2018 European Truck Racing Championship
The 2018 FIA European Truck Racing Championship was a motor-racing championship using highly tuned tractor units. It was the 34th year of the championship. Jochen Hahn took his fifth victory in the championship driving an Iveco.


2018 European Truck Racing Championship, Championship standings, Drivers' Championship
Each round or racing event consisted of four races. At each race, points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers using the following structure:


2018 European U23 Judo Championships
The 2018 European U23 Judo Championships were the edition of the European U23 Judo Championships, organised by the European Judo Union. It was held in Győr, Hungary from 2–4 November 2018.


2018 European U23 Judo Championships, Participating nations
There was a total of 296 participants from 37 nations.


2018 European U23 Wrestling Championship
The 2018 European U23 Wrestling Championship was the 4th edition of European U23 Wrestling Championships of combined events, and took place from June 4 to 10 in Istanbul, Turkey.


2018 European Union Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 2018 European Union Amateur Boxing Championships was held in Valladolid, Spain from 8 to 19 November. The 9th edition of the competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, the European Boxing Confederation.


2018 European Universities Games
The 2018 European University Games was the fourth biannual European Universities Games (EUG). It was held in Coimbra, Portugal from 15 July to 28 July and was organised by the European University Sports Association (EUSA) and Portuguese University Sport Federation (FADU) with the cooperation of University of Coimbra, Municipality of Coimbra, and the Academic Association of Coimbra (AAC).


2018 European Weightlifting Championships
The 2018 European Weightlifting Championships was held at the Complexul Olimpic Izvorani in Bucharest, Romania from 26 March to 1 April 2018.


2018 European Weightlifting Championships
Some countries were banned from competing at the championships due to their history of doping at previous Olympic Games. International Weightlifting Federation rules state that any country that had three positive tests uncovered by the International Olympic Committee during re-testing of stored urine samples for banned substances from the 2008 Olympic Games and 2012 Olympic Games would be banned. The banned countries are: Russia, Armenia, Turkey, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus and Azerbaijan.


2018 European Wheelchair Handball Nations' Tournament
The 2018 EHF European Wheelchair Handball Nations’ Tournament was the 3rd edition and was hosted for the first time in Portugal from 1 to 2 December 2018.


2018 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 32nd European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held from 2 to 5 August 2018 at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.


2018 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Senior, Team competition
Belgium withdrew before the competition to preserve their gymnasts' health for individual event finals. They were replaced by first reserve Italy.


2018 European Women's Handball Championship
The 2018 European Women's Handball Championship was held in France in from 29 November to 16 December 2018. It was the first time France hosts the women's tournament. The matches were played in Brest, Montbéliard, Nancy, Nantes and Paris.


2018 European Women's Handball Championship
France defeated Russia in the final to claim their first title.


2018 European Women's Handball Championship, Qualification, Qualified teams
All 16 qualified teams took part in the previous 2016 championship.


2018 European Women's Handball Championship, Qualification, Qualified teams
Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.


2018 European Women's Handball Championship, Draw
The draw was held on 12 June 2018 at 12:00 at the Maison de la Radio in Paris, France.


2018 European Women's Handball Championship, Main round
Points obtained against qualified teams from the same group will be taken over.


2018 European Women's Handball Championship, Main round, Group I
Both matches were scheduled for 8 December, but moved back due to the Yellow vests movement.


2018 European Women's Handball Championship, Final ranking and statistics, All Star Team
The All Star Team and awards were announced on 16 December 2018.


2018 European Women's Handball Championship qualification, Qualification system
France as host nation was directly qualified. 32 teams had registered for participation and compete for 15 places at the final tournament in two distinct Qualification Phases. The group winners of phase 1 advanced to phase 2. The 28 teams were divided into seven groups of four teams.


2018 European Women's Handball Championship qualification, Qualification Phase 1
The groups were played in a tournament format from 9 to 11 June 2017. The group winners advanced to the second phase.


2018 European Women's Handball Championship qualification, Qualification Phase 2
The groups were played in a home and away round-robin format from September 2017 to June 2018. The top two teams qualified for the main tournament as well as the best-ranked third placed team, where the results against the last-placed team were revoked.


2018 European Women's Handball Championship qualification, Qualification Phase 2, Ranking of third-placed teams
To determine the best third-placed teams from the qualifying group stage which qualified directly for the final tournament, only the results against the first, and second-placed teams in their group were taken into account, while results against the fourth-placed team were not included. As a result, four matches played by each third-placed team counted for the purposes of determining the ranking.


2018 European Women's Handball Championship squads
The following is a list of squads for each nation competing at the 2018 European Women's Handball Championship.


2018 European Women's Handball Championship squads
On 29 October 2018 every coach had to submit a list of a maximum of 28 players, whom which 16 were selected for the final tournament. Up to six replacements were granted during the tournament. The final squads were released on 28, 29, and 30 November 2018.


2018 European Women's Handball Championship squads
Age, caps and goals correct as of 29 November 2018.


2018 European Women's Handball Championship squads, Group A, Denmark
The first 14 players were announced on 8 November 2018. Three players were added on 14 and 17 November 2018. On 30 November, Mathilde Hylleberg was cut from the squad, but was added back on 2 December. However, the next day Line Haugsted replaced her.


2018 European Women's Handball Championship squads, Group A, Sweden
The squad was announced on 30 October 2018. On 19 November 2018, Mikaela Mässing replaced Johanna Westberg, who missed the tournament due to her pregnancy. On 28 November, Jessica Ryde was added to the extended squad as a 17th player, traveling with the team to France. On 6 December, Elin Hallagård replaced Mathilda Lundström. On 9 December, Lundström re-entered the squad as a replacement for Daniela Gustin, who tore her ACL in the main round match against Montenegro.


2018 European Women's Handball Championship squads, Group B, France
A 24-player squad was announced on 31 October 2018. The final squad was revealed on 26 November 2018.


2018 European Women's Handball Championship squads, Group C, Netherlands
A 22-player squad was announced on 26 October 2018. Due to a back injury, Danick Snelder missed the tournament. The final squad was revealed five days later. The Netherlands began the tournament with just 15 players in the squad. However, on 5 December, Lynn Knippenborg was added as the 16th player. On 12 December, Dione Housheer replaced Angela Malestein. On 14 December, Malestein re-entered the squad ahead of the semi-final, replacing Housheer. On 16 December, Inger Smits was added to the squad in replacement of Martine Smeets who left the semi-final against France with a calf injury.


2018 European Women's Handball Championship squads, Group D, Czech Republic
A 20-player squad was announced on 3 November 2018. The final squad was revealed on 26 November 2018.


2018 European Women's Handball Championship squads, Group D, Germany
The squad was announced on 7 November 2018. Mia Zschocke replaced Kim Naidzinavicius, who suffered a torn meniscus and missed the tournament.


2018 European Women's Handball Championship squads, Group D, Norway
The squad was announced on 6 November 2018. On 21 November, Silje Waade and Ingvild Bakkerud were added in an extended squad, traveling to France with the team. On 26 November, Amanda Kurtović had to withdraw from the squad due to an ACL injury sustained at the Møbelringen Cup, with Silje Waade replacing her. On 4 December, Camilla Herrem replaced Thea Mørk in the squad due to an injury in Mørk's hamstring muscle.


2018 European Women's Handball Championship squads, Group D, Romania
The squad was announced on 12 November 2018. A broken hand sidelined previously selected Ana Maria Țicu. Cristina Zamfir and Laura Pristăviță also missed the tournament, and were replaced by Anca Polocoșer and Mădălina Zamfirescu respectively. Eventually Cristina Neagu got injured before the semifinal match and was replaced by Bianca Bazaliu.


2018 European Wrestling Championships
The 69th UWW European Wrestling Championships was held in Kaspiysk, Dagestan, Russia, between 30 April and 6 May 2018.


2018 European Wrestling Championships, Participating nations
On 3 March 2018, UWW Europe, which includes 48 nations, accepted applications for the championships. On 13 March, Ukraine and Great Britain announced they would not participate at the championships due to political reasons. However, on 16 April the Ukrainian Wrestling Association overruled their decision.


2018 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Freestyle 125 kg
The Men's Freestyle  125 kg is a competition featured at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships, is scheduled to be held in Kaspiysk, Russia on May 5 and May 6.


2018 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Freestyle 57 kg
The Men's Freestyle  57 kg is a competition featured at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Kaspiysk, Russia on May 4 and May 5.


2018 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Freestyle 61 kg
The Men's Freestyle  61 kg is a competition featured at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Kaspiysk, Russia on May 5 and May 6.


2018 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Freestyle 65 kg
The Men's Freestyle 65 kg is a competition featured at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Kaspiysk, Russia on May 4 and May 5.


2018 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Freestyle 70 kg
The Men's Freestyle 70 kg is a competition featured at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Kaspiysk, Russia on May 4 and May 5.


2018 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Freestyle 74 kg
The Men's Freestyle 74 kg is a competition featured at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Kaspiysk, Russia on May 5 and May 6.


2018 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Freestyle 79 kg
The Men's Freestyle 79 kg is a competition featured at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Kaspiysk, Russia on May 4 and May 5.


2018 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Freestyle 86 kg
The Men's Freestyle 86 kg is a competition featured at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Kaspiysk, Russia on May 5 and May 6.


2018 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Freestyle 92 kg
The Men's Freestyle  125 kg is a competition featured at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Kaspiysk, Russia on May 5 and May 6.


2018 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Freestyle 97 kg
The Men's Freestyle 97 kg is a competition featured at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Kaspiysk, Russia on May 4 and May 5.


2018 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg
The Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg is a competition featured at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Kaspiysk, Russia on April 30 and May 1.


2018 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg
The Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg is a competition featured at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Kaspiysk, Russia on April 30 and May 1.


2018 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg
The Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg is a competition featured at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships, was held in Kaspiysk, Russia on May 1 and May 2.


2018 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 63 kg
The Men's Greco-Roman 63 kg is a competition featured at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Kaspiysk, Russia on April 30 and May 1.


2018 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 67 kg
The Men's Greco-Roman 67 kg is a competition featured at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Kaspiysk, Russia on May 1 and May 2.


2018 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 72 kg
The Men's Greco-Roman 72 kg is a competition featured at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Kaspiysk, Russia on May 1 and May 2.


