2018 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5
On October 28, Los Angeles became the first city to host an MLB, NFL (Rams), NHL (Kings), MLS (Galaxy) and NBA (Clippers) game all on the same day. Clayton Kershaw started for the Dodgers, while David Price started for the Red Sox. Price became the first pitcher to start World Series games no more than four days apart while also pitching in relief between those games since Jack Billingham of the Cincinnati Reds did so in the 1972 World Series. Jackie Bradley Jr. again did not start in the outfield for Boston, but entered the game as a defensive replacement in the bottom of the ninth inning.


2018 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Both teams scored in the first inning. The Red Sox scored in the top of the inning after a one out single by Andrew Benintendi followed by a two-run home run by Steve Pearce. David Freese led off the bottom of the inning with a home run for the Dodgers. No one else scored until the sixth inning, when Mookie Betts hit a home run with one out and then J. D. Martinez hit a lead-off homer in the seventh to make it 4–1. Kershaw pitched seven innings, allowing four runs on seven hits, with five strikeouts and no walks.


2018 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5
In the eighth inning, Pearce hit another home run, this time off of Pedro Báez. Price pitched into the eighth, allowing only one run on three hits and two walks while striking out five. He became just the fifth pitcher to pitch 6+ innings and allow three or fewer hits in three straight postseason starts. Joe Kelly and Chris Sale pitched the last two innings and both struck out the side, Sale getting Manny Machado to strike out for the last out, the Red Sox winning the game 5–1 and the title 4–1. Pearce won the World Series Most Valuable Player Award. With the Red Sox winning their ninth title, the 2018 season was over.


2018 World Series, Game summaries, Series statistics
2018 World Series (4–1): Boston Red Sox (AL) beat Los Angeles Dodgers (NL).


2018 World Series, Broadcasting, Television
The World Series was televised nationally by Fox for the 19th straight year. Joe Buck was the play-by-play announcer, with John Smoltz as the color commentator. Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci were the field reporters. Fox Deportes offered a Spanish-language feed, with Rolando Nichols providing play-by-play and Carlos Álvarez and Edgar Gonzalez doing color commentary.


2018 World Series, Broadcasting, Television
Outside of the United States, MLB International carried the series with play-by-play by Matt Vasgersian and color commentary by Buck Martinez.


2018 World Series, Broadcasting, Radio
ESPN Radio broadcast all the World Series games in English for the 21st straight year as part of Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio. Dan Shulman called the play-by-play, with Chris Singleton serving as color analyst and Buster Olney as field reporter. Marc Kestecher hosted the pre-game show with Olney and Tim Kurkjian reporting. Jon Sciambi called the play-by-play for Game 5 due to Shulman developing laryngitis.


2018 World Series, Broadcasting, Radio
ESPN Deportes Radio provided Spanish-language coverage of the Series. Eduardo Ortega called the play-by-play and Orlando Hernández, Renato Bermudez, and José Francisco Rivera served as analysts.


2018 World Series, Broadcasting, Radio
Locally, both teams' flagship radio stations broadcast the series with their regular announcers, which were simulcast over SiriusXM radio. In Los Angeles, the broadcast was on AM 570 LA Sports with Charley Steiner and Rick Monday in English, on Univision America 1020 with Jaime Jarrín and Jorge Jarrín in Spanish, and on Radio Korea 1540 AM in Korean. The Red Sox broadcast was on WEEI 93.7 FM in English with Joe Castiglione, Tim Neverett and Lou Merloni, and in Spanish on WCCM 1490 AM with Uri Berenguer.


2018 World Series, Sponsorship
The 2018 World Series was sponsored by YouTube TV, the second consecutive year that the service sponsored the series. This sponsorship included logo branding in-stadium and on official digital properties, on the field, as well as commercial inventory during Fox's telecasts of the games. As part of the agreement, YouTube TV will also sponsor the 2019 World Series.


2018 World Series, Celebration
On the morning of October 31, the Red Sox celebration parade began at Fenway Park and made its way downtown to its final destination on Staniford Street. During the celebration, the World Series trophy sustained minor damage from a beer can thrown by a spectator; it was subsequently repaired.


2018 World Series, Celebration
An 80-minute documentary, 2018 World Series: Damage Done, which was produced by MLB and narrated by Uzo Aduba, was released on December 4.


2018 World Series, Celebration
On December 3, Red Sox president Sam Kennedy announced that team accepted an invitation to visit the White House. Originally planned for February 15, 2019, the visit was postponed to May 9, 2019, due to the 2018–19 United States federal government shutdown. Alex Cora announced that he would not attend, citing the administration's response to Hurricane Maria in his native Puerto Rico. On May 9, various team members along with owner John W. Henry and president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski visited the White House and met with President Trump.


2018 World Series, Aftermath, Miscellaneous
During the 2018–2019 off-season, the Dodgers signed former Red Sox reliever Joe Kelly to a three-year deal. Kelly was marvelous in the World Series against the Dodgers, having struck out ten batters and not allowing a run in five games pitched. Kelly, an Angels fan who disliked the Dodgers growing up in Corona, became a fan favorite with Dodger fans throughout his tenure with the team.


2018 World Series, Aftermath, Miscellaneous
Four months after the 2018 World Series, the Patriots won Super Bowl LIII, meaning the greater Boston area celebrated multiple championships for the 2018 MLB and NFL seasons. Greater Boston accomplished feat 14 years previously when the Red Sox won their first World Series in 86 years, while the Patriots won their third Super Bowl in four years. Like the ‘18 Red Sox, the Patriots beat a Los Angeles team (the Rams) in the Championship Game.


2018 World Series, Aftermath, Boston Red Sox
The 2018 World Series would be the peak for the 2016–2018 Red Sox, who were the first Red Sox teams in franchise history to win the American League East for three straight seasons. President of Baseball Operations Dave Dombrowski was fired on September 9, 2019, just 10 months after winning the 2018 World Series. On the field, Boston's top three starters in 2018 — Chris Sale, David Price, and Nathan Eovaldi — all missed significant time due to injury in 2019. Overall, the Red Sox would finish 19 games behind the AL East-leading Yankees in 2019.


2018 World Series, Aftermath, Boston Red Sox
Three significant events happened to the Red Sox before the start of the 2020 season:


2018 World Series, Aftermath, Boston Red Sox
The Red Sox would finish the COVID-19-shortened 2020 season 24–36 (.400 winning percentage), which was their worst season since 1965.


2018 World Series, Aftermath, Los Angeles Dodgers
Corey Seager returned to the Dodgers after being out for most of the 2018 season due to an elbow injury, while Manny Machado, who replaced him after the All-Star break, signed a record free agent contract with the San Diego Padres. The 2019 Dodgers broke the franchise record for wins at 106, but would experience October heartbreak once again by losing to eventual World Champion Washington Nationals in the NLDS in five games. The Dodgers became the second franchise to lose to the eventual World Series champions in four consecutive postseasons (the New York Yankees from 2001 to 2004 were the first).


2018 World Series, Aftermath, Los Angeles Dodgers
The Dodgers traded for Mookie Betts during the 2019-2020 off-season and his addition made a great team even better. The Dodgers in 2020 would set the record for best winning percentage in franchise history (.717), win their 8th straight division title, and their first World Series in 32 years.


2018 World Series Rugby season
World Series Rugby was a series of rugby union exhibition matches played in 2018 between the Perth-based Western Force and opposition teams from the Asia-Pacific region. It was the forerunner of Global Rapid Rugby, which commenced in 2019. World Series Rugby was created after the Western Force team was axed from the Australian Super Rugby conference at the end of the 2017 season.


2018 World Series Rugby season, Country Stockman tour
Following the 2018 World Series Rugby season, the Australian Country Stockman Rugby team  undertook a two match tour to Perth to play the Western Force and Western Force Under-19 sides.


2018 World Series of Darts
The 2018 World Series of Darts was a series of televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. In 2018, there were 6 World Series events and one finals event, which has this year been moved from Glasgow, Scotland to Vienna, Austria.


2018 World Series of Darts, 2018 World Series Order of Merit
The top eight qualified (highlighted in green) for the World Series of Darts Finals and determined their seeding. The next 8 players qualified (highlighted in cyan) for the tournament, but were unseeded. The players highlighted in yellow qualified by the PDC Order of Merit. (The players who aren't highlighted either withdrew or couldn't make the Finals as late call-ups.)


2018 World Series of Darts Finals
The 2018 bwin World Series of Darts Finals was the fourth staging of the World Series of Darts Finals tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place in the Multiversum Schwechat, Vienna, Austria, from 2–4 November 2018. It featured a field of 24 players.


2018 World Series of Darts Finals
Michael van Gerwen was three-time defending champion after defeating Gary Anderson 11-6 in the 2017 final, but lost in the quarter-finals to Raymond van Barneveld 8–10. This ended a 13-match unbeaten streak and 3 year reign as champion.


2018 World Series of Darts Finals
James Wade won his first World Series Finals title. It was his second title in as many weeks after he beat Michael Smith 11–10 in a dramatic final, in which Wade missed two match darts in the penultimate leg and Smith missed five match darts in the final leg.


