2018 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spills, Second spill (24 August), Aftermath
On the day that the vote was announced, National MP Kevin Hogan made good on his earlier promise and moved to the crossbench. However, he maintained his National membership and continued to sit in the National party room. He also promised to support the Coalition on confidence and supply.


2018 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spills, Second spill (24 August), Aftermath
Turnbull notified after his ouster as Liberal leader that he intended to resign from parliament, forcing a by-election to replace him in his Sydney seat of Wentworth. His departure meant a temporary drop in the Coalition to 74 seats, one short of a majority.


2018 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spills, Second spill (24 August), Aftermath
The first Newspoll after the spill had Labor on 56 percent of the two-party vote to the Coalition's 44 percent. Bill Shorten became the preferred Prime Minister in the Newspoll for the first time since 2015. The subsequent Newspoll taken a fortnight later showed no improvement on the two-party preferred vote, which remained at 56-44 to Labor, following four consecutive 51-49s to Labor prior to the spill.


2018 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spills, Second spill (24 August), Aftermath
On 29 August Julia Banks, member for Chisholm, announced she would retire at the next election. She cited "bullying and intimidation" and the leadership spills as "the last straw" for her decision. Lucy Gichuhi threatened to name MPs who bullied during the spill, furthermore stating that she was asked during her preselection in June 2018 if she thought Turnbull was the right person to lead the Liberal party.


2018 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spills, Second spill (24 August), Aftermath
Gichuhi was subsequently assured by Scott Morrison that the bullying would be dealt with and it was later clarified, at least publicly, that the bullying was not in direct connection to the leadership spill. Brian Loughnane and Chris McDiven, were appointed to review the Liberal party's state branches' processes for handling complaints, but there was no investigation into individual complaints.


2018 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spills, Second spill (24 August), Subsequent leadership spill rule changes
On the evening of 3 December 2018, Scott Morrison introduced a new threshold to trigger a Liberal leadership change in government, requiring two-thirds of the party room vote to trigger a spill motion. The change was introduced at an hour long evening special caucus meeting. Morrison said the changes, which were drafted with feedback from former prime ministers John Howard and Tony Abbott, would only apply to leaders who lead the party to victory at a federal election.


2018 Liberian FA Cup
The 2018 Liberian Cup is the 2018 edition of the Liberian FA Cup, the knockout football competition of Liberia.


2018 Liberian First Division League
The 2018 Liberian First Division League is the 44th season of the Liberian Premier League, the Liberian professional league for association football clubs, since the league's establishment in 1956.


2018 Liberian First Division League
After much delay, the season started on 27 August 2018. A total of 12 teams will participate, and they will be divided into two groups of six teams.


2018 Libertarian National Convention
The United States 2018 Libertarian National Convention was held from June 30 to July 3, 2018, in New Orleans, Louisiana. According to the Libertarian Party, the 2018 convention was the "biggest LibertarianNational Convention ever," breaking previous records in attendance and fundraising.


2018 Libertarian National Convention, Theme
The theme was "I'm THAT Libertarian! ", a phrase uttered by the late Marc Allan Feldman in a Libertarian presidential debate at the 2016 national convention.


2018 Libertarian National Convention, Events, Chair election
Nicholas Sarwark's seat as Chair of the Libertarian National Committee (LNC) was up for election. Sarwark faced challenge from Washington LP member Joshua Smith, Libertarian Socialist Caucus member Matt Kuehnel, former Gary Johnson and John McAfee campaign staffer Christopher Thrasher and Libertarian Party of Carbon County Chair Matt Schutter. Sarwark ended up winning an unprecedented consecutive third-term as LNC chair.


2018 Libertarian National Convention, Events, Vice chair election
The seat of Vice chair was also up for election, the incumbent being Arvin Vohra. Alex Merced, 2017 candidate for New York comptroller, Libertarian Youth Caucus founder Trent Somes III, 2018 Iowa gubernatorial candidate Jake Porter, Indiana activist Joe Hauptmann, Treasurer of the Libertarian Radical Caucus Steve Scheetz, former Indiana Libertarian Party chair Sam Goldstein and Montana Libertarian Joe Paschal all sought election to the position.


2018 Libertarian National Convention, Events, Vice chair election
In January 2018 Arvin Vohra drew criticism for condoning sexual relations between adults and minors so long as affirmative consent is given, using the example of a 25-year-old male and a 15-year-old female. Multiple state Libertarian parties demanded Vohra be relieved from his position, as well as the Libertarian Youth Caucus through Trent Somes III, one of Vohra's opponents in the vice chairmanship election.


2018 Libertarian National Convention, Controversies, Feud with Libertarian Party Mises Caucus
In late 2017, the Libertarian Party Mises Caucus reached out to the chairman of the 2018 LP Convention Committee, Daniel Hayes, entertaining the thought of former congressman and 1988 Libertarian Party presidential nominee Ron Paul and Freedom Watch host Judge Napolitano speaking at the convention, offering to pay off speaking fees. Hayes rejected the idea of Paul speaking at the convention, saying "he has no idea what the LP represents", criticizing Napolitano as well. Ron Paul confronted the controversy, stating he has been a lifetime member of the Libertarian Party since 1987 when he paid using a gold coin, and asked, "do I get my gold coin back?"


2018 Libertarian National Convention, Controversies, Feud with Libertarian Party Mises Caucus
On February 3, 2018 Nicholas Sarwark confronted the controversy, saying in a tweet: "If Ron Paul decides he wants to attend the Libertarian Party national convention in New Orleans and speak, I'll make sure he gets time on the stage. It's the least we can do for a life member, former Presidential nominee, and Hall of Liberty award winner."


2018 Liberty Bowl
The 2018 Liberty Bowl was a college football bowl game between the #24 Missouri Tigers of the Southeastern Conference and the unranked Oklahoma State Cowboys of the Big 12 Conference. The 60th edition of the Liberty Bowl took place on December 31, 2018 at 2:45 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2018–19 bowl games that concluded the 2018 FBS football season. Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee, hosted the game for the 54th straight year. The game was sponsored by automobile parts and accessories store AutoZone and was officially known as the AutoZone Liberty Bowl.


2018 Liberty Bowl
The Cowboys beat the Tigers by a score of 38–33 to claim the school's first Liberty Bowl championship and their 19th bowl game overall.


2018 Liberty Bowl, Teams
The game was played between Missouri from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and Oklahoma State from the Big 12 Conference. The two programs had previously met 52 times, with Missouri holding a 29–23 series lead. Both programs were members of the Big Eight Conference for many years, and met annually from 1960 through 1997; their most recent prior meeting had been the 2014 Cotton Bowl Classic, won by Missouri.


2018 Liberty Bowl, Teams, Missouri Tigers
Missouri received and accepted a bid to the Liberty Bowl on December 2. The Tigers entered their third Liberty Bowl with an 8–4 record (4–4 in conference).


2018 Liberty Bowl, Teams, Oklahoma State Cowboys
Oklahoma State received and accepted a bid to the Liberty Bowl on December 2. The Cowboys entered the bowl with a 6–6 record (3–6 in conference).


2018 Liberty Flames football team
The 2018 Liberty Flames football team represented Liberty University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Turner Gill and played their home games at Williams Stadium. This was the Flames first year as a member of the FBS. Playing as an independent, they finished the season 6–6. As part of their transition to FBS, since they won six games, Liberty would have been allowed to apply for bowl eligibility had there not been enough teams with non-losing records to fill the available bowl games, but there were already four more teams than could be accommodated.


2018 Liberty Flames football team
On December 3, head coach Turner Gill retired. He finished at Liberty with a seven-year record of 47–35. On December 7, Liberty hired former Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze for the job.


2018 Liberty Flames football team, Previous season
In their final season in the FCS as a member of the Big South Conference, the Flames finished the 2017 season 6–5, 2–3 in Big South play to finish in fourth place.


2018 Liberty Flames football team, Game summaries, Norfolk State
This game was originally scheduled for September 15, but it was rescheduled due to Hurricane Florence. On December 4, 2018, Turner Gill announced that he would retire immediately. On December 7, Hugh Freeze was tabbed to be the next head coach of the Liberty Flames football team.


2018 Libya migrant shipwrecks
2018 Libya migrant shipwrecks began on January 9, 2018, when up to 100 migrants went missing as their migrant rubber boat was punctured and sank off Libya's coast.


2018 Libya migrant shipwrecks, Description
On January 9, 2018, up to 100 migrants went missing from Libya when their rubber boat was punctured and sank off Libya's coast. Libyan coastguard had picked up nearly 300 migrants from three boats off the coast, but one rubber boat was punctured and the coastguard only found 16 survivors clinging to its wreckage. The coastguard said the number of missing might be as high as 100. The boat sank off the city of Khoms, around 100 kilometres (60 miles) east of the Libyan capital.


2018 Libya migrant shipwrecks, Description
Libyan coastguard picked up nearly 300 migrants from three boats off the coast of Libya on Tuesday, January 9, 1980.


2018 Libya migrant shipwrecks, Description
On January 6, 2018, sixty-four people died after a dinghy sank in the Mediterranean. The Italian coastguard rescued 86 people from the boat hours after it sustained a puncture and started sinking on Saturday morning. The deaths represented the first large-scale migrant tragedy of 2018 in the Mediterranean.


2018 Libya migrant shipwrecks, Background history
A total of 2,832 migrants died on the Central Mediterranean route between Libya and Italy in 2017, down from 4,581 in 2016. The number of migrants who reached Italy in 2017 was 119,310, down from 181,436 in 2016.


2018 Libyan Cup
The 2018 Libyan Cup is the 22nd edition of the Libyan knockout football competition since its inception in 1976. The tournament returned after not being held in 2017, and started in January 2018.


2018 Libyan Cup, Semi-finals
Note: Original match on 21 Jun 2018 between Alahly Tripoli and Alittihad ended 0 : 0, and was suspended during the penalty shoot-out. The Libyan Football Federation decided to replay the match on 8 July 2018, but Alahly Tripoli decided not to play.


2018 Liechtenstein Tour de Ski referendum
A referendum on the financing of the Tour de Ski was held in Liechtenstein on 25 November 2018. The proposal was rejected by 59% of voters.


2018 Liechtenstein Tour de Ski referendum, Background
On 25 September 2018 the Landtag voted by a margin of 14–11 to allocate two loans of 400,000CHF to the Liechtenstein Ski Association (LSV) to allow it to host the Tour de Ski in 2019–20 and 2020–21. The measure was opposed by The Independents, who began collecting signatures for a referendum on 13 September. Under article 66 of the constitution, a referendum can be held if at least 1,000 signatures are collected within a 30-day period. By 12 October, 1,743 signatures were collected, with 1,730 deemed valid.


