2018 Seoul Dynasty season, Review, Regular season
In response to their inability to clinch a playoff spot, the team underwent large coaching and staffing changes in July.


2018 Seoul Dynasty season, Final roster, Transactions
Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2018 regular season:


2018 Seoul Open Challenger
The 2018 Seoul Open Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament. It was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Seoul, South Korea, between 30 April and 6 May 2018.


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


2018 Seoul Open Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:


2018 Seoul Open Challenger – Doubles
Hsieh Cheng-peng and Peng Hsien-yin were the defending champions but chose to defend their title with different partners. Hsieh partnered Christopher Rungkat but lost in the quarterfinals to Toshihide Matsui and Frederik Nielsen. Peng partnered Aliaksandr Bury but lost in the semifinals to Chen Ti and Yi Chu-huan.


2018 Seoul Open Challenger – Doubles
Matsui and Nielsen won the title after defeating Chen and Yi 6–4, 7–6(7–3) in the final.


2018 Seoul Open Challenger – Singles
Thomas Fabbiano was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2018 Seoul Open Challenger – Singles
Mackenzie McDonald won the title after defeating Jordan Thompson 1–6, 6–4, 6–1 in the final.


2018 Seoul mayoral election
The 2018 Seoul mayoral election was held on 13 June 2018 as part of the 7th local elections. Incumbent Park Won-soon was elected for his third consecutive term; the South Korean Public Election Act places a limit of three consecutive terms on holders of the post, so that Park will not be able to run in the next mayoral election.


2018 Serbian White Eagles FC season
The 2018 season was the twenty second season in the club's participation in the Canadian Soccer League (including Canadian National Soccer League days). Their season began on May 25, 2018 in a home match against FC Vorkuta, which resulted in a 1-1 draw. Before the commencement of the outdoor season the White Eagles became a founding member in the Arena Premier League as an indoor team. Throughout the regular CSL season the Serbs struggled to compete for a top four position as their performance declined in the later stages. The club still managed to secure a postseason berth, but saw an early departure after a defeat to SC Waterloo Region in the opening round. The club's top goalscorer was Luka Bojic with five goals.


2018 Serbian White Eagles FC season, Summary
In the winter of 2017 the Arena Premier League was formed, and the Serbian White Eagles became involved in the indoor soccer realm as a founding member under the name of Serbia AS. During the indoor season the club selected Milan Mijailović as the new head coach. In their debut season in the APL the Serbs clinched a playoff by finishing fourth in the standings. Before the commencement of the 2018 outdoor season Mijailović maintained the majority of the European veterans in his formation of the roster. In the earlier rounds of the season Toronto achieved a five game undefeated streak, and maintained a strong presence in the top four. Unfortunately their performance dwindled in the final segment of the season, but still managed to secure a postseason by finishing sixth in the First Division.


2018 Serbian White Eagles FC season, Summary
In the postseason the Serbs were eliminated in the opening round to SC Waterloo Region. While in the Second Division their reserve team finished sixth in the standings as a result failed to secure a playoff berth.


2018 Serbian White Eagles FC season, Team, First Division roster
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2018 Serbian White Eagles FC season, Team, Second Division roster
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2018 Serbian White Eagles FC season, Competitions, Canadian Soccer League, Results summary
Last updated: September 20, 2018. Source: 2018 Canadian Soccer League season


2018 Seri Setia by-election
A by-election was held on 8 September 2018 for the Selangor State Legislative Assembly seat of Seri Setia. The seat became vacant after the sudden death of the incumbent assemblyman and Selangor state executive councillor, Shaharuddin Badaruddin on 2 August 2018 from colon cancer. Shaharuddin was a member of the Parti Keadilan Rakyat or People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the state ruling Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. This was the third by-election for the Selangor State Assembly since the 2018 general election, after the Sungai Kandis and Balakong by-elections.


2018 Seri Setia by-election
Shaharuddin won the seat with a majority of 19,372 votes, defeating BN’s Yusoff M Haniff, PAS’s Mohd Ghazali Daud and independent S Vigneswaran. This by-election was held on the same day as the Balakong by-election. The nomination day was on 18 August 2018, with a 21-day campaigning period until election day.


2018 Seri Setia by-election
The by-election saw a straight fight between Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate Halimey Abu Bakar from the PKR and Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) candidate Halimah Ali. In opposite to the Sungai Kandis and Balakong by-elections, the Barisan Nasional (BN) decided not to contest in Seri Setia. This was widely regarded as a sign of cooperation between PAS and BN, designed to ensure there is only a single opposition candidate for each by-election.


2018 Seri Setia by-election
N32 Seri Setia state constituency border and the districts included within the constituency.


2018 Seri Setia by-election, Campaign
The by-election campaign largely focused on bread and butter issues, such as local development and the introduction of a new sales tax replacing the GST.