2018 World Series of Darts Finals, Qualification
The top eight players from the six World Series events of 2018 are seeded for this tournament. Those events are:


2018 World Series of Darts Finals, Qualification
In addition, the next four highest ranked players from the PDC Order of Merit following the 2018 World Grand Prix final on 6 October 2018 qualify, as will the next eight players on the World Series Order of Merit. Another four places were awarded following a Tour Card Holders' qualifier in Barnsley on 19 October.


2018 World Series of Darts Finals, Qualification
Corey Cadby originally qualified through the World Series Order of Merit, but withdrew following a broken arm in a car accident. Royden Lam replaced him. Dawson Murschell also originally qualified through the World Series Order of Merit, but withdrew on the day of the tournament with illness. Max Hopp replaced Murschell as the highest player from the Order of Merit who had not qualified and was able to play, with Mark McGrath, Tim Pusey and Haupai Puha unable to make the journey at such short notice.


2018 World Series of Poker
The 2018 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is the 49th annual tournament, and took place from May 30 to July 17 at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. There was a record 78 bracelet events. The $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event began on July 2 and concluded on July 15.


2018 World Series of Poker
The Main Event, as well as the Big One for One Drop, were again streamed in their entirety on ESPN and Poker Central.


2018 World Series of Poker
The 2018 World Series of Poker featured the announced retirement of ten-time bracelet winner and Poker Hall of Fame member Doyle Brunson from tournament poker, an announcement that came after he registered for the $10,000 No Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship (Event 23). Brunson made the final table of the event and finished in sixth place.


2018 World Series of Poker, Schedule changes
The World Series of Poker introduced the Big Blind Ante to eight events. This format made the big blind pay the ante for the entire table. It was utilized for events 13, 20, 45, 54, 74, 77 and 78.


2018 World Series of Poker, Main Event
The $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event began on July 2 with the first of three starting flights. There were then 2 day 2 flights (AB and C) and then 5 more days of play before the final table. The final table began on July 12 and played out over three days, with the winner being determined on July 14.


2018 World Series of Poker, Main Event
The Main Event drew 7,874 players, the second-largest field in the tournament's history, generating a prize pool of $74,015,600. The top 1,182 players finished in the money. Each player at the final table earned $1,000,000, with the winner getting $8,800,000.


2018 World Series of Poker, Main Event, Performance of past champions
* Indicates the place of a player who finished in the money


2018 World Series of Poker, Main Event, Other notable high finishes
NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.


2018 World Series of Poker, Main Event, Final Table
2009 World Champion Joe Cada made the final table, finishing 5th, making him the first former champion to do so since Dan Harrington finished 4th in 2004. The final table bubble which saw Yueqi Zhu eliminated saw both him and then second place Antoine Labat turn over pocket Kings (Zhu K♥ K♠, Labat K♦ K♣) while Nicolas Manion turned over A♠ A♥. The board ran out 7♣ J♦ 4♣ 3♠ J♣, and Zhu was eliminated in 10th, while Labat was left crippled and Manion was propelled to the chip lead.


2018 World Series of Poker, Main Event, Final Table
Heads up play between Tony Miles and John Cynn lasted for over 10 hours and 199 hands. This set the record for the largest number of hands played heads up during a WSOP Main Event final table. The final table lasted a total of 442 hands.


2018 World Series of Poker, Main Event, Final Table
*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2018 Main Event.


2018 World Series of Poker, Big One for One Drop
The $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop began on July 15. It is the third time the event was held. Antonio Esfandiari won $18.3 million in the first event in 2012, while Dan Colman was the $15.3 million champion in 2014. Elton Tsang won €11,111,111 in 2016 at Monte-Carlo One Drop Extravaganza in 2016, although since this event was not held at the WSOP, he did not receive a bracelet for it. The One Drop Foundation, founded by Guy Laliberte, received $80,000 from every buy-in. The 2018 event saw 27 players enter, generating a prize pool of $24,840,000. The top five players finished in the money, with the winner getting $10 million. Justin Bonomo won the tournament, and took over from Daniel Negreanu at the top of the all time money list with the victory.


2018 World Series of Poker Europe
The 2018 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) took place from October 9-November 2 at King's Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic. There were 10 bracelet events, including a €100,000 No Limit Hold'em High Roller and the €10,350 No Limit Hold'em Main Event. The Main Event began with the first of two starting flights on October 27, with the final table taking place on November 2.


2018 World Series of Poker Europe, Main Event
The 2018 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event began on October 27 with the first of two starting flights. The final table was reached on November 1, with the winner being determined on November 2. The event drew 534 entrants, generating a prize pool of €5,073,000. The top 81 players finished in the money, with the winner earning €1,122,239.


2018 World Series of Poker Europe, Main Event, Final Table
*-Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2018 WSOPE Main Event


2018 World Series of Poker Europe results
Below are the results for the 2018 World Series of Poker Europe, which took place from October 9-November 2 at King's Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic. There were 10 scheduled events, culminating in the €10,350 Main Event.


2018 World Series of Poker results
Below are the results of the 2018 World Series of Poker, held from May 30-July 17 at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.


2018 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
The 2018 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships were the 43rd World Short Track Speed Skating Championships and held from 16 to 18 March 2018 in Montreal, Canada.


2018 World Snooker Championship
The 2018 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament held from 21 April to 7 May 2018 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. Hosted by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, it was the 20th and final ranking event of the 2017-18 snooker season and the 42nd consecutive time the World Snooker Championship had been held at the venue. The tournament was broadcast by BBC Sport and Eurosport in Europe, and sponsored by betting company Betfred.


2018 World Snooker Championship
Welsh left-hander Mark Williams won his third world championship and 21st ranking title, defeating Scottish professional John Higgins 18–16 in the final. Williams' victory came 15 years after his second world title in 2003; before the start of the season, he had not won a ranking event in the previous six years. In winning the event, Williams received the highest prize money awarded for a snooker event, £425,000 of a total pool of £1,968,000.


2018 World Snooker Championship
Aged 43, he is the third oldest winner at the crucible after Ronnie O'Sullivan who was 44 when he won the 2020 World Snooker Championship and Ray Reardon who was 45 when he won the title in 1978. Defending and three-time world champion Mark Selby had won the world title for the previous two years, but lost in the first round 4–10 to Joe Perry.


2018 World Snooker Championship
The highest break of the championship was scored by Higgins, who made a break of 146 in frame 13 of his second round win over Jack Lisowski. However, in qualifying for the event, Liang Wenbo scored a maximum break of 147.


2018 World Snooker Championship, Background
The World Snooker Championship is an annual cue sport tournament and is the official world championship of the game of snooker. Snooker was founded in the late 19th century by British Army soldiers stationed in India. The sport originated by players from the United Kingdom, and later players from Europe and the Commonwealth. In more modern times, the sport has transferred to being played worldwide, specifically in Southeast Asia, such as in China, Thailand and Hong Kong. The world championship is the final event of the 2017/18 snooker calendar, with the winner of the event being crowned as the professional world champion of the sport.


2018 World Snooker Championship, Background
The world championship sees 32 professional players compete in one-on-one snooker matches in a single elimination format, each played over several frames. The 32 players for the event are selected through a mix of the world snooker rankings and a pre-tournament qualification round. The first world championship in 1927, held in Camkin's Hall, Birmingham, England, was won by Joe Davis. Since 1977, the event has been held in the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.


2018 World Snooker Championship, Background
The event's most successful player in the modern era is Stephen Hendry, who has won the championship seven times. The previous year's championship was won by England's Mark Selby, who won the event defeating Scotland's John Higgins in the final 18–15. This was Selby's third championship, having won previously in 2014 and 2016. The champion of the 2018 event would win prize money of £425,000, from a total pool of £1,968,000.


2018 World Snooker Championship, Background, Format
The 2018 World Snooker Championship was held between 21 April and 7 May 2018 in Sheffield, England. The tournament was the last of twenty rankings events in the 2017/2018 season on the World Snooker Tour. It featured a 32-player main draw that was played at the Crucible Theatre, as well as a 128-player qualifying draw which took place at the English Institute of Sport from 11 to 18 April 2018, finishing three days prior to the start of the main draw. This was the 42nd consecutive year the tournament was held at the Crucible, and the 50th consecutive year the championship was contested through the modern knockout format.


2018 World Snooker Championship, Background, Format
The top 16 players in the latest world rankings automatically qualified for the main draw as seeded players. Defending champion Mark Selby was automatically seeded 1st overall. The remaining fifteen seeds were allocated based on the latest world rankings (revision 10), which were released following the China Open, the penultimate event of the season. With Selby ranked as the world number 1 entering the event, every player's seed therefore corresponded to their respective world ranking. Matches in the first round of the main draw were played as best of 19 frames. The number of frames needed to win a match increased with each successive round, leading up to the final match which was played as best of 35 frames.


2018 World Snooker Championship, Background, Format
All 16 non-seeded spots in the main draw were filled with players from the qualifying rounds. The qualifying draw consisted of 128 players, including 113 of the remaining 115 players on the World Snooker Tour, as well as fifteen wildcard places allotted to non-tour players. These invited players included the women's world champion, the European junior champion, and all four semi-finalists at the amateur championship. As with the main draw, half of the participants in the qualifying draw were seeded players. Every player ranked from 17th to 80th was allocated one of 64 seeds in order of their ranking, while all of the other participants were placed randomly into the draw. In order to reach the main draw at the Crucible, players needed to win three best of 19 frame matches.


