legislative election, Party participation
In February 2018, Oscar Temaru, leader of Tavini Huiraatira, said he will not rule out his party boycotting the election.


2018 French Polynesian legislative election, Party participation, Banned candidates
Former President of French Polynesia Gaston Flosse will not be allowed to stand for election in April 2018. He is not allowed to hold public office due to two convictions for public corruption in 2014 and 2016. Despite Flosse's claims he can stand in the election, based on advice given by his lawyers, an election court in Tahiti upheld the election ban against Flosse in January 2018.


2018 French Road Cycling Cup
The 2018 French Road Cycling Cup was the 27th edition of the French Road Cycling Cup. Compared to the previous season, the same 15 events were held, although the order had changed as the Grand Prix de Denain moved from mid April to mid March and thus became already the second event on the calendar.


2018 French Road Cycling Cup
The defending champion from the previous season was Laurent Pichon, he was succeeded by Hugo Hofstetter who did not manage to win one of the events but scored enough points to take the title.


2018 French Road Cycling Cup, Cup standings, Young rider classification
All riders younger than 25 are eligible for this classification.


2018 French Road Cycling Cup, Cup standings, Teams
Only French teams are eligible to be classified in the teams classification.


2018 French motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2018 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2018 MotoGP season. It was held at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans on 20 May 2018.


2018 French residents overseas' 5th constituency by-election
A by-election was held in the fifth constituency for French residents overseas on 8 April 2018, with a second round on 22 April as no candidate secured a majority of votes in the first round. The by-election was called after the Constitutional Council invalidated the election of Samantha Cazebonne, candidate of La République En Marche! in the June 2017 legislative elections, on 2 February 2018. Cazebonne was re-elected in the second round on 22 April 2018, albeit with a reduced margin compared to June 2017.


2018 French residents overseas' 5th constituency by-election, Background
In the first round of the 2017 legislative elections on 4 June, La République En Marche! candidate Samantha Cazebonne obtained a majority of votes in the first round in the fifth constituency for French residents overseas (representing French nationals residing in Spain, Portugal, Andorra, and Monaco). However, she was not immediately elected because of low turnout, with candidates who secure a majority in the first round required to also obtain the votes of at least 25% of registered voters in order to avoid a second round. François Ralle-Andreoli, candidate of La France Insoumise (FI), obtained 15.52% of the vote and advanced to the second round, while Laurence Sailliet of The Republicans (LR), with 15.11%, was eliminated by 60 votes.


2018 French residents overseas' 5th constituency by-election, Background
After the election, Laurence Sailliet filed an appeal with the Constitutional Council. Sailliet contended that Cazebonne violated article L. 52-8 of the electoral code, which states that individuals are prohibited from supporting the campaign of a candidate by supplying "goods, services or other direct or indirect advantages at prices lower than those normally practised", and was therefore ineligible for election under article L.O. 136-1. Sailliet claimed that Cazebonne was present at a meeting of business leaders over a meal at a restaurant in Barcelona on 13 June that was financed by the France-Spain Chamber of Commerce and Industry. However, the records Cazebonne submitted to the National Commission for Campaign Accounts and Political Financing (CNCCFP) showed that the meal was paid for by each of its participants, not the France-Spain Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and this complaint was therefore dismissed.


2018 French residents overseas' 5th constituency by-election, Background
Although the complaint concerning the eligibility of Cazebonne was rejected, Sailliet also raised concerns about the administration of the election. Due to an error, voting materials were not mailed to 94 voters before the first round as required under article R. 176-4 of the electoral code; of these 94 voters, 56 did not vote despite having the right to do so. As a result of delays in the delivery of voting materials or omissions in those sent, many voters were unable to submit mail-in ballots during both rounds of voting.


2018 French residents overseas' 5th constituency by-election, Background
Although the number of voters affected by these issues was uncertain, the degree of these issues was attested to by a substantial number of voters who failed to vote, as confirmed by electoral rolls. In addition, under article L. 49 of the electoral code, diffusion of electoral messages is prohibited during the election silence. Ralle-Andreoli, who emailed a message at 20:03 local time on 3 June 2017 to some voters registered on electoral rolls within the constituency, violated this article. Given these issues and the small margin separating the second- and third-placed candidates in the first round, the constitutional council annulled the result of the election, triggering a by-election within three months.


2018 French residents overseas' 5th constituency by-election, Background
On 21 February 2018, the first round of the by-election was scheduled for 8 April 2018, with a second round on 22 April should no candidate secure a majority of votes in the first round.


2018 Fresno FC season
The 2018 Fresno FC season is the club's first season in the United Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.


2018 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
The 2018 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented California State University, Fresno in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulldogs were led by second-year head coach Jeff Tedford and played their home games at Bulldog Stadium. They were a member of the Mountain West Conference in the West Division.


2018 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
In one of the best seasons in program history, the Bulldogs finished the season 12–2, 7–1 in Mountain West play, to be champions of their conference's West Division. They represented the West Division in the Mountain West Championship Game, where they defeated Boise State to become Mountain West champions. They were invited to the Las Vegas Bowl where they defeated Arizona State. Their 12 wins are the most wins in a single season in school history.


2018 Fresno State Bulldogs football team, Previous season
The Bulldogs finished the 2017 season 10–4, 7–1 in Mountain West play to win the West Division. They lost to Mountain Division champion Boise State in the Mountain West Championship Game. They were invited to the Hawaii Bowl where they defeated Houston. They became only the second team in college football history to win ten games the year after they lost ten or more games (1–11 in 2016).


2018 Fresno State Bulldogs football team, Preseason, Mountain West media days
During the Mountain West media days held July 24–25 at the Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip, the Bulldogs were predicted as favorites to win the West Division title.


2018 Fresno State Bulldogs football team, Preseason, Mountain West media days, Preseason All-Mountain West Team
The Bulldogs had two players selected to the preseason all-Mountain West team.


2018 Fresno State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Idaho
Junior defensive back Jaron Bryant was named the Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Week after returning two blocked field goals for touchdowns.


2018 Fresno State Bulldogs football team, Honors, Mountain West
Jeff Allison is the defensive player of the year in the Mountain West Conference.


2018 Frisco Bowl
The 2018 Frisco Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 19, 2018, with kickoff scheduled for 8:00 p.m. EST (7:00 p.m. local CST). It was the second edition of the Frisco Bowl, and one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. Sponsored by Destination XL Group, a retailer of men's big and tall apparel, the game was officially known as the DXL Frisco Bowl. In the game, the Ohio Bobcats shut out the San Diego State Aztecs, 27–0.


2018 Frisco Bowl, Teams
Although the bowl has a tie-in with the American Athletic Conference, due to UCF receiving a bid to the Fiesta Bowl—a New Year's Six bowl—the conference was unable to provide a team. Thus, bowl organizers sought at-large teams, and announced a matchup of the Ohio Bobcats of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) against the San Diego State Aztecs of the Mountain West Conference. This was the first meeting between the two programs.