2018 Seri Setia by-election, Campaign
A case of negative campaigning marred the final days of campaign. The PAS candidate Halimah claimed that Seri Setia was too "intelligent" to vote for "local boy with an outdated mentality", insinuating about her opponent's poor origins. These remarks were criticised by the PH camp.


2018 Seri Setia by-election, Result
PKR’s Halimey Abu Bakar, got 13,725 votes, defeating PAS’ Dr Halimah Ali who got 9,698, getting a majority of 4,027 votes thus retaining the seat for PKR and Pakatan Harapan. PAS significantly increased its share of vote, which was credited to the fact BN not contesting the seat.


2018 Setmana Ciclista Valenciana
The 2018 Setmana Ciclista Valenciana was a women's cycle stage race that was held in Spain from 22 to 25 February, 2018. The 2018 edition of the race was the second edition of the Setmana Ciclista Valenciana.


2018 Setmana Ciclista Valenciana
The race was won by British rider Hannah Barnes, riding for the Canyon–SRAM team, taking two stage victories during the event. Barnes finished 17 seconds clear of her closest competitor, South Africa's Ashleigh Moolman (Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling), while the podium was completed by the highest-placed home rider, Alicia González Blanco of the Movistar Team, a further eight seconds in arrears.


2018 Setmana Ciclista Valenciana
In the other classifications, Moolman won the polka-dot jersey for winning the mountains classification, while Cristina Martínez (Bizkaia Durango–Euskadi Murias) won the yellow jersey for top rider from the Valencian Community. Other jerseys were won by Belle De Gast (mountains for Parkhotel Valkenburg) and Abby-Mae Parkinson (young rider for Trek–Drops), while Canyon–SRAM won the teams classification, placing Barnes, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and Katarzyna Niewiadoma in the top-ten overall.


2018 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
The 2018 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali was a road cycling stage race that took place between 22 and 28 March 2018. The race was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the 2018 UCI Europe Tour, and was the 33rd edition of the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali cycling race.


2018 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
The race was won by Italian rider Diego Rosa of Team Sky.


2018 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Teams
Twenty-five teams started the race. Each team had a maximum of seven riders:


2018 Seychelles First Division
The 2018 Seychelles First Division is the top level football competition in Seychelles. It started on 7 March and ended on 29 December 2018.


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


2018 Shan United FC season, 2018 First team squad
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2018 Shandong mine collapse
On 20 October 2018, a rock burst destroyed part of a mining tunnel in the Shandong province in China.


2018 Shandong mine collapse, Incidents
A rock burst destroyed part of a mining tunnel, in a spontaneous fracture of the rock, while 334 miners were working in the coal mine. The collapse took place around 11:00 pm local time and destroyed part of a water drainage tunnel. Two people were initially killed by the falling rocks. Most of the workers managed to escape, but 18 workers were trapped underground.


2018 Shandong mine collapse, Incidents
Ventilation was returned quickly to around 200 meters of the damaged tunnel. On 26 October it was reported that the trapped miners were discovered 242 feet below the surface.


2018 Shandong mine collapse, Victims
Two miners were killed in the initial disaster, but the death toll raised to 11 on 27 October.


2018 Shanghai Challenger
The 2018 Shanghai Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the eighth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Shanghai, China between 10 and 16 September 2018.


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


2018 Shanghai Challenger – Doubles
Toshihide Matsui and Yi Chu-huan were the defending champions but only Yi chose to defend his title, partnering Peng Hsien-yin. Yi lost in the first round to Gong Maoxin and Zhang Ze.


2018 Shanghai Challenger – Doubles
Gong and Zhang Ze went on to win the title after defeating Hua Runhao and Zhang Zhizhen 6–4, 3–6, [10–4] in the final.


2018 Shanghai Challenger – Singles
Wu Yibing was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Li Zhe.


2018 Shanghai Challenger – Singles
Blaž Kavčič won the title after defeating Hiroki Moriya 6–1, 7–6(7–1) in the final.


2018 Shanghai Darts Masters
The 2018 21.co.uk Shanghai Darts Masters was the third staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation and the second entry in the 2018 World Series of Darts. The tournament featured 16 players (eight PDC players facing eight regional qualifiers) and was held at the Pullman Hotel in Shanghai, China from 13–14 July 2018.


2018 Shanghai Darts Masters
Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Dave Chisnall 8–0 in the final of the 2017 event, but he lost 8–4 in the semi-finals to Michael Smith.


2018 Shanghai Darts Masters
Smith went on to win his first World Series title by beating Rob Cross 8–2 in the final.


2018 Shanghai Darts Masters, Qualifiers
The eight invited PDC representatives are (seeded according to the 2018 World Series of Darts Order of Merit):


2018 Shanghai Darts Masters, Qualifiers
The top 3 players from the PDC Asian Tour Order of Merit after Event 6.


2018 Shanghai Darts Masters, Qualifiers
One other qualifier, the criteria for which has not been announced by the Professional Darts Corporation.