2018 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 72 kg, Medalists
Iuri Lomadze won a bronze medal but he was stripped of his medal after a doping violation. As a result Daniel Cataraga was awarded the bronze medal.


2018 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 77 kg
The Men's Greco-Roman 77 kg is a competition featured at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Kaspiysk, Russia on April 30 and May 1.


2018 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg
The Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg is a competition featured at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Kaspiysk, Russia on May 1 and May 2.


2018 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg
The Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg is a competition featured at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Kaspiysk, Russia on April 30 and May 1.


2018 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg
The Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg is a competition featured at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Kaspiysk, Russia on May 1 and May 2.


2018 European Wrestling Championships – Women's Freestyle 50 kg
The Women's Freestyle 50 kg is a competition featured at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Kaspiysk, Russia on May 2 and May 3.


2018 European Wrestling Championships – Women's Freestyle 53 kg
The Women's Freestyle 53 kg is a competition featured at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Kaspiysk, Russia on May 3 and May 4.


2018 European Wrestling Championships – Women's Freestyle 55 kg
The Women's Freestyle 55 kg is a competition featured at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Kaspiysk, Russia on May 2 and May 3.


2018 European Wrestling Championships – Women's Freestyle 57 kg
The Women's Freestyle 57 kg is a competition featured at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Kaspiysk, Russia on May 3 and May 4.


2018 European Wrestling Championships – Women's Freestyle 59 kg
The Women's Freestyle 59 kg is a competition featured at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships, is scheduled to be held in Kaspiysk, Russia on May 2 and May 3.


2018 European Wrestling Championships – Women's Freestyle 62 kg
The Women's Freestyle 62 kg is a competition featured at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Kaspiysk, Russia on May 3 and May 4.


2018 European Wrestling Championships – Women's Freestyle 65 kg
The Women's Freestyle 65 kg is a competition featured at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Kaspiysk, Russia on May 3 and May 4.


2018 European Wrestling Championships – Women's Freestyle 68 kg
The Women's Freestyle 68 kg is a competition featured at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Kaspiysk, Russia on May 2 and May 3.


2018 European Wrestling Championships – Women's Freestyle 72 kg
The Women's Freestyle 72 kg is a competition featured at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Kaspiysk, Russia on May 3 and May 4.


2018 European Wrestling Championships – Women's Freestyle 76 kg
The Women's Freestyle 76 kg is a competition featured at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Kaspiysk, Russia on May 2 and May 3.


2018 European Youth Weightlifting Championships
The 2018 European Youth Weightlifting Championships took place in Crowne Plaza Milan - Linate, San Donato Milanese, Italy from 22 to 29 July 2018.


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


2018 European championships international draughts
The 2018 European championships of international draughts were held from 16 to 22 December in Moscow, Russia, over 9 rounds Swiss-system tournament. There were 55 participants from 14 countries, including 17 grandmasters, 9 international masters and 15 masters of the FMJD. Competitions was at classic format and at superblitz. 6 sportsmen qualified for WC 2019.


2018 European championships international draughts
The winner was 18-years-old Michael Semyaniuk from Belarus, silver was for Alexander Georgiev from the Russia, third was Martijn van IJzendoorn from the Netherlands.


2018 European championships international draughts, Classic tournament, Rules and regulations
Participants played Swiss-system tournament with 9 rounds. To define the places with equal points used of Solkoff truncated coefficient. Time control was 1 hour 20 minutes plus a minute per move.


2018 European championships international draughts, Superblitz tournament, Rules and regulations
Participants played Swiss-system tournament with 7 rounds. To define the places with equal points used of Solkoff truncated coefficient. Time control was 5 minutes plus 2 seconds per move. There were 46 participants from 7 countries, including 8 grandmasters, 5 international masters and 12 masters of the FMJD.


2018 European floods
From 4 October 2018 to early November, heavy floods affected Europe. The floods started in the Italian region of Calabria. Then, on 9 October, the island of Mallorca, Spain was struck by floods and in the next days some cities in Southwest France, the region of Sardinia, Italy and some parts of Portugal and the United Kingdom were also struck by flash floods. At the end of the month, Italy was struck again by heavy floods and strong winds. A total of 69 people were killed: 36 in Italy, 16 in France, 13 in Spain, 2 in the United Kingdom and 2 in Portugal.


2018 European floods, Flooded countries
Later, on 10 October, in the city of Cagliari, Sardinia a woman died when her car was swept away. Her husband and their three children were rescued alive. Another man is currently missing in the city.


2018 European floods, Flooded countries
At the end of October and the beginning of November, heavy floods affected the entire country, killing 32 people, thirteen of whom in the region of Sicily. Several others were injured.


2018 European floods, Flooded countries
Venice flooded due to an exceptionally high tide of 156 cm (5.12 feet) (the 4th highest acqua alta since 1923), leaving 70% of the city underwater. The Dolomites mountain range, an UNESCO World Heritage Site, and most of the mountainous region in the North-Eastern Italy (for example at the Asiago plateau) suffered many landslides and flooding due to heavy rain, with extensive communication and basic services disruption, and a great percentage of its woods was levelled by hurricane-force winds up to 190 km/h (120 mph; 100 kn) during the late afternoon of 29 October.


2018 European floods, Flooded countries
Two people died when their vehicle was swept away by floodwater in Sainte-Maxime on 10 October.


2018 European floods, Flooded countries
On 15 October, at least 14 people died after floods affected the Aude region. A bridge also collapse in the locality of Villegailhenc, while all roads were inaccessible in Carcassonne. Damage in the region were about €200 million.


2018 European floods, Flooded countries
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has said it will take months to return the disaster-hit towns to normality. More than 300 rescue workers were active, including 200 that were searching for a missing boy, that was found dead days later, bringing the final death toll to 13.


2018 European floods, Flooded countries
On 11 October, Rafael Nadal opened his tennis academy centre to the flood victims.


2018 European heat wave
The 2018 European drought and heat wave was  a period of unusually hot weather that led to record-breaking temperatures and wildfires in many parts of Europe during the spring and summer of 2018. It is part of a larger heat wave affecting the northern hemisphere, caused in part by the jet stream being weaker than usual, allowing hot high-pressure air to linger in the same place. According to the European Drought Observatory, most of the areas affected by drought are across northern and central Europe. According to the World Meteorological Organization, the severe heat waves across the northern hemisphere in the summer of 2018, are linked to climate change in Europe, as well as events of extreme precipitation.


2018 European heat wave, General
Researchers at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute and World Weather Attribution estimated that climate change more than doubled the overall likelihood of the heat wave, and in some places like Denmark made it up to five times as likely. The heat has built up for two months due to slow and weakened jet stream. One possible cause for the jet stream to be slow and weak relates to global warming. In the polar regions, the average surface temperature is rising more quickly than at mid latitudes in a phenomenon called polar amplification.


2018 European heat wave, General
Many researchers believe a strong polar amplification reduces the strength and changes the pattern of the jet stream, producing patterns like those occurring during the 2018 heat wave. Dr. Michael Mann opined that global warming may be making such heat waves even more likely than the researchers estimated, because at the time of the study the climate models could not fully account for how the jet stream is affected by global warming.


2018 European heat wave, General
The extreme heat was blamed for forest fires and crop failures.


2018 European heat wave, General
According to the World Meteorological Organization, the severe heat waves across the northern hemisphere in the summer of 2018, are linked to climate change in Europe, as well as events of extreme precipitation. Results were increase in elderly mortality; severe decline in yields; the biggest algae bloom in the Baltic sea for decades, that has poisoned water both for human and animals use; shutdowns of nuclear power plants in Europe, because the water in the rivers, that is used for cooling the reactors, was too warm; and electricity grids crashing across four continents. The impacts were severe, even in the countries considered rich and well prepared to deal with the impacts of climate change.


2018 European heat wave, By country, Austria
The west and the north of Austria were worst affected by drought; certain areas in these regions experienced up to 85% less rainfall than the 10 year average. Insurance companies estimate the damage as high as 210 million euro.


2018 European heat wave, By country, Belgium
Belgium experienced the second hottest July since regular measurements started in 1833, with an average of 22 °C. Precipitation during July was close to normal at the official weather station in Uccle; most regions however received less than 20% of the normal amount of rain for the month, which was especially true for the western part of the country.


2018 European heat wave, By country, Belgium
As a whole, 2 heat waves occurred: the first one between 13 and 27 July (making this the fifth longest heat wave in history) and the second one from 29 July until 7 August. Belgium's official weather service, the KMI, defines a heat wave as a period of at least 5 days with maximum temperatures of 25 °C or higher, of which 3 days require a maximum of 30 °C or more.


2018 European heat wave, By country, Croatia
Zagreb saw 19 nights in a row where temperature did not fall under 20 °C (68 °F), breaking the previous record that was set in the 2013 heat wave. Despite the lack of extreme temperatures seen the previous summer, the 2018 summer saw temperatures averaging 1.5 to 3.2 °C (2.7 to 5.8 °F) above the mean at all official weather stations and the year as a whole was the hottest on record in Zagreb, which has the tenth oldest contiguously monitoring weather station in the world, operating since 1861.


2018 European heat wave, By country, Denmark
The Danish summer was exceptionally dry and warm, and several records were broken: According to the Danish Meteorological Institute, May 2018 had the highest average temperature ever recorded for the month, beating the old record by 1.2 °C (2.2 °F) (recording began in 1879), the highest number of sunny hours recorded in the month (recording began in 1920), the highest temperature recorded in Copenhagen in the month (recording began in 1879), and it was the driest May in a decade. June had the highest average temperature in 26 years and it was the third driest since recording began in 1920. July was the sunniest ever recorded (recording began in 1920), and it was one of the driest and warmest ever recorded (recording began in 1879). The night between 30 and 31 July was the second-warmest on record.


2018 European heat wave, By country, Denmark
Heat increases the risk of cardiac arrest and other serious conditions in people with poor health. On 8 August, Statens Serum Institut released a report that showed an increase of about 250 deaths, primarily among elderly, in the summer of 2018 (peak in late July) compared to the norm. A similar increase was seen in neighbouring countries affected by the heat wave, including other Scandinavian countries.