2018 Liechtenstein Tour de Ski referendum, Background
On 16 October the government set a date for the referendum. In the meantime, the LSV was awarded the right to host the races on 28 September.


2018 Liga 1 (Indonesia)
The 2018 Liga 1, also known as Go-Jek Liga 1 for sponsorship reasons, was the second season of Liga 1 under its current name and the ninth season of the top-flight Indonesian professional league for association football clubs since its establishment in 2008. The season started on 23 March 2018 and ended on 9 December 2018. Fixtures for the 2018 season were announced on 10 March 2018.


2018 Liga 1 (Indonesia)
Bhayangkara were the defending champions. Persebaya, PSMS, and PSIS joined as the promoted teams from the 2017 Liga 2. They replaced Persegres, Persiba, and Semen Padang who were relegated to the 2018 Liga 2.


2018 Liga 1 (Indonesia)
Persija won their first Liga 1 title, and second Indonesian top-flight title overall on the final day of the season, finishing on 62 points.


2018 Liga 1 (Indonesia), Overview, Player regulations
Player registration was divided into two periods. The first period opened from 10 February 2018 and closes on 5 April 2018. Then the second period was done on 5 July to 3 August 2018. Clubs could register at least 18 players and a maximum of 30 players. The club was also required to contract at least seven local U-23 players (born on or after 1 January 1996). Unlike last season, U-23 players were not required to play in one game.


2018 Liga 1 (Indonesia), Overview, Player regulations
Persija and Bali United got privileges related to player quota. Both were allowed to add three local players with no age limit, following their participation in the 2018 AFC Cup representing Indonesia.


2018 Liga 1 (Indonesia), Overview, Referee
Unlike last season, the league operator ensured that they did not use any foreign referees for this season.


2018 Liga 1 (Indonesia), Teams
Eighteen teams competed in the league – the top fifteen teams from the previous season and three teams promoted from the Liga 2. The new teams this season were Persebaya, PSMS, and PSIS, who replaced Persegres, Persiba, and Semen Padang.


2018 Liga 1 (Indonesia), Teams, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and coaches may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 Liga 1 (Indonesia), Teams, Personnel and kits
Additionally, referee kits are made by Specs and Nike supplied the match ball.


2018 Liga 1 (Indonesia), Teams, Foreign players
Football Association of Indonesia restricted the number of foreign players to four per team, including one slot for a player from AFC countries. Teams can use all the foreign players at once.


2018 Liga 1 U-16
The 2018 Liga 1 U-16  (known as the Super Soccer TV Elite Pro Academy Liga 1 U-16 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was the first season of the Liga 1 Elite Pro Academy U-16. The league is currently the youth level (U-16) football league in Indonesia. The season started on 15 September 2018 and finished on 9 December 2018.


2018 Liga 1 U-16
Persib U16s won the title on 9 December 2018 after defeating Bali United U16s 4–3 on penalties after 1–1 draw until extra time in the final.


2018 Liga 1 U-16, First round
First round was the group stage and started on 15 September 2018. Group A and B played home and away double-game round-robin tournament while Group C played four-series home tournament with five matches for each series. The winners and runner-ups from each group along with two best third-placed teams advanced to second round.


2018 Liga 1 U-16, Second round
Second round was the group stage and was played on 1–4 December 2018. All groups was played on a single-game round-robin home tournament. The winners and runner-ups from each group advance to semi-finals. The draw for the group was held on 26 November 2018.


2018 Liga 1 U-16, Second round, Group X
This group was played at May 17th Stadium, Banjarmasin and Demang Lehman Stadium, Martapura.


2018 Liga 1 U-16, Second round, Group Y
This group was played at Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar and Gelora Samudera Stadium, Kuta.


2018 Liga 1 U-19
The 2018 Liga 1 U-19 season was the eight edition of the Indonesia Junior Level League system since its introduction in 2008, the second and last since being changed from an under-21 league to under-19. From 2019, the league will competed by the under-20 teams. This season's participants were the U-19 teams of 2018 Liga 1 teams. The season began on 29 September 2018 and ended on 26 November 2018.


2018 Liga 1 U-19
Persipura U19s were the defending champions after defeating Persib U19s 1–0 in last year final.


2018 Liga 1 U-19
Persib U19s won the title on 26 November 2018 after defeating Persija U19s 1–0 in the final.


2018 Liga 1 U-19, Overview, Format
The format of this competition was the same as before, divided into four acts consist of two group rounds and two knockout rounds, which was the semifinals and final. On the first round, the teams were divided into three groups each containing six clubs, the top two teams of each group and the two best third place advanced to the second round. The difference in this round was that all groups held a home tournament. The second round consists of two groups containing four teams in each group, the best team from each group and the best runner-up advanced to the semi-finals. The winner of the semi-finals advanced to the final to battle for the championship.


2018 Liga 1 U-19, First round
First round was the group stage and started on 29 September 2018. All groups play double-game round-robin home tournament. The winners and runner-ups from each group along with two best third-placed teams advance to second round.


2018 Liga 1 U-19, First round, Group A
PSMS U19s hosted the first half at Teladan Stadium. While Sriwijaya U19s hosted the second half at Athletic Stadium.


2018 Liga 1 U-19, First round, Group B
Bali United U19s hosted the first half at Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium. While Persib U19s hosted the second half at Arcamanik Stadium and Siliwangi Stadium.


2018 Liga 1 U-19, First round, Group C
Arema U19s hosted the first half at Gajayana Stadium. While the second half were played in Moch. Soebroto Stadium and Gemilang Stadium, Magelang.


2018 Liga 1 U-19, Second round
Second round was the group stage and was played on 7–11 November 2018. All groups was played on a single-game round-robin home tournament. The winners and runner-ups from each group advance to semi-finals. The draw for the group was held on 31 October 2018.


2018 Liga 1 U-19, Second round, Group 1
This group was played at Moch. Soebroto Stadium and Gemilang Stadium, Magelang.


2018 Liga 1 U-19, Second round, Group 2
This group was played at May 17th Stadium, Banjarmasin and Demang Lehman Stadium, Martapura.


2018 Liga 2 (Indonesia)
The 2018 Liga 2 was the second season of the Liga 2 under its current name, and the ninth season under its current league structure.


2018 Liga 2 (Indonesia)
PSS won the title after a 2–0 win over Semen Padang in the final at Pakansari Stadium, Cibinong on 4 December 2018.


2018 Liga 2 (Indonesia), Overview, Player regulations
Clubs could register at least 18 players and a maximum of 30 players without age restriction like the previous season, but maximum 3 players over the age of 35 years. Like the previous season, the clubs also couldn't use foreign players.


2018 Liga 2 (Indonesia), Teams, Teams changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2017 season.


2018 Liga 2 (Indonesia), Teams, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and coaches may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 Liga 2 (Indonesia), Second round
This round began on 24 October 2018 and ended on 21 November 2018. Eight teams competed in this round.


2018 Liga 2 Final
The 2018 Liga 2 Final was the final match of the 2018 Liga 2, the ninth season of second-tier competition in Indonesia organised by PT Liga Indonesia Baru, and the second season since it was renamed from the Liga Indonesia Premier Division to the Liga 2. It was played at the Pakansari Stadium in Cibinong, Bogor, West Java on 4 December 2018.


2018 Liga 2 Final
PSS won the match 2–0 to secure their first title in this competition.


2018 Liga 2 Final, Road to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2018 Liga 3 (Indonesia)
The 2018 Liga 3 was the second season of the Liga 3 under its current name, the third season under its current league structure, and the only amateur league football competition in Indonesia.


2018 Liga 3 (Indonesia)
The league was divided into the regional stage and the national stage. Every amateur team in Indonesia competed in its provincial stage of the league and the teams which relegated from 2017 Liga 2 competed in the national zone preliminary round.


2018 Liga 3 (Indonesia)
Persik defeated PSCS 3–2 on aggregate to win their first Liga 3 title.


2018 Liga 3 (Indonesia), Overview, Player regulations
Teams can register a maximum of 30 players. 27 players were under 23 years old (U-23) and 3 players without age restriction, the teams also could not use foreign players.


2018 Liga 3 (Indonesia), Qualifying round
Qualifying round for national round was divided into 2 routes:


2018 Liga 3 (Indonesia), Qualifying round, Regional route, Province round
These teams were representatives from their provincial league to be competed in regional round.


2018 Liga 3 (Indonesia), Qualifying round, Regional route, Regional round
The following teams qualified from regional route for the national round.


2018 Liga 3 (Indonesia), Qualifying round, National zone route
There should be 40 teams relegated from 2017 Liga 2 competed in this route, but Pro Duta and Persifa Fak-fak disqualified. In 5 June 2018, PSSI disqualified PPSM Magelang and Sragen United. Also PS Bengkulu, PS Timah BaBel, and Persigubin Gunung Bintang withdrew from the competition. Later in 28 July 2018, PSSI disqualified Yahukimo because they didn't attend match coordination meeting in Gawalise Stadium.


2018 Liga 3 (Indonesia), Qualifying round, National zone route
The following teams qualified from national zone route for the national round.


2018 Liga 3 (Indonesia), National round
A total of 32 teams (20 teams from national zone route and 12 teams from The regional route) compete in this round.


2018 Liga 3 (Indonesia), National round, First round
In this first round, 32 teams divided into eight groups. Each group played a home tournament basis. First round was played from 26 November – 2 December 2018. Winner and runner-up of each group advanced to second round.


2018 Liga 3 (Indonesia), National round, First round, Group A
PSGC hosted this group at Galuh Stadium, Ciamis Regency and Wiradadaha Stadium, Tasikmalaya.


2018 Liga 3 (Indonesia), National round, First round, Group B
PSCS hosted this group at Wijayakusuma Stadium, Cilacap Regency and Goentoer Darjono Stadium, Purbalingga Regency.


2018 Liga 3 (Indonesia), National round, First round, Group C
Bogor hosted this group at Mini Stadium and Pakansari Stadium, Cibinong. But due to 212 reunion activity and the arrival of the president to Pakansari Stadium (Indonesian Teacher's Union Anniversary), the last matches in this group was moved to Heri Sudrajat Stadium, Depok and PPMP Stadium, Sentul without spectators.


