2018 Real Tennis World Championship
The 2018 Real Tennis World Championship was a real tennis tournament held at the Queen's Club in London, England. 12-time world champion Rob Fahey regained the world title defeating the defending champion Camden Riviere by a score of 7–5.


2018 Real Tennis World Championship, Qualification
As the defending champion, Camden Riviere qualified directly to the World Championship Challenge. The challenger was determined through a series of eliminator matches. Qualification to the eliminator matches was based on results in major tournaments in 2016 and 2017. Four players were declared eligible to compete:


2018 Real Tennis World Championship, Qualification
This was the first year that Fahey had participated in the challenge tournament since 1994, as he had held the title of World Champion continuously until 2016. During the World Race, he won the 2016 Australian Open in Melbourne against Ben Taylor-Matthews and was runner up in both the 2016 and 2017 French Open as well as the 2017 US Open, losing in all cases to Camden Riviere. Before commencing the first round eliminator, he won the 2018 Australian Open in Hobart, although this did not count towards the World Race for 2018.


2018 Real Tennis World Championship, Qualification
Virgona had qualified to be the World Championship challenger on two occasions: first in 2010 in Melbourne and again in 2012 at the Queen's Club, losing both times to Fahey. In both 2014 and 2016, he lost the final eliminator to Camden Riviere. During the qualification period, he was runner-up at both the 2016 US Open and 2017 Australian Open, again losing both times to Riviere.


2018 Real Tennis World Championship, Qualification
Unlike the other qualifiers, this would be Chapman's first appearance in the World Championship eliminators, although he had competed in the early rounds of the World Doubles Championship. He was also the only competitor not to have previously won an open event. His best result was reaching the final of the 2016 British Open.


2018 Real Tennis World Championship, Qualification
Sayers was competing in the challenge for the third time, having reached the final eliminator in 2014 and the first round in 2012, losing both times to Virgona. His best result in the qualification period was as runner-up in the 2017 British Open to world champion Camden Riviere.


2018 Real Tennis World Championship, Eliminators
The format for the world championship eliminators was changed for 2018. In previous years, the matches were held on a home and away basis as three best-of-five set matches. In 2018, the first round eliminator were held at a single venue as a single best-of-nine set match, across two days. Four sets would be played on the first day, with the option for a fifth set if one player were to win the first four sets. The final eliminator would retain the home and away format.


2018 Real Tennis World Championship, Eliminators
The venues for the first round eliminators were chosen via a bidding process. Each player had the right to put in a bid for their chosen court, with the first and second seeds able to match their opponents bid if their bid was at least 80% of the rival bid. The third and fourth seeded players successfully out-bid their higher-seeded opponents, so the venues were the two London courts of Queen's and the Royal Tennis Court.


2018 Real Tennis World Championship, Eliminators, First Round Eliminators
The first eliminator was held at the Queen's Club in London, the home court of Bryn Sayers. The venue also regularly hosts the British Open and was scheduled to host the World Championship challenge later that year. Only a few months prior, Sayers had defeated Fahey in four sets on the same court in the British Open semi-final. Sayers started strong, winning the first set 6/4, although Fahey brought back momentum to win the next two sets 6/3 and 6/1. The final set of the first day was a narrow-fought 6/5 to Fahey. On the second day, Fahey needed two sets to progress; Sayers needed four. Although Sayers won the first set of the day again, Fahey held onto two tight sets to win.


2018 Real Tennis World Championship, Eliminators, First Round Eliminators
Across at the Royal Tennis Court at Hampton Court, the other match saw battle between the local professional Chris Chapman and his then-doubles partner Steve Virgona. Virgona dominated the play winning the first four sets of the day. He then opted to play the fifth and ultimately final set on the same day, winning it also and negating the need for a second day of play.


2018 Real Tennis World Championship, Eliminators, Final Eliminator
The Final Eliminator was a match-up between Virgona and Fahey. As the higher ranked player, Fahey had the choice of court for the second and third (if required) matches of the eliminator. Virgona elected to play the first match at his home club of Chicago. In the first Leg at Chicago, Virgona took an early lead in the best-of-five set match, taking the first set 4/6. But the visitor and former world champion came back strong, to take the leg in four sets. A week later at the second leg at Prested Hall, despite some tight games and excellent play, Fahey raced through in straight sets to return to the World Championship Challenge.


2018 Real Tennis World Championship, World Challenge
The 2018 World Championship Challenge was held as a best-of-13 set match between defending champion Camden Riviere and 12-time former champion Robert Fahey. In March 2017, the venue for the challenge was announced as the Queen's Club in London. It was the eighth time Queen's would host a World Championship, having previously hosted in 1905, 1955, 1957, 1976, 1981, 1985, 1987 and 2012. It was also the venue for Jeu de Paume at the 1908 Olympic Games. Both the champion and the challenger had played regularly at the venue, as it hosts the annual British Open. However, they had not met in the British Open since the semi-final in 2012, where Fahey won in straight-sets.


2018 Real Tennis World Championship, World Challenge
The pair had previously met in three World Championship Challenges, all of which featured Fahey as the defending champion. Their first meeting was in Fontainebleau, France in 2008, which was Riviere's first challenge. Then, Riviere had never before beaten Fahey, but gave a strong showing to win five sets from Fahey. They would next meet in Melbourne, Australia in 2014. Again, Fahey successfully defended his championship 7–3. However, since then Riviere had an undefeated record over a four-year period which included winning the World Championship at his then-home club of Newport, Rhode Island in 2016.


2018 Real Tennis World Championship, World Challenge
Riviere had won seven consecutive Major Opens including a Grand Slam, from the 2016 US Open to the 2017 British Open, after which he missed the 2018 Australian Open. Nonetheless, despite his age Fahey boasted an unrivalled pedigree in the sport, with 49 Major Opens and 12 World Championships, although he had only won five opens since 2013. Prior to the match, Fahey admitted "I'm going to be the biggest underdog since the 1930s" as his 50th birthday would be two days after the match's conclusion.


2018 Real Tennis World Championship, World Challenge, Day 1
The match was attended by Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and marked by Andrew Lyons, the former Queen's Club head professional. Despite a reputation for starting matches slowly, Fahey began the match by taking the first set 6/4. Riviere then applied the pressure throughout the remainder of the day, winning back the second set and narrowly gaining the advantage in the third as Fahey tried to hold on. By the fourth set, he was cruising and did not drop a game as Fahey started to look tired. At the end of the day, Riviere had a solid 3 sets to 1 lead.


2018 Real Tennis World Championship, World Challenge, Day 2
Given his lead from the first day, his strong history and his opponent's age, many expected the second day to be all about Riviere. However Fahey fought back hard with a tight and varied serving game and strong power hitting, as Riviere struggled to find momentum from his high-energy style of play. The fifth and six sets took nearly an hour each, with momentum swinging back and forth, but ultimately, Fahey prevailed in both. A niggling hipinjury break to Riviere did not help, as Fahey went from strength to strength. Ultimately, Fahey won every set by increasing margins to recover a 5–3 lead in the match.


2018 Real Tennis World Championship, World Challenge, Day 3
Going into the final day, Fahey needed only win two sets to recover his World Championship. The first set of the day was long and tight, with Riviere narrowly gaining the upper hand. He followed it up by winning the second set of the day comfortably to bring the match score to 5 sets all. Although it looked like the momentum was with Riviere he was struggling with his serve, which allowed Fahey to capitalise and fight back one last time to win the final two sets and thus the championship.


2018 Real Tennis World Championship, World Challenge, Result
Fahey won the match 7–5 to claim his record 13th World Championship. He also became the first male singles champion since Fred Covey in 1922 to recover the title after previously losing it. He re-established himself as the second-oldest world champion to Pierre Etchebaster, the match occurring two days prior to his 50th birthday. Upon claiming the trophy, he said "I used to think that I owned this trophy. Now I know I'm just borrowing it."


2018 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan presidential campaign
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, incumbent President of Turkey since 2014, was officially nominated as the presidential candidate of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) on 3 May 2018. Shortly thereafter, the nominally oppositional Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) reiterated that it would endorse Erdoğan's candidacy, and would jointly apply to the electoral commission for its formal registration. After the MHP announced that they will endorse Erdoğan’s campaign, the BBP announced the support for Erdoğan’s candidacy. In early May, it was confirmed by Erdoğan that he would be visiting the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo in the early stages of the campaign, most likely on 20 May 2018, and hold campaign rallies with the Bosnian Turks to drum up support for his re-election bid.


2018 Recopa Sudamericana
The 2018 CONMEBOL Recopa was the 26th edition of the CONMEBOL Recopa (also referred to as the Recopa Sudamericana, or Portuguese: Recopa Sul-Americana), the football competition organized by CONMEBOL between the winners of the previous season's two major South American club tournaments, the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana.


2018 Recopa Sudamericana
The competition was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Brazilian team Grêmio, the 2017 Copa Libertadores champions, and Argentinian team Independiente, the 2017 Copa Sudamericana champions. The first leg was hosted by Independiente at Estadio Libertadores de América in Avellaneda on 14 February 2018, while the second leg was hosted by Grêmio at Arena do Grêmio in Porto Alegre on 21 February 2018.


2018 Recopa Sudamericana
Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Grêmio won 5–4 on penalties to win their second Recopa Sudamericana title.


2018 Recopa Sudamericana, Format
The Recopa Sudamericana was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the Copa Libertadores champions hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, and 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. If extra time was played, a fourth substitution would be allowed.


2018 Recopa Sudamericana, Matches, First leg
Assistant referees:Byron Romero (Ecuador)Christian Lescano (Ecuador)Fourth official:Luis Quiroz (Ecuador)Video assistant referee:Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)Milcíades Saldívar (Paraguay)Assistant video assistant referee:Gery Vargas (Bolivia)


2018 Recopa Sudamericana, Matches, Second leg
Assistant referees:Eduardo Cardozo (Paraguay)Juan Zorrilla (Paraguay)Fourth official:Éber Aquino (Paraguay)Video assistant referee:Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)Nicolás Tarán (Uruguay)Assistant video assistant referee:José Argote (Venezuela)


2018 Red Bull Air Race World Championship
The 2018 Red Bull Air Race World Championship was the thirteenth Red Bull Air Race World Championship series.