2018 European heat wave, By country, Denmark
The unusually low water-levels in the Gudenå, the longest Danish river, led to fears that the SS Hjejlen would run aground. Because of the drought, farmers experienced a significantly reduced harvest. Outside fires and most types of barbecue grills were initially banned locally and later throughout the country due to the risk of fire. A total of 845 wildfires, both small and large, were recorded from 1 May to 5 July, which is about 500 more than the usual. In July alone there were more than 1,000 wildfires, or almost as many as typical of an entire year. Many foreign tourists, apparently unaware of the record-breaking weather, complained about the lack of air conditioning in hotels, which usually is unnecessary.


2018 European heat wave, By country, Finland
Finland experienced very high temperatures and drought, and like its neighbouring Scandinavian countries, several wildfires occurred. Its northernmost municipality of Utsjoki, north of the Arctic Circle, experienced a record-breaking temperature of 33.3 °C (92 °F) in July.


2018 European heat wave, By country, France
The French utility company EDF made known that on the morning of 4 August 2018 it had to shut down reactor number one of the Fessenheim Nuclear Power Plant. This was necessary because the nearby river which is used for cooling water had reached a critical temperature. The white storks in the Alsace region have also been suffering under the drought and heat waves. The 2018 stork generation is generally malnourished. Many are too weak to fly and crash-land when they leave the nest, resulting in fatal injuries like broken legs or wings. But 2018 did not break any temperature records in France.


2018 European heat wave, By country, Germany
Both April and May set new temperature records as the warmest April and May since modern record-keeping began in 1881. June experienced continued heat, with average temperatures 2.4 °C (4.3 °F) above the 1961-1990 mean, while receiving only 57% of expected rainfall; July experienced average temperatures 3.3 °C (5.9 °F) above the reference period and 52% of the expected rain, making it the fourth-warmest July since modern record-keeping began. The period from April–July is also the hottest and driest on record.


2018 European heat wave, By country, Germany
The heat also caused the deaths of many freshwater fish due to reduced oxygen levels in rivers and ponds, causing firefighters to pump in more water in order to raise the levels. Near Hamburg, almost five tonnes of dead fish were collected by German authorities. On 26 July, regions in Western Germany hit 38 °C (100 °F); on 31 July 2018, the heat traveled further east where some regions hit 39 °C (102 °F). The Rhine and Elbe river recorded high water temperatures causing fish to suffocate, and low water levels made shipping worse.


2018 European heat wave, By country, Germany
The overnight low in Berlin between 31 July and 1 August was 24.4 °C (75.9 °F), the city's warmest night since 1905. On 31 July, temperature reached 39.5 °C (103.1 °F) in Bernburg, coming 0.8 °C (1.4 °F) shy of the all-time German temperature record set in 2015. Also on 31 July, the country experienced average highs of 34 °C (93 °F).


2018 European heat wave, By country, Germany
German farmers have seen the drought affect their crops, potentially ruining harvests and forcing many to harvest early. There are fears many face bankruptcy in the event of a crop failure. The German Farmer's Association have asked the government for over one billion euros in financial aid, as the expected harvest of rapeseed is down by 30% on last year and grain  down by 20%.


2018 European heat wave, By country, Germany
Many German nuclear power plants reduced their electricity output, as the river temperatures were too warm to safely absorb the full amount of waste heat from their cooling systems without causing environmental damage (such as fish kills).


2018 European heat wave, By country, Greece
On 23 July, wildfires started in the areas of Attica, killing 102 people and wounding 172 more, and destroyed or damaged over 1,000 buildings. These are the deadliest wildfires in Greece in living memory. On 24 July a state of emergency was declared near Athens by the government. The cause of the fires is thought to be arson along with the heatwave causing the hot conditions.


2018 European heat wave, By country, Greece
The Culture Ministry closed the Acropolis between 2:00 and 5:00 pm. local time on 23 July, since in Greek law, public sites can be closed if temperatures reach 36 °C (97 °F) to prevent ill health.


2018 European heat wave, By country, Hungary
Water levels on the Danube were extremely low, even breaking records in Central Hungary (Ercsi, Dunaföldvár, and Dunaújváros)


2018 European heat wave, By country, Ireland
Met Éireann recorded the highest June temperature in more than 40 years. An 11-day heatwave was recorded, making it the longest heatwave in 20 years.


2018 European heat wave, By country, Italy
A heat wave struck the entire country, while 8 people died in Genoa.


2018 European heat wave, By country, Latvia
Latvia has seen fires that have destroyed around 25,000 acres (10,000 ha) of land including peat bog, scrubland and forest.


2018 European heat wave, By country, Lithuania
The Lithuanian government declared a state of emergency for drought.


2018 European heat wave, By country, Netherlands
In the Netherlands, a heat wave is defined as a period of at least five consecutive days are so called ‘summery days’ (days on which the daily maximum temperature is at least 25 °C (77 °F)), of which at least three days are ‘tropical’ (days on which the daily maximum temperature is at least 30 °C (86 °F)).


2018 European heat wave, By country, Netherlands
The Netherlands experienced a heat wave of 13 days starting with 15 July and to 27 July inclusive, the country's longest since the European heat wave of 2006. The highest temperature of 38.2 °C (100.8 °F) was measured in Arcen, Limburg, on 26 July. In many parts of the country authorities were planning for measures in case of water shortages.


2018 European heat wave, By country, Netherlands
A second heat wave started on 29 July, lasting 10 days until 7 August inclusive.


2018 European heat wave, By country, Norway
The Norwegian government has imposed water restrictions and the cost of electricity is expected to rise due to a high dependency on hydro-electric generation. In the Banak peninsula in northern Norway a temperature of 32 °C (90 °F) was recorded on 30 July 2018, which is considered extremely unusual for a region located north of the Arctic Circle. In the first half of July there have been more than 40 forest fires. Oslo experienced its warmest summer day for 80 years with the maximum of 34.6 °C (94.3 °F)


2018 European heat wave, By country, Poland
Polish authorities banned swimming at more than 50 beaches, due to the outbreak of toxic cyanobacteria, forming in warmer waters.


2018 European heat wave, By country, Portugal and Spain
Portugal's average high temperature was above 40 °C (104 °F) for 3 consecutive days  (40.1 °C, 40.9 °C and 41.6 °C, respectively 2, 3 and 4 August) and 6 different municipalities recorded temperatures at or above 46 °C (115 °F) with 46.8 °C (116.2 °F) being recorded at Alvega on 4 August.


2018 European heat wave, By country, Portugal and Spain
Lisbon set the highest temperature of 44 °C (111 °F) on 4 August.


2018 European heat wave, By country, Portugal and Spain
In Spain, 9 people died due to the heat wave.


2018 European heat wave, By country, Portugal and Spain
The 2018 heat wave in Catalonia took place from 25 July to 6 August.


2018 European heat wave, By country, Portugal and Spain
After three very dry years, drought conditions in Catalonia were widespread, but the rain of the first four months of the 2018 was higher than the climatic average and the agriculture recovered from the water deficit. The spring was not very warm and the heat of summer came suddenly. July was warm. The first heat wave did not produce deaths, but the second one was really deadly: the Public Health Agency of Catalonia (Aspcat) estimated that 23 people died from heat stroke.


2018 European heat wave, By country, Portugal and Spain
Most of the deaths were in the same city of Barcelona (eleven), six in the province of Barcelona, four in Tarragona-Terres de l'Ebre, one in Girona and one in Lleida. Ten people suffered heat stroke at home, thirteen on the street and six were at work or doing sport activities. The 'Health care telephone' received 453 calls during the heat wave related to the high temperature. Blood donations fall 40% due to the heat wave.


2018 European heat wave, By country, Portugal and Spain
According to the Meteorological Service of Catalonia, the warmest days were 4 and 5 August. On Saturday 4, 42.3 °C were reached at the Ebre Observatory (Roquetes, Baix Ebre), 41.4 °C at Benissanet (Ribera d'Ebre) and values from 38 °C to 40 °C were recorded in various coastal areas and even by the sea. On Sunday 5, very high registers were repeated in the same sectors, up to 41.6 °C in Vinebre (Ribera d'Ebre).


2018 European heat wave, By country, Portugal and Spain
The minimum temperature also stayed very high during the weekend, with some values around 30 °C in the Empordà coast (NE of Catalonia) and in the center of the city of Barcelona. The automatic weather station of Portbou (Alt Empordà) registered two consecutive nights above 30 °C, with a minimum record of 31.0 °C throughout day 4 (0-24h UTC). The night from Saturday to Sunday was exceptional in Roses (Alt Empordà), since from midnight the temperature did not fall below 31.9 °C, although at night it had measured 29.3 °C.


2018 European heat wave, By country, Portugal and Spain
Between Saturday and Sunday, the weather observer from L'Estartit (Baix Empordà) measured the warmest night of its 49 years of data: 29.2 °C of minimum temperature. The Raval automatic weather station in the centre of Barcelona city did not drop from 29.8 °C during the night from Saturday to Sunday and the minimum temperature was 29.4 °C on Saturday 4th. Also in Barcelona city, the station of Can Bruixa (31 years of data) measured a minimum temperature of 29.9 °C. These high minimum temperature values represent the highest minimum temperature since 1780 in Barcelona city.


2018 European heat wave, By country, Sweden
May 2018 was the warmest May and July 2018 was the warmest July ever recorded in Sweden. In Stockholm, the previous monthly record of May was 13.9 °C (57.0 °F) recorded in 1993, while the recorded monthly average of May 2018 reached 16.1 °C (61.0 °F). In Stockholm the  monthly average of July reached 22.5 °C (72.5 °F), making it the hottest month on record. Sweden also experienced widespread drought.


2018 European heat wave, By country, Sweden
More than 50 wildfires, ranging from north of the Arctic Circle to the southernmost county of Scania, occurred and have been called the most serious in the country in modern history by the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency. They burned over 25,000 ha (62,000 acres), with 13,000 ha (32,000 acres) in its central Kårböle region. On 30 July 2018, the Swedish government offered SEK 1,200,000,000 in financial assistance to drought stricken farmers; one farmer said their losses could be around SEK 500,000. Extreme forest fires and continuous drought conditions due to high temperatures caused short supplies for animal food, forcing farmers to resort to imports.