2018 Liga 3 (Indonesia), National round, First round, Group D
PS Badung hosted this group at Gelora Samudera Stadium, Kuta and Beji Mandala Stadium, Pecatu.


2018 Liga 3 (Indonesia), National round, First round, Group E
Persijap hosted this group at Gelora Bumi Kartini Stadium. Perseka withdrew from the competition due to technical constraints.


2018 Liga 3 (Indonesia), National round, First round, Group G
Persik hosted this group at Brawijaya Stadium, Kediri and Canda Bhirawa Stadium, Kediri Regency.


2018 Liga 3 (Indonesia), National round, First round, Group H
Persinga hosted this group at Brantas Stadium and Kusuma Agrowisata Stadium, Batu.


2018 Liga 3 (Indonesia), National round, Second round
The second round featured by 16 teams which are the winners and runner-ups from each group of the first round. The second round matches was played from 8–9 December 2018. Each winner advanced to third round.


2018 Liga 3 (Indonesia), National round, Third round
In this round, eight teams divided into two groups. Each group played a home tournament basis. Third round was played from 16–22 December 2018. Three best teams of each group promoted to Liga 2. Winner of each group also advanced to final.


2018 Liga 3 (Indonesia), National round, Third round, East Group
Persik hosted this group at Brawijaya Stadium, Kediri and Canda Bhirawa Stadium, Kediri Regency.


2018 Liga 3 Bali
The 2018 Liga 3 Bali was the third edition of Liga 3 Bali as a qualifying round for the Lesser Sunda Islands (Bali Nusra) regional round of 2018 Liga 3. Persekaba Bali were the defending champions. The competition started on 2 July 2018 and finished on 18 July 2018.


2018 Liga 3 Bali
Putra Tresna won their first Liga 3 Bali title following a 2–0 victory over Perseden Denpasar after extra time on 18 July 2018. Putra Tresna would represent Bali Region for the Lesser Sunda Islands regional round.


2018 Liga 3 Bali, Format
In this competition, the teams were divided into two groups of five. The two best teams were through to knockout stage. The winner represented Bali Region in Lesser Sunda Islands regional round of 2018 Liga 3.


2018 Liga 3 Bali, Teams
There were 10 teams participated in the league this season.


2018 Liga 3 Bali, Group stage
This stage started on 2 July 2018 and finished on 11 July 2018.


2018 Liga 3 Bangka Belitung
The 2018 Liga 3 Bangka Belitung is a qualifying round for the national round of 2018 Liga 3. PS Bangka Selection, the winner of the 2017 Liga 3 Bangka Belitung are the defending champions. The competition will begin on July 17, 2018.


2018 Liga 3 Bangka Belitung, Group Stage
The 6 probable teams to compete are mentioned below. This stage scheduled starts on 02 August 2018.


2018 Liga 3 Banten
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2018 Liga 3 Banten
The 2018 Liga 3 Banten is a qualifying round for the national round of 2018 Liga 3. Persitangsel South Tangerang, the winner of the 2017 Liga 3 Banten are the defending champions. The competition will begin on June 27, 2018.


2018 Liga 3 Banten
The 9 probable teams to compete are mentioned below. This stage scheduled starts on 27 Jule 2018.


2018 Liga 3 Bengkulu
The 2018 Liga 3 Bengkulu is a qualifying round for the national round of 2018 Liga 3. PS Benteng Central Bengkulu, the winner of the 2017 Liga 3 Bengkulu are the defending champions. The competition will begin on June 30, 2018.


2018 Liga 3 Bengkulu, Format
In this competition, all teams will face each other in home and away match. The winner will represent Bengkulu in national round of 2018 Liga 3.


2018 Liga 3 Bengkulu, Teams
There are initially 11 clubs which will participate the league in this season.


2018 Liga 3 Central Java
The 2018 Liga 3 Central Java is the third edition of Liga 3 (formerly known as Liga Nusantara) Central Java as a qualifying round for the national round of 2018 Liga 3. Persik Kendal (now in 2018 Liga 2), winner of the 2017 Liga 3 Central Java are the defending champions. The competition began on 25 March 2018.


2018 Liga 3 Central Java, Format
In this competition, 17 teams are divided into 4 groups of four or five. The two best teams are through to knockout stage. The winner will represent Central Java in the national round of 2018 Liga 3.


2018 Liga 3 Central Java, Teams
There are 17 clubs which will participate the league in this season.


2018 Liga 3 East Java
The 2018 Liga 3 East Java (known as Liga 3  for sponsorship reasons) is the third edition of Liga 3 (formerly known as Liga Nusantara) East Java as a qualifying round for the national round of 2018 Liga 3. Blitar United (now in 2018 Liga 2), winner of the 2017 Liga 3 East Java are the defending champions. The competition began on 1 April 2018.


2018 Liga 3 East Java, Format
In this competition, 49 teams are divided into 7 groups of seven. The two best teams are through to knockout stage. The winner will represent East Java in national round of 2018 Liga 3.


2018 Liga 3 East Java, Teams
There are 49 clubs which will participate the league in this season.


2018 Liga 3 East Kalimantan
The 2018 Liga 3 East Kalimantan is the third edition of Liga 3 (formerly known as Liga Nusantara) East Kalimantan as a qualifying round for the national round of 2018 Liga 3. PSAD Mulawarman, winner of the 2017 Liga 3 East Kalimantan are the defending champions. The competition started on 22 April 2018.


2018 Liga 3 East Kalimantan, Format
In this competition, 19 teams are divided into 3 groups. The two or three best teams are through to knockout stage. The winner will represent East Kalimantan in the national round of 2018 Liga 3.


2018 Liga 3 East Kalimantan, Teams
There are 19 clubs which will participate in this season.


2018 Liga 3 Finals
The 2018 Liga 3 Finals was the two-legged final that decided the winner of the 2018 Liga 3, the fourth season of third-tier competition in Indonesia organised by PSSI, and the second season since it was renamed from the Liga Nusantara to the Liga 3.


2018 Liga 3 Finals
The finals was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Persik and PSCS. The first leg was hosted by Persik at Brawijaya Stadium in Kediri on 27 December 2018, while the second leg was hosted by PSCS at Wijayakusuma Stadium in Cilacap on 30 December 2018.


2018 Liga 3 Finals
Persik defeated PSCS 3–2 on aggregate to win their first Liga 3 title.


2018 Liga 3 Finals, Road to the final
Note: In all scores below, the score of the related team is given first.


2018 Liga 3 Finals, Format
The finals was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used. If still tied on away goals rule, 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.


2018 Liga 3 Jakarta
The 2018 Liga 3 Jakarta is a qualifying round for the national round of 2018 Liga 3. Villa 2000 21 FC, the winner of the 2017 Liga 3 Jakarta are the defending champions. The competition will begin on July 20, 2018.


2018 Liga 3 Jakarta, Group Stage
The 21 probable teams to compete are mentioned below. This stage scheduled starts on 21 July 2018.


2018 Liga 3 Jambi
The 2018 Liga 3 Jambi is a qualifying round for the national round of 2018 Liga 3. Persijam Jambi, the winner of the 2017 Liga 3 Jambi are the defending champions. The competition will begin on July 1, 2018.


2018 Liga 3 Jambi, Format
In this competition, all teams will face each other in home and away match. The winner will represent Jambi in next round.


2018 Liga 3 Jambi, Teams
There are 7 teams which will participate the league this season.


2018 Liga 3 Lampung
The 2018 Liga 3 Lampung is a qualifying round for the national round of 2018 Liga 3. Persilat Central Lampung, the winner of the 2017 Liga 3 Lampung are the defending champions. The competition will begin on August 2, 2018.


2018 Liga 3 Lampung, Group Stage
The 6 probable teams to compete are mentioned below. This stage scheduled starts on 25 July 2018.


2018 Liga 3 National Zone Route
The 2018 Liga 3 National Zone Route was played from 14 July to 20 October 2018. A total of 32 teams competed in the national zone route to decide 20 of the 32 places in the national round of the 2018 Liga 3.


2018 Liga 3 National Zone Route, Teams
There should be 40 teams relegated from 2017 Liga 2 competed in this route, but Pro Duta and Persifa Fak-fak disqualified. In 5 June 2018, PSSI disqualified PPSM Magelang and Sragen United. Also PS Bengkulu, PS Timah BaBel, and Persigubin Gunung Bintang withdrew from the competition. Later in 28 July 2018, PSSI disqualified Yahukimo because they didn't attend match coordination meeting in Gawalise Stadium.


2018 Liga 3 National Zone Route, Format
In the preliminary round, 32 teams divided into eight groups. Each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis, except for group 7 and 8 that is played on a home tournament. The winners and runner-ups from each group advanced to national round of 2018 Liga 3.


2018 Liga 3 National Zone Route, Format
In the play-off round, third-placed teams on each group competed in a knockout round home and away tournament. Each winners advanced to national round of 2018 Liga 3.


2018 Liga 3 National Zone Route, Preliminary round
A total of 32 teams played in the preliminary round.


2018 Liga 3 National Zone Route, Preliminary round, Group 7
On 28 August 2018, PS West Sumbawa withdrew from the competition after 3 matches. The other teams' results against PS West Sumbawa was annulled.


2018 Liga 3 National Zone Route, Play-off round
A total of eight teams played in the play-off round: third-placed teams on each group.


2018 Liga 3 National Zone Route, Qualified teams
The following teams qualified from national zone route for the national round.


2018 Liga 3 North Maluku
The 2018 Liga 3 North Maluku is the fourth edition of Liga 3 North Maluku as a qualifying round for the national round of 2018 Liga 3. Persiter Ternate are the defending champions.


2018 Liga 3 North Maluku, Teams
Only 2 clubs which will participate the league in this season


2018 Liga 3 North Sumatra
The 2018 Liga 3 North Sumatra is a qualifying round for the national round of 2018 Liga 3. PSDS Deli Serdang, the winner of the 2017 Liga 3 North Sumatra are the defending champions. The competition will begin on July 1, 2018.


2018 Liga 3 North Sumatra, Format
In this competition, 28 teams are divided into 8 groups. The two best teams are through to knockout stage. The winner will represent North Sumatra in national round of 2018 Liga 3.


2018 Liga 3 North Sumatra, Teams
There are initially 28 clubs which will participate the league in this season.


2018 Liga 3 Papua
The 2018 Liga 3 Papua is a qualifying round for the national round of 2018 Liga 3. Persewar Waropen, the winner of the 2017 Liga 3 Papua are the defending champions. The competition will begin on June 30, 2018.