2018 Frisco Bowl, Teams, Ohio Bobcats
Ohio received and accepted a bid to the Frisco Bowl on December 2. The Bobcats entered the bowl with an 8–4 record (6–2 in conference), having won 5-of-6 to close their regular season.


2018 Frisco Bowl, Teams, San Diego State Aztecs
San Diego State received and accepted a bid to the Frisco Bowl on December 2. The Aztecs entered the bowl with a 7–5 record (4–4 in conference), having lost 4-of-5 to close their regular season.


2018 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election
The Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election of 2018 took place on 29 April 2018, to elect the President and the Regional council of the Italian autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.


2018 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election
The election saw a large victory of the centre-right candidate, Massimiliano Fedriga, with more than 57% of votes and a great showing of the League, followed by the centre-left candidate Sergio Bolzonello, who arrived second with almost 27% of votes, and the Five Star one, who gained less than 12% of votes.


2018 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election, Background
In the 2013 regional election, the centre-left candidate, Debora Serracchiani, a Socialist MEP and regional leader of the Democratic Party (PD), narrowly defeated incumbent Renzo Tondo of The People of Freedom (PdL) 39.39% to 39.00%; Saverio Galluccio of the Five Star Movement (M5S) came third with 19.2% of the vote. Serracchiani was the second woman to hold the office of President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, after Alessandra Guerra of Lega Nord Friuli (LNF) in 1994–1995.


2018 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election, Background
However in 2017 Serracchiani announced her intention not to seek a re-election and the centre-left selected Sergio Bolzonello, former mayor of Pordenone, as the candidate for the presidency. The centre-right coalition choose Massimiliano Fedriga, a member of the Chamber of Deputies for the League and a close ally of Matteo Salvini, as its candidate; while the Five Star Movement's candidate was Alessandro Fraleoni Morgera, a former member of the right-wing party, National Alliance. The former mayor of Udine, Sergio Cecotti, run as an independent at the head of an autonomist list.


2018 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election, Opinion polling
This section reports in chronological order the data of the electoral surveys related to this election. The percentages attributed to the candidates are relative to the part of the sample that expresses a voting intention.


2018 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election, Analysis
Similar to the election in Molise, the M5S lost almost 20% of votes compared to the general election. On March 4, they reached almost 25%, but now just over 7%. By contrast, the centre-right coalition gained more than 20% compared to March 4.


2018 Frontenac County municipal elections
Elections were held in Frontenac County, Ontario on October 22, 2018 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.


2018 Frontenac County municipal elections, Frontenac County Council
Frontenac County Council consists of the mayors of each of the four constituent municipalities plus an additional councillor from each municipality.


2018 Fujieda MYFC season, Squad
As of 1 February 2018. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 Fukuoka International Women's Cup
The 2018 Fukuoka International Women's Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor carpet courts. It was the eighteenth edition of the tournament and was part of the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Fukuoka, Japan, on 7–13 May 2018.


2018 Fukuoka International Women's Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2018 Fukuoka International Women's Cup – Doubles
Junri Namigata and Kotomi Takahata were the defending champions, but both players chose to participate with different partners. Namigata partnered Arina Rodionova, while Takahata played alongside Megumi Nishimoto. Takahata and Nishimoto beat Namigata and Rodionova in the first round, however they lost to Tara Moore and Amra Sadiković in the quarterfinals.


2018 Fukuoka International Women's Cup – Doubles
Naomi Broady and Asia Muhammad won the title after defeating Moore and Sadiković 6–2, 6–0 in the final.


2018 Fukuoka International Women's Cup – Singles
Magdaléna Rybáriková was the defending champion, but chose to compete in Madrid instead.


2018 Fukuoka International Women's Cup – Singles
Katie Boulter won the title, defeating Ksenia Lykina in the final, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2.


2018 Fukushima United FC season, Squad
As of 28th May 2018. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 Furman Paladins football team
The 2018 Furman Paladins football team represented Furman University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Clay Hendrix and played their home games at Paladin Stadium. They were a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 6–4, 6–2 in SoCon play finish in a three way tie for the SoCon championship with Wofford and East Tennessee State. After tiebreakers, they did not receive the SoCon's automatic bid to the FCS playoffs and they did not receive an at-large bid.


2018 Furman Paladins football team, Previous season
The Paladins finished the 2017 season 8–5, 6–2 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Elon in the first round before losing to Wofford in the second round.


2018 Furman Paladins football team, Preseason, Preseason media poll
The SoCon released their preseason media poll on July 25, 2018, with the Paladins predicted to finish in second place. The same day the coaches released their preseason poll with the Paladins predicted to finish in third place.


2018 Furman Paladins football team, Preseason, Preseason media poll, Preseason All-SoCon Teams
The Paladins placed seven players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.


2018 Futsal Thailand League
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2018 Futsal Thailand League
The 2018 Futsal Thai League (also known as AIS Futsal Thai League for sponsorship reasons) was a top-tier professional futsal league under the Football Association of Thailand (FAT) and Advanced Info Service (AIS) It was the tenth edition of the league, with a total of 14 teams. The league began in April 2018 and finished in December 2018.


2018 Futsal Thailand League, Teams
CAT Telecom Futsal Club and Northeastern University Futsal Club were promoted from the 2017 Thai Championship Futsal League by finishing in the first and second place, respectively.


2018 Futsal Thailand League, Teams
Nonthaburi Futsal Club and Nakhon Ratchasima V-One Futsal Club were relegated from the 2018 Thai Championship Futsal League by finishing in the last 2 places of the league.


2018 Futsal Thailand League, Teams
Loso-D Thai Tech was renamed to Sripathum GSB Thai-Tech and relocated from Chonburi Province to Bangkok.


2018 Fuzhou China Open
The 2018 Fuzhou China Open was a badminton tournament which took place at Haixia Olympics Sports Center in Fuzhou, Fujian, China, from 6 to 11 November 2018 and had a total prize of $700,000.


2018 Fuzhou China Open, Tournament
The 2018 Fuzhou China Open was the twenty-third tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the Fuzhou China Open (formerly China Masters) championships, which had been held since 2005. This tournament was organized by Chinese Badminton Association and sanctioned by the BWF.


2018 Fuzhou China Open, Tournament, Venue
This international tournament was held at Haixia Olympic Sports Center in Fuzhou, Fujian, China.


2018 Fuzhou China Open, Tournament, Point distribution
Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 750 event.


2018 Fuzhou China Open, Tournament, Prize money
The total prize money for this tournament was US$700,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.


2018 Fuzion 100 Ilkley Trophy
The 2018 Fuzion 100 Ilkley Trophy was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Ilkley, United Kingdom, on 18–24 June 2018.


2018 Fuzion 100 Ilkley Trophy, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Fuzion 100 Ilkley Trophy, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:


2018 Fuzion 100 Ilkley Trophy, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2018 Fuzion 100 Ilkley Trophy, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2018 Fuzion 100 Ilkley Trophy – Men's Doubles
Leander Paes and Adil Shamasdin were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2018 Fuzion 100 Ilkley Trophy – Men's Doubles
Austin Krajicek and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan won the title after defeating Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies 6–3, 6–3 in the final.