2018 European heat wave, By country, Sweden
On 30 July, the Swedish nuclear power plant Ringhals-2 was shut down, as the temperature in Kattegat sea waters exceeded the design limit 25 °C for the reactor cooling system. Ringhals 2 reopened on 3 August.


2018 European heat wave, By country, Switzerland
Switzerland had the warmest April–July period since meteorological records began in 1864. Likewise, 2018 broke the record for the least rainfall in any April–July period since 1864. Fearing wildfires, authorities banned outdoor fires in the canton of Valais and in the Rhine river valley of Grisons. 18 of the 26 cantons have restricted outdoor fires in some way.


2018 European heat wave, By country, United Kingdom
From the start of June to mid-July the UK underwent their driest summer in modern records. A heatwave was officially declared on 22 June and it caused widespread drought, hosepipe bans and the 2018 United Kingdom wildfires. These series of wildfires worst affected moorland areas of the UK around the Greater Manchester region, the largest of which being at Saddleworth Moor and Winter Hill which together burned over 14 square miles (36 km2) over a period of nearly a month. On 29 June, Northern Ireland Water introduced the first hosepipe ban in Northern Ireland since 1995. The highest temperature reached according to the Met Office was 35.3 °C (95.5 °F) in Faversham, Kent on 26 July.


2018 Everest Premier League
The 2018 Everest Premier League, also known as EPL3 or 2018 TVS EPL because of the sponsorship reason, was the third edition of the Everest Premier League, a professional men's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition in Nepal. The tournament was held from 8 December 2018 to 22 December 2018. Biratnagar Warriors were defending champions for the tournament but they were eliminated in the group stage. Lalitpur Patriots won the 2018 season and it's their first title.


2018 Everest Premier League, Players Release and Bidding
The players release and bidding process was held on 11 November 2018 and broadcast live on the official Facebook page of EPL in the presence of Raman Shiwakoti, chief of EPL technical committee and the manager of Nepal men's national cricket team. In the player release and bidding process, each team could release maximum of three players and they could bid for the released players as well as the unsold players and the players who did not register for 2017 EPL auction. Hari Chauhan was the most bidded player (NPR 85,000) in the process by Biratnagar Warriors. Tigers acquired Sagar Dhakal and Adil Khan. Kings XI brought in Samsaad Sheikh while Rhinos secured Shubhendu Pandey and Nandan Yadav. Gladiators did not bid and Patriots did not release any players.


2018 Everest Premier League, Teams and Squads
The marquee players from the 2017 Everest Premier League were retained by their respective teams as a part of a three year agreement. The franchise teams are obliged to select at least three foreign players and one local player from the talent hunt program as per the Everest Premier League regulation.


2018 Evian Championship
The 2018 Evian Championship was played 13–16 September at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France. It was the 25th Evian Championship (the first 20 played as the Evian Masters), and the sixth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. The event was televised by Golf Channel and NBC Sports in the United States and Sky Sports in the United Kingdom.


2018 Evian Championship
At the age of 40, Angela Stanford won her first major championship on her 76th appearance in a major. Four players tied for second place, a stroke behind, including Amy Olson who came to the last hole needing a par to win but made a double-bogey.


2018 Evian Championship, Field
The field for the tournament is set at 120, and most earn exemptions based on past performance on the Ladies European Tour, the LPGA Tour, or with a high ranking in the Women's World Golf Rankings.


2018 Evian Championship, Field
There are 15 exemption categories for the 2018 Evian Championship.


2018 Evian Championship, Field
Natalie Gulbis, Rachel Heck (a), Alana Uriell (a), Albane Valenzuela (a)


2018 Evian Championship, Field
3. Winner of the SGF 67 Evian Asia Challenge (South Korea)


2018 Evian Championship, Field
4. Top two players from the PHC Classic on the Symetra Tour


2018 Evian Championship, Field
5. The top 40 in the Women's World Golf Rankings, as of 14 August 2018


2018 Evian Championship, Field
Marina Alex (9), Brittany Altomare (12), Chun In-gee (6,8), Carlota Ciganda, Austin Ernst, Shanshan Feng (9,12), Georgia Hall (8,9,10,11,12), Nasa Hataoka (9), Brooke Henderson (8,9), Charley Hull, Ji Eun-hee (9), Ariya Jutanugarn (8,9,10), Moriya Jutanugarn (9,12), Danielle Kang (8), Cristie Kerr (9,10), Kim Hyo-joo (6,8), Kim Sei-young (9,12), Ko Jin-young (9), Lydia Ko (6,8,9,12), Jessica Korda (9), Nelly Korda, Lee Jeong-eun, Minjee Lee (9,10), Brittany Lincicome (8,9), Pernilla Lindberg (8,9), Anna Nordqvist (6,8,12), Inbee Park (7,8,9), Park Sung-hyun (8,9), Ryu So-yeon (8,9), Lizette Salas, Lexi Thompson (8), Amy Yang


2018 Evian Championship, Field
7. Active Evian Masters Champions (must have played in 10 LPGA Tour or LET events from 4 September 2017 to 4 September 2018)


2018 Evian Championship, Field
8. Winners of the other women's majors for the last five yearsBrittany Lang, Mo Martin


2018 Evian Championship, Field
Aditi Ashok, Céline Boutier, Ashleigh Buhai, Camille Chevalier, Caroline Hedwall, Meghan MacLaren, Azahara Muñoz, Kanyalak Preedasuttijit, Angel Yin


2018 Evian Championship, Field
11. The top five on the LET Order of Merit, as of 4 September


2018 Evian Championship, Field
12. Top 10 and ties from the 2017 Evian Championship


2018 Evian Championship, Field
15. LPGA Tour money list, as of 4 September (if needed to fill the field to 120)


2018 Evian Championship, Field
Nicole Broch Larsen, Sandra Changkija, Pei-Yun Chien, Chella Choi, Cydney Clanton, Jacqui Concolino, Daniela Darquea, Brianna Do, Lindy Duncan, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Sandra Gal, Hannah Green, Jaye Marie Green, Mina Harigae, Céline Herbin, Daniela Holmqvist, Wei-Ling Hsu, M. J. Hur, Caroline Inglis, Tiffany Joh, Haeji Kang, Megan Khang, Christina Kim, Bronte Law, Lee Jeong-eun, Mirim Lee, Yu Liu, Gaby López, Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Brittany Marchand, Caroline Masson, Catriona Matthew, Ally McDonald, Wichanee Meechai, Benyapa Niphatsophon, Su-Hyun Oh, Amy Olson, Ryann O'Toole, Lee-Anne Pace, Park Hee-young, Jane Park, Pornanong Phatlum, Morgan Pressel, Beatriz Recari, Robynn Ree, Madelene Sagström, Sherman Santiwiwatthanaphong, Alena Sharp, Jenny Shin, Sarah Jane Smith, Mariah Stackhouse, Angela Stanford, Emma Talley, Kris Tamulis, Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras, Maria Torres, Mariajo Uribe, Sakura Yokomine


2018 Evian Championship, Round summaries, First round
Carlota Ciganda and Maria Torres shot 6-under-par rounds of 65 to lead by one stroke over Austin Ernst. The defending champion, Anna Nordqvist, shot 71.


2018 Evian Championship, Round summaries, Second round
First round co-leader Maria Torres shot a 69 to remain in a first-place tie with Lee Mi-hyang, Mo Martin, and Amy Olson at 134 (−8). The other first round co-leader, Carlota Ciganda, dropped to 5th place at 135. Defending champion Anna Nordqvist was tied for 30th at 141. World number 1 Park Sung-hyun missed the cut by three strokes with a 148.


2018 Evian Championship, Round summaries, Third round
Amy Olson shot a second straight 65 to take a two-stroke lead over Kim Sei-young.


2018 Exeter City Council election
The 2018 Exeter City Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect a third (13/39) of the members of Exeter City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The election result left the council with the same political make up as it had before the election, with Labour in control with 29 seats and the Conservatives as the main opposition party, returning with 8.


2018 Exeter City Council election, Background
At the previous election in 2016 election, Labour remained in control of the council with 30 councillors out of 39. In February 2017, Labour Councillor Chris Musgrave defected to the Green Party, leaving them with 29 seats going into the election.


2018 Exeter City Council election, Council composition
After the previous election, the composition of the council was:


2018 Extreme Sailing Series
The 2018 Extreme Sailing Series was a series of GC32 catamaran class sailing events staged during 2018. The series began in March in Muscat, Oman, and the final event took place in Los Cabos, Mexico in late November and early December. The 2018 season was also the last season before the collapse of the Extreme Sailing Series.


2018 Extreme Sailing Series, Events
The 2018 series consisted of seven acts across three continents, and included the inaugural G32 World Championship in Riva del Garda, Italy.


2018 F1 Powerboat World Championship
The 2018 UIM F1 H2O World Championship is the 35th season of Formula 1 Powerboat racing.


2018 F1 Powerboat World Championship, Results and standings
Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers. A maximum of two boats per team are eligible for points in the teams' championship.


2018 F3 Americas Championship
The 2018 F3 Americas Championship powered by Honda was the inaugural season for the all-new FIA Formula 3 regional series across North America, sanctioned by SCCA Pro Racing, the professional racing division of the Sports Car Club of America. This was the third season in total for Formula 3 racing in the United States, which was last run in 2001 with the United States Formula Three Championship.


2018 F3 Americas Championship
The season began on 4 August at Pittsburgh International Race Complex and concluded on 21 October at Circuit of the Americas, after 17 races to be held at 6 meetings.


2018 F3 Americas Championship, Race calendar
All races were held on permanent road courses in the United States. The series schedule was announced on May 9, 2018.


2018 F3 Americas Championship, Championship standings, Drivers' standings
Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap† — Did not finish, but classified


2018 F3 Asian Championship
The 2018 F3 Asian Championship was a multi-event, Formula 3 open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held across Asia. The championship features a mix of professional and amateur drivers, competing in Formula 3 cars that conform to the FIA Formula 3 regulations for the championship. This is the inaugural season of the championship.


2018 F3 Asian Championship
The season commenced on 14 July at Sepang International Circuit and concluded on 25 November at the same venue, after fifteen races to be held at five meetings.