2018 Liga 3 Papua, Format
In this competition, 20 teams are divided into 2 groups of seven and 1 groups of six. The two best teams are through to knockout stage. The winner will represent Papua in national round of 2018 Liga 3.


2018 Liga 3 Papua, Teams
There are initially 20 clubs which will participate the league in this season..


2018 Liga 3 Regional Round
The 2018 Liga 3 Regional Round was played from 24 September to 15 November 2018. A total of 69 teams competed in the regional round to decide 12 of the 32 places in the national round of the 2018 Liga 3.


2018 Liga 3 Regional Round, Teams
The following 69 teams entered the regional winner route divided into seven regions:


2018 Liga 3 Regional Round, Regional round, Sumatra
A total of 13 teams played in Sumatra regional round. Four best teams from this region advanced to preliminary round. This region was played from 29 September – 21 October 2018.


2018 Liga 3 Regional Round, Regional round, Java
A total of 29 teams played in Java regional round. Eight best teams from this region advanced to preliminary round. This region was played from 24 September – 27 October 2018.


2018 Liga 3 Regional Round, Regional round, Kalimantan
A total of five teams played in Kalimantan regional round. Three best teams from this region advanced to preliminary round. This region was played from 3–10 October 2018.


2018 Liga 3 Regional Round, Regional round, Sulawesi
A total of eight teams play in Sulawesi regional round. Three best teams from this region advanced to preliminary round. This region was played from 1 October – 6 November 2018.


2018 Liga 3 Regional Round, Regional round, Lesser Sunda Islands
A total of four teams played in Lesser Sunda Islands regional round. Two best teams from this region advanced to preliminary round. This region was played from 6–20 October 2018.


2018 Liga 3 Regional Round, Regional round, Maluku
A total of two teams played in Maluku regional round. The best team from this region advanced to preliminary round. This region was played from 6–21 October 2018.


2018 Liga 3 Regional Round, Regional round, Papua
A total of eight teams play in Papua regional round. Three best teams from this region advanced to preliminary round. This region was played from 1 October – 3 November 2018.


2018 Liga 3 Regional Round, Preliminary round
A total of 24 teams played in this round. This round was played from 6–15 November 2018.


2018 Liga 3 Regional Round, Qualified teams
The following teams qualified from regional route for the national round.


2018 Liga 3 Riau
The 2018 Liga 3 Riau is a qualifying round for the national round of 2018 Liga 3. Nabil F.C., the winner of the 2017 Liga 3 Riau are the defending champions. The competition will begin on August 12, 2018.


2018 Liga 3 Riau, Format
In this competition, all teams will face each other in home and away match. The winner will represent Riau in next round.


2018 Liga 3 Riau, Teams
There are 8 teams which will participate the league this season.


2018 Liga 3 Riau Islands
The 2018 Liga 3 Riau Island is a qualifying round for the national round of 2018 Liga 3. PS Bintan, the winner of the 2017 Liga 3 Riau Islands are the defending champions. The competition will begin on August 2, 2018.


2018 Liga 3 Riau Islands, Group Stage
The 6 probable teams to compete are mentioned below. This stage scheduled starts on 02 August 2018.


2018 Liga 3 Southeast Sulawesi
The 2018 Liga 3 Southeast Sulawesi is the first edition of Liga 3 (formerly known as Liga Nusantara) Southeast Sulawesi as a qualifying round for the national round of 2018 Liga 3. The competition will begin on 22 April 2018.


2018 Liga 3 Southeast Sulawesi, Format
In this competition, 16 teams are divided into 4 groups of four. The two best teams are through to knockout stage. The winner will represent Southeast Sulawesi in the national round of 2018 Liga 3.


2018 Liga 3 Southeast Sulawesi, Teams
There are 16 clubs which will participate the league in this season.


2018 Liga 3 Southeast Sulawesi, Group stage
This stage started on 22 April 2018. All matches held in Lakidende Stadium, Kendari


2018 Liga 3 Special Region of Yogyakarta
The 2018 Liga 3 Jogjakarta is a qualifying round for the national round of 2018 Liga 3. Satria Adhikarta, the winner of the 2017 Liga 3 Jogjakarta are the defending champions but the team did not participate in this year's competition. The competition will begin on June 27, 2018.


2018 Liga 3 Special Region of Yogyakarta, Group Stage
The 9 probable teams to compete are mentioned below. This stage scheduled starts on 27 Jule 2018.


2018 Liga 3 West Java
The 2018 Liga 3 West Java (known as Liga 3 Super Jalapa (Jago Bola Pasundan)) is the third edition of Liga 3 (formerly known as Liga Nusantara) West Java as a qualifying round for the national round of 2018 Liga 3. PSKC Cimahi, winner of the 2017 Liga 3 West Java are the defending champions. The competition started on 29 April 2018.


2018 Liga 3 West Java, Format
In this competition, 42 teams are divided into 6 groups of seven. The two best teams are through to knockout stage. The winner will represent West Java in national round of 2018 Liga 3.


2018 Liga 3 West Java, Teams
There are initially 42 clubs which will participate the league in this season. But it became 41 after Bone F.C. withdraw before their first match.


2018 Liga 3 West Java, Group stage
This stage scheduled starts on 29 April 2018. Result of this stage:,,,,,,,


2018 Liga 3 West Sumatra
The 2018 Liga 3 West Sumatra is a qualifying round for the national round of 2018 Liga 3. Batang Anai F.C., the winner of the 2017 Liga 3 West Sumatra are the defending champions. The competition will begin on June 30, 2018.


2018 Liga 3 West Sumatra, Format
In this competition, 19 teams are divided into 3 groups of five and 1 groups of four. The two best teams are through to knockout stage. The winner will represent West Sumatra in national round of 2018 Liga 3.


2018 Liga 3 West Sumatra, Teams
There are initially 19 clubs which will participate the league in this season..


2018 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season
Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 2018 season was the club's 88th year of existence, the 65th year in professional football, and the 57th in the top level of professional football in Ecuador.


2018 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Squad information
Note: Caps and goals are of the national league and are current as of the beginning of the season.


2018 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Competitions, Serie A
The 2018 season was Liga's 57th season in the Serie A and their 17th consecutive. The format was identical to the previous season.


2018 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Competitions, CONMEBOL Sudamericana
L.D.U. Quito qualified to the 2018 CONMEBOL Sudamericana—their 11th participation in the continental tournament—as the 8th place of the 2017 Serie A. They entered the competition in the first stage.


2018 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Competitions, CONMEBOL Sudamericana, First stage
Tied 4–4 on aggregate, LDU Quito won on away goals and advanced to the second stage.


2018 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Competitions, CONMEBOL Sudamericana, Second stage
LDU Quito won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match H).


2018 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Competitions, CONMEBOL Sudamericana, Round of 16
Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Deportivo Cali won on penalties and advanced to the quarterfinals.


2018 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol
The 2018 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol season (known as the LDF Banco Popular for sponsorship reasons) is the fourth season of professional football in the Dominican Republic. Atlántico FC are the reigning champions, having won this first title last season. The season started on 7 April 2018 and ended on 27 October 2018.


2018 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol, Team changes
While there is no promotion or relegation involving this league, there were changes to the composition of the league from last season. Bauger FC have left the league following last season. Meanwhile, three new teams have joined the league: Jarabacoa FC, Inter RD, and Atlético de San Francisco. Thus, the league now has 12 teams in total.


2018 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol, Format changes
The format of the competition has changed for this season. The regular season will still consist of a double round robin between the participating teams. After this, a Liguilla round will be played between the top six finishers of the regular season, with a single round robin between the teams. The top 4 finishers of this phase will move on to the knockout phase of the playoffs, where the champion will be decided. The top team at the end of the regular season along with the playoff champion will qualify for the 2019 Caribbean Club Championship.


2018 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol, Regular season
The regular season began on 7 April 2018 and ended on 26 August 2018. The regular season winner qualified for the 2019 Caribbean Club Championship.


2018 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol, Liguilla
The top 6 teams from the regular season participated in a single round robin tournament to determine who qualifies for the championship playoffs. The liguilla started on 1 September 2018 and ended on 30 September 2018.


2018 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol, Championship playoffs
The top 4 finishers of the Liguilla qualify for this phase. These matches began on 6 October 2018 and ended on 27 October 2018.


2018 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol, Championship playoffs, Semifinals
The first legs were played on 6 and 7 October 2018 and the second legs were played on 20 and 21 October 2018.


2018 Liga Futebol Amadora
The 2018 Liga Futebol Amadora is the third season of the Liga Futebol Amadora. The season began on 3 March 2018. The Primeira Divisão began on March 3 and finished on August 5, while the Segunda Divisão began on March 6 and was finished on August 6.


2018 Liga Futebol Amadora
All Primeira Divisão games are played at the Dili Municipal Stadium, Kampo Demokrasia, Baucau Municipal Stadium and Malibaca Yamato Stadium, while all Segunda Divisão games are played at the Kampo Demokrasia.


2018 Liga Futsal Kebangsaan
Liga Futsal Kebangsaan 2018 (transl. 2018 National Futsal League) will be the tenth season of the National Futsal League, the Malaysian professional futsal league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2004. Malacca United are the defending champions, having won their second title in the 2018 season. The league was on hold for 2016 season after a financial problem and postponed to January 2018 for the new season. All matches to be played at Team Home Away .


2018 Liga Futsal Kebangsaan (Wanita)
2018 Liga Futsal Kebangsaan (Wanita) (transl. 2018 Women National Futsal League) was the eighth season of the Liga Futsal Kebangsaan (Wanita), the Malaysian professional futsal league for association football clubs, specifically for women since its establishment in 2007. Selangor are the defending champions, having won their third title in the 2014-15 season. The league was on hold for 2016 season after a financial problem and postponed to January 2018 for the new season. All matches to be played at Team Home Away.


2018 Liga Melaka
The 2018 season is the 89rd season of the Liga Melaka, which is a Malaysian football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from Malaccca.UtEM FC are the defending champions.


2018 Liga Melaka, Teams
For 2018 season, there are 51 teams will compete in the league. Top team from the Division 1 will promoted to Malaysia M4 League for 2019 season.