2018 Red Bull Air Race World Championship, Race calendar and results
The eight-event calendar for the 2018 season was announced on 8 November 2017. Chiba of rounds 3 were announced on 6 March 2018. On 24 July 2018, the season finale was announced to be held at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas.


2018 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup
The 2018 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup was the twelfth season of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. The season, for the sixth year contested by the riders on equal KTM 250cc 4-stroke Moto3 bikes, was held over 12 races in seven meetings on the Grand Prix motorcycle racing calendar, beginning at Jerez on 5 May and ending on 23 September at MotorLand Aragón. Turkish rider Can Öncü won the championship, securing the title after the Misano race.


2018 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, Championship standings
Points were awarded to the top fifteen riders, provided the rider finished the race.


2018 Red Rock Pro Open
The 2018 Red Rock Pro Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the tenth edition of the tournament and was part of the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Las Vegas, United States, on 5–11 November 2018.


2018 Red Rock Pro Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2018 Red Rock Pro Open – Doubles
An-Sophie Mestach and Laura Robson were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.


2018 Red Rock Pro Open – Doubles
Asia Muhammad and Maria Sanchez won the title, defeating Sophie Chang and Alexandra Mueller in the final, 6–3, 6–4.


2018 Red Rock Pro Open – Singles
Sesil Karatantcheva was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Grace Min.


2018 Red Rock Pro Open – Singles
Belinda Bencic won the title, defeating Nicole Gibbs in the final, 7–5, 6–1.


2018 Redbox Bowl
The 2018 Redbox Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on December 31, 2018 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, with kickoff at noon PST (3:00 p.m. EST). It was one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. This was the 17th annual edition of a game that has gone by different names, and was known as the Foster Farms Bowl for the previous four years. For 2018 the game was renamed for its new sponsor, the DVD and video game rental company Redbox.


2018 Redbox Bowl, Teams
The game was played between Michigan State of the Big Ten Conference and Oregon of the Pac-12 Conference. The two teams have met six times previously, with each winning three times.


2018 Redbox Bowl, Teams, Oregon Ducks
Oregon received and accepted a bid to the Redbox Bowl on December 2. The Ducks entered the bowl with an 8–4 record (5–4 in conference).


2018 Redbox Bowl, Teams, Michigan State Spartans
Michigan State received and accepted a bid to the Redbox Bowl on December 2. The Spartans entered the bowl with a 7–5 record (5–4 in conference).


2018 Redbridge London Borough Council election
An election for Redbridge London Borough Council took place on 3 May 2018, the same day as for other London Boroughs. All 63 seats were up for election, with new ward boundaries in place. The Labour Party retained control of the council with an increased majority, taking 81% of the seats.


2018 Redbridge London Borough Council election, Results
The election was fought on new ward boundaries. The Labour Party won 51 seats (up 16 from 2014), the Conservatives won 12 (down 13 from 2014). Three LibDem councillors were elected in 2014, but none in 2018. Due to the boundary changes, the BBC calculated 'notional' seat changes of +13 for Labour and -13 for the Conservatives.


2018 Redditch Borough Council election
The 2018 Redditch Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Redditch Borough Council in England. The Conservatives won control of the council from Labour with 17 seats, compared to 12 for Labour and 0 for the UKIP.


2018 Redditch Borough Council election, Background
Redditch Borough Council was one of the smallest councils in England to hold elections in 2018 and ten of its 29 councillors were up for election. The election came with the Labour majority council being under criticism for "controversial" proposals for four new 'quarters' of Redditch, the demolition of the library and police station and the relocation of the borough's civic headquarters.


2018 Redditch Borough Council election, Background
Three sitting councillors did not seek re-election at this election (1 Labour, 2 Conservatives).


2018 Redditch Borough Council election, Background
The Conservatives ultimately gained four seats to take their total to 17 and which meant that they took control of the council, the only example of a direct change of power from Labour to Conservatives at these elections. Labour lost three seats while UKIP lost its last remaining councillor in the Winyates ward. The result also meant that Labour no longer controlled any local authority in Worcestershire.


2018 Regional Women's Twenty20 Championship
The 2018 Regional Women's Twenty20 Championship was the fourth season of the women's Twenty20 cricket competition played in the West Indies. It took place in June 2018, with 6 teams taking part and mainly taking place in Kingston. Barbados won the tournament, claiming their first T20 title.


2018 Regional Women's Twenty20 Championship
The tournament was followed by the 2018 Women's Regional Super50.


2018 Regional Women's Twenty20 Championship, Competition format
Teams played in a round-robin in a group of six, therefore playing 5 matches overall. Matches were played using a Twenty20 format. The top team in the group were crowned the Champions.


2018 Regional Women's Twenty20 Championship, Competition format
The group worked on a points system with positions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:


2018 Reinert Open
The 2018 Reinert Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the eleventh edition of the tournament and was part of the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Versmold, Germany, on 9–15 July 2018.


2018 Reinert Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2018 Reinert Open – Doubles
Katharina Gerlach and Julia Wachaczyk were the defending champions, but they lost to Amina Anshba and Albina Khabibulina in the quarterfinals.


2018 Reinert Open – Doubles
Pemra Özgen and Despina Papamichail won the title, defeating Olga Danilović and Nina Stojanović in the final, 1–6, 6–2, [10–4].


2018 Reinert Open – Singles
Mihaela Buzărnescu was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2018 Reinert Open – Singles
Olga Danilović won the title, defeating Laura Siegemund in the final, 5–7, 6–1, 6–3.


2018 Remus F3 Cup
The 2018 Remus F3 Cup was the 37th Austria Formula 3 Cup season and the sixth Remus F3 Cup season.


2018 Remus F3 Cup, Teams and drivers
All Cup cars were built between 2008 and 2011, while Trophy cars were built between 1992 and 2007.


2018 Remus F3 Cup, Teams and drivers
Numbers used at Remus F3 Cup events listed; numbers used at races run to F2000 Italian Formula Trophy regulations displayed in tooltips.


2018 Remus F3 Cup, Calendar & Race results
Round 2 to 4 and 6 (Red Bull Ring, Monza, Most and Imola) were held together with the F2000 Italian Formula Trophy, however, all F2000  competitors will be ineligible to score Remus F3 Cup points.


2018 Remus F3 Cup, Championship standings, Drexler Automotive Formula 3 Cup
All German drivers or drivers that use a Drexler Automotive gearbox are eligible to score points for the Drexler Automotive Formula 3 Cup.


2018 Remus F3 Cup, Championship standings, Drexler Automotive Formula 3 Cup
† Although Wachter and Martucci weren't participating in any Remus F3 Cup classes, they were eligible to score points in the Drexler Automotive Formula 3 Cup.


2018 Remus F3 Cup, Championship standings, HORAG Swiss Formula 3 Cup
† Antoine Bottiroli was competing in F2000 Italian Trophy at the Red Bull Ring races.


2018 Renault UK Clio Cup
The 2018 Renault UK Clio Cup is a multi-event, one make motor racing championship held across England. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers competing in the Clio Renaultsport 200 Turbo EDC that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. Organised by the British Automobile Racing Club, it forms part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the British Touring Car Championship. It will be the 23rd Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom season and the 43rd of UK motorsport undertaken by Renault and Renault Sport. The first race takes place on 1 April at Brands Hatch on the circuit's Indy configuration and concluded on 30 September at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after eighteen races held at nine meetings.


2018 Renault UK Clio Cup, Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers are currently signed to run the 2018 season. All teams and drivers were British-registered.


2018 Renault UK Clio Cup, Championship standings, Drivers' championship
Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap (+2 points)* – Leading Lap (+1 point)


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


2018 Renfrew County municipal elections, Renfrew County Council
County council has no direct elections; its membership is made up of the mayors and reeves of the lower-tier municipalities of the county (including the reeves - rather than mayors - of Deep River, Laurentian Valley, Renfrew and Whitewater Region), while Arnpror elects a separate councillor for county council. Therefore, elections in those municipalities determine the members of council for the new term.


2018 Reno 1868 FC season
The 2018 Reno 1868 FC season is the club's second season of existence, their second in the second tier of American soccer and their second in the United Soccer League.


2018 Reno mayoral election
The 2018 Reno mayoral election was held on November 6, 2018 to elect the mayor of Reno, Nevada. It saw the reelection of Hillary Schieve.


2018 Republika Srpska general election
General elections were held in Republika Srpska on 7 October 2018 as part of the Bosnian general elections. Voters elected the President of Republika Srpska and the 83 members of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska. Incumbent President Milorad Dodik was ineligible for re-election. Incumbent Prime Minister Željka Cvijanović was nominated by the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) and was elected to the Presidency, running on a joint platform with the Democratic People's Alliance and Socialist Party. SNSD also remained the largest in the National Assembly, and Radovan Višković became Prime Minister after a brief interim.


2018 Reykjavik Tournament
The 2018 Reykjavik Tournament was the 18th season of Iceland's annual men's pre-season tournament. The tournament involved nine of Reykjavík's top football sides from the top two leagues in Iceland, Úrvalsdeild karla and 1. deild karla, and used a combination of group and knockout rounds to determine which team was the winner of the tournament. The competition began on 6 January 2018 and concluded on 5 February 2018.


2018 Reykjavik Tournament, Semifinals
The top two teams from each group entered the semifinals stage. The ties were played on 1 February 2018 at Egilshöll, Reykjavík, one after the other.


2018 Reykjavik Tournament, Final
The 2018 Reykjavik Tournament final was contested between  the winners of the two semifinal matches. The final was played at Egilshöll, Reykjavík, on 5 February 2018.