2018 World Snooker Championship, Background, Participant summary
Eight former world champions participated in the main tournament: Ronnie O'Sullivan (five titles: 2001, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2013), John Higgins (four titles: 1998, 2007, 2009, 2011), Mark Selby (three titles and two-time defending champion: 2014, 2016, 2017), Mark Williams (two titles: 2000 and 2003), Shaun Murphy (one title: 2005), Graeme Dott (one title: 2006), Neil Robertson (one title: 2010), and Stuart Bingham (one title: 2015).


2018 World Snooker Championship, Background, Participant summary
This was O'Sullivan's 26th consecutive appearance in the final stages of the World Championship since his debut in 1993, just one short of Stephen Hendry's record of 27 consecutive appearances and four short of Steve Davis's record of 30 total appearances. Five other former world championship finalists also competed: Matthew Stevens (twice: 2000 and 2005), Ali Carter (twice: 2008 and 2012), Judd Trump (once: 2011), Barry Hawkins (once: 2013), and Ding Junhui (once: 2016).


2018 World Snooker Championship, Background, Participant summary
The youngest player to participate in the main stage of the tournament was Lyu Haotian at 20 years of age, while 43-year-old Joe Perry was the oldest; both players entered the main draw through qualifying. Marco Fu made his return to competition at the World Championship, having missed much of the 2017/2018 season after undergoing surgery to repair retinal degeneration and myodesopsia in his left eye.


2018 World Snooker Championship, Background, Participant summary
Three former world champions participated in the qualifying rounds: Ken Doherty (1997), Peter Ebdon (2002) and Graeme Dott (2006). Of these, only Dott succeeded in qualifying for the main tournament at the Crucible. Also, three former world finalists participated in the qualifying rounds: Jimmy White (six times: 1984 and 1990–1994), Nigel Bond (once: 1995) and Matthew Stevens (twice: 2000 and 2005). Of these, only Stevens qualified for the main tournament at the Crucible. The youngest participant in qualifying was Jackson Page at 16 years of age, while 55-year-old Jimmy White was the oldest participant; however, neither player qualified.


2018 World Snooker Championship, Background, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for 2018 is shown below.


2018 World Snooker Championship, Background, Prize fund
The prize for a maximum break in the main rounds was boosted to £40,000, whereas the prize for a 147 in qualifying was £10,000. The latter prize was claimed by Liang Wenbo during his first qualifying round match against Rod Lawler.


2018 World Snooker Championship, Summary, Qualifying rounds
The qualifying rounds took place at the English Institute of Sport from 11 to 18 April 2018. In the first round of qualifying, Liang Wenbo achieved his third professional maximum break, and his second of the 2017/2018 season, in the 10th frame of his match against Rod Lawler. It was the second consecutive year a 147 was made in World Championship qualifying, and the fourth time overall. Liang came very close to becoming the first player to score two maximums in the same match, but he missed the final black after a break of 140 in the last frame. Liang was eliminated in the third round of qualifying; ranked at world number 19, he was the highest-ranked player not to feature in the main draw of the tournament, as both world number 17 Ryan Day and world number 18 Stephen Maguire qualified.


2018 World Snooker Championship, Summary, Qualifying rounds
Only seven of the 64 unseeded participants in qualifying (players ranked outside the world's top 80) made it through the first qualifying round, and only one of those seven, Adam Duffy, progressed to the third qualifying round. Duffy did not, however, qualify for the main draw at the Crucible. Four players qualified for the Crucible for the first time: Lyu Haotian, Liam Highfield, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, and Chris Wakelin. Lyu was the lowest ranked player to reach the main stage, at world number 68.


2018 World Snooker Championship, Summary, First round
The draw for the opening round of the main tournament was conducted on 19 April 2018, two days before the start of the competition. Technical issues delayed the 10:00 BST start time by two hours, to 12:00. The matches for the first round were spread out over six days from 21 to 26 April, and played using a two table setup in the Crucible Theatre. Each first round match was played over two sessions, as best of 19 frames (10 frames needed to win). Players and spectators criticised the two-hour delay to the tournament's first-round draw, which was caused by "technical issues". World number 22 Joe Perry called the draw "an absolute joke", claiming the delay caused qualifiers to "have no idea when [they] are playing, have to book hotels and make travel plans".


2018 World Snooker Championship, Summary, First round
Of the sixteen first round matches, six ended with qualifiers defeating seeded players. The biggest upset of the round happened in the opening match, when Joe Perry defeated the defending champion and world number 1 Mark Selby. Perry won the first four frames before pulling away to 7–2 ahead after the first session of play. Selby was unable to catch Perry and was defeated 4–10, ending his 10-match undefeated streak in the world championships, as well as his two-year reign as world champion. The next highest ranked player to lose was world number 8 Shaun Murphy, who was upset by world number 51 Jamie Jones in a tight 10–9 match, where the scores were level at various stages.


2018 World Snooker Championship, Summary, First round
The other four seeds to lose were the players ranked 10 through 13 in the world. Chinese debutant Lyu Haotian, both the youngest and lowest ranked player in the draw, defeated world number 11 Marco Fu in Fu's return to the Tour after eye surgery. Lyu was the only debutant to advance; he was 6–3 up after the first session and went on to win the match 10–5. Robert Milkins defeated world number 10 Neil Robertson 10–5. Jack Lisowski defeated world number 12 Stuart Bingham 10–7, thereby securing his first world championship match win in his second attempt.


2018 World Snooker Championship, Summary, First round
The 2015 world champion Bingham stated he was going to take a leave of absence from the sport after the loss. Bingham said he wanted to "spend some time with the family and put my cue down for a while". Bingham had spent three months of the season serving a ban for betting infringements; he commented, "It's not been the best of seasons in general, but on the table I've been pretty good." Ricky Walden defeated world number 13 Luca Brecel 10–6; he was comfortably five frames ahead at 8–3, when Brecel won the next three frames to bring the score to 8–6, before Walden won the last two frames of the match.


2018 World Snooker Championship, Summary, First round
Of the eight former world champions playing in the main stage of the tournament, only three progressed to the second round: Ronnie O'Sullivan (five-time champion), John Higgins (four-time champion) and Mark Williams (two-time champion). All three were top seven seeds and had turned professional in the same year, 1992. Ronnie O'Sullivan trailed 0–4 and then 3–6 after the opening session in his match against Stephen Maguire but then won seven of the last eight frames to win 10–7. The 16th frame of this encounter was O'Sullivan's 1000th frame win at the Crucible.


2018 World Snooker Championship, Summary, First round
This was also his 15th consecutive first round victory at the world championships. John Higgins defeated Thai debutant Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 10–7. Both players attempted maximum breaks: Higgins missed the 14th red ball on 104 in the 8th frame of the first session; Un-Nooh scored 14 reds with blacks, on course for his second career maximum, before missing the 15th red on 112 in the 12th frame of the final session. Mark Williams defeated Jimmy Robertson in his first round match 10–5. Williams led 7–2 after the initial session, then he hit a tournament highest break (at that point) of 140 in the 13th frame, to go 9–4 ahead, before winning the match after two further frames.


2018 World Snooker Championship, Summary, First round
In addition to O'Sullivan, Ali Carter and Anthony McGill both advanced despite trailing by three frames in the middle of their matches. Carter defeated Graeme Dott 10–8 in his first round match, despite being behind 3–6 overnight. McGill defeated Ryan Day 10–8; after trailing 5–8 earlier in the match, McGill won the last five frames to secure his place in the second round. He said he could not believe he had won, and the BBC referred to McGill's win as an "unbelievable comeback".


2018 World Snooker Championship, Summary, First round
The closing match of the first round saw the second final frame decider, after Jones's upset of Murphy. Recovering from 4–8 behind against Judd Trump, debutant Chris Wakelin won four frames in a row, to draw level at 8–8. The two players shared the next two frames, bringing the score to nine apiece, before Trump took the deciding frame.


2018 World Snooker Championship, Summary, First round
The winners of the remaining matches of the round were Kyren Wilson, Mark Allen, Barry Hawkins, and Ding Junhui. Wilson defeated Matthew Stevens 10–3. In the 12th frame, Stevens accidentally nudged the pink ball with his hand and declared a foul on himself, which allowed Wilson to win the frame, extending his lead to 9–3. Allen, the reigning Masters champion, defeated debutant Liam Highfield 10–5; neither player scored a century, although Highfield came close with two breaks of 99. Hawkins defeated Stuart Carrington 10–7, after winning a 55-minute 14th frame. For the second successive year, Ding faced a fellow Chinese player in the first round of the tournament; having defeated Zhou Yuelong in 2017, he faced Xiao Guodong in 2018. Ding came out as a convincing 10–3 winner, despite losing the opening two frames of the match.


2018 World Snooker Championship, Summary, Second round
The second round matches were played as best of 25 frames (13 frames needed to win), each over three sessions using a two table setup. The first match of the second round was between Mark Allen and Joe Perry, who defeated the defending champion in the first round. After sharing the first two sessions of their second round match at 8–8, Allen won all five frames in the third session to go through to the quarter-finals with a 13–8 win.