2018 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol
The 2018 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol (South American Basketball League) was the 23rd edition of the second-tier level continental professional club basketball competition in the Americas, the FIBA Americas League. Sixteen teams from South America competed over three rounds to determine the champion. The defending champions, Guaros de Lara, did not have the opportunity to defend their title, after the Venezuelan Basketball Federation failed to register the team in the competition, alleging financial troubles. Franca of Brazil won their first Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol championship in team history by beating Instituto of Argentina.


2018 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol, Group phase
Sixteen teams participated in the group phase, in which each team faced the other teams in the group once. Each group tournament was held at the arena of a host team. The two highest-placed teams in groups A, C, and D, and the highest-placed team in group B advanced to the semifinal phase. Also, the best third-placed team from groups A, C and D advanced to the semifinal phase. Games were played from 2 to 24 October, 2018.


2018 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol, Semifinal phase
The eight teams which advanced from the group phase played in this stage. The eight teams were split into two groups, in which each team faced the other teams in the group once. Each group tournament was held at the arena of a host team. The highest-placed teams in each group advanced to the Grand Final series. Games were played from 13 to 22 November 2018.


2018 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol, Grand Finals
The Grand Finals were decided in a best-of-three playoff format. Games were played on 7, 13, and 14 December 2018. The team with the better record in the Semifinal phase played Games 2 and 3 (if necessary) at home.


2018 Liga de Elite
The 2018 Liga de Elite was the 46th season of the Liga de Elite, the top Macanese league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1973. The season began on 19 January 2018 and ended on 1 July 2018.


2018 Liga de Elite, Fixtures and results, Round 18
William Gomes - Ka I - 38 GolosDanilo Lins - CPK - 37 GolosDiego Patriota - CPK - 24 GolosLeonel Fernandes - Benfica - 20 GolosNiki Torrão - Benfica - 19 GolosPrince Aggreh - Sporting - 19 GolosTito Okello - Benfica - 11 GolosDenilson - CPK - 11 GolosRonieli - Ching Fung - 10 GolosNoronha Guterres - Monte Carlo 9 Golos


2018 Ligue 1 (Congo)
The 2018 Ligue 1 is the 51st season of Ligue 1, the top professional league for association football clubs in the Republic of the Congo, since its establishment in 1961. The season started on 27 January 2018 and concluded on 21 October 2018.


2018 Ligue Haïtienne season
The 2018 Ligue Haïtienne season is the 55th season of top-tier football in Haiti. It began on 17 February 2018 and ended on 27 December 2018. The league Championnat National Haïtien Professionnel is split into two tournaments—the Série d'Ouverture and the Série de Clôture—each with identical formats and each contested by the same 16 teams.


2018 Ligue Haïtienne season, Teams
At the end of the 2017 season, the bottom three teams in the aggregate table; Éclair AC, America FC, and Juventus; were relegated to the Haitian second level leagues. Replacing them were three clubs from the Haitian second level leagues; Arcahaie FC, Valencia FC and Cosmopolites SC.


2018 Ligue Haïtienne season, Série d'Ouverture
The 2018 Série d'Ouverture began on 17 February 2018 and the regular season ended on 6 May 2018. The playoffs began on 9 May 2018 and ended on 27 May 2018.


2018 Ligue Haïtienne season, Série d'Ouverture, Playoffs, Quarterfinals
The first legs were played on 9 and 10 May and the second legs were played on 13 May.


2018 Ligue Haïtienne season, Série d'Ouverture, Playoffs, Semifinals
The first legs were played on 16 and 17 May and the second legs were played on 20 May.


2018 Ligue Haïtienne season, Série d'Ouverture, Playoffs, Finals
The first leg was played on 24 May and the second leg was played on 27 May.


2018 Ligue Haïtienne season, Série de Clôture
The 2018 Série de Clôture began on 1 September 2018 and the regular season ended on 11 December 2018. The playoffs began on 6 December 2018 and ended on 27 December 2018.


2018 Ligue Haïtienne season, Série de Clôture, Playoffs, Quarterfinals
The first legs were played on 6 December 2018 and the second legs were played on 9 December 2018.


2018 Ligue Haïtienne season, Série de Clôture, Playoffs, Semifinals
The first legs were played on 13 December 2018 and the second legs were played on 16 December 2018.


2018 Ligue Haïtienne season, Série de Clôture, Playoffs, Finals
The first leg was played on 20 December 2018 and the second leg was played on 23 December 2018.


2018 Ligue Haïtienne season, Série de Clôture, Playoffs, Finals
The second match between Arcahaie FC and Don Bosco FC was called off due to darkness with the penalty shootout even at 5-5. Due to this, a playoff match was played on 27 December 2018 to determine a season champion.


2018 Ligue Haïtienne season, Trophée des Champions
This match is contested between the winner of the Série d'Ouverture and the winner of the Série de Clôture. This match was played on 30 December 2018.


2018 Lillestrøm SK season
The 2018 season was Lillestrøm's 42nd consecutive year in Eliteserien.


2018 Lillestrøm SK season, Season events
On 26 June, Arne Erlandsen was sacked as the club manager, with Arild Sundgot being appointed as an interim manager. On 13 July, Jörgen Lennartsson was appointed the club's new manager.


2018 Lillestrøm SK season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 Lillestrøm SK season, Squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 Lillestrøm SK season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 Lillestrøm SK season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 Lillestrøm SK season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 Lillestrøm SK season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 Lilly Diabetes 250
The 2018 Lilly Diabetes 250 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on September 10, 2018 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. Contested over 100 laps on the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) speedway, it was the 25th race of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series season.


2018 Lilly Diabetes 250, Practice
Both practice sessions for the race were cancelled due to rain.


2018 Lilly Diabetes 250, Qualifying
Qualifying for the race was cancelled due to rain. Ryan Blaney won the pole based on owner's points.


2018 Lima Challenger
The 2018 Lima Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the twelfth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Lima, Peru between October 22 and October 27, 2018.


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


2018 Lima Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:


2018 Lima Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2018 Lima Challenger – Doubles
Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela and Blaž Rola were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2018 Lima Challenger – Doubles
Guido Andreozzi and Guillermo Durán won the title after defeating Ariel Behar and Gonzalo Escobar 2–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–5] in the final.


2018 Lima Challenger – Singles
Gerald Melzer was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Paolo Lorenzi.


2018 Lima Challenger – Singles
Christian Garín won the title after defeating Pedro Sousa 6–4, 6–4 in the final.


2018 Lima fire attack
On 24 April 2018, 11 people were attacked with fire inside a bus in the district of Miraflores, in Lima, Peru. One of them, 22-year old Eyvi Ágreda, who was the target of the attack, died more than a month later in the hospital. The attacker was identified as Carlos Hualpa Vacas, who belonged to the victim's work environment.


2018 Lima fire attack, Attack
It was around seven o'clock at night., and a man with covered with a hood and dark glasses got on the bus and he sat on the back of the vehicle. Then got up and moved forward three seats to spray a fuel a woman who was sitting and after set fire to her, which also reached at least 10 other passengers, and finally escaped the scene by burning him-self arm a little.


2018 Lima fire attack, Investigation
The testimonies of the witnesses, the recordings of the security cameras, as well as a clue given by the sister of the mortal victim helped to find the author of this fact.


2018 Lima fire attack, Investigation
Hualpa Vacas had asked absent him-self from his job the day after the attack because his arm was burned. This coincides with the version of the bus driver, who said that the author of the attack fled with his limb on fire, a crucial detail.


2018 Lima fire attack, Investigation
The bus driver also said that Hualpa Vacas had his head covered with a green hood and dark glasses; Other witnesses added that he was wearing a black backpack. The security cameras of the area captured a person with these characteristics.


2018 Lima fire attack, Investigation
The victim's sister had received a warning message before the attack. She had asked him to wait for her at the bus station, because she was afraid of "a man named Javier who was chasing her".


2018 Lima fire attack, Investigation
The police went to the workplace of Hualpa Vacas, which he had to enter at 9:00 a.m, but when they knew he was on leave because the previous night had suffered an accident, they reinforced his hypothesis.


2018 Lima fire attack, Investigation
When Hualpa Vacas peeked out at the door of his house he was intervened and immediately reduced, and it was confirmed that he had a burn on his left hand and forearm, as reported by the driver of the bus in which the attack occurred.


2018 Lima fire attack, Investigation
In his testimony to the Police, Hualpa revealed in detail his plan. And according to the policemen who questioned him, without showing any remorse.


2018 Lima fire attack, Investigation
Hualpa Vacas wanted to justify his actions and pointed out that he did not want to kill Eyvi Ágreda if not "just disfigure her" and that he had planned the attack long time ago, so a month earlier he bought the gasoline in a yogurt bottle, but it had no value for execute it.


2018 Lima fire attack, Investigation
One of the versions that he formulated is that he had injured himself cooking in his house; but he also said that he burned himself because he was very nervous when he realized that his name was given as a suspect. "When nobody had mentioned it with certainty and we had only given his second name," one of the policemens explained.


2018 Lima fire attack, Investigation
The truth is that he could not say where he was treated for the burn he presents, which is bandaged after application of a substance, probably to relieve pain.


2018 Lima fire attack, Investigation
This case received extensive media coverage, both for the number of victims of this attack and for the way in which Eyvi was attacked. This was a representative case of the high numbers of murders of women registered in Peru.


2018 Lima municipal election
Municipal elections in Lima were held in 7 October 2018. 82.56% of eligible voters cast ballots in the election. The mayoral election produced the following results:


2018 Lima municipal election
The distribution of seats among parties which ensured representation in the city council is as follows:


2018 Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
The 2018 Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship was the fifth staging of the Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Limerick County Board in 2014.


2018 Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
On 18 October 2018, Garryspillane won the championship after a 2-12 to 0-12 defeat of Bruff in the final at FitzGerald Park. It was their first ever championship title in this grade.


2018 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
The 2018 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship was the 124th staging of the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Limerick County Board in 1887. The group stage placings were confirmed on 21 November 2017. The championship began on 20 April 2018 and ended on 27 October 2018.


2018 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
On 27 October 2018, Na Piarsaigh won the title following a 2-22 to 3-10 defeat of Doon in the final at the Gaelic Grounds. It was their fifth championship title overall and their second title in succession.


2018 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
Na Piarsaigh's Shane Dowling was the championship's top scorer with 1-65.


2018 Limerick county hurling team season
The 2018 Limerick county hurling team season was the Limerick senior hurling team's 127th active season of participation in inter-county hurling. During the season, Limerick played in the Munster League, the National League, the Munster Championship and the All-Ireland Championship. It was the team's most successful season in nearly half a century.