2018 Rhode Island Rams football team
The 2018 Rhode Island Rams football team represented the University of Rhode Island in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Jim Fleming and played their home games at Meade Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 6–5, 4–4 in CAA play to finish in seventh place.


2018 Rhode Island Rams football team, Previous season
The Rams finished the 2017 season 3–8, 2–6 in CAA play to finish in a tie for tenth place.


2018 Rhode Island Rams football team, Preseason, CAA Poll
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Rams were predicted to finish in last place.


2018 Rhode Island Rams football team, Preseason, Preseason All-CAA Team
The Rams had two players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.


2018 Rhode Island elections
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Rhode Island on November 6, 2018. The party primaries for the election occurred on September 12, 2018. All of Rhode Island's executive officers went up for election as well as Rhode Island's Class I U.S. Senate seat and both of Rhode Island's two seats in the United States House of Representatives.


2018 Rhode Island elections, Governor
Incumbent Democratic Governor Gina Raimondo sought re-election to a second term and won, defeating Republican Allan Fung in a rematch.


2018 Rhode Island elections, Lieutenant Governor
Incumbent Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island Daniel McKee sought and won re-election to a second term.


2018 Rhode Island elections, Lieutenant Governor, Democratic primary
The two had a debate on WPRI on September 7, 2018.


2018 Rhode Island elections, Attorney General
Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Peter Kilmartin was term-limited and could not run for re-election to a third term in office.


2018 Rhode Island elections, Secretary of State
Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea is eligible to run for re-election to a second term.


2018 Rhode Island elections, General Treasurer
Incumbent Democratic General Treasurer Seth Magaziner is eligible to run for re-election to a second term.


2018 Rhode Island elections, United States Senate
Incumbent Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse won reelection to a third term.


2018 Rhode Island elections, United States House of Representatives
Both of Rhode Island's two seats in the United States House of Representatives will be up for election in 2018.


2018 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 2018 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the Governor of Rhode Island, concurrently with the election of Rhode Island's Class I U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections.


2018 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
On September 12, 2018, incumbent governor Gina Raimondo and Cranston mayor and 2014 gubernatorial nominee Allan Fung won the Democratic and Republican primaries respectively, facing each other in a rematch of the 2014 election. Raimondo defeated Fung in the general election on November 6 to win a second term as governor, improving on her plurality win in 2014 to earn a majority of the votes, and becoming the first Gubernatorial candidate (incumbent or challenger) to win a majority of votes since Donald Carcieri in 2006. It was also the first time that a Democrat got re-elected as Governor of Rhode Island since Bruce Sundlun won a second term in 1992.


2018 Rhythmic Gymnastics Asian Cup
The 1st Rhythmic Gymnastics Asian Cup was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from October 26 to 28, 2018. The competition had senior and junior divisions, and a team event consisting of two senior gymnasts and one junior gymnast.


2018 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
The 2018 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships was the 34th edition of the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships, which took place on 1–3 June 2018 at the Palacio Multiusos de Guadalajara in Guadalajara, Spain.


2018 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
The 2018 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, the 36th edition, were held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 10 September to 16 September 2018. Russia was the most successful nation of the competition with seven gold medals, and Bulgaria and Italy each won a title.


2018 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, Groups, Group All-Around
The top 8 scores in the apparatus qualifies to the group apparatus finals and the top 8 in overall qualification scores advance to the group all-around final. The top 24 groups in the All-Around qualified for the 2019 World Championships in Baku. The top 3 groups in the All-Around automatically qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.


2018 Riau gubernatorial election
The 2018 Riau gubernatorial election took place on 27 June 2018 as part of the simultaneous local elections. It was held to elect the governor of Riau along with their deputy, whilst members of the provincial council (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah) will be re-elected in 2019.


2018 Riau gubernatorial election
Four pairs of candidates contested the election, including incumbent governor Arsyadjuliandi Rachman. Other candidates are Firdaus, mayor of the province's capital Pekanbaru, DPR member and former cabinet minister Muhammad Lukman Edy, and Siak Regency regent Syamsuar.


2018 Riau gubernatorial election
After winning 38.2 percent of the votes, Syamsuar would defeat the incumbent and become governor for the 2018-2023 period.


2018 Riau gubernatorial election, Timeline
Registration for party-backed candidates were opened between 8 and 10 January 2018, while independent candidates were required to register between 22 and 26 November 2017. The candidates were assigned their ballot numbers on 13 February 2018. The campaigning period would commence between 15 February and 24 June, with a three-day election silence before voting on 27 June. In April 2018, KPU declared that there were 3,622,488 eligible voters for the election.


2018 Riau gubernatorial election, Candidates
Under regulations, candidates are required to secure the support of a political party or a coalition thereof comprising at least 20 percent of the seats in the regional house. Alternatively, independent candidates may run provided they are capable of securing support from 8.5 percent of the total voter population (333,119 voters) in form of photocopied ID cards subject to verification by the local committee although no candidates expressing interest managed to do this.


2018 Riau gubernatorial election, Candidates
Syamsuar, having won elections in Siak Regency twice, was approved by PAN to run in the gubernatorial election despite himself being a member of Golkar. After securing the support of Nasdem and PKS, he was eligible to run with 13 seats in the provincial council. His running mate Edi Nasution is a brigadier general in the Indonesian Army, who was stationed at Pekanbaru.


2018 Riau gubernatorial election, Candidates
Muhammad Lukman Edy had previously ran twice for governor - in 2008 and 2013 - and lost in both occasions. In addition to being member of DPR and holding a deputy chair post at MPR, he was the chairman of PKB's Riau office, and secured the support of his party to run. His running mate Hardianto is a member of Riau's provincial council, and the pair secured just enough seats in it to run (7 from PKB, 6 from Gerindra).


2018 Riau gubernatorial election, Candidates
Also with 13 seats in the council, Pekanbaru mayor Firdaus ran for governorship. The supporting parties are his own (Demokrat, with 9 seats) and PPP (4 seats). His running mate, Rusli Effendi, is a PPP member who had served 10 years in the provincial council.


2018 Riau gubernatorial election, Candidates
Incumbent Arsyadjuliandi Rachman (who was made governor following the arrest of his predecessor by the Corruption Eradication Commission in 2014) managed to secure the support of Golkar, PDI-P and Hanura. His running mate Suyatno was the regent of Rokan Hilir.


2018 Rice Owls football team
The 2018 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls played their home games at the Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas, and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by first-year head coach Mike Bloomgren. They finished the season 2–11, 1–7 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for sixth place in the West Division.


2018 Rice Owls football team, Previous season
The Owls finished the 2017 season 1–11, 1–7 in C-USA play to finish in sixth place in the West Division.


2018 Rice Owls football team, Previous season
On November 27, head coach David Bailiff was fired. He finished at Rice with an 11-year record of 57–80.


2018 Rice Owls football team, Preseason, Preseason All-CUSA team
Conference USA released their preseason all-CUSA team on July 16, 2018, with the Owls having one player selected.


2018 Rice Owls football team, Preseason, Preseason media poll
Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 17, 2018, with the Owls predicted to finish in a tie for sixth place in the West Division.


2018 Richmond Football Club season
The 2018 season was the 111th season in which the Richmond Football Club participated in the VFL/AFL.


2018 Richmond Football Club season, Reserves
The 2018 season marked the fifth consecutive year the Richmond Football club ran a stand-alone reserves team in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Richmond senior and rookie-listed players who were not selected to play in the AFL side were eligible to play for the team alongside a small squad of VFL-only listed players. The team was captained by former AFL listed defender Steve Morris. Hugh Beasley, Jake Aarts, Jacob Ballard and Tom Silvestro are also in the team's 2018 leadership group.


2018 Richmond Football Club season, Reserves
The team finished the home and away season with 14 wins and four losses, earning the minor premiership as a result. They were eliminated from the finals series after successive qualifying and semi finals matches against Williamstown and Essendon respectively.


2018 Richmond Football Club season, Reserves
AFL-listed midfielder Anthony Miles won the club's best and fairest award for the second year running, along with the league's best and fairest award, the J. J. Liston Trophy. AFL-listed small forward Tyson Stengle led the team's goal-kicking with 33 across his 19 matches. Another AFL-listed small forward, Shai Bolton, received both the league's Mark and Goal of the Year awards.


2018 Richmond Football Club season, Women's team
The 2018 season marked the first year the Richmond Football club ran a women's team and the first year in the VFL Women's competition (VFLW). Former men's VFL assistant coach Tom Hunter was named the team's head coach in November 2017. Jess Kennedy was named the team's inaugural captain in May 2018. The team finished the season with four wins and 10 losses, placing 11th on the ladder of 13 teams and failing to qualify for the finals competition.


2018 Richmond Kickers season
The 2018 Richmond Kickers season was the club's 26th season of existence. It was also the club's 11th season playing in the second tier of American soccer, and their seventh straight season in the United Soccer League, since renamed the USL Championship.


2018 Richmond Kickers season
The Kickers failed to improve on their 2017 campaign, and saw the team failed to qualify for the playoffs for consecutive seasons for the first time in club history. It was the fourth season in the club's history where they failed to qualify for the postseason. The Kickers finished with six wins, their fewest since 1994, and 24 losses, their most ever. During the season, the Kickers saw their long-time head coach, Leigh Cowlishaw step down from the post, and David Bulow take up coaching duties for the second half of the 2018 season.


2018 Richmond Kickers season
On September 11, 2018, the Kickers announced that due to financial issues associated with competing in the main USL, they would leave that league to become a founding member of USL League One, a new third-tier professional league operated by USL's parent company, United Soccer League (not to be confused with the former name of its top league).