2018 World Snooker Championship, Summary, Second round
Barry Hawkins defeated Lyu Haotian 13–10 in their second round match, to enter the quarter-finals for the sixth consecutive year. The pair were level at 10–10 before Hawkins won the last three frames of the match. Ali Carter played Ronnie O'Sullivan in the second round, a rematch of both the 2008 and the 2012 World Championship finals. The two players came into contact and exchanged words after the 19th frame of the match. The pair had brushed shoulders, in an incident the Independent described as a "barge". Following the match, O'Sullivan described it as being "overplayed" by the media. Having defeated O'Sullivan on only one occasion from a total of seventeen attempts in the group stages of the non-ranking 2010 Championship League, Carter eventually triumphed 13–9 to advance to the quarter-finals.


2018 World Snooker Championship, Summary, Second round
Kyren Wilson secured a place in the quarter-finals by defeating Jamie Jones 13–5, winning all of the last six frames of the match. During a clearance in the penultimate frame, Wilson played a screw shot which jumped the cueball off the table, damaging the head of his cue tip. John Higgins defeated Jack Lisowski 13–1, with a session to spare; Lisowski scored his only frame of the match at 0–10 behind. In the 13th frame, Higgins scored a break of 146, one point short of a maximum. This was Higgins' highest break at the Crucible (until 147 in the 2020 tournament), and it was the highest anyone scored in the 2018 tournament.


2018 World Snooker Championship, Summary, Second round
The remaining three matches of the second round finished with Ding Junhui defeating Anthony McGill 13–4, after having won the first session of their match 8–0 and scoring seven 50+ breaks. Judd Trump defeated Ricky Walden 13–9, taking a late lead after the score drew level at 8–8 following the first two sessions. Mark Williams defeated Robert Milkins, 13–7, thereby eliminating the only remaining qualifier in the competition.


2018 World Snooker Championship, Summary, Quarter-finals
The quarter-finals were also played as best of 25 frames, each over three sessions using a two table setup, with the four matches played on 1 and 2 May 2018. All eight of the quarter-finalists were seeded players, with Mark Allen the lowest ranked player left in the competition at world number 16. Barry Hawkins defeated Ding Junhui 13–5, to make it through to his fifth Crucible semi-final in six years. Kyren Wilson played Mark Allen, in a repeat of the 2018 Masters final just over three months prior.


2018 World Snooker Championship, Summary, Quarter-finals
Despite having lost to Allen in that match, Wilson took an 11–5 lead over Allen overnight, eventually winning the match 13–6. With this victory, Wilson made it through to his first ever Crucible semi-final, having lost in the quarter-finals in the previous two World Championships. Mark Williams took leads of 5–3 and 9–7 after the first two sessions against Ali Carter. Williams then won four of the last five frames, with four breaks of 100 or more, to defeat Carter 13–8.


2018 World Snooker Championship, Summary, Quarter-finals
The closest quarter-final was the last match, between John Higgins and Judd Trump, which was a rematch of the 2011 World Championship final. Trump gained an early lead in the second session at 7–3, but Higgins won the next five frames, and the pair finished the session at 8–8. Trump won the next two frames and took a two-frame lead at 11–9, before Higgins won the next three frames to retake the lead at 12–11. Trump won the 24th frame to force a final frame decider, which Higgins won to clinch the match, later describing it as a "classic" and joking that Trump "must hate the sight of him".


2018 World Snooker Championship, Summary, Semi-finals
The semi-finals were each played over four sessions, between 3 and 5 May 2018, with the matches played as best of 33 frames (17 frames needed to win) in a single table setup. The first semi-final was between John Higgins and Kyren Wilson. Higgins took an early lead in the opening session, leading Wilson 5–3, and retained this lead into the next two sessions, at 9–7, and 13–11. The pair shared the next four frames to leave the match at 15–13, before Higgins won the final two frames to win 17–13.


2018 World Snooker Championship, Summary, Semi-finals
The second semi-final was between Barry Hawkins and Mark Williams. Hawkins took a similar lead over Williams, with Hawkins taking 5–3, 9–7, and 13–11 leads, before going into the final session. Williams made a comeback, drawing level at 14 frames apiece, and then again at 15 all. Williams took the lead for the first time in the match at 16–15, before winning it 17–15. His victory ensured that, for the first time since the World Championship moved to the Crucible in 1977, both finalists would be over 40 years old.


2018 World Snooker Championship, Summary, Final
The two finalists were John Higgins and Mark Williams; both former champions. The final was played as a best of 35 frames match (18 frames needed to win), spread over four sessions between 6 and 7 May 2018. Williams took an early lead in the first session of the match, winning all of the first four frames. Higgins won the second mini-session 3–1, so the first session ended with a 5–3 lead for Williams. In the second session, Williams took the next two frames to lead 7–3, before Higgins scored four consecutive frames to level the score at 7–7. Williams then pulled away once again, winning the final three frames to take a 10–7 lead overnight.


2018 World Snooker Championship, Summary, Final
Williams won the first four frames on the second day of the final, extending his winning streak to seven frames and his lead to 14–7, before Higgins pulled two frames back after the mid-session interval. In the second of those frames, Higgins won with a 72 counter-clearance after Williams missed on a break of 65. In the following frame, Higgins started on a maximum break, which had never been achieved in a World Championship final; he potted ten reds with blacks but could not complete the clearance. Nevertheless, he secured his third successive frame with the break of 80, reducing his deficit to 10–14. Williams took the last frame to win the session 5–3, giving him a 15–10 lead heading into the final session of the championship.


2018 World Snooker Championship, Summary, Final
Higgins responded by winning the first five frames of the final session to level the match at 15–15, including three clearances and a match highest break of 131. Williams then won his first frame of the evening, and followed it up with a 100 break to take the score to 17–15, thus requiring one further frame to round off the match. In the 33rd frame, on a break of 63, Williams missed a pink that would have clinched the title; Higgins then cleared the table for a break of 65 to pull the score to 16–17. In the 34th frame, Williams held his nerve to make a match-winning break of 69, concluding the match at 18–16 and securing his third world title.


2018 World Snooker Championship, Summary, Final
On winning the championship, Williams said "The turnaround in the past twelve months is something I cannot work out", after not having appeared in the competition in the previous season. Before the tournament, Williams had said if he won the world title he would attend the post tournament press conference naked. Following his victory, Williams entered the conference wearing only a towel around his waist, but removed it when he was safely seated behind a table. Williams then promised that if he was to win the next season, he would "cartwheel round here naked".


2018 World Snooker Championship, Summary, Final
Williams' victory came fifteen years after his last world title in 2003; this was the longest span between two successive wins in the history of the tournament. At the age of 43, Williams became the oldest world champion since Ray Reardon won the event in 1978 aged 45.


2018 World Snooker Championship, Main draw
The numbers in parentheses are players' seedings. Players listed in bold indicate match winner.


2018 World Snooker Championship, Qualifying
There were 128 players in the qualifying competition. The qualifying event was played in three rounds, with the 16 winners of the third round matches progressing to the main stages of the tournament at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. Qualifying took place between 11 and 18 April 2018 at the English Institute of Sport, also in Sheffield, in a 12-table setup. All matches were best of 19 frames.


2018 World Snooker Championship, Qualifying
A total of 113 tour players (ranked outside the top 16, including Invitational Tour Card holders Ken Doherty and Jimmy White) were joined by 15 amateur players who had achieved success through the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) qualifying criteria. Among the 131 World Snooker Tour players, only Boonyarit Keattikun and Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn (both from Thailand) did not participate in the qualifying rounds or the main draw. Players ranked 17–80 in the world rankings were seeded in qualifying. The following 15 amateur players were invited to compete in qualifying:


2018 World Snooker Championship, Century breaks, Main stage centuries
A total of 84 century breaks were made by 21 players during the main stage of the World Championship.


2018 World Snooker Championship, Century breaks, Qualifying stage centuries
A total of 111 century breaks – including a maximum break – were made by 53 players during the qualifying stage of the World Championship.


2018 World Snooker Championship, Coverage
The tournament was broadcast live in the UK by BBC TV and BBC Online, as well as on Eurosport. The event was also broadcast by World Snooker internationally on Facebook, doing so for the second time. Coverage for the qualifying event was also broadcast on Facebook, and the Eurosport Player.


2018 World Snowshoe Championships
The 2018 World Snowshoe Championships was the 11th edition of the global snowshoe running competition, World Snowshoe Championships, organised by the World Snowshoe Federation and took place in Picos de Europa from 2 to 3 March 2018.


2018 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships
The 2018 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships were held at the Jilin Provincial Speed Skating Rink in Changchun, China, from 3 to 4 March 2018.


2018 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships – Men
The Men competition at the 2018 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships was held on 3 and 4 March 2018.


2018 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships – Women
The Women competition at the 2018 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships was held on 3 and 4 March 2018.


2018 World Surf League
The 2018 World Surf League Championship Tour (CT) is a professional competitive surfing league run by the World Surf League, starting on 11 March 2018. Men and women compete in separate tours with events taking place from late March to mid-December, at various surfing locations around the world.