2018 Fuzion 100 Ilkley Trophy – Men's Singles
Márton Fucsovics was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2018 Fuzion 100 Ilkley Trophy – Men's Singles
Sergiy Stakhovsky won the title after defeating Oscar Otte 6–4, 6–4 in the final.


2018 Fuzion 100 Ilkley Trophy – Women's Doubles
Anna Blinkova and Alla Kudryavtseva were the defending champions, but both players chose to participate in different tournaments. Blinkova chose to participate at Mallorca, while Kudryavtseva chose to compete at Birmingham.


2018 Fuzion 100 Ilkley Trophy – Women's Doubles
Asia Muhammad and Maria Sanchez won the title, defeating Natela Dzalamidze and Galina Voskoboeva in the final, 4–6, 6–3, [10–1].


2018 Fuzion 100 Ilkley Trophy – Women's Singles
Magdaléna Rybáriková was the defending champion, but chose to compete in Birmingham instead.


2018 Fuzion 100 Ilkley Trophy – Women's Singles
Tereza Smitková won the title, defeating Dayana Yastremska in the final, 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 7–6(7–4).


2018 Fuzion 100 Manchester Trophy
The 2018 Fuzion 100 Manchester Trophy was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the second edition of the tournament and was part of the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Manchester, United Kingdom, on 11–17 June 2018.


2018 Fuzion 100 Manchester Trophy, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2018 Fuzion 100 Manchester Trophy – Doubles
Magdalena Fręch and An-Sophie Mestach were the defending champions, however Fręch chose to participate at Nottingham instead. Mestach partnered alongside Jamie Loeb, but lost in the semifinals to Naomi Broady and Asia Muhammad.


2018 Fuzion 100 Manchester Trophy – Doubles
Luksika Kumkhum and Prarthana Thombare won the title, defeating Broady and Muhammad in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–3.


2018 Fuzion 100 Manchester Trophy – Singles
Zarina Diyas was the defending champion, but chose to participate in Nottingham instead.


2018 Fuzion 100 Manchester Trophy – Singles
Ons Jabeur won the title, defeating Sara Sorribes Tormo in the final, 6–2, 6–1.


2018 Fuzion 100 Southsea Trophy
The 2018 Fuzion 100 Southsea Trophy was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the second edition of the tournament and was part of the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Southsea, United Kingdom, on 25 June–1 July 2018.


2018 Fuzion 100 Southsea Trophy, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2018 Fuzion 100 Southsea Trophy – Doubles
Shuko Aoyama and Yang Zhaoxuan are the defending champions, however Yang chose to participate in Eastbourne. Aoyama played alongside Monica Niculescu but lost in the semifinals to Alicja Rosolska and Abigail Spears.


2018 Fuzion 100 Southsea Trophy – Doubles
Kirsten Flipkens and Johanna Larsson won the title after defeating Rosolska and Spears 6–4, 3–6, [11–9] in the final.


2018 Fuzion 100 Southsea Trophy – Singles
Tatjana Maria was the defending champion, but withdrew before the event started.


2018 Fuzion 100 Southsea Trophy – Singles
Kirsten Flipkens won the title, defeating wildcard Katie Boulter in the final, 6–4, 5–7, 6–3.


2018 Fuzion 100 Surbiton Trophy
The 2018 Fuzion 100 Surbiton Trophy was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the fifteenth (ATP) and sixteenth (ITF) editions of the tournament and was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Surbiton, United Kingdom, on 4–10 June 2018.


2018 Fuzion 100 Surbiton Trophy, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2018 Fuzion 100 Surbiton Trophy, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:


2018 Fuzion 100 Surbiton Trophy, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2018 Fuzion 100 Surbiton Trophy – Men's Doubles
Marcus Daniell and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi were the defending champions but only Qureshi chose to defend his title, partnering Divij Sharan. Qureshi lost in the quarterfinals to Alex Bolt and Lleyton Hewitt.


2018 Fuzion 100 Surbiton Trophy – Men's Doubles
Luke Bambridge and Jonny O'Mara won the title after defeating Ken and Neal Skupski 7–6(13–11), 4–6, [10–7] in the final.


2018 Fuzion 100 Surbiton Trophy – Men's Singles
Yūichi Sugita was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2018 Fuzion 100 Surbiton Trophy – Men's Singles
Jérémy Chardy won the title after defeating Alex de Minaur 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 in the final.


2018 Fuzion 100 Surbiton Trophy – Women's Doubles
Monique Adamczak and Storm Sanders were the defending champions, but Sanders chose not to participate. Adamczak partnered Laura Robson but lost in the semifinals to Jessica Moore and Ellen Perez.


2018 Fuzion 100 Surbiton Trophy – Women's Doubles
Moore and Perez won the title, defeating Arina Rodionova and Yanina Wickmayer in the final, 4–6, 7–5, [10–3].


2018 Fuzion 100 Surbiton Trophy – Women's Singles
Magdaléna Rybáriková was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2018 Fuzion 100 Surbiton Trophy – Women's Singles
Alison Riske won the title, defeating Conny Perrin in the final, 6–2, 6–4.


2018 Fótbolti.net Tournament
The 2018 Fótbolti.net Cup is the 8th season of Iceland's annual pre-season tournament. The tournament involves eight clubs from the top two leagues in Iceland, Úrvalsdeild karla and 1. deild karla, and uses a combination of group and knockout rounds to determine each team's final position in the competition. The tournament began on 12 January 2017 and will conclude at the beginning of February 2018.


2018 Fótbolti.net Tournament
Stjarnan were crowned champions after beating Grindavík in the final.


2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit
The 2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit was the thirteenth meeting of Group of Twenty (G20), which was held on 30 November and 1 December 2018 in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was the first G20 summit to be hosted in South America.


2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit, Preparations
President Mauricio Macri of Argentina assumed the one-year G20 presidency on 30 November 2017, during an official ceremony at the Kirchner Cultural Centre in Buenos Aires. President Xi Jinping of China (2016 host), Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany (2017 host), and Prime Minister Shinzō Abe of Japan (2019 host) all sent messages of support, which were shown at the ceremony.


2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit, Preparations
The first G20 meetings of the Argentine Presidency began in Bariloche in early December 2017. They were attended by central bank deputy governors and deputy ministers of finance, as well as the sherpas. During the buildup to the G20 Summit between world leaders on 30 November 2018, Argentina hosted over 45 meetings at various government levels and areas in 11 different cities throughout the country.


2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit, Participating leaders
List of leaders who took part in the 2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit:


2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit, Participating leaders, Participating guests
SenegalMacky Sall, President, 2018 chairperson of the New Partnership for Africa's Development


2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit, Participating leaders, Participating guests
SingaporeLee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister, 2018 chairperson of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations


2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit, Participating leaders, Participating guests
As the host nation, Argentina invited additional guest countries and international organizations at its discretion to participate in 2018 G20 meetings. The countries invited by Argentina are Chile and the Netherlands. International organizations invited by Argentina are the Caribbean Community (represented by Jamaica), the Inter-American Development Bank, and the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF).