2018 Richmond Kickers season, Background
The club is looking to improve off of a historically poor season. During the 2017 campaign, the Kickers finished with an 8–16–8 record, causing them to miss the playoffs for the first time since 2003. The Kickers amassed a club low 25 goals in the 32-match season. The club finished 14th out of 15 teams in the USL's Eastern Conference, and finished 26th in the 30-team league. The Kickers also suffered a second round exit in the U.S. Open Cup, losing to amateur outfit, Christos FC. It was the Kickers' shortest spell in the Open Cup since 2009.


2018 Richmond Spiders football team
The 2018 Richmond Spiders football team represented the University of Richmond in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Russ Huesman and played their home games at E. Claiborne Robins Stadium. The Spiders were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 4–7, 2–6 in CAA play to finish in a tie for tenth place.


2018 Richmond Spiders football team, Previous season
The Spiders finished the 2017 season 6–5, 4–4 in CAA play to finish in sixth place.


2018 Richmond Spiders football team, Preseason, CAA Poll
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Spiders were predicted to finish in seventh place.


2018 Richmond Spiders football team, Preseason, Preseason All-CAA Team
The Spiders had four players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.


2018 Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council election
The 2018 Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council Election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council in England, on the same day as other local elections. The previous time the seats were up for election was 22 May 2014.


2018 RideLondon–Surrey Classic
The 2018 Prudential RideLondon–Surrey Classic was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 29 July in London, England. It was the seventh edition of the London–Surrey Classic and was the twenty-sixth event of the 2018 UCI World Tour.


2018 RideLondon–Surrey Classic
The race was won in a sprint finish by Germany's Pascal Ackermann, riding for Bora–Hansgrohe.


2018 Riga Masters
The 2018 Kaspersky Riga Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 27 and 29 July 2018 at the Arena Riga in Riga, Latvia. It was the first ranking event of the 2018/2019 season.


2018 Riga Masters
Ryan Day was the defending champion, however he lost 3–4 to Ali Carter in the last 64.


2018 Riga Masters
Liang Wenbo made the highest break of the tournament with 140 in the second round against Neil Robertson. Liang potted all blacks with reds during the break but this was not a maximum break as he potted 13th and 14th reds in the same shot.


2018 Riga Masters
Neil Robertson won the event for the second time in three years, winning his 14th ranking title, defeating Jack Lisowski 5–2 in the final. This was Lisowski's first ranking event final.


2018 Riga Masters, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2018 Riga Masters, Prize fund
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £10,000


2018 Riga Masters, Qualifying
These matches were held between 2 and 5 July 2018 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were the best of 7 frames.


2018 Rink Hockey Continental Cup
The 2018 Rink Hockey Continental Cup was the 38th season of the Continental Cup, Europe's roller hockey Super Cup, organized by the World Skate Europe - Rink Hockey.


2018 Rink Hockey Continental Cup
Four teams from two federations played for the title on 29 and 30 September 2018 in Barcelos, Portugal.


2018 Rink Hockey European Championship
The 2018 Rink Hockey European Championship, also named as EuroHockey 2018, was the 53rd edition of the Rink Hockey European Championship, a biennial tournament for men's national roller hockey teams of Europe organised by World Skate Europe - Rink Hockey, which took place between 14 and 22 July in A Coruña, Spain.


2018 Rink Hockey European Championship
Spain won the tournament and took its seventeenth title overall.


2018 Rink Hockey European Championship, Teams
Eleven teams joined the tournament. Andorra, Belgium and Netherlands joined the other eight teams from the previous edition.


2018 Rink Hockey European Championship, Venue
All the games of the tournament took place at Pazo dos Deportes de Riazor, in A Coruña, Spain.


2018 Rink Hockey Female European Championship
The 2018 Rink Hockey Female European Championship was the 14th edition of this tournament, held between 8 and 14 October 2018 in Mealhada, Portugal. The competition was contested by seven teams under a round-robin format.


2018 Rink Hockey Female European Championship, Controversies
The final match between Portugal and Spain was suspended with less than two minutes left, due to the effects of Ex-Hurricane Leslie. Spain was winning by 3–2. As such, the assignation of the champion was suspended.


2018 Rink Hockey Female European Championship, Controversies
Finally, the last two minutes were played on 1 November 2018 and Spain achieved the title with one more goal, finally winning by 4–2.


2018 Rio Grande Valley FC season
The 2018 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros season is the 3rd season for Rio Grande Valley FC Toros in United Soccer League (USL), the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.


2018 Rio Grande Valley FC season, Club
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of March 16, 2018.


2018 Rio Open
The 2018 Rio Open was a professional men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 5th edition of the tournament, and part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2018 ATP World Tour. It took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil between February 19–25, 2018.


2018 Rio Open, Points and prize money, Prize money
1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money* per team


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


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


2018 Rio Open – Doubles
Pablo Carreño Busta and Pablo Cuevas were the defending champions, but withdrew before the tournament began.


2018 Rio Open – Doubles
David Marrero and Fernando Verdasco won the title, defeating Nikola Mektić and Alexander Peya in the final, 5–7, 7–5, [10–8]. Marrero and Verdasco were the first lucky loser team to win an ATP World Tour doubles title since 2014.


2018 Rio Open – Singles
Dominic Thiem was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Fernando Verdasco.


2018 Rio Open – Singles
Diego Schwartzman won the title, defeating Verdasco in the final, 6–2, 6–3.


2018 Rio de Janeiro gubernatorial election
The Rio de Janeiro gubernatorial election of October 2018 was for the election of the Governor and Vice Governor of Rio de Janeiro and 70 State Deputies. People also voted for 2 of 3 Senators of the state representation in the Federal legislative power, with 45 federal deputies representatives of the Rio de Janeiro State. A second round was held after no candidate managed to secure more than 50% of the Governor votes.


2018 Rio de Janeiro gubernatorial election
The previous gubernatorial election in the state was held in October 2014. Supported by the Brazilian Democratic Movement, Luiz Fernando Pezão was re-elected in second round with 55.78% of the votes, against 44.22% of Marcelo Crivella.


2018 Rio de Janeiro gubernatorial election
In the second round runoff, Wilson Witzel was elected Governor of Rio de Janeiro.


2018 Rio de Janeiro gubernatorial election, Results
PSC candidate Wilson Witzel secured 39 percent of the vote in the October 7. His nearest rival, DEM candidate Eduardo Paes, secured 21% of the vote. Both advanced to a second round runoff which was held on October 28. In the runoff, Witzel won the election after securing 59.87% of the vote to Paes' 40.13%


2018 Rising Phoenix World Championships
The  2018 Rising Phoenix World Championships was an IFBB Wings of Strength female professional bodybuilding competition and held in conjunction with the IFBB Arizona Pro. It was held on September 8, 2018 at the Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino in Chandler, Arizona.


2018 Rising Phoenix World Championships, Prize money, Best poser award prize money
This award was sponsored by Elevation Solar, MuscleGirlzLive, and Wings of Strength.


2018 Rising Phoenix World Championships, Prize money, Best intro video award prize money
This award was sponsored by Offerpad, MAS Body Construction, and MELODY and KARLETTA SPETKO .


2018 Rising Phoenix World Championships, Prize money, Most muscular award prize money
This award was sponsored by Muscle Angels, HerBiceps.com, and Wings of Strength.


2018 Rising Phoenix World Championships, 2018 Rising Phoenix World Championships Qualified, Points standings
1 In the event of a tie, the competitor with the best top five contest placings will be awarded the qualification. If both competitors have the same contest placings, than both will qualify for the Rising Phoenix World Championships.


2018 River Plate Montevideo season
River Plate took part in the Uruguayan Primera División and Torneo Intermedio. At the same time, u-20 squad competed in 2018 U-20 Copa Libertadores and reached top three. This tournament was held in Uruguay from 10 to 24 February 2018. River Plate qualified for 2019 Copa Sudamericana.


2018 River Plate Montevideo season
Pablo Tiscornia was removed on August 27 due to bad results.


2018 River Plate Montevideo season, Squad, First team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 River Plate Montevideo season, Primera División, Apertura 2018, Matches
1: El Tanque Sisley withdrew from the league due to outstanding debts.


2018 River Plate Montevideo season, Primera División, Clausura 2018, Matches
1: El Tanque Sisley withdrew from the league due to outstanding debts.


2018 River Plate Montevideo season, 2018 U-20 Copa Libertadores, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 Riverview killings
On March 18, 2018, in Riverview, Florida, a 29-year-old man, Ronnie Oneal III, murdered his girlfriend, 33-year-old Kenyatta Barron, and their 9-year-old daughter and attempted to kill their 8-year-old son Ronnie Oneal IV. Ronnie Oneal IV, the sole survivor of the attack, managed to escape the home, alerting detectives, "My father shot my mother", before being escorted to a local hospital.


2018 Riverview killings, Events
At 11:43 p.m. EDT, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office received a 911 emergency call from an unknown woman, now believed to have been Kenyatta. An unknown male voice can be heard screaming "Allah Akbar" (which means "God is the greatest"). Then the female caller said, "I’m so sorry Ronnie," as she screamed loudly. A male caller could be heard in the background saying, "She killed me," and, "Don’t come outside, call 911 now," according to the news release. The 911 call ended shortly thereafter.


2018 Riverview killings, Events
Eight minutes later, a second 911 call came in at 11:51 p.m., this time featuring a male caller claiming to have been attacked by "white demons" and accusing Kenyatta (addressed as "Ke-Ke" in the call) of trying to kill him, and that he "just killed her." Ronnie III gave their home address. Deputies arrived at the home at 11:49 p.m. to find a woman, later identified as Kenyatta, lying unconscious in the yard of the home at the mentioned address. Prior to killing her, Ronnie III yelled, "Come in here, kill this bitch!"


2018 Riverview killings, Events
Ronnie III also beat his daughter with an ax, killing her, and stabbed his son, Ronnie IV, leaving him critically wounded. Ronnie III then proceeded to set fire to their home, but Ronnie IV escaped the home with stab wounds and burns and told a detective, "My father shot my mother" and was promptly transported to a hospital for treatment of his serious injuries.