2018 World Surf League
Surfers receive points for their best events. The surfer with the most points at the end of the tour (after discarding their two worst results) is announced the 2018 World Surf League Champion.


2018 World Taekwondo Grand Prix
The 2018 World Taekwondo Grand Prix was the 6th edition of the World Taekwondo Grand Prix series. This was the first season where it was five Grand Prix events.


2018 World Taekwondo Grand Slam
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2018 World Taekwondo Grand Slam
The 2018 World Taekwondo Grand Slam is the 2nd edition of the World Taekwondo Grand Slam series taking place from 12-16 December in Wuxi, China.


2018 World Taekwondo Grand Slam, Events schedule
The competition was held from 12 December to 16 December.


2018 World Taekwondo Grand Slam - Open Qualification Tournament I
2018 World Taekwondo Grand Slam - Open Qualification Tournament I is an international G-2 taekwondo tournament which allows the winner to be seeded as 9th on the 2018 World Taekwondo Grand Slam bracket. It also allows the 2nd and 3rd placed athletes to qualify to the event. The event was scheduled for April 20-22, 2018 in Wuxi, China.


2018 World Taekwondo Grand Slam - Open Qualification Tournament II
2018 World Taekwondo Grand Slam - Open Qualification Tournament II is an international G-2 taekwondo tournament which allows the winner to be seeded as 8th on the 2018 World Taekwondo Grand Slam bracket. It also allows the 2nd and 3rd placed athletes to qualify to the event.


2018 World Taekwondo Grand Slam - Open Qualification Tournament II
The event was scheduled for October 26-28, 2018 in Wuxi, China.


2018 World Taekwondo Grand Slam - Open Qualification Tournament II
This was the second Open Qualification Tournament of the year, the athletes who qualified in this event were ahead of the athletes who qualified on the first event, on the tournament brackets.


2018 World Team Challenge
The 17th World Team Challenge 2018 (officially: Joka Classic Biathlon World Team Challenge auf Schalke 2018) was a biathlon competition, that was held at December 29, 2018, at the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The event was visited by 46.412 fans.


2018 World Team Challenge, Format of competition
The competition was held in two stages: mass start and pursuit.


2018 World Team Challenge, Participants
20 sportsmen (10 male, 10 female) competed as mixed teams. 10 different countries were represented at this event. Ole Einar Bjørndalen from Norway and Darya Domracheva from Belarus, who were at the moment retired athletes, took part in this competition as a pair.


2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships
The 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships were held in Halmstad, Sweden from 29 April to 6 May 2018.


2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Men's team
The Men's team tournament of the 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships was held from 29 April to 6 May 2018. The draw for the tournament was held at 27 February 2018.


2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Men's team
China defeated Germany in the final to capture the gold medal.


2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Men's team, Championship division, Knockout stage
The group winners of Groupd C and D were drawn, as well as the second and third placed teams. Same for the fourth, fifth and sixth placed teams.


2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Men's team, Second division, Knockout stage
The group winners of Groupd G and H were drawn, as well as the second and third placed teams. Same for the fourth, fifth and sixth placed teams.


2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Men's team, Third division, Knockout stage
The group winners of Groupd K and L were drawn, as well as the second and third placed teams. Same for the fourth, fifth and sixth placed teams.


2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Women's team
The Women's team tournament of the 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships was held from 29 April to 6 May 2018. The draw for the tournament was held at 27 February 2018.


2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Women's team
China won the title after defeating Japan in the final.


2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Women's team, Championship division, Knockout stage
The group winners of Groups C and D were drawn, as well as the second and third placed teams. Same for the fourth, fifth and sixth placed teams.


2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Women's team, Championship division, Knockout stage, Places 1–12
Before the match, both teams entered the stage together and decided not to play against each other. Meanwhile, a unified Korean team played in the semifinals. That move was agreed upon by the ITTF.


2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Women's team, Second division, Knockout stage
The group winners of Groups G and H were drawn, as well as the second and third placed teams. Same for the fourth, fifth and sixth placed teams.


2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Women's team, Third division, Knockout stage
The group winners of Groups K and L were drawn, as well as the second and third placed teams. Same for the fourth, fifth and sixth placed teams.


2018 World TeamTennis season
The 2018 World TeamTennis season was the 43rd season of the top professional team tennis league in the United States.


2018 World TeamTennis season
The Springfield Lasers defeated the Philadelphia Freedoms in the WTT Finals to win their first King Trophy as WTT champions.


2018 World TeamTennis season, Competition format
The 2018 World TeamTennis season included six teams. Each team played a 14-match regular-season schedule with seven home and seven away matches. The top two teams in the regular season qualified for the World TeamTennis Finals. The higher seed was treated as the "home" team in the WTT Finals and had the right to determine the order of play. The winner of the WTT Finals was awarded the King Trophy.


2018 World TeamTennis season, Teams and players
Roster players compete (nearly) the entire season, Franchise and Wildcard players only a limited season. Substitute players are not listed.


2018 World TeamTennis season, Standings
The top two teams qualified for the 2018 WTT Finals.


2018 World TeamTennis season, Statistical leaders
The table below shows the WTT team and the player who had the highest regular-season winning percentages in each of the league's five events. Only players who played in at least 40% of the total number of games played by their team in a particular event are eligible to be listed.


2018 World Touring Car Cup
The 2018 FIA World Touring Car Cup (known as the FIA WTCR presented by Oscaro for sponsorship reasons) was the inaugural season of the World Touring Car Cup (WTCR). It took over from the World Touring Car Championship and adopted the TCR technical regulations. It was also the 14th overall season of the series that dates from the 2005 World Touring Car Championship. The change of name and new rules follow the declining interest in the TC1 regulations used by the World Touring Car Championship between 2014 and 2017 and the growing interest among manufacturers in the TCR touring car category.


2018 World Touring Car Cup, Calendar
The 2018 championship was contested over thirty rounds in Europe, Africa and East Asia.


2018 World Touring Car Cup, Calendar
A provisional calendar was released in December 2017. In March 2018 an additional round in China was added at the Wuhan Street Circuit.


2018 World Touring Car Cup, Championship standings, Drivers' championship
Championship points were awarded on the results of each race at each event as follows:


2018 World U-17 Hockey Challenge
The 2018 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge is an ice hockey tournament that will be held in Quispamsis and Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada from November 3 and 10. The World Under-17 Hockey Challenge is held by Hockey Canada annually to showcase young hockey talent from Canada and other strong hockey countries.


2018 World U-17 Hockey Challenge
The round-robin and knockout games will be hosted at qplex in Quispamsis and Harbour Station in Saint John, and the latter will host the bronze and gold medal games.


2018 World U-17 Hockey Challenge, Challenge results, Preliminary round
Games for Group A will be played at Harbour Station in Saint John, and games for Group B will be played at qplex in Quispamsis.


2018 World University American Football Championship
The 2018 World University American Football Championship was an international college American football tournament that was held from June 16 to June 24, 2018 in Harbin, China, at Harbin University of Commerce Stadium. It was the 3rd World University Championship for American football. The tournament was held in round-robin format, with each team facing each other once.


2018 World University Cycling Championship
The 2018 World University Cycling Championship was the 8th edition of the World University Cycling Championship. The tournament was hosted by the Portuguese Academic University Sports Federation (FADU), sponsored by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) and sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).


2018 World University Handball Championship
The 2018 World University Handball Championship was the 24th edition of this Handball event organized by the FISU. It was held in Rijeka, Croatia at the Zamet Hall, from 30 July to 5 August.


2018 World University Karate Championships
The 11th edition of World University Karate Championships took place in Kobe, Japan between July 19 and July 22, 2018.


2018 World University Wrestling Championships
The 2018 World University Wrestling Championships were the 13th edition of World University Wrestling Championships of combined events and were held from 4 to 9 September in Goiânia, Brazil.


2018 World University Wrestling Championships
Turkey claimed 10 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 4 bronze medals. In total 12 nations participated in this event.