2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit, Agenda priorities
G20 Argentina has put forth three agenda priorities for the G20 dialogue in 2018: the future of work, infrastructure for development and a sustainable food future.


2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit, Agenda priorities
A number of attending countries have said they focus on the regulation of crypto-currencies at this meeting.


2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit, Agenda priorities
Talks between the U.S. and China related to resolving the escalating 2018 China–United States trade war were a central issue of the summit.


2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit, Outcomes
On Friday 30 November, ahead of the formal start of the summit, outgoing Mexican President Peña Nieto, U.S. President Trump, and Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau signed the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA), a proposed replacement to the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).


2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit, Counter-summit
The Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) had organized a counter-summit, called the First World Forum of Critical Thinking, which took place in the week leading up to the G20 event. It was attended by other politicians such as former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff, Bolivian vice president Álvaro García Linera, former Colombian president Ernesto Samper, and human rights activist Estela de Carlotto. At the event, former Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner criticised the economic policies of Mauricio Macri and the IMF loans that he has received. Former Uruguayan president José Mujica was also invited, but declined to take part in the counter-summit to avoid damaging Argentina–Uruguay relations.


2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit, Security
The previous summit in Hamburg, Germany, met with huge protests, with cars set on fire and roads blocked by protesters. The 2018 summit had reinforced security, to prevent a repeat of those protests. Local left-wing organizations planned protests and called for foreign activists to join them. The Argentine government, working alongside the others, is attempting to prevent the entry of troublemakers into the country, such as people with criminal charges or who have advocated for violent actions. Only peaceful protests will be allowed. Federal Security Minister Patricia Bullrich said that "We will not permit illegal acts.


2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit, Security
Those who want to cross the line will have to face the legal consequences". 22,000 police and 700 security ministry agents will guard the event, working alongside the security services of the United States, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Italy, Spain and others. An area of 12 square kilometres (4.6 sq mi) around the Costa Salguero Convention Centre will be cordoned off, the public transportation network – including the metro – will be shut down, and traffic along the River Plate will be halted.


2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit, Security
Friday, 30 November was declared a one-time public holiday day in the city of Buenos Aires, to prevent the traffic caused by people's daily activities, and residents were urged to leave the city for the long weekend. Media Minister Hernán Lombardi reported that no infiltration by international terrorist groups had been detected, and the US government said that the remote location of Argentina would discourage international protesters from travelling to the country.


2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit, Security
Two bomb attacks took place in the days before the summit. Judge Claudio Bonadio, who was investigating former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner for embezzlement charges, was attacked in his home; his bodyguards stopped Marco Viola, who was arrested, and the bomb was dismantled by a police bomb squad. Anahi Esperanza Salcedo, who identifies as an anarchist and a radical feminist, tried to bomb the tomb of the late chief of police Ramón Lorenzo Falcón at La Recoleta Cemetery, but her bomb went off early and she was hospitalized with injuries to her hand and face. Both attacks were made with improvised explosive devices. After those events, the United Kingdom government lowered its terrorism alert for Buenos Aires from "very likely" to "likely".


2018 GCPL season
The 2018 Gulf Coast Premier League season was the 3rd season of the GCPL.


2018 GE3
2018 GE3 is a sub-kilometer asteroid on a highly eccentric orbit, classified as a near-Earth object of the Apollo group, approximately 48–110 meters (160–360 feet) in diameter. It was first observed on 14 April 2018, by astronomers with the Catalina Sky Survey one day prior to its sub-lunar close encounter with Earth at 0.5 lunar distance. It is one of the largest known asteroids (possibly the largest) in observational history to ever pass that close to Earth (also see list).


2018 GE3, Orbit and classification
2018 GE3 is a member of the near-Earth population of asteroids known as Apollos. Apollo asteroids cross the orbit of Earth and are the largest group of near-Earth objects with nearly 10 thousand known members. Based on an observation arc of 4 days, it orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.3–3.4 AU once every 2 years and 6 months (918 days; semi-major axis of 1.85 AU). Its orbit has an unusually high eccentricity of 0.83 and an inclination of 9° with respect to the ecliptic. It is also a Mercury-, Venus- and Mars-crosser, reaching its furthest point from the Sun in the outer asteroid belt. The body's observation arc begins at Steward Observatory's Catalina Station with its first observation in April 2018.


2018 GE3, Orbit and classification, Close encounters
In observational history, and other than possibly 2002 MN and 2017 VW13, this asteroid is the largest known object to ever pass that close to Earth, as well as the Moon (also see History of closest approaches of large near-Earth objects). 99942 Apophis will break both of these records when it approaches only 0.098 LD (0.000252 AU) from Earth on 13 April 2029.


2018 GE3, Orbit and classification, Close encounters, 2018 flyby
2018 GE3 was first observed on 14 April 2018, at 09:23 UT by astronomers at Steward Observatory's Catalina Station, Arizona, the day prior to its close encounter with Earth.


2018 GE3, Orbit and classification, Close encounters, 2018 flyby
It had been more than 120 degrees from the Sun since March 2018, but was simply too far and too faint to be detected by automated surveys. Despite coming from directly away from the Sun, it was not discovered until 14 April 2018, only one day prior to its closest approach. If the most advanced survey telescopes had been looking at its location, it could have been discovered as early as 30 March.


2018 GE3, Orbit and classification, Close encounters, 2018 flyby
On 15 April 2018, at 06:41 UT, this object passed Earth at a nominal distance of 0.50 LD (0.001289 AU) which corresponds to a distance of 193,000 kilometres (120,000 miles), at a speed of 29.5 km/s (66,000 mph). The object also approached the Moon at an even closer distance of 0.34 LD (0.00087 AU) a few hours later, at 09:59 UT.


2018 GE3, Orbit and classification, Close encounters, 2018 flyby
It was the 32nd known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance (LD) since the start of 2018 and 16th closest, although it was the largest known asteroid to pass within half a lunar distance. After closest approach its apparent magnitude dropped from 12 to 35 in less than 12 hours, heading towards the Sun. Coming from the opposite direction, it would have been impossible to observe before its approach. A preliminary analysis of the orbit of 2018 GE3 shows that this is the closest this particular asteroid has come to Earth since at least 1930.


2018 GE3, Orbit and classification, Close encounters, Historical close encounters
Asteroid 2002 MN passed closer to Earth than 2018 GE3 in 2002, and had a brighter absolute magnitude (H) of 23.6, and could be either larger or smaller than 2018 GE3, depending on their albedos and thus exact sizes. 2017 VW13 (H=20.7) may have also passed closer in 2001, although the distance of its approach is very uncertain and it was not discovered until 2017.


2018 GE3, Physical characteristics, Diameter and albedo
The diameter can only be estimated based on the brightness and distance. The albedo is currently unknown. Based on a generic magnitude-to-diameter conversion, 2018 GE3 measures between 48–100 meters (157–328 feet) in diameter, for an absolute magnitude of 23.8, and an assumed albedo between 0.05 and 0.24, which represent typical values for carbonaceous and stony asteroids, respectively.