2018 Riverview killings, Events
Ronnie III resisted arrest until being tasered by police, who were then able to quickly arrest him. While inside the squad car, he called his murdered victim Kenyatta "the devil" and said, "The kids are the devil's kids." He was booked into Hillsborough County Jail the next day.


2018 Riverview killings, Events
On March 22, four days after the attack, Ronnie IV told detectives his account of the events of March 18 that left his mother and sister dead.


2018 Riverview killings, Sentencing
The sentencing hearing for Ronnie III began on June 16, 2021. The survivor, Ronnie IV, testified in court as a witness to the case. Ronnie III asked him, "Did I hurt you that night of the incident? ", to which the boy replied "Yes". Ronnie III then asked him, "How did I hurt you?" The boy replied, "You stabbed me." Ronnie III had served as his own attorney, cross-examining Ronnie IV and claiming that his son had lied to investigators.


2018 Riverview killings, Sentencing
Initially, court documents filed by attorneys claimed that Ronnie III was acting in self-defense, thus invoking the "stand-your-ground law". However, on June 21, 2021, Ronnie III was still found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted first-degree murder, as well as counts of aggravated child abuse, arson, and resisting a law enforcement officer. On July 23, 2021, he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole plus 90 years, run consecutively.


2018 Riverview killings, Sentencing
Owing to the details and facts about the case, sentencing judge Michelle Sisco described it as the "worst case [she's] ever seen" in her long career, dating back to 2002, of being a judge. State Attorney Andrew Warren's response to the attacks was "These murders are among the most cruel and vicious our community has ever seen."


2018 Riverview killings, Aftermath
On November 25, 2019, Ronnie IV was adopted by detective Mike Blair, who saved his life on the night of the killings. Ronnie IV changed his name to Ronnie Blair and became a brother to the five biological children, aged 16 to 23, of Mike Blair and his wife Danyel. Mike recalls the night of the killings, saying that there was "no expectation Ronnie would live", and considers Ronnie's recovery to be a miracle. Of the adoption, Ronnie says that he is "loved" and "part of the family."


2018 Riyadh missile strike
The 2018 Riyadh missile strike was a series of seven missiles launched into Saudi Arabia by Shiite Houthi rebels on 26 March 2018, targeting the King Khalid International Airport and other sites. Saudi forces claimed to have destroyed all seven missile, three of them targeting Riyadh, two targeting Jazan, and one targeting Najran. However according to Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at CNS, the Saudis failed to intercept the missiles following a malfunction of the MIM-104 Patriot system. One video appeared to show a Patriot missile launch on Sunday night go rapidly wrong, with the missile changing course midair, crashing into a neighborhood in Riyadh and exploding. Another appeared to detonate shortly after being launched in the Saudi capital.


2018 Riyadh missile strike
The news channel, Al Arabiya, aired footage that it said showed Patriot missile batteries firing at the incoming Houthi missiles. Online videos showed what appeared to be a missile fuselage lying on a street in Riyadh.


2018 Riyadh missile strike
The UN Security Council condemned the attack. An Egyptian man was killed and two others were wounded when a fragment of one of the missiles over Riyadh fell over a neighborhood.


2018 Riyadh missile strike
Al Masirah, a Houthi-run satellite news channel, identified some of the missiles fired as the Burkan, or Volcano missile. The United Nations, Western countries and the Saudi-led military coalition fighting in Yemen all said the Burkan mirrors characteristics of an Iranian Qiam ballistic missile. They said that suggests Iran either shared the technology or smuggled disassembled missiles to the Houthis, who then rebuilt them.


2018 Riyadh missile strike
A spokesperson for the embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia said "seven ballistic missiles were shot toward Saudi Arabia from within Yemen." A press conference was held the same day at 1 p.m. "to provide more details about this aggressive act."


2018 Rizal Crusaders season
The 2018 Rizal Crusaders season is the 1st season of the franchise in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).


2018 RoPS season
The 2018 season is RoPS's 6th Veikkausliiga season since their promotion back to the top flight in 2012.


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


2018 RoPS 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 RoPS 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 RoPS 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 RoPS 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 Road to the Kentucky Derby
The 2018 Road to the Kentucky Derby was a series of races through which horses qualified for the 2018 Kentucky Derby, which was held on May 5. The field for the Derby was limited to 20 horses, with up to four 'also eligibles' in case of a late withdrawal from the field.


2018 Road to the Kentucky Derby
There were three separate paths for horses to take to qualify for the Derby: the main Road consisting of 34 races in North America plus one in Dubai, the Japan Road consisting of three races in Japan, and a new European Road consisting of seven races in England, Ireland and France.


2018 Road to the Kentucky Derby
The races in the Road to the Kentucky Derby were held from September 2017 (when the horses were age two) through April 2018 (when they had turned three). The top four finishers in the specified races earned points, with the highest point values awarded in the major preparatory races held in late March or early April. Earnings in non-restricted stakes acted as a tie breaker.


2018 Road to the Kentucky Derby, Changes from 2017 series
For 2018, several changes were made from the 2017 series:


2018 Road to the Kentucky Derby, Changes from 2017 series
The Delta Downs Jackpot Stakes, which would have been the 36th race in the main series, was cancelled in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.


2018 Road to the Kentucky Derby, Main Road to the Kentucky Derby, Standings
The following table shows the points earned in the eligible races for the main series. Entries for the Derby were taken on May 1.


2018 Road to the Kentucky Derby, Main Road to the Kentucky Derby, Prep season events
Note: 1st=10 points; 2nd=4 points; 3rd=2 points; 4th=1 point (except the Breeders' Cup Juvenile: 1st=20 points; 2nd=8 points; 3rd=4 points; 4th=2 point)


2018 Road to the Kentucky Derby, Main Road to the Kentucky Derby, Championship series events, Second leg of series
These races are the major preps for the Kentucky Derby, and are thus weighted more heavily. Note: 1st=100 points; 2nd=40 points; 3rd=20 points; 4th=10 points


2018 Road to the Kentucky Derby, Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby
The Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby is intended to provide a place in the Derby starting gate to the top finisher in the series. If the connections of that horse decline the invitation, their place is offered to the second-place finisher and so on through the top four finishers. If neither of the top four accept, this place in the starting gate reverts to the horses on the main road to the Derby. Eligible Earnings, defined as career earnings through April 14, 2018,  serves as the tie-break if two or more horses have the same number of points. For 2018, none of the invitations was accepted.


2018 Road to the Kentucky Derby, Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby, Qualification Table
The top four horses (colored brown within the standings) are eligible to participate in the Kentucky Derby provided the horse is nominated.


2018 Road to the Kentucky Derby, Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby, Events
Note: Cattleya Sho and Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun: 1st=10 points; 2nd=4 points; 3rd=2 points; 4th=1 pointsNote: Hyacinth: 1st=30 points; 2nd=12 points; 3rd=6 points; 4th=3 points


2018 Road to the Kentucky Derby, European Road to the Kentucky Derby
The European Road to the Kentucky Derby is designed on a similar basis to the Japan Road and is intended to provide a place in the Derby starting gate to the top finisher in the series. If the connections of that horse decline the invitation, their place is offered to the second-place finisher and so on. If neither of the top four accept, this place in the starting gate reverts to the horses on the main road to the Derby. Eligible Earnings, defined as non-restricted stakes earnings through April 14, 2018,  serves as the tie-break if two or more horses have the same number of points. If non-restricted stakes earnings happen to be identical, career earnings through April 14, 2018 would be used to break the tie.


2018 Road to the Kentucky Derby, European Road to the Kentucky Derby
The series consists of seven races – four run on the turf in late 2017 when the horses are age two, plus three races run on a synthetic surface in early 2018.


2018 Road to the Kentucky Derby, European Road to the Kentucky Derby, Qualification Table
The following table shows the points earned in the eligible races for the European series. The top four horses (colored brown within the standings) were eligible for the invitation to participate in the Kentucky Derby, provided the horse was nominated. The connections of Gronkowski, who finished first with 50 points, accepted the invitation but Gronkowski subsequently became ill and had to miss the race. The second place finisher, Mendelssohn, separately qualified on the main Road by winning the UAE Derby.


2018 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
The 2018 Road to the Kentucky Oaks was a points system by which Thoroughbred fillies qualified for the 2018 Kentucky Oaks, held on May 4. The races were held from September 2017 (when the fillies were age two) through April 2018 (when they turned three). The top four finishers in the specified races earned points, with the highest point values awarded in the major preparatory races held in late March or early April. Earnings in non-restricted stakes acted as a tie breaker.


2018 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
Fillies who instead wished to enter the Kentucky Derby had to earn the necessary points in the races on the Road to the Kentucky Derby: points earned on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks were not transferable. However, if a filly did earn qualifying points for the Derby by racing in open company, those points also counted towards qualifying for the Oaks.


2018 Road to the Kentucky Oaks, Changes from 2017
Churchill Downs announced the schedule for the 2018 Road to the Kentucky Oaks on August 31, 2017. The only changes from the 2017 season were:


2018 Road to the Kentucky Oaks, Changes from 2017
The Delta Princess Stakes, which would have been the 31st race in the series, was cancelled in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.


2018 Road to the Kentucky Oaks, Standings
The following table shows the points earned in the eligible races. Entries for the Kentucky Oaks were taken on April 30. The race was won by Monomoy Girl, who qualified by winning the Rachel Alexandra and Ashland Stakes.


2018 Robert Morris Colonials football team
The 2018 Robert Morris Colonials football team represented Robert Morris University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Bernard Clark and played their home games at Joe Walton Stadium. They were a member of the Northeast Conference. They finished the season 2–9, 0–6 in NEC play to finish in last place.


2018 Robert Morris Colonials football team, Previous season
The Colonials finished the 2017 season 2–9, 0–6 in NEC play to finish in last place.


2018 Robert Morris Colonials football team, Previous season
On November 19, head coach John Banaszak announced his retirement. He finished at Robert Morris with a four-year record of 8–34.