2018 World University Wushu Championships
The 2018 World University Wushu Championships is the 1st World University Wushu Championship organized by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The competition consisted of taolu and sanda events.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships
The 2018 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan from 1 to 10 November 2018. The logo of IWF World Championships 2018 has consisted of abstract illustration of weightlifting athlete designed by Ashgabat based design firm, Belli Creative Studio


2018 World Weightlifting Championships
This was the first World Championship, after the IWF changed their weight classes and nullified all world records. As a result this World Championship saw a total of 31 senior men's world records set, and 41 senior women's world records set.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships, Medal table
Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +109 kg
The men's +109 kg competition at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 10 November 2018.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +109 kg
The International Weightlifting Federation had reorganized the weight categories and discarded all prior world records;only performances meeting defined "world standards" were to count as new records.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +109 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 102 kg
The men's 102 kilograms competition at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 8 November 2018.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 102 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 109 kg
The men's 109 kg competition at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 8–9 November 2018.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 109 kg
The International Weightlifting Federation had reorganized the weight categories and discarded all prior world records;only performances exceeding defined "world standards" were to count as new records.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 109 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 55 kg
The men's 55 kg competition at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 1-2 November 2018.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 55 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 61 kg
The men's 61 kg competition at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 1–3 November 2018.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 61 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 67 kg
The men's 67 kg competition at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 2–4 November 2018.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 67 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 73 kg
The men's 73 kilograms competition at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 2–4 November 2018.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 73 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 81 kg
The men's 81 kilograms competition at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 4–5 November 2018.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 81 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 89 kg
The men's 89 kilograms competition at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 6 November 2018.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 89 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 96 kg
The men's 96 kilograms competition at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 7 November 2018.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 96 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's +87 kg
The women's +87 kg competition at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 9–10 November 2018.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's +87 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 45 kg
The women's 45 kg competition at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 2 November 2018.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 45 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 49 kg
The women's 49 kilograms competition at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 2–3 November 2018.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 49 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 55 kg
The women's 55 kilograms competition at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 1–3 November 2018.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 55 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 59 kg
The women's 59 kilograms competition at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 3–4 November 2018.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 59 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 64 kg
The women's 64 kilograms competition at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 4–5 November 2018.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 64 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 71 kg
The women's 71 kilograms competition at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 6 November 2018.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 71 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 76 kg
The women's 76 kg competition at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 7 November 2018.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 76 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 81 kg
The women's 81 kilograms competition at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 8 November 2018.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 81 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 87 kg
The women's 87 kg competition at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 9 November 2018.


2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 87 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2018 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship
The 2018 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship, was held from November 9 to 15, 2018 at the Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja, Finland. The qualification event is open to any World Curling Federation member nation not already qualified for the 2019 World Wheelchair Curling Championship. The event's three medalists, Estonia, Slovakia, and Latvia, join the host and the top eight finishers from the last World Wheelchair Curling Championship at this season's event in Stirling, Scotland.


2018 World Women's Curling Championship
The 2018 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as the 2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 17–25 at the North Bay Memorial Gardens in North Bay, Ontario, Canada. The format of the tournament was changed this year, with 13 teams qualifying for the tournament (as opposed to 12 in previous years), and the top 6 teams from round-robin play will qualify for the playoffs (rather than 4). The playoff system were single-knockout, where the top two teams received a bye while the remaining four played the first round.


2018 World Women's Curling Championship
The event was won by Canada's Jennifer Jones rink from Winnipeg; the second world championship for the 2014 Olympic gold medalists.


2018 World Women's Curling Championship
Off the ice, the event was a success and set an attendance record for a women's world championship held in Canada. Jennifer Jones was complimentary of the fans, saying she had never played in a louder arena.


2018 World Women's Curling Championship, Qualification
The following nations are qualified to participate in the 2018 World Women's Curling Championship:


2018 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Jennifer JonesThird: Kaitlyn LawesSecond: Jill OfficerLead: Dawn McEwenAlternate: Shannon Birchard


2018 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Jiang YilunThird: Wang RuiSecond: Jiang Xindi Lead: Yan HuiAlternate: Yao Mingyue


2018 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Anna KubeškováThird: Alžběta BaudyšováSecond: Tereza PlíškováLead: Klára SvatoňováAlternate: Ezhen Kolchevskaia


2018 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Angelina JensenThird: Christine GrønbechSecond: Camilla Skårberg JensenLead: Lina KnudsenAlternate: Ivana Bratic


2018 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Daniela JentschThird: Emira AbbesSecond: Analena JentschLead: Pia-Lisa SchöllAlternate Josephine Obermann


2018 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Diana GaspariThird: Veronica ZapponeSecond: Stefania ConstantiniLead: Angela RomeiAlternate: Chiara  Olivieri


2018 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Tori KoanaThird: Yuna KotaniSecond: Mao IshigakiLead: Arisa KotaniAlternate: Kaho Onodera


2018 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Victoria MoiseevaThird: Yulia PortunovaSecond: Galina ArsenkinaLead: Julia GuzievaAlternate: Anna Sidorova


2018 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Hannah FlemingThird: Jennifer DoddsSecond: Alice SpenceLead: Vicky WrightAlternate: Sophie Jackson


2018 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Kim Eun-jungThird: Kim Kyeong-aeSecond: Kim Seon-yeongLead: Kim Yeong-miAlternate: Kim Cho-hi


2018 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Anna HasselborgThird: Sara McManusSecond: Agnes KnochenhauerLead: Sofia MabergsAlternate: Jennie Wåhlin


2018 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Binia FeltscherThird: Irene SchoriSecond: Franziska KaufmannLead: Carole HowaldAlternate: Raphaela Keiser


2018 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Jamie SinclairThird: Alexandra CarlsonSecond: Vicky PersingerLead: Monica WalkerAlternate: Jenna Martin


2018 World Women's Curling Championship, Round robin standings, WCT ranking
Year to date World Curling Tour order of merit ranking for each team prior to the event.


2018 World Women's Curling Championship, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4:00).


2018 World Women's Snooker Championship
The 2018 World Women's Snooker Championship was a professional women's snooker tournament that took place at the Dolmen Hotel, St. Paul's Bay, in Malta from 14 to 17 March 2018. Defending champion Ng On-yee won the event with a 5–0 win against Maria Catalano in the final. Ng On-yee won the title without losing a single frame over all six of her matches and as champion, qualified to enter the 2018 World Snooker Championship.


2018 World Women's Snooker Championship
This was the first time that the snooker world championship for women was organised under the banner of the World Snooker Federation (WSF). The WSF was formed in October 2017, supported by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association and the European Billiards and Snooker Association. The event saw a slightly increased prize fund, with the winner receiving €6,000.


2018 World Women's Snooker Championship, Overview
The event featured 24 participants and was open to players nominated by their national federations, if the federations were members of the World Snooker Federation by 1 March 2018. The top 30 ranked players (as calculated following the 2018 British Open) were eligible to be nominated. Each National Federation (NF) was able to nominate up to four additional players to take part, as well as those in the top 30 of the rankings. The participants featured five from England; four from Hong Kong and from Poland; two each from Belgium, Brazil, Ireland, and Thailand; and one from Australia, Netherlands and Wales.


2018 World Women's Snooker Championship, Overview
Of the players in the top 30 in the world rankings, the following players competed in the world championships: Laura Evans, Maria Catalano, Ng On-yee, Paula Judge, Reanne Evans, Rebecca Kenna, Ronda Sheldreck, Suzie Opacic. In addition, sixteen players were added from outside of the top 30 players: Ewelina Pislewska, Fatima Gusso Rigoni, Inge Vermeulen, Jaique Ip Wan In, Jackie Ellis, Joanna Grochal, Judy Dangerfield, Katarzyna Bialik, Malgorzata Sikorska, Manon Melief, Mei Mei Fong, Nicolly Christo, Nutcharut Wongharuthai, Waratthanun Sukritthanes, Wendy Jans, Yee Ting Cheung.


2018 World Women's Snooker Championship, Tournament summary
In the group stage, Ng On-yee, Reanne Evans, and Waratthanun Sukritthanes all won their groups without losing a frame. Wendy Jans made a highest break of 110 against Suzie Opacic, which turned out to be the only century break of the tournament. All four players from Hong Kong reached the knockout stages, but three of them lost in their first knockout matches.


2018 World Women's Snooker Championship, Tournament summary
In the quarter finals and semi-finals, only the semi-final between Reanne Evans and Maria Catalano went to a deciding frame, with Catalano the surprising winner. Rebecca Kenna reached the semi-finals for the third year in a row.


2018 World Women's Snooker Championship, Tournament summary
Ng On-yee's 5–0 whitewashing of Catalano in the final meant Ng On-yee had won the title for the third time, this time having won six matches and a total of 22 frames throughout the tournament without conceding any. This was despite Ng On-yee having low expectations at the start of the tournament, as she was feeling under pressure, suffering from loss of form, and ill with a cough.


2018 World Women's Snooker Championship, Tournament summary
In addition to the trophy and title, winning provided Ng On-yee with a place in the qualifying rounds of the 2018 World Snooker Championship, her previous two attempts at the World Snooker Championship having both ended at the first match.


2018 World Women's Snooker Championship, Results, Group stage
The group stage began 14 March 2018, with six groups of four players. Each match was played as a best-of-5-frames. The top two players from each group qualified for the knockout round. Progression from the group stages was determined, by: matches won; head to head results; frames won; highest break; and lastly ranking position.


2018 World Women's Snooker Championship, Results, Main draw
The numbers in parentheses are players' seedings. Players listed in bold indicate match winner.


2018 World Wrestling Championships
The 2018 World Wrestling Championships were the 15th edition of World Wrestling Championships of combined events and were held from 20 to 28 October in Budapest, Hungary.


2018 World Wrestling Championships
Russia claimed 10 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 2 bronze medals, its best ever overall result in the post-Soviet era. In Greco-Roman Wrestling Russian athletes showed the best ever result since 1990.


2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 130 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on 27 and 28 October.


2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg
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2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 55 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on 25 and 26 October.


2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 60 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on 26 and 27 October.


2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 63 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 63 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on 25 and 26 October.


2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 67 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 67 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on 26 and 27 October.


2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 72 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 72 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on 25 and 26 October.