2018 GE3, Physical characteristics, Diameter and albedo
This asteroid is about three to six times the diameter of the meteor that exploded in the skies above Chelyabinsk, Russia in February 2013, which damaged over 7,200 buildings and injured 1,500 people, mostly from flying glass. If an asteroid of this size were to enter Earth's atmosphere, a good portion of it would likely disintegrate due to friction with the air. The remnants could survive entry however and impact the surface, thus causing regional damage dependent on various factors such as composition, speed, entry angle, and location of impact.


2018 GE3, Physical characteristics, Rotation period
As of 2018, no rotational lightcurve of 2018 GE3 has been obtained from photometric observations. The body's rotation period, pole and shape remain unknown.


2018 GEICO 500
The 2018 GEICO 500 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on April 29, 2018, at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama. Contested over 188 laps on the 2.66 mile (4.28 km) superspeedway, it was the 10th race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.


2018 GEICO 500, Report, Background
Talladega Superspeedway, formerly known as Alabama International Motor Speedway, is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base in the small city of Lincoln. A tri-oval, the track was constructed in 1969 by the International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France family. Talladega is most known for its steep banking. The track currently hosts NASCAR's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series. Talladega is the longest NASCAR oval with a length of 2.66-mile-long (4.28 km) tri-oval like the Daytona International Speedway, which is a 2.5-mile-long (4.0 km).


2018 GEICO 500, Practice, First practice
Ty Dillon was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 47.182 seconds and a speed of 202.959 mph (326.631 km/h).


2018 GEICO 500, Practice, Final practice
Jamie McMurray was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 46.947 seconds and a speed of 203.975 mph (328.266 km/h). The practice was marred by a three-car crash on the back-straightaway that resulted in McMurray barrel rolling several times into the inside catchfence while Ty Dillon and Ryan Newman were also involved. “When I realized I was going to flip, I actually shut my eyes because I don't really want to see what's getting ready to happen,” McMurray said. “And then it just kept, it seemed like forever.


2018 GEICO 500, Practice, Final practice
I opened my eyes a couple times and I couldn't, I'm like I don't know if I'm going up or down or where it's going to hit next. So I was just thankful when it finally ... a couple of times I thought it was going to stop and it just kind of kept going.” McMurray's accident led to NASCAR reducing the restrictor plates from 7/8th to 55/64th of an inch.


2018 GEICO 500, Qualifying
Kevin Harvick scored the pole for the race with a time of 49.247 and a speed of 194.448 mph (312.934 km/h).


2018 GEICO 500, Media, Television
Fox Sports covered their 18th race at the Talladega Superspeedway. Mike Joy, six-time Talladega winner – and all-time restrictor plate race wins record holder – Jeff Gordon and four-time Talladega winner Darrell Waltrip called the race in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum handled the action on pit road for the television side.


2018 GEICO 500, Media, Radio
MRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace called the race in the booth when the field raced through the tri-oval. Dave Moody called the race from the Sunoco spotters stand outside turn 2 when the field raced through turns 1 and 2. Mike Bagley called the race from a platform inside the backstretch when the field raced down the backstretch. Kyle Rickey called the race from the Sunoco spotters stand outside turn 4 when the field raced through turns 3 and 4. Alex Hayden, Winston Kelley, Kim Coon, and Steve Post worked pit road for the radio side.


2018 GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
The 2018 GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano was the 50th edition of the GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano road cycling one day race. It was part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.HC.


2018 GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano, Teams
Twenty-four teams were invited to take part in the race. These included seven UCI World Tour teams, ten UCI Professional Continental teams, six UCI Continental teams and one national team.


2018 GP Izola
The 2018 Grand Prix Izola was the 5th edition of the GP Izola road cycling one day race. It was part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2. Due to extreme weather conditions, the race was shortened form 157km to 106.5km.


2018 GP Izola, Teams
Twenty-five teams were invited to take part in the race. These included one UCI Professional Continental team and twenty-four UCI Continental teams.


2018 GP Laguna
The 2018 Grand Prix Laguna Porec was the 4th edition of the GP Laguna road cycling one day race. It was part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2.


2018 GP Laguna, Teams
Twenty teams were invited to take part in the race. All of them were UCI Continental teams.


2018 GP Miguel Induráin
The 2018 GP Miguel Induráin was the 65th edition of the GP Miguel Induráin cycle race and was held on 31 March 2018. The race started and finished in Estella. The race was won by Alejandro Valverde.


2018 GP Miguel Induráin, Teams
Seventeen teams were invited to take part in the race. These included three UCI WorldTeams, seven UCI Professional Continental teams, and seven UCI Continental teams.


2018 GP Nacional 2 de Portugal
The 2018 GP Nacional 2 de Portugal (Portuguese: 2018 Grande Prémio de Portugal Nacional 2) was the first edition of the GP Nacional 2 de Portugal cycle race and was held from 18 July to 22 July 2018 as part of the 2018 UCI Europe Tour; it was categorised as a 2.2 race.


2018 GP Nacional 2 de Portugal
The race was won by Raúl Alarcón, riding for the W52–FC Porto team. However, in March 2021, due to doping all his results obtained between July 28, 2015 and October 21, 2019, were cancelled, including 2018 Volta a Portugal.


2018 GP3 Series
The 2018 GP3 Series was the ninth season of the third-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also ninth season under the moniker of GP3 Series, a motor racing feeder series that runs in support of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship and sister series Formula 2. This was the final contested season of GP3, as the series will unite with the FIA Formula 3 European Championship to form the FIA Formula 3 Championship.


2018 GP3 Series
2018 was the final season that the Dallara GP3/16 chassis package—which débuted in the 2016 GP3 Series—was used in competition, as a brand new chassis package for the FIA Formula 3 Championship will be introduced in 2019.


2018 GP3 Series
After finishing 3rd in the final Feature Race of the last season of GP3, Anthoine Hubert was crowned the 2018 GP3 Champion. ART successfully defended their teams' title over Trident after the first race at Sochi, winning the teams' title in eight of the nine seasons of GP3.


2018 GP3 Series
Runner-up Nikita Mazepin won 4 races; in Barcelona, Hungaroring, Spa-Francorchamps, and Yas Marina. After having four rounds with Jenzer Motorsport, David Beckmann moved to Trident before the summer break and took 3 race wins. Champion Anthoine Hubert, Callum Ilott, Leonardo Pulcini, and Pedro Piquet all won 2 races. Also, Giuliano Alesi won the second race in Spain, Jake Hughes won for the third time in the series at the Red Bull Ring, and Dorian Boccolacci, who drove for MP Motorsport before being promoted to their Formula 2 team won the sprint race at the Hungaroring.


2018 GP3 Series, Teams and drivers
All GP3 drivers competed in a Dallara GP3/16 chassis using a Mecachrome GP3 V6 engine and Pirelli P Zero and Cinturato tyres.