2018 Robert Morris Colonials football team, Preseason, NEC coaches poll
The NEC released their preseason coaches poll on July 24, 2018, with the Colonials predicted to finish in last place.


2018 Robert Morris Colonials football team, Preseason, Preseason All-NEC team
The Colonials placed two players on the preseason all-NEC team.


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


2018 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, By-elections and other changes
Kathleen Nickson of Balderstone and Kirkholt ward defected from Labour to the Liberal Democrats in January 2019, saying that the Labour leadership "told [me] what to do, what to say and how to vote."


2018 Rochester Knighthawks season
The Rochester Knighthawks were a lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York, that played in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2018 season was the 24th in franchise history.


2018 Rochester Knighthawks season, Regular season, Final standings
x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games PlayedW: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowedDifferential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game


2018 Rochester Knighthawks season, Roster, Entry Draft
The 2017 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 18, 2017. The Knighthawks made the following selections:


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


2018 Rochford District Council election, Ward results, Lodge
No UKIP (-20.7), Labour (-11.3) or Liberal Democrat (-11.3) candidates as previous.


2018 Rochford District Council election, Ward results, Roche North & Rural
No UKIP (-30.6) or Liberal Democrat (-11.1) candidates as previous.


2018 Roger Federer tennis season
Roger Federer's 2018 tennis season officially began on 30 December 2017, with the start of the Hopman Cup, and ended on 17 November 2018, with a loss in the semifinals of the ATP Finals. He finished the year ranked No. 3 in the ATP Rankings. This season saw Federer improving his career best start to a season at 17–0 (21–0 if including victories at the Hopman Cup). Federer won his twentieth major at the Australian Open and extended his then-record of weeks at World No. 1 to 310 weeks in this season.


2018 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Early hard court season, Hopman Cup
As in the 2017 edition, Roger Federer paired with Belinda Bencic to represent Switzerland at the Hopman Cup. In the group stage, Federer defeated Yūichi Sugita, Karen Khachanov and Jack Sock, from Japan, Russia and United States respectively, all in straight sets, to help Switzerland advance to the final. They proceeded to defeat Germany 2–1, with Federer beating Alexander Zverev in three sets before the mixed doubles decider, in which he and Bencic defeated the pairing of Zverev and Angelique Kerber. This was Federer's second and Switzerland's third Hopman Cup title overall.


2018 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Early hard court season, Australian Open
Federer began his participation in the first major tournament of the year by defeating Aljaž Bedene in three sets in the first round. He proceeded to defeat Jan-Lennard Struff, Richard Gasquet, and Márton Fucsovics, all in straight sets, to reach the quarterfinals. There, he faced Tomáš Berdych, defeating him for the ninth straight time in three sets and advancing to the semifinals.


2018 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Early hard court season, Australian Open
With Chung Hyeon retiring mid-match, Federer reached a record 30th major final and his seventh at the Australian Open, before defeating Marin Čilić in a five-set match to win his 20th Grand Slam trophy, extending his own all-time record. This was his sixth Australian Open title, matching the record of Roy Emerson and Novak Djokovic for most tournament wins. At 36 years and 173 days, he became only the third man in the Open Era to win four Grand Slam championship trophies after turning 30 years old. This was the first time since the 2008 US Open when Federer was able to successfully defend a Grand Slam title, and overall marked a historic record 10th Grand Slam title defense.


2018 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Early hard court season, Rotterdam Open
Federer was given a wild card to play the Rotterdam Open, where he defeated Ruben Bemelmans and Phillip Kohlschreiber in straight sets to advance to the quarterfinals. There, he defeated Robin Haase in three sets, which guaranteed him a return to No. 1 in the ATP Rankings the following week.


2018 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Early hard court season, Rotterdam Open
At 36 years and 195 days of age, he surpassed Andre Agassi to become the oldest ATP world No. 1 by more than three years and broke the ATP record for the longest period between two stints at world No. 1 with 5 years and 106 days having elapsed since he last held the No. 1 ranking on 4 November 2012, as well as the record for the longest timespan between the first and most recent dates that he has held the No. 1 ranking: 14 years and 17 days.


2018 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Early hard court season, Rotterdam Open
In the semi-finals, he defeated Andreas Seppi in straight sets before beating Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets in the final to win his second title of the year and his third title in Rotterdam, tying him with Arthur Ashe for most titles at this event. This victory also marked Federer's 97th tour level title and a record 20th ATP Tour 500 level title.


2018 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Early hard court season, Indian Wells Masters
Federer proceeded to play in the first Masters 1000 tournament of the year, the Indian Wells Masters, knowing that he needed to reach the semifinals in order to keep his world No. 1 ranking. He received a first round bye and was victorious over Federico Delbonis and Filip Krajinović in rounds two and three. He then proceeded to defeat Jérémy Chardy in the fourth round and Chung Hyeon in the quarterfinals to reach the semifinals, thus retaining his world No. 1 ranking. With a close semifinal victory over Borna Ćorić in three sets, Federer compiled a career-best 17–0 start to his season. However, in the final, he fell to Juan Martín del Potro in a close three set match, despite having three match points on his own serve.


2018 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Early hard court season, Miami Open
Federer entered the Miami Open as the defending champion, knowing that he needed to reach the quarterfinals in order to preserve his world No. 1 ranking. However, after receiving a first round bye, he was upset by Australian qualifier Thanasi Kokkinakis in the second round. At world No. 175, Kokkinakis was the lowest ranked player to defeat a world No. 1 since Francisco Clavet defeated Lleyton Hewitt at the same tournament in 2003. With this loss, he lost the world No. 1 ranking back to Rafael Nadal.


2018 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Early hard court season, Miami Open
Federer then announced that he would skip the entire clay court season, including the French Open, for the second consecutive year. Despite this, he spent one more week as world No. 1 – the week of 14 May 2018 – as a result of Nadal's quarterfinal loss in the Madrid Open. Nadal went on to regain the ATP Rankings' top position the following week, by winning the Italian Open.


2018 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Grass court season, Stuttgart Open
Federer returned to the ATP tour to play the Stuttgart Open, which marks the beginning of the grass court season. After a bye in the first round, he proceeded to defeat Mischa Zverev in three sets to advance to the quarterfinals, ending his streak of 30 consecutive sets won on grass. In the quarterfinals, he defeated Guido Pella in straight sets. He advanced to the final with a three-set victory over Nick Kyrgios, thereby reclaiming the ATP No. 1 ranking from Rafael Nadal in the following week, and defeated Milos Raonic in straight sets to win the Stuttgart Open for the first time and the 98th title of his career.


2018 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Grass court season, Halle Open
Federer advanced to the Halle Open, bidding for a tournament-record tenth title. He defeated Aljaž Bedene in straight sets in the first round, setting up a second round match against Benoît Paire which he won in a third set tiebreak after saving two match points. He defeated Matthew Ebden in the quarterfinals and qualifier Denis Kudla in the semifinals, both in straight sets, to reach the final. He faced Borna Ćorić in the final, but lost in three sets despite having a set point in the first set. This loss also meant that he dropped to world No. 2 after one week on top of the rankings. Nevertheless, the match saw an improvement in form from Federer, after a difficult run to the final.


2018 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Grass court season, Wimbledon
Federer moved on to play the Wimbledon Championships, looking to defend his 2017 title. He was seeded first in a Grand Slam for the first time since the 2012 US Open. During his first-round match, Federer walked onto Centre Court wearing Uniqlo sportswear, officially ending his 20-year relationship with Nike and confirming the rumoured ten-year $300 million contract with the Japanese clothing company. He went on to defeat Dušan Lajović, Lukáš Lacko, Jan-Lennard Struff and Adrian Mannarino, all in straight sets, to reach the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, he surprisingly lost to Kevin Anderson in a long five-setter (lasting 4 hours and 14 minutes), with a result of 11–13 in the fifth set, despite having led by two sets to love and having held a match point in the third set.


2018 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, North American hard court season, Cincinnati Masters
On July 23, Federer announced the withdrawal from his previously scheduled Canadian Open, citing his career longevity strategy. This way, he began the North American hard court season in the Cincinnati Masters. He started his campaign by defeating Peter Gojowczyk and Leonardo Mayer in straight sets, setting up a clash with countryman Stan Wawrinka in the quarterfinals. He defeated Wawrinka in three sets, advancing to the semifinals to face David Goffin. Federer won the first set and Goffin was forced to retire in the second set with a shoulder injury. This set up a final between Federer and Novak Djokovic, which Federer lost in straight sets, adding the 46th chapter to their storied rivalry approximately two and a half years after their last meeting.


2018 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, North American hard court season, US Open
Federer moved on to play the US Open, the season's last major, as the No. 2 seed. He did not drop a set in the opening three rounds, defeating Yoshihito Nishioka, Benoît Paire and Nick Kyrgios in the first three rounds. However, Federer proceeded to lose in the fourth round against John Millman in four sets, having missed set points in the second and third sets before losing a fourth-set tiebreak.


2018 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, North American hard court season, US Open
He committed 77 unforced errors, including 10 double faults, and only hit 49% of first serves in what was widely regarded as one of the worst serving performances of his career. However, Federer assured the number of points needed to qualify for the ATP Finals for the sixteenth time in his career.


2018 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Asian swing, Shanghai Masters
Federer started the Asian swing by playing the Shanghai Masters, the eighth Masters 1000 tournament of the season. Due to the absence of his rival Rafael Nadal, the No. 1 player in the ATP Rankings, he was the first seed. As a top-eight seed, he earned a first round bye. In the second round, he defeated Daniil Medvedev in three sets, advancing to the third round, where he defeated Roberto Bautista Agut – also in three sets.