2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 77 kg
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2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 77 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 77 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on 27 and 28 October.


2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg
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2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 82 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on 25 and 26 October.


2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 87 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on 26 and 27 October.


2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg
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2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 97 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on 27 and 28 October.


2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 125 kg
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2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 125 kg
The men's freestyle 125 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on 20 and 21 October.


2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 57 kg
The men's freestyle 57 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on 21 and 22 October.


2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 61 kg
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2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 61 kg
The men's freestyle 61 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on 20 and 21 October.


2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 65 kg
The men's freestyle 65 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on 21 and 22 October.


2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 70 kg
The men's freestyle 70 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on 22 and 23 October.


2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 74 kg
The men's freestyle 74 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on 20 and 21 October.


2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 79 kg
The men's freestyle 79 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on 21 and 22 October.


2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 86 kg
The men's freestyle 86 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on 20 and 21 October.


2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 92 kg
The men's freestyle 92 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on 21 and 22 October.


2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 97 kg
The men's freestyle 97 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on 22 and 23 October.


2018 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 50 kg
The women's freestyle 50 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on 24 and 25 October.


2018 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 53 kg
The women's freestyle 53 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships. It was held in Budapest, Hungary on 24 and 25 October.


2018 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 55 kg
The women's freestyle 55 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on 22 and 23 October.


2018 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 57 kg
The women's freestyle 57 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary, on 24 and 25 October.


2018 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 59 kg
The women's freestyle 59 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on 22 and 23 October.


2018 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 62 kg
The women's freestyle 62 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships. It was held in Budapest, Hungary on 24 and 25 October.


2018 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 65 kg
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2018 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 65 kg
The women's freestyle 65 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on 23 and 24 October.


2018 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 68 kg
The women's freestyle 68 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on 23 and 24 October.


2018 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 72 kg
The women's freestyle 72 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on 23 and 24 October.


2018 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 76 kg
The women's freestyle 76 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on 23 and 24 October.


2018 World Wrestling Clubs Cup – Men's freestyle
The 2018 World Wrestling Clubs Cup - Men's freestyle were held in Babol, Iran on 7–8 December 2018.


2018 World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series
The 2018 World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series is the 17th season of dirt late model racing sanctioned by the World of Outlaws. It is also the 30th anniversary since the series was originally formed in 1988. The season began with the Winter Freeze at Screven Motor Speedway on February 9, and will end with the Textron Off Road World of Outlaws World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte on November 3. Brandon Sheppard entered the season as the defending champion and Mike Marlar won the 2018 championship.


2018 World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series, Schedule
will broadcast all races with live radio coverage, along with select races with live video coverage.


2018 World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series
The 2018 World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series was the 40th season of the winged sprint car series sanctioned by World Racing Group, competing throughout the United States. The season began with the DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park on February 9, and ended with the World of Outlaws World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte on November 3. Donny Schatz defended his 2017 championship by winning his tenth title in 2018.


2018 World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series
The 2018 season was the first to feature live video broadcast of every event available via pay-per-view on DIRTvision.


2018 World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series
The season was marred by the death of Jason Johnson, following the race at Beaver Dam Raceway on June 23.


2018 World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series, Schedule and results
All races were broadcast live by DIRTvision.com except the 5-hour ENERGY Knoxville Nationals, which was broadcast live by thecushion.com.


2018 World's Best Racehorse Rankings
The 2018 World's Best Racehorse Rankings, sponsored by Longines was the 2018 edition of the World's Best Racehorse Rankings. It was an assessment of Thoroughbred racehorses issued by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) on 24 January 2019. It included horses aged three or older which competed in flat races during 2018. It was open to all horses irrespective of where they raced or were trained.


2018 World's Strongest Man
The 2018 World's Strongest Man was the 41st edition of the World's Strongest Man competition. It was held in Manila, Philippines from April 28 to May 6, 2018. The qualifying phase lasted until May 1 while the finals took place on May 5th and 6th.


2018 World's Strongest Man
Various World's Strongest Man events were hosted within and outside Metro Manila. Among the venues were the Quirino Grandstand in Rizal Park; Intramuros, Manila; Bonifacio Global City in Taguig; and the University of the Philippines campus in Diliman, Quezon City. Events outside Metro Manila were hosted in Bataan, Corregidor Island, Coron Island, Davao City, and Tagaytay.


2018 World's Strongest Man
Eddie Hall, winner of the 2017 World's Strongest Man, did not defend his title. The tournament was won by Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson of Iceland, the first Icelander since Magnús Ver Magnússon in 1996 to win the title. Mateusz Kieliszkowski of Poland finished second and four-time winner Brian Shaw of the United States third. Žydrūnas Savickas, also a four-time winner, finished tenth after withdrawing due to an injury.


2018 World's Strongest Man, Heat Results
The qualifying heats consisted of six events. After five events, the competitor with the highest score qualifies for the final. The competitors in second and third place take part in the final event, the Atlas Stones, with the winner progressing.


2018 Worthing Borough Council election
The 2018 Worthing Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Worthing Borough Council. This was on the same day as other local elections. A third of the council was up for election, meaning a total of 13 councillors were elected from all of the council's wards.


2018 Worthing Borough Council election
Despite suffering a net loss of two seats, the Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.


2018 Wrestling World Cup - Men's freestyle
The 2018 Wrestling World Cup - Men's freestyle was the last of a set of three Wrestling World Cups in 2018 which took place in Iowa City, United States on April 7–8 2018. This event took place in the main indoor of University of Iowa - Carver–Hawkeye Arena.


2018 Wrestling World Cup - Men's freestyle, Background
Initially the top teams from Russia, Turkey and Iran were to compete in the 2018 World Cup; however were unable to attend, for Turkey had financial difficulties, Russia had visa issues and Iran refused to compete due to a disagreement with the UWW event calendar. Mongolia and India replaced these teams.


2018 Wrestling World Cup - Women's freestyle
The 2018 Wrestling World Cup - Women's freestyle was the first of a set of three Wrestling World Cups in 2018 which were held in Takasaki, Japan on 17–18 March 2018.


2018 Wuhan Open
The 2018 Wuhan Open (also known as the 2018 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts between September 23–29, 2018. It was the 5th edition of the Wuhan Open, and part of the WTA Premier 5 tournaments of the 2018 WTA Tour. The tournament was held at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center in Wuhan, China.


2018 Wuhan Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wild cards into the singles main draw:


2018 Wuhan Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:


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


2018 Wuhan Open – Doubles
Latisha Chan and Martina Hingis were the defending champions, but Hingis retired from professional tennis at the end of 2017 and Chan could not participate due to a medical condition.


2018 Wuhan Open – Doubles
Elise Mertens and Demi Schuurs won the title, defeating Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková and Barbora Strýcová in the final, 6–3, 6–3.


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


2018 Wuhan Open – Singles
Caroline Garcia was  the defending champion but lost in the second round to Kateřina Siniaková.


2018 Wuhan Open – Singles
Aryna Sabalenka won the title, defeating Anett Kontaveit in the final, 6–3, 6–3.


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


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


2018 Wyoming Cowboys football team
The 2018 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cowboys are coached by fifth-year head coach Craig Bohl and play their home games at War Memorial Stadium as a member of the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the regular season 6–6, 4–4 in Mountain West play to finish in third place in the Mountain division. Despite being bowl eligible, they were not invited to a bowl game.


2018 Wyoming Cowboys football team, Previous season
The Cowboys finished the 2017 season 8–5, 5–3 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for second place in the Mountain Division. They were invited to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl where they defeated Central Michigan.


2018 Wyoming Cowboys football team, 2018 recruiting class
The Cowboys announced an early signing class of 20 high school student-athletes on December 20. On February 24, they announced the signing of two more student-athletes.


2018 Wyoming Cowboys football team, Preseason, Mountain West media days
During the Mountain West media days held July 24–25 at the Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip, the Cowboys were predicted to finish in second place in the Mountain Division.


2018 Wyoming Cowboys football team, Preseason, Mountain West media days, Preseason All-Mountain West Team
The Cowboys had three players selected to the preseason all-Mountain West team. Strong safety Andrew Wingard was selected as the preseason defensive player of the year.


2018 Wyoming Cowboys football team, Statistics, Defense
Key: SOLO: Solo Tackles, AST: Assisted Tackles, TOT: Total Tackles, TFL: Tackles-for-loss, SACK: Quarterback Sacks, INT: Interceptions, BU: Passes Broken Up, QBH: Quarterback Hits, FF: Forced Fumbles, FR: Fumbles Recovered, BLK: Kicks or Punts Blocked, SAF: Safeties


2018 Wyoming State Senate election
The 2018 Wyoming Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, with the primary election held on August 21, 2018. Voters in the 15 odd-numbered districts of the Wyoming State Senate elected their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices, including U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Governor, and the State House


2018 Wyoming State Senate election, General Election, Results, District 3
Republican Cheri Steinmetz was elected with 80% of the vote compared to Democrat Marci Shaver who received 20% of the vote.


2018 Wyoming State Senate election, General Election, Results, District 7
Republican Incumbent Stephan Pappas won the election with no challengers.