2018 GP3 Series, Calendar
The following nine rounds took place as part of the 2018 championship. Each round consisted of two races, a longer race 1 and a shorter race 2:


2018 GP3 Series, Championship standings, Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in the race 1, and to the top 8 classified finishers in the race 2. The pole-sitter in the race 1 also received four points, and two points were given to the driver who set the fastest lap inside the top ten in both the race 1 and race 2. No extra points were awarded to the pole-sitter in the race 2.


2018 GP3 Series, Championship standings, Teams' championship
Only three best-finishing cars are allowed to score points in the championship.


2018 GT4 Belgium Cup
The 2018 GT4 Belgium Cup was the first season of the GT4 Belgium Cup, a sports car championship for Belgian drivers only, created and organised by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO). The season began on 7 April at Zolder and ended on 7 October at Zandvoort.


2018 GT4 Belgium Cup, Calendar
On 15 December 2017, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2018 calendar. The finalised calendar was announced on 30 March 2017. The round at the Nürburgring in the weekend of 1 July was dropped from the schedule.


2018 GT4 Central European Cup
The 2018 GT4 Central European Cup was the first and only season of the GT4 Central European Cup, a sports car championship created and organised by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO). The season began on 28 April at Most and ended on 7 October at Zandvoort. It was discontinued for 2019, with the new ADAC GT4 Germany taking over its position in the Central European market.


2018 GT4 Central European Cup, Calendar
On 15 December 2017, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the 2018 calendar.


2018 GT4 Central European Cup, Championship standings
Championship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.


2018 GT4 European Series
The 2018 GT4 European Series was the eleventh season of the GT4 European Series, a sports car championship created and organised by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO). The season began on 7 April at Zolder and ended on 16 September at the Nürburgring. It was the first season, after it was renamed from GT4 European Series Northern Cup to GT4 European Series.


2018 GT4 European Series, Calendar
At the annual press conference during the 2017 24 Hours of Spa on 28 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2018 calendar, in which Monza, Silverstone and Paul Ricard initially made an appearance. All three tracks were dropped from the schedule, when the finalised calendar was announced on 24 November 2017. The Red Bull Ring, the Slovakia Ring and Zandvoort did not return on the schedule, as Zolder, Spa-Francorchamps and the Hungaroring took their places.


2018 GT4 European Series, Partners
The GT4 European Series is supported by 5 sponsors. These are the tire manufacturer Pirelli, the lubricant specialist , the watch manufacturer CERTINA, Elf and .


2018 GT4 European Series, Championship standings
Championship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.


2018 GT4 European Series, Championship standings, Teams' championship
Only the highest finishing car per team scored points and all other cars entered by that team were invisible as far as scoring points concerned. Only the highest ranked car in its respective category counted towards the championship. Parentheses indicate results that did not count towards the championship. Only two cars can be considered as forming the same team for the Teams' championship. If more than two cars are entered under the same competitor license, the competitor has to nominate the car numbers eligible to score points. Failure to do so will default the eligibility to score points to the two cars with the lowest car numbers.


2018 GT4 International Cup
The 2018 GT4 International Cup was the first edition of the GT4 International Cup held at Bahrain International Circuit on 1 December 2018. The race was contested with GT4-spec cars. The event promoters were the Bahrain Motorsport Federation (BMF) and the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO).


2018 Gabon Championnat National D1
The 2018 Gabon Championnat National D1 is the 50th season in top-flight football in Gabon.


2018 Gabon Championnat National D1
The 2017–18 season was scheduled to start on 28 October 2017, but was postponed indefinitely. It eventually started on 20 January 2018. It ended on 13 June 2018 with the final.


2018 Gabon Championnat National D1, Standings
Final table (regular season finished after 10 rounds on 6 June 2018; top four advance to play-off).


2018 Gabonese legislative election
Legislative elections were held in Gabon in 2018 along with municipal elections; the first round was held on 6 October and the second round on 27 October. Despite losing 15 seats, the ruling Gabonese Democratic Party maintained its two-thirds majority in the National Assembly, winning 98 of the 143 seats.


2018 Gabonese legislative election, Background
Parliamentary elections are normally held every five years, and the previous elections were held in December 2011. The elections were set for 27 December 2016, before being postponed until 29 July 2017 and then April 2018 to enable political dialogue and allegedly due to a shortage of funds. However, the elections were not held on 28 April 2018, without the government announcing a report or asking the Constitutional Council for another delay. This meant that the term of the National Assembly had legally expired. As a result, the Constitutional Court dissolved the National Assembly and temporarily reassigned its powers to the Senate (which was still legally constituted), and dismissed Prime Minister Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet.


2018 Gabonese legislative election, Electoral system
The 143 members of the National Assembly are elected from single-member constituencies using the two-round system.


2018 Gabonese legislative election, Results
The first round had a 58.63% turnout, but only 28.5% in the Estuaire province, where nearly half of the population lives.


2018 Gabonese legislative election, Results
The ruling Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) won 74 seats and two minor parties in alliance with PDG won a seat each (RV and UDIS). The Democrats (LD) won three seats, while the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the Union for the New Republic (UPNR) won one each. Two Independents also won seats.


2018 Gabonese legislative election, Results
The first round was postponed in the Elelem constituency in Woleu department in Woleu-Ntem Province due to "organizational reasons". The run-off in Elelem wad held on 10 November; it was won by the candidate of the Heritage and Modernity Rally.


2018 Gabonese legislative election, Results
60 constituencies had a run-off vote as no candidate secured a majority in the first round. Full official results were expected in mid-December.


2018 Gagarin Cup playoffs
The 2018 Gagarin Cup playoffs of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) began on March 3, 2018, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences, following the conclusion of the 2017–18 KHL regular season.


2018 Gagarin Cup playoffs, Playoff seeds
After the regular season, the standard 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The Western Conference regular season winners and Continental Cup winners are SKA Saint Petersburg with 138 points. Ak Bars Kazan are the Eastern Conference regular season winners with 100 points.


2018 Gagarin Cup playoffs, Draw
The playoffs started on March 3, 2018, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences and ended on April 22, 2018.


2018 Galway Senior Football Championship
The 2018 Galway Senior Football Championship is the 123rd edition of Galway GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior graded clubs in County Galway, Ireland. The winners receive the Frank Fox Cup and represent Galway in the Connacht Senior Club Football Championship.


2018 Galway Senior Football Championship
Twenty teams compete. This year there will be a new format. With the previous years 4 semi finalists being seeded and separated into 4 groups of 5


2018 Galway Senior Football Championship
Corofin were the defending champions after they defeated Mountbellew/Moylough in the 2017 final.


2018 Galway Senior Football Championship
This was Claregalways's return the senior grade after a 4 year exodus (they were relegated from the S.F.C. in 2013) when claiming the 2017 I.F.C. title.


2018 Galway Senior Football Championship
Corofin retained their title with a win in a final replay over Mountbellew/Moylough. This was Corofin's sixth title in a row.


2018 Galway Senior Football Championship
Caltra, Cortoon Shamrocks and Kilconly were relegated to the 2020 I.F.C. after 22, 15 and 7 years in the top-flight.


2018 Galway Senior Football Championship, Team Changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2017 championship season.