2018 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Asian swing, Shanghai Masters
In the quarterfinals he encountered No. 8 seed Kei Nishikori, defeating him in straight sets and advancing to a semifinal clash with the No. 13 seed, Borna Ćorić. It was their third meeting of the season, with one victory for each in the previous two. Federer ended up losing to Ćorić in straight sets and dropped to No. 3 in the ATP Rankings at the following week.


2018 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, European indoor hard court season, Swiss Indoors
Federer then moved on to play his home tournament, the Swiss Indoors, in Basel, as the defending champion. In an interview, Federer shared that he had sustained a hand injury in training prior to the grass court season that had caused severe pain in his forearm. He stated that this injury significantly hindered his play, particularly his forehand, from the Stuttgart Open until the US Open. In the first two rounds of the tournament, Federer defeated Filip Krajinović and Jan-Lennard Struff, in three and two sets respectively, advancing to the quarterfinals. There, he defeated Gilles Simon in a tough three-set match, reaching his 200th career semifinal. Federer then bested Daniil Medvedev and Marius Copil in straight sets in the semifinal and final respectively, claiming a record-extending ninth Basel title and the 99th title of his career.


2018 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, European indoor hard court season, Paris Masters
At the beginning of the season, Federer had not expected to play the Paris Masters – the last Masters 1000 tournament of the year. However, he was featured in the draw as the No. 3 seed and later confirmed his presence in the tournament. After getting a bye in the first round, he was supposed to face Milos Raonic in the second round. However, Raonic was forced to withdraw from the tournament due to an elbow injury.


2018 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, European indoor hard court season, Paris Masters
Federer then advanced to the third round, where he defeated No. 13 seed Fabio Fognini in straight sets to set a quarterfinal clash with Kei Nishikori. In the quarterfinals he defeated Nishikori, also in straight sets, to set a semifinal match with Novak Djokovic, who was on a 21-match winning streak. In their 47th encounter, Federer lost to the red-hot Serb in three very close sets, despite having a set point in the first set.


2018 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, European indoor hard court season, ATP Finals
Having qualified for the ATP Finals, Federer was drawn in the group Lleyton Hewitt with Kevin Anderson, Dominic Thiem and Kei Nishikori. In his first match, he lost in straight sets to Nishikori for his ninth defeat of the season. He then defeated Thiem and Anderson, both in straight sets, to ultimately win the group and secure a semifinal place in the tournament. However, in his fifteenth tournament semifinal, Federer lost in straight sets to eventual champion Alexander Zverev to finish the season.


2018 Roger Federer tennis season, All matches
This table chronicles all the matches of Roger Federer in 2018, including walkovers (W/O) which the ATP does not count as wins.


2018 Roger Federer tennis season, Yearly records, Head-to-head matchups, ATP and Grand Slam sanctioned matches
Roger Federer has a 50–10 (83.3%) ATP match win-loss record in the 2018 season. His record against players who were part of the ATP Rankings Top Ten at the time of their meetings is 5–6 (45.5%). Bold indicates player was ranked top 10 at time of at least one meeting. The following list is ordered by number of wins:


2018 Roger Federer tennis season, Yearly records, Head-to-head matchups, ITF sanctioned matches
His official ITF sanctioned season record for 2018 is 54–10 (84.4%). While these are official sanctioned matches per the ITF, the ATP does not count them in their totals. Bold indicates player was ranked top 10 at time of at least one meeting. The extra ITF matches are as follows:


2018 Rogers Cup
The 2018 Rogers Cup presented by National Bank was a tennis tournament to be played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 138th edition (for the men) and the 127th (for the women) of the Canadian Open. The tournament was part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2018 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA Premier 5 tournaments of the 2018 WTA Tour, and was also a 2018 US Open Series event. The men's event was held at the Aviva Centre in Toronto and the women's event was held at the IGA Stadium in Montréal, both from August 6 to August 12.


2018 Rogers Cup, ATP singles main draw entrants, Seeds
The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of July 30, 2018. Rankings and points before are as of August 6, 2018.


2018 Rogers Cup, ATP singles main draw entrants, Seeds
† The player used an exemption to skip the tournament in 2017. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead.


2018 Rogers Cup, ATP singles main draw entrants, Withdrawals
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.


2018 Rogers Cup, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:


2018 Rogers Cup, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:


2018 Rogers Cup, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2018 Rogers Cup, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:


2018 Rogers Cup, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:


2018 Rogers Cup, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2018 Rogers Cup – Men's Doubles
Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Kevin Anderson and Novak Djokovic.


2018 Rogers Cup – Men's Doubles
Henri Kontinen and John Peers won the title, defeating Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus in the final, 6–2, 6–7(7–9), [10–6].


2018 Rogers Cup – Men's Singles
Rafael Nadal defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final, 6–2, 7–6(7–4), to win his fourth Rogers Cup title.


2018 Rogers Cup – Men's Singles
Alexander Zverev was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Tsitsipas; Tsitsipas beat four top 10-ranked players en route to the final.


2018 Rogers Cup – Men's Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.


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


2018 Rogers Cup – Women's Doubles
Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina were the two-time defending champions, but Vesnina chose not to participate this year.


2018 Rogers Cup – Women's Doubles
Ashleigh Barty and Demi Schuurs won the title, defeating Makarova and Latisha Chan in the final, 4–6, 6–3, [10–8].


2018 Rogers Cup – Women's Doubles
By reaching the final with Makarova, Chan regained the WTA no. 1 doubles ranking at the end of the tournament. Tímea Babos and Kateřina Siniaková were also in contention for the top ranking at the start of the tournament.


2018 Rogers Cup – Women's Doubles, Seeds
The top four seeds received byes into the second round.


2018 Rogers Cup – Women's Singles
Elina Svitolina was the defending champion, but lost to Sloane Stephens in the semifinals.


2018 Rogers Cup – Women's Singles
World No. 1 Simona Halep won the title, defeating Stephens in the final, 7–6(8–6), 3–6, 6–4.


2018 Rogers Cup – Women's Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.


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


2018 Rolex Paris Masters
The 2018 Rolex Paris Masters was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 46th edition of the tournament, and part of the 2018 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, between 29 October and 4 November 2018.


2018 Rolex Paris Masters, Singles main draw entrants, Seeds
The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of 22 October 2018. Rankings and points before are as of 29 October 2018. Points defending include points from the 2017 ATP Finals, which will be dropped at the end of the tournament.


2018 Rolex Paris Masters, Singles main draw entrants, Seeds
† The player used an exemption to skip the tournament in 2017. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead. ‡ The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2017. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead.


2018 Rolex Paris Masters, Singles main draw entrants, Withdrawals
† del Potro is entitled to use an exemption to skip the tournament and substitute his 18th best result (20 points) in its stead.


2018 Rolex Paris Masters, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Rolex Paris Masters, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2018 Rolex Paris Masters – Doubles
Łukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Marcel Granollers and Rajeev Ram.


2018 Rolex Paris Masters – Doubles
Granollers and Ram won the title, defeating Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecău in the final, 6–4, 6–4.


2018 Rolex Paris Masters – Singles
Karen Khachanov defeated Novak Djokovic in the final, 7–5, 6–4, to win the Singles title at the 2018 Paris Masters. It was his first ATP Tour Masters 1000 title. Khachanov saved two match points in his third round match against John Isner.


2018 Rolex Paris Masters – Singles
Jack Sock was the defending champion, but lost to Dominic Thiem in the quarterfinals. As a result of his failure to defend his title as well as his failure to qualify for the ATP Finals, Sock fell out of the top 100 in the rankings after starting the season inside the top 10.


2018 Rolex Paris Masters – Singles
Rafael Nadal and Djokovic were in contention of the ATP no. 1 singles ranking. Djokovic regained the top spot after winning his opening match alongside Nadal's withdrawal.


2018 Rolex Paris Masters – Singles
This tournament marked the first time since the 1998 Stuttgart Masters that no French or Spanish players made it through to the round of 16 in a Masters event.


2018 Rolex Paris Masters – Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2018 Roller Derby World Cup
The 2018 Roller Derby World Cup was the third international women's Roller Derby World Cup, taking place on February 1–4 at EventCity, in Manchester, United Kingdom, with 38 teams competing. An international roller derby tournament, it was organised by a committee consisting of ten representatives from various areas of the roller derby community.


2018 Roller Derby World Cup
Some teams selected their skaters as early as October 2016, when the tournament was expected to be held in 2017.


2018 Roller Derby World Cup
USA Roller Derby successfully defended their title, defeating Team Australia in the final.


2018 Roller Derby World Cup, Participating teams
Teams representing 38 countries  participated. While most national teams are representing a country in the conventional sense, the members of Team Indigenous comprise skaters of Indigenous heritage from Canada, the United States, Argentina, New Zealand and Samoa. The Korean team does not specify North or South Korea in its name.


2018 Roller Derby World Cup, Tournament structure
The tournament ran on four tracks over four days, with an opening round of short, 30-minute games on the first day to determine seedings for the second and third days, via a ranking algorithm. The second and third days saw two additional games for each team (for a total of four games guaranteed for all participants), resulting in a final rating and ranking by the same algorithm. The top eight teams in that ranking proceeded to an 8-way elimination tournament, with losing teams playing additional games for final ranking. The teams in positions ninth through sixteenth played one additional game for final ranking. (This system is essentially, a modified Swiss-system tournament for the first three days, with strengths for matchings derived from a power ranking, and Fontes-style matching of multiple games between recalculation of strengths.)


2018 Roller Derby World Cup, Exhibition matches
In addition to competition matches, three exhibition matches were played during the tournament.


2018 Roller Derby World Cup, Broadcast
The entire weekend was broadcast online via pay-per-view streaming, and the tournament's fourth day was additionally carried on BBC Sport.


2018 Roller Hockey Asia Cup
The 2018 Roller Hockey Asia Cup was the 18th edition of this tournament, played in Namwon, South Korea between 7 and 13 September 2018. Australia conquered their first title ever.


2018 Roller Hockey Asia Cup
This tournament served as qualifier for the 2019 Roller Hockey World Cup, by giving only one place in the Intercontinental Championship, second tier, by and five for the Challenger Championship.