2018 F4 British Championship
The 2018 F4 British Championship was a multi-event, Formula 4 open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held across United Kingdom. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, competing in Formula 4 cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. This, the fourth season, following on from the British Formula Ford Championship, was the fourth year that the cars conformed to the FIA's Formula 4 regulations. Part of the TOCA tour, it formed part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece.


2018 F4 British Championship
The season commenced on 7 April at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluded on 30 September at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after thirty races held at ten meetings, all in support of the 2018 British Touring Car Championship.


2018 F4 British Championship, Race calendar
The calendar was announced on 5 June 2017. All races were held in the United Kingdom.


2018 F4 British Championship, Championship standings, Rookie Cup
Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap† — Did not finish, but classified


2018 F4 British Championship, Championship standings, Teams Cup
Each team nominated two drivers to score points before every round. All non-nominated drivers were ignored.


2018 F4 Danish Championship
The 2018 F4 Danish Championship season was the second season of the F4 Danish Championship. The season began at Padborg Park in April and concluded at Jyllandsringen in October.


2018 F4 Danish Championship, Championship standings
Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap.


2018 F4 Japanese Championship
The 2018 F4 Japanese Championship season was the fourth season of the F4 Japanese Championship. It began on 7 April in Okayama and finished on 11 November on Twin Ring Motegi after seven double header rounds.


2018 F4 Japanese Championship, Race calendar and results
All rounds were held in Japan and were part of the Super GT events.


2018 F4 Japanese Championship, Championship standings, Drivers' standings
Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap† — Did not finish, but classified


2018 F4 Spanish Championship
The 2018 F4 Spanish Championship was the third season of the Spanish F4 Championship. It was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations, taking place in Spain. The championship featured drivers competing in 1.4 litre Tatuus-Abarth single seat race cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. The series was organised by RFEDA.


2018 F4 Spanish Championship, Race calendar
The provisional calendar was announced on 23 November 2017. An updated version of the calendar was released on 23 January 2018, with changes applied to Jerez round date.


2018 F4 Spanish Championship, Race calendar
On 1 June, it was announced the organizers cancelled round 2 at the Circuito del Jarama in Madrid due to lack of entries.


2018 F4 Spanish Championship, Championship
Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in races 1 and 3 and for the top eight classified finishers in race 2. No points were awarded for pole position or fastest lap.


2018 FA Community Shield
The 2018 FA Community Shield (also known as The FA Community Shield supported by McDonald's for sponsorship reasons) was the 96th FA Community Shield, an annual football match played between the title holders of the Premier League and FA Cup. It was contested by Manchester City, champions of the 2017–18 Premier League, and Chelsea, the winners of the 2017–18 FA Cup, at Wembley Stadium in London on 5 August 2018. Manchester City won 2–0, with both goals scored by Sergio Agüero, who was named man of the match for his performance.


2018 FA Community Shield, Background
This was Maurizio Sarri's first competitive match in charge of Chelsea; meanwhile, it was Pep Guardiola's second cup final as the manager of Manchester City, following their victory over Arsenal in the 2018 EFL Cup Final.


2018 FA Community Shield, Background
Manchester City qualified for the competition by winning the 2017–18 Premier League with a record 100 points, the first of any English club in the top-flight since the introduction of the three points for a win rule.


2018 FA Community Shield, Background
Chelsea were looking to win the Community Shield for the first time since 2009, when they beat Manchester United 4–1 on penalties. They had failed to win any of their last four appearances in the competition. Manchester City had won their last two matches at Wembley, both in 2017–18 – beating Arsenal 3–0 in the EFL Cup Final in February and Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 in the league in April; however, they had not won three consecutive matches at Wembley since March 1970.


2018 FA Community Shield, Background
The two sides faced each other in the Community Shield once previously, in 2012, a match won 3–2 by Manchester City.


2018 FA Community Shield, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Adam Nunn (Wiltshire)Eddie Smart (West Midlands)Fourth official:Paul Tierney (Lancashire)Reserve assistant referee:Dan Cook (Hampshire)Video assistant referee:Stuart Attwell (West Midlands)Assistant video assistant referee:Andrew Halliday (Army)


2018 FA Cup Final
The 2018 FA Cup Final was an association football match between Manchester United and Chelsea on 19 May 2018 at Wembley Stadium in London, England. It was the 137th FA Cup final overall and was the showpiece match of English football's primary cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (FA Cup), organised by the Football Association (FA). It was the second successive final for Chelsea following their defeat by Arsenal the previous year. The teams had met twice before in the FA Cup Final, winning one each between them. The first was in 1994, which Manchester United won 4–0, and most recently in 2007, when Chelsea – then managed by the incumbent Manchester United boss José Mourinho – won 1–0 after extra time.


2018 FA Cup Final
Michael Oliver refereed the match which was notable for being the first FA Cup Final to use the video assistant referee (VAR) system. Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and President of the FA, was absent as he was attending his brother's wedding. The trophy was instead presented by Jackie Wilkins, the widow of former Manchester United and Chelsea player Ray Wilkins, who died in April 2018.


2018 FA Cup Final
The match was played in sunny conditions in front of a Wembley crowd of 87,647. After a relatively even start to the match, on 21 minutes, Chelsea's Eden Hazard was brought down in the Manchester United box and Oliver awarded a penalty. Hazard scored from the spot to make it 1–0 to Chelsea, a lead they maintained to half time. Manchester United dominated the second half, and saw a 63rd-minute goal from Alexis Sánchez ruled out for offside after being referred to VAR. The match ended 1–0 to Chelsea who won the FA Cup for the eighth time.


2018 FA Cup Final
As winners, Chelsea qualified for the group stage of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League, although they had qualified for that phase already via their league position. Chelsea also earned the right to play 2017–18 Premier League champions Manchester City for the 2018 FA Community Shield.


2018 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Chelsea
Chelsea as a Premier League team entered the FA Cup in the third round, and were drawn against Championship club Norwich City on 7 January at Carrow Road. Chelsea made nine changes to their starting eleven from their previous league match against Arsenal but still dominated the match, which ended goalless. The replay was held 11 days later and was a 1–1 draw with goals from Michy Batshuayi in the 55th minute and Jamal Lewis in the 90th minute.


2018 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Chelsea
The match went into extra time, during which Chelsea were reduced to nine men when both Pedro and Álvaro Morata were dismissed, each for two yellow cards. With no further goals, the match went to a penalty shootout that Chelsea won 5–3 after their goalkeeper Willy Caballero saved Nélson Oliveira's spot kick.


2018 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Chelsea
The match was also notable for what the BBC reporter Emlyn Begley described as the "first video refereeing controversy" in English football when, after deliberation with VAR, Willian was booked for diving when he was brought down by Timm Klose in the Norwich penalty area; Alan Shearer described the decision as a "shambles". In the fourth round, Chelsea met Premier League opposition Newcastle United at Stamford Bridge, and won 3–0 with two goals from Batshuayi and one from Marcos Alonso.


2018 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Chelsea
In the fifth round, Chelsea faced Hull City, another Championship team, at home. Chelsea were dominant, scoring four times in the first half with goals from Willian (2), Pedro and Olivier Giroud, winning the game 4–0. In the quarter-finals, they visited the King Power Stadium to face fellow Premier League opponents Leicester City, where a goal for Chelsea from Morata and a Leicester equaliser from Jamie Vardy took the game to extra time. Substitute Pedro came off the bench and scored the winning goal to take Chelsea to the semi-final. There, they played Premier League opposition in Southampton at Wembley, and goals from strikers Giroud and Morata saw Chelsea win 2–0, and progress to the FA Cup Final for the second successive season.


2018 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester United
Like Chelsea, Manchester United entered the cup in the third round because of their Premier League status. They were drawn at home against Championship side Derby County. Despite making five changes to the starting line-up from their previous league match, the Manchester United manager José Mourinho fielded a strong side, including Juan Mata, Paul Pogba, Marcus Rashford and Henrikh Mkhitaryan. United dominated the game and won 2–0 with late goals from Jesse Lingard and substitute Romelu Lukaku. Their fourth round opponents were League Two club Yeovil Town, the lowest ranked team remaining in the competition. Mourinho made ten changes for the match, played at Huish Park, which ended in a 4–0 victory for United with goals from Rashford, Ander Herrera, Lingard and Lukaku.


2018 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester United
In the fifth round, Manchester United were drawn against fellow Premier League side Huddersfield Town away at Kirklees Stadium. Although Mata had a goal ruled out following a controversial VAR review, Lukaku scored in each half to secure a 2–0 win. In the quarter-finals, they played Premier League Brighton & Hove Albion at Old Trafford. Lukaku scored in the 37th minute and with Brighton's Jürgen Locadia missing four chances to equalise, a late goal from Nemanja Matić, the United midfielder, secured his side 2–0 victory.


2018 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester United
In the semi-final at Wembley Stadium, Manchester United faced fellow Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, who took an early lead through Dele Alli. Alexis Sánchez equalised midway through the first half with a header from Pogba's cross past the Tottenham goalkeeper Michel Vorm. Herrera then put United ahead in the second half and his team held on for the 2–1 win and progression to the final.


2018 FA Cup Final, Match, Background
The 2018 final was the last match of the 2017–18 FA Cup and the 137th final of the FA Cup, the world's oldest football cup competition. This was Chelsea's thirteenth FA Cup final, having last progressed to the final the previous season where they lost 2–1 to Arsenal. Chelsea had won the cup on seven occasions, the most recent being in the 2012 FA Cup Final where they defeated Liverpool 2–1. Manchester United had featured in nineteen finals prior to 2018: their most recent appearance was in the 2016 final when they needed extra time to beat Crystal Palace 2–1.


2018 FA Cup Final, Match, Background
The 2018 final was the third to see Manchester United and Chelsea face one another: United won the 1994 FA Cup Final 4–0 while Chelsea were 1–0 winners in the 2007 final. In the two meetings between the clubs during the 2017–18 Premier League, Chelsea won 1–0 at Stamford Bridge in November 2017 while Manchester United won 2–1 at Old Trafford the following February. The season ended with Manchester United in second place, and Chelsea fifth, eleven points behind.


2018 FA Cup Final, Match, Background
Tributes for former Chelsea and Manchester United midfielder Ray Wilkins, who died on 4 April, were held before the match on the hoardings and the screens in the stadium, as well as a feature in the matchday programme. Wilkins won the FA Cup with both sides; in the 1983 final for United, and three times as assistant manager of Chelsea – in the 2000, 2009 and 2010 finals.