2018 Galway Senior Football Championship, Format, Group Stage
2018 brings about a new format for the competition where there is 4 groups of 5 teams. The 2017 Semi-finalists, Corofin, Mountbellew/Moylough, Annaghdown and Monivea/Abbey will be Seeded and placed in each Group. The remaining group places made up from the remaining 16 teams in an open draw. The top two teams in each group will qualify for the Knockout stage Quarter Finals. The third placed team in each group retains Senior Status for 2019. The Bottom two teams in the group enter the Relegation Playoff.


2018 Galway Senior Football Championship, Format, Group Stage
If teams are level on points, the first deciding factor will be the head-to-head result between the sides; the second will be the points difference; and the third will be the scoring average.


2018 Galway Senior Football Championship, Format, Knockout Stage
Quarter Finals will be an open draw where top placed group teams will play 2nd Placed group teams. However teams cannot be paired with the other team who qualified from their group. Extra Time will be played in these games if required.


2018 Galway Senior Football Championship, Format, Knockout Stage
Semi-Finals will be an open drawReplays to be played in the Semi-Finals & Final if required. No Extra Time will be played in these games.


2018 Galway Senior Football Championship, Format, Relegation Playoff
The four fourth placed teams are placed in an open draw, where the two winners will retain senior status for 2019. The two losers will join the four bottom placed teams in the groups for the final series of play-off relegation games.


2018 Galway Senior Football Championship, Format, Relegation Playoff
Two Groups of ThreeRd 1:    1 v 2Rd 2:    Loser of 1 v 2 plays 3Rd 3:    Winner of 1 v 2 plays 3


2018 Galway Senior Football Championship, Format, Relegation Playoff
The top teams in the groups retains their Senior Status for the following year. The two bottom teams in the groups are relegated to Intermediate for the following year. The two second placed teams in the Relegation groups play-off with the loser being the third team to be relegated to Intermediate for 2019 and the winner retaining Senior status.


2018 Galway Senior Football Championship, Relegation Playoffs, 4th Placed Group Teams Playoff
Open Draw to take place between the 4 groups 4th placed teams. The two winners retaining Senior status for next years competition, and the losers then competing in the Relegation Group Stage.


2018 Galway Senior Football Championship, Relegation Playoffs, 4th Placed Group Teams Playoff
Victories for both St Michaels and An Cheathrú Rua means that they retain their Senior status. Tuam Stars and Kilconly enter the relegation group stage


2018 Galway Senior Football Championship, Relegation Playoffs, Relegation Group Stage
Naomh Anna, Leitir Móir and Tuam Stars top their groups and retain their Senior status. Kilconly and Caltra finished bottom of their groups and will be relegated to compete in next years Intermediate competition. The two groups second placed teams, Cortoon Shamrocks and Barna, go into a relegation playoff game.


2018 Galway Senior Football Championship, Relegation Playoffs, 2nd Place Relegation Group Playoff
Relegation Playoff game played between the two 2nd placed Relegation group teams. Winner to retain Senior status for next years competition, and the loser relegated to next years Intermediate competition


2018 Galway Senior Hurling Championship
The 2018 Galway Senior Hurling Championship was the 121st staging of the Galway Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment in 1887.


2018 Galway Senior Hurling Championship
The winners St. Thomas' were presented with the Tom Callanan Cup having beaten Liam Mellows in the final on 18 November.


2018 Galway Senior Hurling Championship
Liam Mellows were the reigning champions. Ballinderreen participated in the senior championship having been promoted from the intermediate competition in 2017.


2018 Galway Senior Hurling Championship, Competition Format
Twenty four reams compete in the initial group stages of the championship – the top ranked twelve teams compete in the Senior A Group and the second ranked twelve teams compete in the Senior B Group. Eight teams from the Senior A Group and four teams from the Senior B Group progress to the knockout stage. The competition format is explained further in each of the championship rounds in the sections below.


2018 Galway Senior Hurling Championship, Group Stage, Senior A
Senior A consists of 12 teams divided into two groups of 6. The top two teams from each group automatically qualify for the quarter finals. The third and fourth teams from each group play in the preliminary quarter finals. The bottom two teams from each group play-off with the losing team relegated to playing in the following year's Senior B Section.


2018 Galway Senior Hurling Championship, Group Stage, Senior B
Senior B consists of 12 teams divided into two groups of 6. The winners of each group qualify for the 2018 preliminary quarter finals and compete in the following year's Senior A competition. The four second and third placed teams play-off with the two winners also qualifying for the 2018 preliminary quarter finals.


2018 Galway Senior Hurling Championship, Group Stage, Senior B, Senior B - Playoffs
The second team in Senior B Group 1 plays the third team in Senior B Group 2 and the third team in Senior B Group 1 plays the second team in Senior B Group 2. The two winning teams qualify for the 2018 senior preliminary quarter finals. The two losing teams are eliminated from this year's senior championship.


2018 Galway Senior Hurling Championship, Group Stage, Senior B, Senior B - Relegation
The losing team is relegated to the following year's intermediate championship.


2018 Galway Senior Hurling Championship, Senior Knockout Stage, Senior Preliminary Quarter Finals
The four teams who finished third and fourth in the two Senior A Groups play the four Senior B teams who qualified (the two winners of the two Senior B Groups plus the two winners of the Senior B play-offs).


2018 Galway Senior Hurling Championship, Senior Knockout Stage, Senior Quarter Finals
The four teams who finished first and second in the two Senior A groups play the four winners of the senior preliminary quarter finals.


2018 Gamba Osaka season
The 2018 Gamba Osaka season was Gamba Osaka's 25th season in the J1 League and 31st overall in the Japanese top flight. It saw them compete in the 18 team J1 League as well as the J.League Cup and Emperor's Cup competitions.


2018 Gamba Osaka season
Gamba will begin the season with a new manager in the shape of Brazilian, former Cerezo Osaka boss Levir Culpi who replaced long-standing manager Kenta Hasegawa who moved to FC Tokyo.


2018 Gamba Osaka season
Culpi was fired after poor form saw Gamba sit in the J1 relegation zone at the halfway point of the season. He was replaced by Gamba Under-23 manager Tsuneyasu Miyamoto on July 23.


2018 Gamba Osaka season, Transfers
Prior to the end of 2017, Gamba announced the capture of young defenders; Tetsuya Yamaguchi and Riku Matsuda as well as midfielder Yuya Fukuda all straight out of high school. Meanwhile, midfielder Ren Shibamoto and attacker Haruto Shirai were promoted to the first team squad after impressing for Gamba's Under-23 side in J3 during 2017.


2018 Gamba Osaka season, Transfers
Shortly before Christmas the signings of attacking midfielder Shinya Yajima and former Gamba youth product, centre-back Shunya Suganuma were announced, with the duo arriving from Urawa Reds and Montedio Yamagata respectively. This news was followed a few days later with the news of the signing of Japan Under-17 midfielder Keito Nakamura from Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Yowa SC as well as the promotion of Under-23 goalkeeper Kosei Tani to the first team squad.