2018 Limerick county hurling team season
Veteran players James Ryan and Gavin O'Mahony retired from inter-county hurling within days of each other at the end of the previous season, while 2017 championship panellist Stephen Cahill was also an absentee. Notable players returning included Kevin Downes, who missed the 2017 season due to a cruciate injury, and David Reidy, who rejoined the Limerick panel after a year with the Kildare senior hurling team. Other additions included several players from Limerick's 2017 All-Ireland Under-21 Championship-winning team, such as Séamus Flanagan.


2018 Limerick county hurling team season
On 19 August 2018, Limerick won the All-Ireland title for the 8th time in their history after a 3-16 to 2-18 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park. Leading by nine points at one stage in the second half and by eight with just two minutes of normal time remaining, Limerick withstood a sensational Galway comeback, which included late goals by Conor Whelan and Joe Canning, to win by a single point. It was their first All-Ireland title since 1973.


2018 Limerick county hurling team season
Limerick were described as the "worthiest All-Ireland champions" of all time after playing eight games to win the title, including defeats of the traditional big three - Kilkenny, Cork and Tipperary - as well as the 2017 All-Ireland champions Galway and runners-up Waterford. Over 80,000 fans lined the streets of Limerick to welcome the team home the day after the final.


2018 Line TV Awards
The 1st LINE TV Awards was an awarding ceremony presented by LINE TV Thailand, giving recognition to the Thai online entertainment industry in the fields of music, television and drama for their achievements in the year 2017.


2018 Line TV Awards
The awards night was held at the Royal Paragon Hall, Siam Paragon, Bangkok, Thailand on Tuesday, 20 February 2018.


2018 Lingshui China Masters
The 2018 Lingshui China Masters was a badminton tournament which took place at Agile Stadium in China from 10 to 15 April 2018 and had a total purse of $75,000.


2018 Lingshui China Masters, Tournament
The 2018 Lingshui China Masters was the second Super 100 tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the Lingshui China Masters championships, which had been held since 2001. This tournament was organized by the Chinese Badminton Association with the sanction from the Badminton Asia and BWF.


2018 Lingshui China Masters, Tournament, Venue
This international tournament was held at Agile Stadium which located inside the Lingshui Culture and Sports Square in Lingshui, Hainan, China.


2018 Lingshui China Masters, Tournament, Point distribution
Below is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF Tour Super 100 event.


2018 Lingshui China Masters, Tournament, Prize money
The total prize money for this tournament was US$75,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.


2018 Lions (Super Rugby) season
In 2018, the  Lions participated in the 2018 Super Rugby competition, the 23rd edition of the competition since its inception in 1996. They were included in the South African Conference of the competition, along with the  Bulls,  Jaguares,  Sharks and  Stormers.


2018 Lions (Super Rugby) season, Personnel, Coaches and management
The Lions coaching and management staff for the 2018 Super Rugby season were:


2018 Lions (Super Rugby) season, Personnel, Squad
The following players were named in the Lions squad for the 2018 Super Rugby season:


2018 Lions (Super Rugby) season, Standings
The final standings for the 2018 Super Rugby season were:


2018 Lions (Super Rugby) season, Standings, Round-by-round
The table below shows the Lions' progression throughout the season. For each round, their cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position:


2018 Lions (Super Rugby) season, Matches
The Lions played the following matches during the 2018 Super Rugby season:


2018 Lions (Super Rugby) season, Player statistics
The Super Rugby appearance record for players that represented the Lions in 2018 is as follows:


2018 Lions (Super Rugby) season, Player statistics
(c) denotes the team captain. For each match, the player's squad number is shown. Starting players are numbered 1 to 15, while the replacements are numbered 16 to 22. If a replacement made an appearance in the match, it is indicated by . "App" refers to the number of appearances made by the player, "Try" to the number of tries scored by the player, "Kck" to the number of points scored via kicks (conversions, penalties or drop goals) and "Pts" refer to the total number of points scored by the player.


2018 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour
The 2018 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour was a motor race for GT3, GT4 and invited cars, staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, near Bathurst, in New South Wales, Australia on 4 February 2018. The 16th running of the Bathurst 12 Hour constituted the opening round of the 2018 Intercontinental GT Challenge Series. As per the previous year, the winners of the race were awarded the Australian Tourist Trophy.


2018 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour
The event was declared 10 minutes before the finish of the event after a 3 car incident, involving the #95 Eastgate Engineering MARC Focus, the #69 Supabarn Audi R8 LMS and the #19 Daimler Trucks Brisbane Mercedes-AMG GT3, marking the first time in the Bathurst 12 Hour history that the race was declared before the time cut-off.


2018 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour
51 cars were entered and 50 cars started, with one entry withdrawn following a crash in practice.


2018 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour
The race was won by Robin Frijns, Stuart Leonard and Dries Vanthoor driving an Audi R8 LMS.


2018 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour, Official results
– Daniel Gaunt was added to the Grove Motorsport entry during the race to temporarily replace Brenton Grove who had become ill and the retirement of #3 Audi in which Gaunt was scheduled to drive


2018 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour, Official results
– The #6 Wall Racing entry switched from a Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3 to a Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX following an engine failure during Saturday practice.


2018 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour, Official results
– Following an incident in Saturday practice, the #94 MARC Cars Australia car was withdrawn and replaced with the team’s spare car and renumbered #33


2018 Lisboa Belém Open
The 2018 Lisboa Belém Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Lisbon, Portugal between 14 and 20 May 2018.


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


2018 Lisboa Belém Open – Doubles
Ruan Roelofse and Christopher Rungkat were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2018 Lisboa Belém Open – Doubles
Marcelo Arévalo and Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela won the title after defeating Tomasz Bednarek and Hunter Reese 6–3, 3–6, [10–1] in the final.


2018 Lisboa Belém Open – Singles
Oscar Otte was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2018 Lisboa Belém Open – Singles
Tommy Robredo won the title after defeating Christian Garín 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 in the final.


2018 Listowel Mixed Doubles Cashspiel
The 2018 Listowel Mixed Doubles Cashspiel was a curling event held from March 31 to April 2 at the Listowel Curling Club in Listowel, Ontario as part of the World Curling Tour. The event was held in a round robin format.


2018 Lithuanian Football Cup
The 2018 Lithuanian Football Cup, also known as LFF Cup, was the seventy-third season of the Lithuanian annual football knock-out tournament. Forty-eight teams entered the competitions, which started on 27 April and ended on 30 September.


2018 Lithuanian Football Cup
The winners qualify for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League. Stumbras were the defending champions.


2018 Lithuanian Football Cup, Participants
Participation in the competition is mandatory for all clubs of the first three tiers (A Lyga, LFF I Lyga and II Lyga). Despite that NFA aren't competing for the second year in a row. Teams of lower divisions are eligible to join if they met additional criterios. Rules prevented all reserve teams from entering the cup.


2018 Lithuanian Football Cup, Schedule
The rounds of the 2016–17 competition were scheduled as follows:


2018 Lithuanian Football Cup, Matches, First round
The following pairs were drawn on 20 April 2017 by Lithuania national team midfielder Saulius Mikoliūnas. Dates and venues will be confirmed after the draw.


2018 Lithuanian Football Cup, Matches, First round
Nevėžis, Pakruojis (I Lyga), Babrungas, Hegelmann Litauen, Gargždų Pramogos SC, Saned (II Lyga), Elektrėnų Versmė (III Lyga) and Top Kickers (IV Lyga) received free passes to the next round.


2018 Lithuanian Football Cup, Matches, Final
The final match was played on Sunday 30 September 2018.


2018 Lithuanian International
The 2018 Lithuanian International (officially known as YONEX Lithuanian International 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at Kaunas Sports Hall in Lithuania from 7 to 10 June 2018.


2018 Lithuanian International, Tournament
The 2018 Lithuanian International was the eleventh tournament of the 2018 BWF Future Series and also part of the Lithuanian International championships which had been held since 1992. This tournament was organized by the Lithuanian Badminton Federation.


2018 Lithuanian International, Tournament, Venue
This international tournament was held at Kaunas Sports Hall in Kaunas, Lithuania.


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


2018 Little League Softball World Series
The 2018 Little League Softball World Series was held in Portland, Oregon from August 8 to August 15, 2018. Six teams from the United States and four from throughout the world competed for the Little League Softball World Series Championship.


2018 Little League Softball World Series, Teams
Each team that competed in the tournament came out of one of the 10 regions.


2018 Little League World Series
The 2018 Little League World Series was held from August 16 to August 26 at the Little League headquarters complex in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Eight teams from the United States and eight teams from around the world competed in the 72nd edition of the tournament. Honolulu Little League of Honolulu, Hawaii defeated South Seoul Little League of Seoul, South Korea in the championship by a 3–0 score. It was the third championship for a team from Hawaii, having won previously in 2005 and 2008.


2018 Little League World Series, Teams
Regional qualifying tournaments were held between June and August 2018.


2018 Little League World Series, Results
The draw to determine the opening round pairings took place on June 14, 2018.


2018 Little League World Series, Results, Consolation games
Teams that lose their first two games get to play a consolation game against a team from the other side of the bracket that also lost its first two games. These games are labeled Game A and Game B.


2018 Little League World Series, Results, Third place game
This consolation game is played between the runner-up of the United States championship and the runner-up of the International championship.


2018 Little League World Series, Champions path
The Honolulu LL reached the LLWS with an undefeated record in seven games. In total, their record was 12–0.


2018 Little League World Series, MLB Little League Classic
On September 29, 2017, Major League Baseball announced that the second MLB Little League Classic would be played on August 19, 2018, between the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies. The game was again played at BB&T Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field, with the Mets winning, 8–2.


2018 Little League World Series qualification
Qualification for the 2018 Little League World Series took place in eight United States regions and eight international regions from June through August 2018.


2018 Little League World Series qualification, United States, Great Lakes
The tournament took place in Westfield, Indiana from August 5–11.


2018 Little League World Series qualification, United States, Mid-Atlantic
The tournament took place in Bristol, Connecticut from August 5–12.


2018 Little League World Series qualification, United States, Midwest
The tournament took place in Westfield, Indiana from August 5–11.


2018 Little League World Series qualification, United States, Midwest
Note: North Dakota and South Dakota are organized into a single Little League district.


2018 Little League World Series qualification, United States, New England
The tournament took place in Bristol, Connecticut from August 5–12.


2018 Little League World Series qualification, United States, Northwest
The tournament took place in San Bernardino, California August 5–11.