2018 FA Cup Final, Match, Background
The traditional performance of the hymn, "Abide with Me" was performed by the choir of the Royal Air Force and 14 individual fans of 14 different clubs with a flypast by three Royal Air Force Typhoons. The national anthem, "God Save the Queen", was sung by soprano Emily Haig who also performed it at the 2018 FA Women's Cup Final.


2018 FA Cup Final, Match, Background
The referee for the match was 33-year-old Michael Oliver from Northumberland. He previously officiated when these two sides met in the previous season's quarter-final, in which he sent off Manchester United's Herrera. Oliver became the youngest FA Cup final referee since the 1914 FA Cup Final between Burnley and Liverpool which was officiated by the 32-year-old Herbert Bamlett. Oliver's assistants were Ian Hussin from Liverpool and Lee Betts from Norfolk. The fourth official was Lee Mason of Lancashire, and the fifth official was Constantine Hatzidakis from Kent.


2018 FA Cup Final, Match, Background
For the first time in the final, there was a VAR, Neil Swarbrick of Lancashire. His assistant was Mick McDonough, also of Northumberland. The ball for the match was an FA Cup-branded variant of the Nike Ordem V, and featured the names of 137 players who had scored goals during the 2017–18 FA Cup season, in every round from the extra preliminary round through to the semi-finals.


2018 FA Cup Final, Match, Background
Mourinho had made nine changes to his starting line-up for the final Premier League match against Watford the previous weekend. Of that eleven, just three were retained for the FA Cup final: Ashley Young, Rashford and Sánchez. Lukaku had also recovered from an ankle injury sustained in April to be selected amongst the substitutes. Sánchez and Giroud became the first players to appear in consecutive FA Cup finals but for different clubs since Brian Talbot accomplished the feat representing Ipswich Town in the 1978 final and Arsenal the following year.


2018 FA Cup Final, Match, Background
The Chelsea manager Antonio Conte made three changes from the team which lost in the league match against Newcastle United 3–0: Andreas Christensen, Emerson and Ross Barkley were dropped for Antonio Rüdiger, Alonso and Cesc Fàbregas. Speculation had surrounded Conte's position as Chelsea manager for several months. He confirmed that his future with the club would be clarified after the FA Cup Final.


2018 FA Cup Final, Match, First half
The match, played in sunny conditions in front of a crowd of 87,647, was kicked off by Manchester United just after 5:15 p.m. Two minutes into the game, Alonso was fouled by Herrera, but the resulting free kick from Fàbregas went straight to the Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea. Six minutes later, Lingard was brought down by the Chelsea midfielder N'Golo Kanté who conceded a free kick.


2018 FA Cup Final, Match, First half
From the set piece, Young's cross was cleared by Gary Cahill but a mistake from Phil Jones allowed Eden Hazard an opportunity: his shot was saved by the outstretched leg of De Gea. In the fourteenth minute, Chelsea's Tiémoué Bakayoko fell in the United penalty area after contact with Matić, but Oliver decided no foul had been made. Two minutes later, Sánchez also made an unsuccessful claim for a penalty after contact with both Victor Moses and César Azpilicueta sent him to the ground in the Chelsea box.


2018 FA Cup Final, Match, First half
After 21 minutes, Hazard received a pass from Fàbregas and made a run into Manchester United's box, where he was fouled by Jones with a sliding tackle, who received the first yellow card of the game. Oliver awarded a penalty which Hazard himself took, sending the ball low to the right past United goalkeeper De Gea to make it 1–0 to Chelsea. It was the first penalty scored outside a shootout in the FA Cup Final since Ruud van Nistelrooy scored for Manchester United in the 2004 final.


2018 FA Cup Final, Match, First half
In the 26th minute, Pogba was fouled, allowing Sánchez to send a free kick toward Herrera. His misplaced shot ended back with Sánchez whose cross for Pogba was deflected out by Rüdiger: the resulting corner came to nothing. Pogba then shot wide of Thibaut Courtois' goal before a Sánchez strike from 25 yards (23 m) went off-target. On 35 minutes, Sánchez fouled Bakayoko on the edge of the United area, but the resulting free kick from Fàbregas struck the wall and was cleared.


2018 FA Cup Final, Match, First half
Three minutes later, Pogba won a corner from which Sánchez tried to score directly, but Fàbregas cleared at the near post. Chris Smalling then conceded a corner from another Chelsea free kick: Fàbregas' ball was punched away by De Gea. A minute before half time, Young was fouled by Moses. The free kick resulted in a corner for United, from which Young's cross was headed past Chelsea's right-hand goalpost by Jones. Rashford then missed a chance and the half ended 1–0 to Chelsea.


2018 FA Cup Final, Match, Second half
No changes to either team were made during half time and Chelsea kicked off the second half. Seven minutes in, Young was fouled by Moses and United were awarded a free kick which was taken by Rashford. Pogba missed his header and Courtois was able to punch the ball clear. Two minutes later, Young received the ball from Herrera but chipped his shot over the Chelsea crossbar. Herrera then sent Antonio Valencia clear in the Chelsea box: he chose to pass to Rashford whose strike was cleared by Courtois, before Pogba's attempt was gathered by the goalkeeper.


2018 FA Cup Final, Match, Second half
In the 57th minute, a corner from Pogba was cleared, and Hazard's quick break was ended by a Valencia foul for which he received the second booking of the game. Matić then shot wide of the Chelsea goal before Hazard's strike was saved by De Gea at the other end of the pitch. On 63 minutes, Rashford was brought down, winning a free kick which he took himself, finding Jones in the middle of the Chelsea penalty area. His header to the bottom-right corner was goal-bound but Courtois pushed it away, only for Sánchez to knee the ball into the net. The goal was subsequently disallowed as Sánchez was adjudged to have been in an offside position, which was then confirmed by VAR.


2018 FA Cup Final, Match, Second half
United continued to dominate the second half but in the 71st minute, Chelsea's Kanté made a run into the United penalty area and passed to Alonso whose shot was parried by De Gea. Moses attempted to take the rebound past Young, but the ball deflected off the United player's arm. Appeals for a penalty were turned down with VAR making the decision. In the 73rd minute, Rashford was sent clear by Lingard, but his shot was saved by Courtois. United then made the first substitutions of the afternoon, with Lingard and Rashford being replaced by Anthony Martial and Lukaku.


2018 FA Cup Final, Match, Second half
Two minutes later, a shot from Martial was deflected and caught by Courtois before a clash of heads between Giroud and Jones meant the United defender had to leave the pitch for medical attention. With ten minutes remaining, a 25-yard (23 m) strike from Matić was pushed away by the United goalkeeper for a corner, from which Azpilicueta's deflected shot was caught by De Gea. Pogba then sent a header wide of the Chelsea goal before Sánchez's shot from 20 yards (18 m) went just wide of the post.


2018 FA Cup Final, Match, Second half
With three minutes of the match left, Mata came on for Jones before Martial's lofted shot went high over the goal. In the 89th minute Chelsea made their first substitution with Morata coming on for Giroud, and shortly after, Hazard was replaced by Willian. Five minutes of additional time were indicated, and three minutes in, Courtois was booked for time-wasting. Despite late chances for both sides, no further goals were scored and the match ended 1–0 to Chelsea.


2018 FA Cup Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Ian Hussin (Liverpool)Lee Betts (Norfolk)Fourth official:Lee Mason (Lancashire)Fifth official:Constantine Hatzidakis (Kent)Video assistant referee:Neil Swarbrick (Lancashire)Assistant video assistant referee:Mick McDonough (Northumberland)


2018 FA Cup Final, Post-match
As President of The Football Association, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge would normally have attended the final and presented the trophy to the winning captain at the conclusion of the game. However, as the final was scheduled for the same day as his brother's wedding, for which he was serving as best man, the trophy was instead presented by Jackie Wilkins, the widow of former Manchester United and Chelsea player Ray Wilkins, who died in April 2018. Chelsea's Rüdiger was named man of the match.


2018 FA Cup Final, Post-match
Cahill, the winning captain, said "We had a lot of defending to do ... This is a dream come true, as this is the first one as captain". Hazard added: "We tried to defend well. We scored one goal, it's enough today." Conte was upbeat: "I'm very satisfied because today was very difficult ... It showed great desire to finish the season in the right way despite the great difficulty we have had". Mourinho was indignant in defeat: "I congratulate them because they won, but I don’t think they deserve to win. I congratulate because I am a sportsman."


2018 FA Cup Final, Post-match
He also opined: "Every defeat hurts, but for me personally the ones that hurt less are when you give everything and you go without any regrets". BBC Sport correspondent Phil McNulty highlighted the performance of the Chelsea players Hazard, Courtois, Kanté, Cahill and Rüdiger, while criticising United trio Jones, Sánchez and Pogba. Sam Wallace, writing in The Daily Telegraph declared that "this was a dreadful final".


2018 FA Cup Final, Post-match
Chelsea won £1.8 million for winning the final and became the first club to win the FA Cup, the Women's FA Cup and the FA Youth Cup in the same season. As winners, Chelsea qualified for the group stage of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League, although they had qualified for that phase already via their league position. This meant that Arsenal, who finished sixth in the league, gained qualification for the Europa League. Chelsea also earned the right to play 2017–18 Premier League champions Manchester City for the 2018 FA Community Shield.


2018 FA Cup Final, Post-match
It was the first time that Mourinho had lost a cup final in charge of an English team, after seven consecutive victories, and the defeat sealed his third-ever full season without winning silverware. It was the first domestic cup won by Conte, who lost the 2012 Coppa Italia Final with Juventus and the previous season's FA Cup Final as Chelsea manager. Conte was sacked by Chelsea in July 2018 before becoming the manager of Inter Milan on a three-year deal beginning with the 2019–20 Serie A season. He was replaced by Maurizio Sarri the following day. Mourinho remained through the summer at Manchester United, but, that December, with Manchester United 19 points behind the league leaders Liverpool, he was dismissed.


2018 FA Trophy Final
The 2018 FA Trophy Final was a football match between Brackley Town and Bromley on 20 May 2018. It was the final match of the 2017–18 FA Trophy, the 49th season of the FA Trophy. Both teams were making their first appearances in the final.