2018 Gamba Osaka season, Transfers
2 league games into the campaign and Gamba secured the signing of former Brazil Under-20 defensive midfielder Matheus Jesus on loan from Portuguese side Estoril. His contracted would run until the end of the year.


2018 Gamba Osaka season, Transfers
Long serving goalkeeper Yosuke Fujigaya, who had made over 250 league appearances for the club announced his retirement at the end of the 2017 season after spending the previous 3 years providing backup to established number 1, Masaaki Higashiguchi. Holding midfielder Tatsuya Uchida turned his loan move to Tokyo Verdy into a permanent one and he would be joined at the Tokyo club by young forward Hiromu Kori who had spent the previous season on loan with Gamba Under-23, scoring 3 goals in 17 appearances.


2018 Gamba Osaka season, Transfers
Additionally experienced Japanese-born but Korean passport holding centre-back Kim Jung-ya moved to Vegalta Sendai, while Kashima Antlers forward Shuhei Akasaki returned to his parent club following a disappointing loan spell which yielded only 2 goals. Another forward with a poor goalscoring record, Hiroto Goya moved to J2 League outfit Tokushima Vortis in an effort to rediscover his scoring touch, he would be joined in J2 by backup goalkeeper Ken Tajiri who extended his loan spell at Zweigen Kanazawa for a further season. Gamba U-23 centre back and sometimes central midfielder made the move to J3 side Grulla Morioka after making close to 50 appearances in J3 but failing to crack Gamba's senior side.


2018 Gamba Osaka season, Transfers
At the beginning of January, a press conference was held confirming that key central midfielder Yosuke Ideguchi would join English EFL Championship side Leeds United. The Japanese international would however join Spanish Segunda División outfit Cultural Leonesa on loan for the remainder of the 2017–18 European club season. In the day's following Ideguchi's departure it was confirmed that young utility player So Hirao had been allowed to join Avispa Fukuoka on loan for 2018 and centre-back / defensive midfielder Shogo Nakahara had completed his loan spell with the club and would return to his parent club, Consadole Sapporo. Veteran midfielder Takahiro Futagawa also announced that he would spend another year on loan with Tokyo Verdy in J2 having spend the previous 18 months in Japan's capital.


2018 Gamba Osaka season, Transfers
The first of February saw the announcement that young South Korean centre-back Bae Soo-yong would join J3 outfit Giravanz Kitakyushu on a season long loan. He spent the 2017 campaign with Gamba's Under-23 side, scoring once in 24 games and earning to red cards in the process.


2018 Gamba Osaka season, Transfers
During the mid-season transfer window, it was announced at the end of June that midfielders Shinya Yajima and Jin Izumisawa would spend the second half of the year on loan at Vegalta Sendai and Tokyo Verdy respectively. Both players had struggled for game time with the top team and had spent large chunks of the season playing with Gamba U-23 in J3. Their departures cleared the way for the arrival of Renofa Yamaguchi midfielder Kosuke Onose at the end of July.


2018 Gamba Osaka season, Transfers
Following the departure of Brazilian coach Levir Culpi in July, Matheus Jesus, who Culpi brought to the club on loan at the start of the season, found game time hard to come by and his loan from Portuguese side Estoril was cancelled by mutual consent. New head coach Tsuneyasu Miyamoto moved further to re-shape the squad by bringing in Vissel Kobe striker Kazuma Watanabe on a permanent deal while the tall Shun Nagasawa moved in the opposite direction on loan until the end of the year.


2018 Gamba Osaka season, First team squad
Appearances and goals as of the beginning of the 2018 season.


2018 Gamba Osaka season, J1 League
On 13 January, Gamba's first 2 fixtures for the season were announced, at home to Nagoya Grampus and away to Kashima Antlers. The dates for the remaining games were made public on January 24.


2018 Gamba Osaka season, J1 League
Gamba endured something of a roller coaster ride during the 2018 season, a disastrous start under Brazilian coach Levir Culpi, including 5 losses in their first 6 games, saw Gamba spend most of the year facing the very real prospect of relegation to J2. Fortunately after Culpi was replaced by Gamba U-23 coach and club legend Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, their fortunes began to change.


2018 Gamba Osaka season, J1 League
Miyamoto's arrival initially brought better performances if not results, but along with returning injured players, midfield general Yasuyuki Konno and Brazilian attacker Ademilson as well as the arrival of the experienced forward Kazuma Watanabe from Vissel Kobe and winger Kosuke Onose from Renofa Yamaguchi, Gamba started to build a head of steam culminating in a 9-game winning streak which propelled them to the top half of the standings and a final position of 9th.


2018 Gamba Osaka season, J1 League, Match Day Line-Ups
The following players appeared for Gamba Osaka during the 2018 J1 League:


2018 Gamba Osaka season, Emperor's Cup
Gamba entered the 2018 Emperor's Cup at the 2nd round stage where they were drawn at home to Kwansei Gakuin University on 6 June. The match ended in an embarrassing 2-1 defeat after extra time.


2018 Gamba Osaka season, Emperor's Cup, Match Day Line-Ups
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2018 Gamba Osaka season, J.League Cup Results
Having failing to qualify for the 2018 Asian Champions League, Gamba joined the J.League Cup at the group stage for the first time since 2014 when they went on to win the competition. The format was rejigged prior to the season with groups of 7 being replaced with groups of 4. Gamba were drawn in Group C along with Urawa Reds, Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Nagoya Grampus playing each team home and away.


2018 Gamba Osaka season, J.League Cup Results
Despite losing all three home group stage games, including two 4-1 reverses, Gamba qualified for the playoff round by virtue of 3 wins on the road and were paired with Júbilo Iwata. Home and away victories secured a passage to the quarter-finals where they faced off against Yokohama F. Marinos. A 4-0 hammering in the home leg was followed by a 3-1 defeat in Yokohama to send Gamba crashing out 7-1 on aggregate.


2018 Gamba Osaka season, J.League Cup Results, Match Day Line-Ups
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2018 Gamba Osaka season, Squad statistics
Statistics accurate as of match played on 1 December 2018


2018 Gamba Osaka season, Gamba Osaka Under-23
Gamba Osaka's Under-23 side compete in the J3 League where they are allowed to name 3 overage players of which one must be a goalkeeper. On January 24, their fixtures for the 2018 J3 League season were announced. Due to there being only 17 teams in the league, rounds 17 and 22 were bye rounds while the round 8 fixture against FC Tokyo Under-23 was played at a later date so as to fall on a national holiday. The round 15 game against Thespakusatsu Gunma was postponed until August due to a large earthquake that occurred in Osaka in late June.


2018 Gamba Osaka season, U-23 Squad statistics
Statistics accurate as of match played on 2 December 2018


2018 Gambian Cup
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2018 Gambian Cup
The 2018 Gambia Football Federation Cup was the 50th edition of the Gambian Cup since independence, the knockout football competition of Gambia.


2018 Gander Outdoors 400
The 2018 Gander Outdoors 400 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on July 29, 2018 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Contested over 164 laps -- extended from 160 laps due to an overtime finish, on the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) superspeedway, it was the 21st race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.