2018 Little League World Series qualification, United States, Southeast
The tournament took place in Warner Robins, Georgia from August 3–8.


2018 Little League World Series qualification, United States, West
The tournament took place in San Bernardino, California August 5–11.


2018 Little League World Series qualification, International, Asia-Pacific
The tournament took place in Seoul, South Korea from June 30–July 6.


2018 Little League World Series qualification, International, Asia-Pacific
1 Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan, due to complicated relations with People's Republic of China, is recognized by the name Chinese Taipei by majority of international organizations including Little League Baseball (LLB). For more information, please see Cross-Strait relations.


2018 Little League World Series qualification, International, Australia
The tournament took place in Lismore, New South Wales June 6–11. The top two teams in each pool advanced to the elimination round.


2018 Little League World Series qualification, International, Canada
The tournament took place in Mirabel, Quebec from August 2–11.


2018 Little League World Series qualification, International, Caribbean
The tournament took place in Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico from July 14–20.


2018 Little League World Series qualification, International, Europe and Africa
In an expanded format, 10 countries have automatic berths into the regional tournament based on participation and enrollment figures. A qualifier tournament from additional countries wishing to enter took place from July 12–17. The format of the qualifier tournament is a round robin with an elimination round where the two semifinal winners advanced to the double-elimination regional tournament from July 20–27. Both tournaments took place in Kutno, Poland.


2018 Little League World Series qualification, International, Latin America
The tournament took place in Panama City, Panama from July 21–28.


2018 Little League World Series results
The results of the 2018 Little League World Series were determined between August 16 and August 26, 2018 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. 16 teams were divided into two groups, one with eight teams from the United States and another with eight international teams, with both groups playing a modified double-elimination tournament. In each group, the last remaining undefeated team faced the last remaining team with one loss, with the winners of those games advancing to play for the Little League World Series championship.


2018 Little Rock mayoral election
The 2018 Little Rock mayoral election took place on November 6 and December 4, 2018, to elect the Mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas. It saw the election of Frank Scott Jr.


2018 Little Rock mayoral election
With no candidate receiving a majority of the vote in the initial round, a runoff election was held between the top-two finishers.


2018 Little Rock mayoral election
Scott became the first elected African American mayor in Little Rock's history.


2018 Little Village fire
On August 26, 2018, a fire began early that morning in Chicago's Mexican-American Little Village neighborhood. The fire killed ten children, including six children under the age of 12. Investigators stated that the fire started in the back of the building in a ground-floor apartment, which was vacant.


2018 Little Village fire
The fire is the deadliest residential fire to have occurred in Chicago since 1958. In the aftermath of the fire, multiple violations were found in the apartment where the fire occurred with apartment owner, Merced Gutierrez, appearing in court for the 40 violations found at the site of the fire.


2018 Little Village fire, Background
On February 22, 2017, a fire broke out in the living room of a vacant first-floor apartment at the rear of the building. No one was injured.


2018 Little Village fire, Background
In March 2018, Illinois's Department of Children and Family Services were called investigated a hotline call that one of the sons of the mother who lived at the apartment came to school looking dirty and smelling of marijuana.


2018 Little Village fire, Fire
The fatal fire started at around 3 a.m. CST on August 26, 2018, at an apartment building at 2200 block of South Sacramento Avenue, about 45 minutes before a witness called 911 at 3:45 a.m. to report flames shooting through the windows of the second-floor rear unit. Children, ranging in age from 3 months to 16 years, were at a sleepover at the apartment.


2018 Little Village fire, Fire
The investigation by the Chicago Fire Department indicated that the fire was the result of a smoldering item in the apartment that morning. Arson and foul play were ruled out. No adults were present in the apartment during the fire.


2018 Little Village fire, Fire
An exact cause to the fire is still undetermined. Eight children died immediately in the fire while two were hospitalized under critical condition at the John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County and died two later.


2018 Little Village fire, Victims
The 10 children who died in the fire were nine first cousins and a family friend:


2018 Little Village fire, Investigation
Fire officials initially said they did not find any smoke detectors in the second-floor rear unit, but they later said they did find a smoke detector without batteries.


2018 Little Village fire, Investigation
The department had investigated the mother who lived there, predominantly on allegations of inadequate supervision, 21 times since 2004. The complaints were verified in two instances, including one in 2013 when her then-8-year-old son, who had autism, got out of the home and was found wandering in traffic.


2018 Little Village fire, Aftermath
Many criticized Illinois' the Department of Children and Family Services as they were previously summoned to the department and disregarded the hazards. In a statement, the department said it tries to be as proactive as possible to prevent neglect when investigating struggling families. In months before the fire, there were 21 complaints against a mother of one of the victims, another complaint was verified in 2015. The mother was cited for endangerment when her 16-year-old daughter used a 7-month-old relative in a stroller to help them with a theft.


2018 Little Village fire, Aftermath
A memorial service for six of the children was held on September 1 at noon at Our Lady of Tepeyac Church.


2018 Little Village fire, Aftermath
The Chicago Fire Department handed out smoke detectors to the neighborhood while raising awareness of its importance.


2018 Little Village fire, Aftermath
Mayor Rahm Emanuel in a statement regarding the fire said: "Our thoughts go out to not only the families of those who perished but to members of the department who pushed as hard as possible to reverse the deadly fate of the eight who are now gone".


2018 Little Village fire, Aftermath, Violations
Chicago Department of Buildings' Strategic Task Force found 38 violations in the front building, including missing or defective smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, defective light fixtures and armored cable and electrical wiring and plumbing installed without permits. Six more violations were found during a separate inspection of the rear coach house.


2018 Little Village fire, Aftermath, Violations
The owner of the apartment, 80 year old Merced Gutierrez, was criticized and blamed for the fire for causing many violations at the apartment. As a result of the violations, Gutierrez appeared in court on August 30 and was ordered to no longer rent anyone the apartment. The city will conduct another inspection on December 4 with another hearing on the code violations is set two days later.


2018 Liuzhou International Challenger
The 2018 Liuzhou International Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament for men and third edition for women. It was the part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour and 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Liuzhou, China between 22 and 28 October 2018.


2018 Liuzhou International Challenger, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Liuzhou International Challenger, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Liuzhou International Challenger – Men's Doubles
Gong Maoxin and Zhang Ze won the title after defeating Hsieh Cheng-peng and Christopher Rungkat 6–3, 2–6, [10–3] in the final.


2018 Liuzhou International Challenger – Men's Singles
Radu Albot won the title after defeating Miomir Kecmanović 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 in the final.


2018 Liuzhou International Challenger – Women's Doubles
Han Xinyun and Makoto Ninomiya were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.


2018 Liuzhou International Challenger – Women's Doubles
Eudice Chong and Ye Qiuyu won the title, defeating Kang Jiaqi and Lee So-ra in the final, 7–5, 6–3.


2018 Liuzhou International Challenger – Women's Singles
Wang Yafan was the defending champion and successfully defended her title, defeating Han Na-lae in the final, 6–4, 6–2.


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


2018 Liverpool City Council election, Council composition
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:


2018 Liverpool City Council election, Ward Results, Church
Thomas Burton, the Conservative party candidate for Church ward was ineligible to sit as a councillor as he was a Liverpool City Council employee.


2018 Liverpool City Council election, Ward Results, Kensington and Fairfield
Three days before the election, Green Candidate Steve Faragher resigned from the Green Party due to an online comment. This was too late for the ballot paper to be changed.


2018 Liverpool City Council election, Notes
• italics denote a sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate


2018 Liège attack
On 29 May 2018, Benjamin Herman, a prisoner on temporary leave from prison, stabbed two female police officers, took their guns, shot and killed them and a civilian in Liège, Belgium. The gunman took a woman hostage before he was killed by police. The attacker had since 2017 been suspected of having been radicalised in prison after converting to Islam, and was reported to be part of the entourage of a prison Islamist recruiter. The method of the attack was said by investigators to match and be specifically encouraged by the Islamic State which claimed the attack. Prosecutors say they are treating the attacks as "terrorist murder". The attack is treated as "jihadist terrorism" by Europol.


2018 Liège attack, Background
Recent stabbing attacks on police officers in Belgium have included the 2016 stabbing of Brussels police officers, the2016 stabbing of Charleroi police officers and the stabbing of two officers on 7 September 2016 in Molenbeek.


2018 Liège attack, Background
Belgium, which had been on high alert since a Brussels-based Islamic State (IS) cell was involved in the November 2015 Paris attacks and the March 2016 Brussels bombings that killed 32 people, lowered its alert level in January 2018 citing the defeat of ISIS and a reduction in the number of people coming to Belgium from Syria.


2018 Liège attack, Background
The Belgian parliament issued a report in 2018 warning that convicts in the country had been behind several recent attacks in Europe and further expressed concerns that hundreds of prisoners deemed radical by authorities are due to be released in the coming years.


2018 Liège attack, Stabbing and shooting
At about 10:30, outside the Aux Augustins café in Liege's city centre, the attacker shouted "Allahu Akbar", according to Federal Magistrate Wenke Rogen and according to a video reported by La Repubblica. He was armed with a knife that he used to stab two female officers, Lucile Garcia and Soraya Belkacemi, from behind as they were checking parking meters. He took one of the officers' handguns (he was later pictured with two handguns) and fatally shot the officers.


2018 Liège attack, Stabbing and shooting
A 22-year-old male, Cyril Vangriecken, was also killed in an attempted car-jacking before the perpetrator went into the Athénée de Waha high school and tried to take a female cleaner hostage who was left unharmed after she told the attacker that she was a Muslim who observed Ramadan, and persuaded him to not harm the pupils. All the students had been evacuated to the nearby Botanical Garden.


2018 Liège attack, Stabbing and shooting
The perpetrator then left the school and shot two police officers in the leg, leaving one officer in a serious condition. Two other officers received injuries to their arms before the attacker was shot dead when the police returned fire.


2018 Liège attack, Stabbing and shooting
Catherine Collignon, a spokesman for the Liège prosecutors, confirmed the deaths of four people, including the assailant. She later claimed the attack matched the style of similar IS-inspired attacks and told a press conference the attack "qualified as terrorist murder and attempted terrorist murder."


2018 Liège attack, Stabbing and shooting
A terrorism investigation was launched after the attack. The method of the attack, repeatedly stabbing the policewomen before using their own firearms to kill them, while shouting "Allahu Akbar", was said by investigators to be specifically encouraged by the Islamic State.