2018 FA Vase Final
The 2018 FA Vase Final was the 44th final of the Football Association's cup competition for teams at levels 9–11 of the English football league system. The match was contested between Stockton Town, of the Northern League Division One, and Thatcham Town, of the Hellenic League Premier Division. This was the first time both teams had reached the final and the first visit to Wembley Stadium for both sides. The final of the FA Trophy was played on the same day at the same venue for the third year running, as part of the FA's Non-League Finals Day. Both matches were televised in the UK on BT Sport.


2018 FA Vase Final
Stockton Town began their campaign in the second qualifying round, with a victory over Consett. They proceeded to defeat Whickham, Bootle, City of Liverpool, West Auckland Town, Stourport Swifts, Windsor and Marske United en route to the final.


2018 FA Vase Final
Thatcham Town started in the first round of the competition, where they defeated Horsham YMCA. Victories over Broadbridge Heath, Sevenoaks Town, Biggleswade, Bromsgrove Sporting, Melksham Town and 1874 Northwich saw them reach the final.


2018 FA Vase Final, Background
The final will be the first appearance for both sides in a national cup final.


2018 FA Vase Final, Background
Stockton Town play their league football in the Northern League Division One, following promotion from the second division in the previous season. The 2017–18 season was their first season at level nine of the pyramid and only their third season playing in the FA Vase since their first appearance in the 1982–83 season. Their best run in the competition was reaching the second round in the 2016–17 season.


2018 FA Vase Final, Background
Thatcham Town play in the Hellenic League Premier Division. Thatcham won the league prior to the final on goal difference, finishing on 98 points, to earn promotion to the Southern Football League. They won thirty-one of their thirty-eight league matches, drawing five and losing just two. They embarked on a forty match unbeaten run, in all competitions, before the final - ending with a 2–1 defeat against Binfield two games before to the final. Their previous best run in the competition was a quarter-final appearance in the 1988–89 season, where they were defeated by Berkshire rivals Hungerford Town.


2018 FA WSL Cup Final
The 2018 FA WSL Cup Final was the seventh final of the FA WSL Cup, England's secondary cup competition for women's football teams and its primary league cup tournament. It took place on the 14 March 2018, at Adams Park, contested by Arsenal and Manchester City, the only two teams to have ever won the tournament.


2018 FA WSL Cup Final
Arsenal have competed in all but one of the previous finals, whereas Manchester City have only previously appeared in two but have won both of them. The two teams have previously played out the match in the 2014 FA WSL Cup final, which Manchester City won by a goal to nil.


2018 FA WSL Cup Final
Arsenal won the match 1–0, with a first-half goal from Vivianne Miedema.


2018 FA WSL Cup Final, Route to the final, Arsenal
Arsenal's journey to the final began in the Group Stage, where they were drawn against Reading - who would go on to be a close rival in the league - as well as mostly lower-half FA WSL 2 teams London Bees, Millwall Lionesses and Watford. Games against the former and the latter would turn out to be easy and result in large winning margins, while a high-scoring away match against Millwall would result in a 5–2 victory. The goals scored in these matches would still not ultimately prove enough to secure Arsenal first place in their group, however, as the home tie against Reading finished with a disappointing 2–1 loss, and Arsenal qualified for the knock-outs in second behind their WSL 1 rival.


2018 FA WSL Cup Final, Route to the final, Arsenal
Progressing through to the quarter-finals Arsenal were drawn against Group One North winners Sunderland at home, who they would proceed to defeat by a two-goal margin in what would be new manager Joe Montemurro's first game.


2018 FA WSL Cup Final, Route to the final, Arsenal
They would then come up against Group Stage opponents Reading for a second time, this time being drawn away to the Berkshire team in the semi-finals. Once again they did not find their opponents easy, going down by a goal on two occasions before two late goals put them on top and through to the final.


2018 FA WSL Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester City
In contrast to Arsenal, Manchester City were given a tougher Group Stage challenge with previous finalist Birmingham City, fellow WSL 1 team Everton and 2016 WSL 1 side Doncaster Rovers Belles joining City in a group which also featured WSL 2 mid-table side Oxford United. In their first game City defeated Oxford by six clear goals before fighting to a late home victory by the odd goal in three against Everton.


2018 FA WSL Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester City
A third victory was clocked up in their home match against Birmingham with two first half goals settling the tie to give City an early qualification for the next phase and the Group Stage was wrapped up in a 3–2 away win over Doncaster which saw three goals in four second half minutes.


2018 FA WSL Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester City
Having qualified for the knock-out rounds with a perfect record, City were drawn against Group Two South runners-up Bristol City, whose men's team would meet City's own male contingent in the latter stages of their own league cup less than a month later, but defeated them by a slightly more comfortable two goals to nil.


2018 FA WSL Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester City
In their semi-final, City were then drawn away again to Chelsea, pitting together the only two teams in English women's football with undefeated records by the half-way point of the season. In their first meeting of 2017–18 City were triumphant by a single early goal from debutant Nadia Nadim, putting them through to a third final in four seasons.


2018 FA Women's Cup Final
The 2018 FA Women's Cup Final was the 48th final of the FA Women's Cup, England's primary cup competition for women's football teams. The showpiece event was the 25th to be played directly under the auspices of the Football Association (FA) and was named the SSE Women's FA Cup Final due to sponsorship reasons.


2018 FA Women's Cup Final
The final was contested between Arsenal Ladies and Chelsea Ladies on 5 May 2018 at Wembley Stadium in London. The match was broadcast on BBC1. Chelsea won the match 3–1 in front of a record crowd of 45,423 to clinch their second title.


2018 FA Women's Cup Final, In popular culture
Ahead of the game, Subbuteo launched an all-women game set for the first time.


2018 FAI Cup
The 2018 FAI Cup (known as the Irish Daily Mail FAI Cup for sponsorship purposes) was the 98th edition of the Republic of Ireland's primary national cup competition. It began with the qualifying round on 21 April 2018, and concluded with the final on 4 November 2018. The winner qualified for the 2019–20 Europa League first qualifying round.


2018 FAI Cup
Cork City were the defending champions but lost in the final 2–1 to Dundalk.


2018 FAI Cup, Qualifying round
The draw for the qualifying round was made on 4 April 2018. FAI President Tony Fitzgerald was joined by Dundalk goalkeeper and three-time winner Gary Rogers and Irish Daily Mail Circulation Manager, David Vaz, to perform the draw.


2018 FAI Cup, Qualifying round
A total of 20 teams entered the qualifying round, with four teams (Home Farm, Cockhill Celtic, Newmarket Celtic and Blarney United) receiving a bye to the first round proper. The remaining 16 teams played eight games, with the winners entering the first round proper.


2018 FAI Cup, Qualifying round
The Irish Daily Mail offered a cash prize for the non-league team who advanced the furthest in the competition.


2018 FAI Cup, First round
The draw for the first round proper was made on 4 July 2018 at the Aviva Stadium, with Damien Duff as special guest. 12 non-League teams entered the draw along with the 20 teams from the League of Ireland.


2018 FAI Cup, First round
Fixtures took place on the week ending 12 August 2018.


2018 FAI Cup, Second round
The second round draw was held on 13 August 2018, producing just one all-Premier Division tie.


2018 FAI Cup, Second round
All fixtures were played on the weekend ending August 26


2018 FAI Cup, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was broadcast live on RTÉ2's Soccer Republic on 27 August 2018.


2018 FAI Cup, Quarter-finals
All fixtures were set to be played on the week ending 9 September 2018. The game between Derry City and Bohemians was postponed until 19 September as Derry City had four players called up to under-21 squads.


2018 FAI Cup, Quarter-finals
The game between Longford Town and Cork City was televised live on RTÉ2.


2018 FAI Cup, Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals was broadcast live on RTÉ2's Soccer Republic on 10 September 2018.


2018 FAI Cup, Semi-finals
Both games were played the weekend ending 30 September and televised live on RTÉ2. The subsequent replay between Cork City and Bohemians was also broadcast live on RTÉ2.


2018 FAI Cup Final
The 2018 FAI Cup Final was the final match of the 2018 FAI Cup, the national association football cup of the Republic of Ireland. The match took place on Sunday 4 November 2018 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin,  and was contested by Cork City and Dundalk.


2018 FAI Cup Final
The match was a repeat of the 2015, 2016, and 2017 finals.


2018 FAI Cup Final
The match was broadcast live on RTÉ Two and RTÉ Two HD in Ireland, and via the RTÉ Player worldwide with commentary from George Hamilton.


2018 FAI Cup Final
The crowd of 30,412, was the biggest Cup final attendance since the 36,101 which saw the 2010 final, the first at the Aviva Stadium.


2018 FAI Cup Final, Match, Summary
Dundalk opened the scoring in the 19th minute when Seán Hoare headed powerfully to the net from six yards out after a corner from the left by Michael Duffy. Two minutes later Cork were awarded a penalty when Hoare clumsily fouled Karl Sheppard from behind in the penalty area. Kieran Sadlier scored the penalty shooting to the right which went under the goalkeeper to make it 1-1. Patrick McEleney got the winning goal for Dundalk in the 73rd minute when he connected with a cross form the right from Sean Gannon to head into the net from seven yards out. With this win, Dundalk completed the double of league and cup for the fourth time. It was also their 11th FAI Cup win.


2018 FAMAS Awards
The 66th Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) Awards was an awarding ceremony given by the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS), an organization composed of prize-winning writers and movie columnists, giving recognition to the Philippine mainstream and independent films, actors, actresses, directors and production staffs for their achievements in the year 2017. The awards night is also produced by Ms. Donna B. Sanchez of Megavision Integrated Resources.


2018 FAMAS Awards
For the first time, the nominees of the FAMAS Awards were screened and hand-picked by an independent jury composed of well-known academicians, film practitioners and film critics led by multi-titled screenwriter Ricardo "Ricky" Lee.


2018 FAMAS Awards
The awards night was held at The Theatre at Solaire Resort & Casino, Parañaque on 10 June 2018. It was shown on Cinema One on 30 June 2018 and hosted by Piolo Pascual, Kim Chiu, and Robi Domingo.