2018 Roller Hockey Intercontinental Cup
The 2018 Roller Hockey Intercontinental Cup is the 17th edition of the roller hockey tournament known as the Intercontinental Cup, endorsed by World Skate. It was held in the Estadio Aldo Cantoni in San Juan, Argentina.


2018 Roller Hockey Intercontinental Cup
For the first time, it was played together with the newly-created 2018 Roller Hockey Women's Intercontinental Cup.


2018 Roller Hockey Intercontinental Cup, Format
The tournament was a knockout competition in a final four format; four teams entered, with the host selected after the teams became known. Entered the tournament the from the 2017–18 Euroleague finalists and the South American Club Championship/Pan-American Club Championship finalists of the 2018.


2018 Roller Hockey Intercontinental Cup, Matches
In all matches, extra time and a penalty shootout were used to decide the winner if necessary.


2018 Roller Hockey Pan American Championship
The 2018 Roller Hockey Pan American Championship was the ninth edition of this tournament, played in Bogotá, Colombia between 4 and 9 December 2018.


2018 Roller Hockey Pan American Championship
This was the first time that the tournament was played independently from the Pan American Games and also the first time that served as qualifier for the 2019 Roller Hockey World Cup, by giving only three place to the World Cup and one more for the Intercontinental Cup, second tier.


2018 Roller Hockey Women's Intercontinental Cup
The 2018 Roller Hockey Women's Intercontinental Cup is the first edition of the roller hockey tournament known as the Women's Intercontinental Cup, endorsed by World Skate. It was held in the Estadio Aldo Cantoni in San Juan, Argentina.


2018 Roller Hockey Women's Intercontinental Cup, Format
The tournament was a knockout competition in a final four format; four teams entered, with the host selected after the teams became known. Entered the tournament the from the 2017–18 Euroleague finalists and the South American Club Championship/Pan-American Club Championship finalists of the 2018.


2018 Roller Hockey Women's Intercontinental Cup, Matches
In all matches, extra time and a penalty shootout were used to decide the winner if necessary.


2018 Romanian Masters
The 2018 Romanian Masters was a non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from 14 to 18 March 2018 in Bucharest, Romania. Sanctioned by World Snooker, the tournament was organised by McCann/Thiess Events and McCann Bucharest and was a 16-player invitational event.


2018 Romanian Masters
12 of the world's top 16 players returned to Romania, after Bucharest staged the 2016 European Masters in the 2016/2017 season.


2018 Romanian Masters
Ryan Day won his third trophy of the 2017/2018 season, beating Stuart Bingham 10–8 in the final.


2018 Romanian Masters, Main draw
* Mark King replaced 4th seed Shaun Murphy after the draw had taken place.


2018 Romanian constitutional referendum
A referendum took place in Romania on 6 and 7 October 2018 regarding the definition of the family in the Romanian Constitution. The referendum asked voters whether or not they approve a change to the family's definition as provided by Article 48 of the Constitution, to prohibit same-sex marriage.


2018 Romanian constitutional referendum
The referendum followed a citizens' initiative launched by Coaliția pentru Familie (the Coalition for Family) in late 2015 which gathered over three million signatures, substantially more than the 500,000 required to initiate the process for a constitutional amendment referendum. The Romanian Constitution defines the family as being founded on the free-willed marriage "between spouses", but the initiative's promoters sought to amend the gender-neutral language with an explicit reference to marriage as a union between a man and a woman. Had the measure passed, it would have made same-sex marriage unconstitutional in the country. Romanian statute law does not permit same-sex marriage.


2018 Romanian constitutional referendum
The referendum failed as the turnout was only 21.1%, below the required voter turnout threshold of 30%.


2018 Romanian constitutional referendum, Background
The Government announced plans to hold a referendum in late 2017, following a successful citizens' initiative by a group opposed to same-sex marriage, Coaliția pentru Familie, which collected around three million signatures in support of banning same-sex marriage. The Chamber of Deputies approved the initiative on 9 May 2017, in a 232–22 vote, but no referendum took place that year.


2018 Romanian constitutional referendum, Background
In late March 2018, the Government announced that the referendum would be held sometime in May 2018, though it later moved the date to 10 June 2018. However, this date also passed without a referendum being held. Some Socialist lawmakers subsequently suggested that the referendum could be held in late September or early October 2018. Liviu Dragnea, President of the Chamber of Deputies, announced that the referendum could be organized on 30 September or the first Sunday in October. In early September, Dragnea announced that the referendum would take place on 7 October 2018. The initiative was approved by the Senate on 11 September 2018. On 14 September, Amnesty International, the European Commission on Sexual Orientation Law and ILGA-Europe filed a challenge with the Constitutional Court against the amendment. On 17 September 2018, the Court decided to allow the referendum to take place.


2018 Romanian constitutional referendum, Background
Previous referendums in Romania failed due to a requirement for a 50% turnout in order for the results to be valid. This rule was changed in 2014 and the turnout threshold was lowered, to require only 30% of registered voters to participate in the referendum and 25% of voters to cast a valid (yes/no) vote for the result to be validated.


2018 Romanian constitutional referendum, Background
The amendment was supported by many politicians and religious groups, but opposed by President Klaus Iohannis and the opposition Save Romania Union. The final turnout was 21.1%, below the 30% threshold necessary to make it valid. Many human rights activists called for a boycott, so as to maximise the chance of the referendum not meeting the minimum 30% turnout rate required in order for the vote to be valid. A poll conducted the week before the referendum indicated a 34% participation rate, with 90% of those participating intending to vote yes. The only question posed to appear on the ballot was whether the voter agreed with the constitutional amendment as approved by the Parliament, without the text of the amendment appearing on the ballot paper itself.


2018 Romanian constitutional referendum, Support and opposition
The amendment was supported by many religious groups, including neo-Protestant groups, and the Romanian Greek Catholic Church. The Romanian Orthodox Church endorsed the initiative in mid-January 2016.


2018 Romanian constitutional referendum, Support and opposition
Few politicians openly support civil partnerships or same-sex marriage in Romania. Exceptions include centrist-liberal President Klaus Iohannis, an ethnic German (Transylvanian Saxon), who has said that as a member of an ethnic and religious minority, he supports tolerance and openness towards others who are different while rejecting religious fanaticism and ultimatums. The opposition Save Romania Union (USR) also held an internal vote on the issue and decided to oppose the referendum. The Romania Together Movement, led by former Prime Minister Dacian Cioloș, advised its supporters not to participate in the referendum, arguing it would limit rights and freedoms.


2018 Romanian constitutional referendum, Results
In the morning, the turnout was low at 5.72%. Following the end of the voting period, the results of the referendum were determined on 6 October by 21:45 EEST, with Romanian election officials declaring that the referendum had failed due to a lower than required voter turnout rate of 21.1%. The lower turnout came as a surprise, with polls predicting that turnout would fall somewhere around 34%. Of those who did participate in the referendum, an overwhelming majority of more than 90% approved of the amendment.


2018 Romanian constitutional referendum, Reactions
Many commentators hailed the results of the referendum as being a victory for opponents of PSD leader Liviu Dragnea. Leaders of the Save Romania Union—a group which spearheaded the boycott movement—claimed that the referendum result constituted evidence that Romanians were in favour of further integration within the European Union, stating that Romania has shown it "is a tolerant and modern nation that refused in these last two days to take steps back".


2018 Romanian constitutional referendum, Reactions
Supporters of the referendum from within the governing coalition lamented that the referendum's failure represented a failure of Romanian society as a whole to partake in civic engagement. Critics within the National Liberal Party—a party whose leadership had come out in support of the referendum—further accused party President Ludovic Orban of "pushing the party into a political failure" by pursuing policies which were outdated and out of touch with contemporary social circumstances.


2018 Romanian constitutional referendum, Reactions, In popular media
In November 2018, Romanian singer Delia Matache released the single "Acadele" ("Lollipops"), which references the controversy around the LGBT community in Romania by repeating "Boicot, boicot" ("boycott, boycott"). She further alludes to the referendum in the line: "În dulcele stil clasic și deloc tradițional/Noi n-o ardem în plastic, noi facem totul natural" ("In the sweet classic style and not at all traditional/We don't live in plastic, we do everything naturally").


2018 Rome ePrix
The 2018 Rome ePrix (formally the 2018 CBMM Niobium Rome E-Prix Presented By Mercedes EQ) was a Formula E electric car race held at the Circuito Cittadino dell'EUR in the EUR residential and business district of the Italian capital of Rome on 14 April 2018 before a crowd of 45,000 people. It was the seventh round of the 2017–18 Formula E season and the inaugural running of the event. The 33-lap race was won by Virgin driver Sam Bird from a second position start. Lucas di Grassi finished second for Audi and Techeetah driver André Lotterer took third.


2018 Rome ePrix
Felix Rosenqvist of Mahindra won the pole position by recording the fastest lap in qualifying and maintained the lead through the mandatory pit stops for the change into a second car until he hit a kerb on the 22nd lap and retired with a broken rear-left suspension. That allowed Bird into the lead but he was challenged by Jaguar's Mitch Evans, who had made a pit stop one lap later and had more electrical energy, with four laps left but he could not get ahead. Evans was then passed by di Grassi and Lotterer in the final laps as his energy depleted and Bird held off di Grassi to take his second victory of the season and the seventh of his career.


2018 Rome ePrix
The result allowed Jean-Éric Vergne of Techeetah to retain his lead in the Drivers' Championship but his points advantage was reduced to 18 as Bird's victory put him ahead of Rosenqvist. e.Dams-Renault driver Sébastien Buemi maintained fourth and di Grassi's teammate Daniel Abt moved into fifth after coming fourth. Techeetah extended their advantage in the Teams' Championship to thirty-eight points over Virgin. Mahindra scored no points and fell to third with five races left in the season.