2018 Liège attack, Perpetrator
Benjamin Herman, a 31-year-old Belgian, was reported as the perpetrator who had been released from prison on 28 May on a one-day parole after being held for drug offences. Investigators sought to determine if he had been radicalised in prison as he had reportedly been in contact with radicalised Islamists while confined although he wasn't listed as an extremist threat. During a search of his cell after the attack, investigators found a Quran and a prayer rug.


2018 Liège attack, Perpetrator
He was from Rochefort, about an hour from Liège. He was known to police for crimes such as robbery, assault and drug dealing. His family leave was given in order to prepare for his re-integration into society despite a prison service assessment that he was very violent.


2018 Liège attack, Perpetrator
The night before the attack, Herman also killed Michael Wilmet in Marche-en-Famenne, repeatedly hitting him with a hammer. Wilmet was a former prisoner, convicted on drug charges, whom Herman had met in jail.


2018 Liège attack, Perpetrator
On 30 May, Amaq News Agency, linked to the Islamic State, claimed that a "soldier of the Caliphate" had responded to the proscribed group's call to attack citizens of countries in the international coalition fighting it.


2018 Liège attack, Reactions, Domestic
The monarchy of Belgium offered its condolences, while King Philippe of Belgium visited the scene along with Prime Minister Charles Michel, who also offered his condolences. Belgium's national threat level remained at two out of four, indicating an average risk of an attack.


2018 Liège attack, Reactions, Domestic
As part of the initial investigation reasons, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander De Croo asked: "Everyone in Belgium is asking the same question: how is it possible that someone convicted for such serious acts was allowed to leave prisons?" Justice Minister Koen Geens then claimed that there was not any reason to suspect this time would be different from his earlier furloughs and that Herman's latest temporary leave was the 14th time since his detention and was intended to help him prepare for eventual reintegration into society in 2020. "I don’t think those are mistakes. It is not a clear-cut case of radicalisation – otherwise he would have been flagged by all services." Michel concurred with the assessment that Herman had not figured directly on the primary national register of threats.


2018 Liège attack, Reactions, Domestic
The day after the attack, a ceremony honouring the victims was held in Espace Tivoli in Liège at 13:00 which was observed by many police officers, politicians, and members of the public. Seven minutes of silence were observed, ending with spontaneous applause from the crowd.


2018 Liège attack, Reactions, International
Belgium-based NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg offered his condolences and solidarity.


2018 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
The 2018 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 22 April 2018 in Belgium. It was the 104th edition of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège and the eighteenth event of the 2018 UCI World Tour.


2018 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
The race was won by the champion of Luxembourg, Bob Jungels (Quick-Step Floors), who escaped on the Côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons. Canadian rider Michael Woods, riding for the EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale team, won the sprint for second place ahead of AG2R La Mondiale's Romain Bardet for France.


2018 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Teams
As Liège–Bastogne–Liège was a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and obliged to enter a team in the race. Seven UCI Professional Continental teams competed as wildcards, completing the 25-team peloton.


2018 Liège–Bastogne–Liège (women's race)
The second edition of Liège–Bastogne–Liège for Women, a road cycling one-day race in Belgium, was held on 22 April 2018. It was the ninth event of the 2018 UCI Women's World Tour. The race started in Bastogne and finished in Liège, containing four categorized climbs, covering a total distance of 135.5 km.


2018 Liège–Bastogne–Liège (women's race)
Anna van der Breggen won the race after she broke clear from Amanda Spratt on the uphill run-up towards the finish. Annemiek van Vleuten was third. It was van der Breggen's second Ardennes classics win of the week after she won Flèche Wallonne, and her fourth World Tour one-day victory of 2018.


2018 Liège–Bastogne–Liège (women's race), Route
The route was identical to that of the 2017 event. At 135.5 km, the race was approximately half the distance of the men's event. It started in Bastogne, from where it headed north past Liège to finish in the industrial suburb of Ans on the same location as the men's race. The route featured four categorized climbs: the Côte de la Vecquée, Côte de La Redoute, Côte de la Roche aux faucons and Côte de Saint-Nicolas. The top of the last climb of Saint-Nicolas comes at 5.5 km from the finish.


2018 Liège–Bastogne–Liège (women's race), Teams
Twenty-three teams, each with a maximum of six riders, started the race:


2018 Liège–Bastogne–Liège (women's race), Race summary
20 riders remained at the front by the top of the climb of La Redoute, with 36 km to go. Pauline Ferrand-Prévot broke away after the top and soon had a 55-second lead, but was caught back by the chasers on the Côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons, at 20 km from the finish. Anna van der Breggen, Annemiek van Vleuten, Ashleigh Moolman and Megan Guarnier had a 25-second lead on the top, but were joined by six others 2 km later. Australian Amanda Spratt immediately accelerated and had a gap of 55 seconds with 10 km to go.


2018 Liège–Bastogne–Liège (women's race), Race summary
On the Côte de Saint-Nicolas, Anna van der Breggen, Moolman and van Vleuten attacked from the chase group, and at the top van der Breggen had dropped the two others to chase Spratt on her own. The Dutch olympic champion caught Spratt with 5km to go and powered away on the uphill run-in to the finish to win her second consecutive Liège–Bastogne–Liège. Spratt finished second at 6 seconds, van Vleuten outsprinted Moolman for third place.


2018 Loiret's 4th constituency by-election
A by-election was held in Loiret's 4th constituency on 18 March 2018, with a second round on 25 March as no candidate secured a majority of votes in the first round. The by-election was prompted by the invalidation of the election of Jean-Pierre Door, candidate of The Republicans (LR), in the June 2017 legislative elections by the Constitutional Council on 18 December 2017. In the second round of the 2017 legislative elections on 18 June, the result was the closest in the country, with Door winning by 8 votes before the election was annulled.


2018 Loiret's 4th constituency by-election
Door won the second round of the by-election with 67.08% of the vote against Mélusine Harlé, candidate of La République En Marche!, with 32.92%.


2018 Loiret's 4th constituency by-election, Background
Following the second round of the 2017 legislative election in Loiret's 4th constituency on 18 June, Mélusine Harlé, candidate of La République En Marche! defeated by 8 votes in the closest contest of the year, filed an appeal with the Constitutional Council appealing the election of Jean-Pierre Door of The Republicans (LR).


2018 Loiret's 4th constituency by-election, Background
On 18 December, the constitutional council annulled the election of Door, with the number of ballots in the commune of Préfontaines differing from the number of signatures, reducing the number of votes cast there from 166 to 165.


2018 Loiret's 4th constituency by-election, Background
In addition, article L. 49 of the electoral code prohibits candidates from distributing electoral materials starting from midnight the day before the election, and Harlé argued that a Facebook post made by Door depicting a speech in his capacities as mayor of Montargis commemorating the Appeal of 18 June, as well as a post made by deputy mayor Fabrice Bouscal noting that he voted for Door and inviting voters to "choose the experience faced with adventure", were in breach of the article. Given the extremely narrow margin between the two candidates at the fact that the Facebook posts were not private but public and made on the date of the election, the constitutional council ruled to annul the election of Door, triggering a by-election in the constituency.


2018 Loiret's 4th constituency by-election, Background
The first and second rounds of the by-election were scheduled for 18 and 25 March 2018, with 119 polling stations in 69 communes open from 8:00 to 18:00 CET.


2018 Loiret's 4th constituency by-election, Background
Candidates were required submit declarations of their candidacies between 19 and 23 February.


2018 Loiret's 4th constituency by-election, Candidates
Incumbent deputy Jean-Pierre Door of The Republicans (LR), a 76-year-old cardiologist, stood in the by-election to attempt to maintain his seat. On 30 January 2018, the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) announced its support for Door, citing his support for the political line of Alain Juppé.


2018 Loiret's 4th constituency by-election, Candidates
Deputy and president of the Union of the Right and Centre group in the regional council of Centre-Val de Loire Guillaume Peltier visited the constituency to support Door on 8 March, followed by senator Jean-Noël Cardoux on 9 March, former minister Élisabeth Hubert on 13 March, LR president Laurent Wauquiez, president of The Republicans group in the National Assembly Christian Jacob, and deputy Antoine Savignat on 14 March, accompanied by UDI deputies Philippe Vigier and Maurice Leroy at a meeting attended by over 400 people, and Valérie Pécresse and Damien Abad between the two rounds on 20 March.


2018 Loiret's 4th constituency by-election, Candidates
Mélusine Harlé, a 45-year-old CEO of a management company and candidate of La République En Marche!, launched her campaign on 13 January 2018 alongside party president Christophe Castaner, against the backdrop of motorcyclists protesting the government's reduction of speed limits on local roads from 90 km/h to 80 km/h. On 1 March, minister Jacqueline Gourault attended a public meeting in support of Harlé in Solterre, and Mounir Mahjoubi visited Ferrières-en-Gâtinais on 2 March. Deputies Aurore Bergé, Gilles Le Gendre, and Caroline Janvier also campaigned on behalf of Harlé at a public meeting on 9 March, and Olivier Dussopt subsequently visited the constituency on 16 March.


2018 Loiret's 4th constituency by-election, Candidates
Ludovic Marchetti, a 31-year-old pastry chef, municipal councillor of Amilly, and departmental secretary of the National Front (FN) in Loiret, was again selected as the party's candidate in the constituency.


2018 Loiret's 4th constituency by-election, Candidates
The section of the French Communist Party (PCF) based in the constituency argued for a common front on the left unifying the PCF, La France Insoumise, and supporters of Benoît Hamon behind a single antiliberal and ecologist candidate. Franck Demaumont of the PCF also initially intended to run, before reversing his decision and Bruno Nottin was nominated in his place, with Françoise Causse of La France Insoumise selected as his substitute. Nottin, a 43-year-old court clerk, received the support of Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV), which was initially considered likely to present its own candidate. On 6 March, Pierre Laurent, national secretary of the PCF, visited Amilly to support Nottin.


2018 Loiret's 4th constituency by-election, Candidates
Jérôme Schmitt, a 46-year-old employed in the nuclear sector, contested Loiret's 6th constituency in 2017 and stood as the candidate of La France Insoumise, which did not present a candidate in the constituency in June against PCF mayor of Châlette-sur-Loing Franck Demaumont in acknowledgment of his sponsorship of Jean-Luc Mélenchon for the presidential election. However, relations between the two movements deteriorated since then, though Schmitt did not rule out the possibility of an alliance with the PCF.