2018 FAMAS Awards
The film Balangiga: Howling Wilderness won the majority of the awards including the coveted Best Picture, Best Production Design, Best Cinematography, Best Original Screenplay and Best Original Song awards. Agot Isidro took home the Best Actress award, while Allen Dizon scored the Best Actor award.


2018 FAO League
The 2018 FAO League was the ninth season of the FAO League. Radha Raman Club are the defending champions. Chauliaganj FC have entered as the promoted team from the FAO 2nd Division League. The FAO League is organised every year by the Football Association of Odisha (FAO), the official football governing body of Odisha, India. The regular season started on 17 August 2018.


2018 FAO League, Revamp, League Format
In a total revamp of the league, the FAO League was converted from premier league of the state to second highest level footballing league in the year 2018 as the premier state level football league was introduced by the Football Association of Odisha. The league system currently is a three-tier system consisting of Diamond, Gold and Silver leagues. The top four teams of the diamond league and the winners of Gold and Silver league would be promoted to the FAO Super Cup i.e. highest state level football league in Odisha.


2018 FAO League, League stage, Diamond League, League table
Note: Top four teams of Diamond League would qualify for the FAO Super Cup.


2018 FAO League, League stage, Gold League
Note: Top three teams of the Gold League would qualify for the FAO Super Cup.


2018 FAO Super Cup
The 2018 FAO Super Cup was the inaugural edition of the FAO Super Cup, the main club knockout football competition of Odisha, India. The competition began on 2 October 2018 and concluded with the final on 7 October2018. The entire tournament took place at one venue i.e. the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack.


2018 FAO Super Cup
The competition features teams from the Silver, Gold and Diamond competitions of the FAO League, the premier state level football league in Odisha, India. The top four teams from the Diamond League, top three from Silver League, and the winners of the Silver League qualify for the tournament.


2018 FAO Super Cup, Teams
A total of 8 teams participated in the competition. Sunrise Club emerged as the champions whereas beating Rising Student's Club 2–1 in the final.


2018 FAO Super Cup, Teams, Dates
On 9 May 2018, the Football Association of Odisha announced the schedule and full format of the tournament.


2018 FAO Super Cup, Final
The final was played on 7 October 2018 at the Barabati Stadium and Sunrise won the inaugural Super Cup by defeating Rising Student's in the final.


2018 FBD Insurance League
The 2018 FBD Insurance League was an inter-county and Gaelic football competition in the province of Connacht. All five Connacht county teams participated. No third-level college teams competed.


2018 FBD Insurance League
Galway and Roscommon were scheduled to play their fifth round tie on 21 January 2018. After the fourth round games, both Galway and Roscommon had qualified for the final meaning that the result of their fifth round tie was irrelevant. Both teams requested that the either the match be cancelled or played as the final. The Connacht Council initially insisted that both the fifth round tie and the final be played in order to "respect the integrity of the Connacht FBD Football League". However, the game was cancelled on 21 January due to poor weather and the Connacht Council eventually agreed not to play the "dead rubber."


2018 FBD Insurance League, Format
Each team plays the other teams once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The top two teams play in the final.


2018 FC Aktobe season
The 2018 FC Aktobe season is the 24th successive season that the club playing in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Aktobe will also participate in the Kazakhstan Cup.


2018 FC Aktobe season, Season events
After starting the season with a transfer ban, Aktobe were allowed to register new players on 20 March 2018. On 27 April, Aktobe had six points deducted as a punishment for unpaid debts to former player Danilo Neco.


2018 FC Aktobe season, Squad
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2018 FC Aktobe season, Transfers, Winter
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2018 FC Aktobe season, Transfers, Winter
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2018 FC Aktobe season, Transfers, Winter
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2018 FC Aktobe season, Transfers, Summer
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2018 FC Aktobe season, Transfers, Summer
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2018 FC Akzhayik season
The 2018 FC Akzhayik season is the club's 10th season in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, and their third since 2010. They will also participate in the Kazakhstan Cup.


2018 FC Akzhayik season, Squad
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2018 FC Akzhayik season, Transfers, Winter
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2018 FC Akzhayik season, Transfers, Winter
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2018 FC Akzhayik season, Transfers, Summer
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2018 FC Akzhayik season, Transfers, Summer
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2018 FC Astana season
The 2018 FC Astana season is the tenth successive season that the club will play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Astana are defending Kazakhstan Premier League Champions, having been crowned Champions for the forth time the previous season. Astana will continue in the UEFA Europa League having finished second in their group at the end of the 2017 season. In the summer Astana will enter the Champions League, at the Second Qualifying Stage, and the Kazakhstan Cup.


2018 FC Astana season, Season events
On 8 January, Stoilov signed a new contract with Astana, but left to take over the vacant Kazakhstan nation team Managers position on 1 March, with Grigori Babayan being announced as his interim replacement on the same day. On 1 June 2018, Astana announced Roman Hryhorchuk as the club's new manager.


2018 FC Astana season, Season events
On 25 June, FC Tambov announced that Marat Bystrov had left to join Astana on a three-year contract, whilst also being rented to FC Tobol until the end of the 2018 season.


2018 FC Astana season, Season events
Igor Shitov left Astana on 3 July after his contract was not renewed, with Astana signing Antonio Rukavina and Richard Almeida the following day.


2018 FC Astana season, Season events
On 12 July, Astana announced that Junior Kabananga had re-joined Astana on a year-long loan deal from Al-Nassr.


2018 FC Astana season, Season events
On 14 July, Astana announced that Pedro Henrique had joined Astana on a year-long loan deal from PAOK.


2018 FC Astana season, Season events
On 20 July, Astana announced the signing of Rangelo Janga from KAA Gent.


2018 FC Astana season, Season events
On 23 July, Astana announced that Đorđe Despotović and Marko Stanojević had both left the club.


2018 FC Astana season, Season events
On 27 July, Astana confirmed that their all-time leading goalscorer Patrick Twumasi had moved to La Liga club Deportivo Alavés, the following day Yuriy Pertsukh was loaned to Atyrau.


2018 FC Astana season, Season events
On 17 August, Hryhorchuk left Astana on compassionate leave with Grigori Babayan again stepping in as Caretaker Manager.


2018 FC Astana season, Squad, On loan
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2018 FC Atyrau season
The 2018 FC Atyrau season is the 18th successive season that the club will play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan.


2018 FC Atyrau season, Season events
On  8 January 2018, Vakhid Masudov was appointed as FC Atyrau's new manager. On 9 April, Masudov left Atyrau by mutual consent, with Adrian Sosnovschi being appointed as Atyrau's new manager on 11 April. Adrian Sosnovschi and his coaching team resigned on 1 July, with Viktor Kumykov being appointed as Atyrau's third manager of the season on 4 July.


2018 FC Atyrau season, Squad
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2018 FC Atyrau season, Transfers, Winter
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2018 FC Atyrau season, Transfers, Winter
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2018 FC Atyrau season, Transfers, Summer
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2018 FC Atyrau season, Transfers, Summer
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2018 FC Bunyodkor season
The 2018 season is Bunyodkor's 12th season in the Uzbek League.


2018 FC Bunyodkor season, Squad
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2018 FC Bunyodkor season, Transfers, Winter
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2018 FC Bunyodkor season, Transfers, Winter
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2018 FC Bunyodkor season, Transfers, Summer
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2018 FC Bunyodkor season, Transfers, Summer
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2018 FC Cincinnati season
The 2018 FC Cincinnati season was the club's third season of existence, and their third in the United Soccer League (USL). It was FC Cincinnati's second season as a second-tier team in the U.S. soccer pyramid, as the United States Soccer Federation provisionally promoted the USL from Division III to Division II for the 2017 season. FC Cincinnati played in the Eastern Conference of the USL.


2018 FC Cincinnati season
This was the final season of the club's USL incarnation. On May 29, 2018, Major League Soccer awarded the FCC ownership group an expansion franchise, which began play in MLS under the FC Cincinnati name in 2019.


2018 FC Cincinnati season
On September 26, 2018, the club clinched their first USL Regular Season Championship with a 4–1 victory over the Richmond Kickers.


2018 FC Cincinnati season, Club, Roster
On October 25, 2017, general manager Jeff Berding held a press conference to make the first announcements about the 2018 roster. The return of nine players from 2017 was confirmed at this press conference: Matt Bahner, Kenney Walker, Danni König, Corben Bone, Jimmy McLaughlin, Garrett Halfhill, Justin Hoyte, Sem de Wit, and Josu. Six additional players from the 2017 roster—Austin Berry, Mitch Hildebrandt, Djiby Fall, Harrison Delbridge, Andrew Wiedeman, and Paul Nicholson—were mentioned as still under consideration for 2018, pending contract discussions and future announcements. Berding also confirmed they would not renew contracts or exercise options for any other former players. In the following weeks, Djiby Fall implied he would not be returning via Twitter, and Paul Nicholson announced his retirement from professional soccer.


2018 FC Cincinnati season, Club, Roster
The club began announcing new signings in November 2017. The team signed Israeli defender Dekel Keinan on November 10, as well as Canadian forward Daniel Haber on November 15.


2018 FC Cincinnati season, Club, Roster
On April 16, 2018, the club announced they had mutually agreed to part ways with defender Josu.


2018 FC Cincinnati season, Club, Roster
On April 17, 2018, the club announced they had reach an agreement for the free release of defender Garrett Halfhill. Halfhill subsequently join the New York Cosmos B of the NPSL.


2018 FC Cincinnati season, Club, Roster
On July 9, 2018, the club announced the free transfer of forward Daniel Haber to Ottawa Fury FC.


2018 FC Cincinnati season, Club, Roster
On July 30, 2018, forward Fanendo Adi was acquired from the Portland Timbers as the first MLS designated player for FC Cincinnati. The club also announced the acquisition of midfielder Fatai Alashe from the San Jose Earthquakes.


2018 FC Cincinnati season, Club, Roster
On August 1, 2018, the club announced the acquisition of defender Pa Konate from Serie A S.P.A.L.


2018 FC Cincinnati season, Club, Roster
Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth.


2018 FC Dallas season
The 2018 FC Dallas season will be the club's 23rd season in Major League Soccer, the top tier of American soccer. FC Dallas will also be participating in the CONCACAF Champions League, and the U.S. Open Cup.


2018 FC Dallas season, Club, Roster
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2018 FC Dallas season, Club, Out on loan
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