2018 Wyoming State Senate election, General Election, Results, District 9
Democratic Incumbent Chris Rothfuss won the election with no challengers.


2018 Wyoming State Senate election, General Election, Results, District 11
Republican Incumbent Larry S. Hicks was re-elected with 66% of the vote compared to Democrat Lee AnnStephenson who received 34% of the vote.


2018 Wyoming State Senate election, General Election, Results, District 13
Republican Tom James defeated Incumbent Democrat John Hastert with 47% of the vote to Hastert's 37%, Independent candidate Ted L. Barney won 16% of the vote.


2018 Wyoming State Senate election, General Election, Results, District 15
Republican Wendy Davis Schuler won the election with no challengers.


2018 Wyoming State Senate election, General Election, Results, District 17
Democratic Candidate Mike Gierau won the election with 62% of the vote against Republican Kate Mead who won 38% of the vote.


2018 Wyoming State Senate election, General Election, Results, District 19
Republican R J Kost won the election with no challengers.


2018 Wyoming State Senate election, General Election, Results, District 21
Republican Bo Biteman was elected with 64% of the vote compared to Democrat Hollis Hackman who received 35% of the vote.


2018 Wyoming State Senate election, General Election, Results, District 23
Republican Incumbent Jeff Wasserburger won the election with no challengers.


2018 Wyoming State Senate election, General Election, Results, District 25
Republican Incumbent Cale Case was elected with % of the vote compared to Democrat Sergio A. Maldonado, Sr. who received % of the vote.


2018 Wyoming State Senate election, General Election, Results, District 27
Republican Incumbent Bill Landen won the election with no challengers.


2018 Wyoming State Senate election, General Election, Results, District 29
Republican Incumbent Drew Perkins won the election with no challengers.


2018 Wyoming elections
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Wyoming on November 6, 2018. All of Wyoming's executive offices were up for election, as well as a United States Senate seat and Wyoming's at-large seat in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on August 21, 2018.


2018 Wyoming elections, Governor
Incumbent Republican Governor Matt Mead was term-limited and could not run for a third term. Republican State Treasurer Mark Gordon defeated attorney Harriet Hageman, businessmen Bill Dahlin, Foster Friess, Sam Galeotos, and physician Taylor Haynes.


2018 Wyoming elections, Governor
Former Democratic Minority Leader of the Wyoming House of Representatives Mary Throne ran for the Democratic nomination with minimal opposition.


2018 Wyoming elections, Secretary of State
Ed Murray, who had first been elected in 2014, intended to run for governor, but resigned February 9, 2018 following claims of sexual assault. Governor Matt Mead appointed former Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives Edward Buchanan to fill the remainder of Murray's term.


2018 Wyoming elections, State Treasurer
Incumbent Republican State Treasurer Mark Gordon declined to run for a third full term and instead ran successfully for Governor of Wyoming.


2018 Wyoming elections, State Treasurer, Democratic primary, Candidates
No candidate filed to run; however, Chris Lowry qualified for the general election by receiving enough sufficient write-in votes.


2018 Wyoming elections, State Auditor
Incumbent Republican State Auditor Cynthia Cloud declined to run for a third term.


2018 Wyoming elections, Superintendent of Public Instruction
Incumbent Republican Superintendent Jillian Balow ran for a second term.


2018 Wyoming elections, United States Senate
Incumbent Republican Senator John Barrasso ran for a third term.


2018 Wyoming elections, United States Senate
Businessman and nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2006 and 2008 Gary Trauner ran for the Democratic nomination.


2018 Wyoming elections, United States Senate
Businessman Dave Dodson initially ran as an independent, but later ran in the Republican primary and was defeated.


2018 Wyoming elections, United States House of Representatives
Incumbent Republican U.S. Representative Liz Cheney, who had represented the state in the United States House of Representatives since 2017, successfully ran for reelection. She defeated Rod Miller, a former federal land planning coordinator, and Blake Stanley for the Republican nomination.


2018 Wyoming elections, United States House of Representatives
Oil geologist Greg Hunter defeated attorney Travis Helm for the Democratic nomination.


2018 Wyoming elections, State Legislature, Wyoming Senate
Of the 30 seats in the Wyoming Senate, 15 were up for election in 2018.


2018 Wyoming elections, State Legislature, Wyoming House of Representatives
All 60 seats in the Wyoming House of Representatives were up for election in 2018.


2018 Wyoming gubernatorial election
The 2018 Wyoming gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the Governor of Wyoming. Incumbent Republican Governor Matt Mead was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third consecutive term. Republican nominee Mark Gordon defeated Democratic nominee Mary Throne by nearly 40 percentage points. This was the first time since 1978 that a candidate from the President's party was elected governor in Wyoming.


2018 Wyre Forest District Council election
The 2018 Wyre Forest District Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of the Wyre Forest District Council in Worcestershire, England. They were held on the same day as other local elections.


2018 Wyre Forest District Council election, Ward results, Areley Kings & Riverside
James Alexander Shaw was elected but resigned in November 2018 citing ill-health.


2018 XB4
2018 XB4 (also written 2018 XB4) is an Apollo near-Earth asteroid roughly 53 meters (170 feet) in diameter. It was discovered on 13 December 2018 when the asteroid was about 0.125 AU (18,700,000 km; 11,600,000 mi) from Earth and had a solar elongation of 146°. It passed closest approach to Earth on 1 January 2019. Of the asteroids discovered in 2018, it had the highest Palermo scale rating at –3.6. In mid-2019 it was recovered which extended the observation arc to 177 days and was removed from the Sentry Risk Table on 12 June 2019. It is now known that on 22 June 2092 the asteroid will pass about 0.033±0.015 AU from Earth.


2018 XB4
With a 42-day observation arc, the Sentry Risk Table showed an estimated 1 in 6200 chance of the asteroid impacting Earth on 22 June 2092. The nominal JPL Horizons 22 June 2092 Earth distance was 0.17 AU (25,000,000 km; 16,000,000 mi) with a 3-sigma uncertainty of ±320 million kilometers. A Monte Carlo simulation using Solex 12 with 1000 clones of the asteroid showed that by 2092 the uncertainty region for 2018 XB4 stretched around the entire orbit. NEODyS listed the nominal 22 June 2092 Earth distance as 0.009 AU (1,300,000 km; 840,000 mi).


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


2018 Yale Bulldogs football team
The 2018 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The season marked the Bulldogs's 146th overall season. The team played its home games at Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut and were led by seventh-year head coach Tony Reno. They were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 5–5 overall and 3–4 in Ivy League play to place in three-way tie for fourth.


2018 Yale Bulldogs football team, Previous season
The Bulldogs finished the 2017 season 9–1, 6–1 in Ivy League play to become Ivy League champions for the first time since 2006 (when they shared the title) and to earn their first sole league title since 1980.


2018 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election
A gubernatorial election was held on 4 February 2018 to elect the next Governor of Yamaguchi (山口県, Yamaguchi-ken), a prefecture of Japan in the Chūgoku region of the main island of Honshu.


2018 Yangon United season
The 2018 season is Yangon United's 9th season in the Myanmar National League since 2009.


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


2018 Yap elections
The 2018 Yap gubernatorial election took place on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia to a four-year term in office. The election coincides with the Yap State general election, including legislative contests to select Senators of the Yap State Legislature.


2018 Yap elections
Incumbent Governor Tony Ganngiyan, who was elected in 2014, is seeking re-election for a second term.


2018 Yap elections
10 seats of the Yap State Legislature were also up for election.


2018 Yas Island Formula 2 round
The 2018 Yas Marina FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races held on 24 and 25 November 2018 at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the twelfth and final round of the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was run in support of the 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.


2018 Yasar Dogu Tournament
The 46th Yasar Dogu Tournament 2018, was a wrestling event held in Istanbul, Turkey between the 27th and 29th of July 2018.


2018 Yasar Dogu Tournament
This international tournament includes competition in both men's and women's freestyle wrestling. This ranking tourment will be held in honor of the two time Olympic Champion, Yaşar Doğu.


2018 Yasar Dogu Tournament
Wrestling champs square off in Istanbul tournament. Some 300 freestyle wrestlers from 21 countries descended on Istanbul on Friday for a three-day international tournament. The 46th edition of the Yaşar Doğu International Wrestling Tournament, named after the legendary Turkish wrestler, kicked off at Hasan Doğan Sports Hall.


2018 Yerevan City Council election
Yerevan City Council elections were held on 23 September 2018. The snap election was trigged after the resignation of former mayor Taron Margaryan amid the aftermath of the 2018 Armenian Velvet Revolution. Well-known comedian and actor Hayk Marutyan, heading the electoral list of the My Step Alliance, was elected to the office of mayor of Yerevan.


2018 Yerevan City Council election, Candidates
979 candidates competed for 65 open seats in the Yerevan city council (also known as the "council of elders").


2018 Yerevan City Council election, Candidates
A total of 12 parties/alliances participated in the election (numbered below according to the electoral ballot listing):


2018 Yerevan City Council election, Candidates
A pre-election analysis of the top 10 lists from each party or alliance revealed that:


2018 Yerevan City Council election, Electoral code and voter data
Foreign citizens living in Yerevan could cast their ballots if they had at least a one-year registration before voting day.