2018 Shanghai Dragons season
The 2018 Shanghai Dragons season was the first season of the Shanghai Dragons's existence in the Overwatch League. Shanghai did not record a single win in the entire 2018 Overwatch League season, giving the team a record of 0–40; this marked the worst single-season record in professional sports history.


2018 Shanghai Dragons season, Preceding offseason
On October 31, Dragons revealed their Overwatch League roster, consisting of the following eight members:


2018 Shanghai Dragons season, Preceding offseason
Three weeks later, on November 20, Shanghai Dragons announced their coaching staff, including head coach Chen "U4" Congshan.


2018 Shanghai Dragons season, Regular season, Review
Shanghai Dragons' first regular season OWL match was a 1–3 loss to the San Francisco Shock. Unfortunately, this result would become a trend for the Dragons for quite some time. The team did not record a win in Stage 1, going 0–10. On February 13, 2018, disappointed by their Stage 1 record, the Dragons signed 4 new players in hopes to improve their Stage 2 chances; most notably including the league's first female player, South Korean Kim "Geguri" Se-yeon.


2018 Shanghai Dragons season, Regular season, Review
Amidst a disaster of a season, Shanghai went through three different head coaches. The Dragons finished the season with a 0–40 record and a -120 map differential, having not won a single match. This marked the worst single-season record in professional sports history.


2018 Shanghai Dragons season, Final roster, Transactions
Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2018 regular season:


2018 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season
The 2018 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua season was Shanghai Greenland Shenhua's 15th season in the Chinese Super League and 56th overall in the Chinese top flight. In addition to the domestic league, the club also competed in the Chinese FA Cup, Chinese FA Super Cup and AFC Champions League.


2018 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season, Squad, First team squad
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2018 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season, Squad, First team squad
Remarks:NA These players are not registered for the group stage of 2018 AFC Champions League but eligible to play at Chinese domestic football competitions. SU These players are eligible to play at Chinese domestic football competitions after mid-season transfer window summer 2018.


2018 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season, Squad, Reserve squad
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2018 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season, Squad, Reserve squad
Remarks:RE Registered for reserve squad after mid-season transfer window summer 2018.


2018 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season, Squad, Left club during season
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2018 Shanghai International Film Festival
The 2018 Shanghai International Film Festival, held on June 17–24, 2018,  was the 21st such festival devoted to international cinema held in Shanghai, China.


2018 Shanghai International Film Festival, International Jury
The members of the jury for the Golden Goblet Award were:


2018 Shanghai International Film Festival, Notable Attendees
Notable attendees at the festival include Jesse Eisenberg, Smriti Kiran, Kirill Razlogov, Peng Yuyan, Xu Qing, Zhou Yun, Yang Zishan and Xu Zheng/


2018 Shanghai Masters
The 2018 Shanghai Masters was a professional snooker tournament that took place in Shanghai, China from 10 to 16 September. It was a 24-man non-ranking invitation event, unlike previous editions of the Shanghai Masters which were ranking events.


2018 Shanghai Masters
Ronnie O'Sullivan successfully defended the title by beating Barry Hawkins 11–9 in the final. With this win O'Sullivan became the first player to pass £10 million in career prize money.


2018 Shanghai Masters, Field
The 24 players were the top-16 in the world rankings after the 2018 World Open, the next four players, outside the top-16 in the world rankings, of Chinese origin, two players from the CBSA under-21 rankings and two from China's Amateur Masters series. The Amateur Masters was won by Pu Qingsong with Guo Hua the runner-up. The two players from the CBSA under-21 rankings were Chang Bingyu and Fan Zhengyi.


2018 Shanghai Masters, Field
Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was the number 1 seed with World Champion Mark Williams seeded 2. The top 8 seeds received byes into the second round.


2018 Shanghai Rolex Masters
The 2018 Shanghai Rolex Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the tenth edition of the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2018 ATP World Tour. It took place at Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, China from October 7 to 14, 2018.


2018 Shanghai Rolex Masters, Singles main draw entrants, Seeds
The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of October 1, 2018. Rankings and points before are as of October 8, 2018.


2018 Shanghai Rolex Masters, Singles main draw entrants, Seeds
† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2017. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead.


2018 Shanghai Rolex Masters, Singles main draw entrants, Withdrawals
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.


2018 Shanghai Rolex Masters, Singles main draw entrants, Withdrawals
† Fognini is entitled to use an exemption to skip the tournament and substitute his 18th best result (90 points) in its stead. Accordingly, his points after the tournament will remain unchanged.


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


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


2018 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Doubles
Henri Kontinen and John Peers were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Robert Lindstedt and Dominic Thiem.


2018 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Doubles
Łukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo won the title, defeating Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares in the final, 6–4, 6–2.


2018 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Singles
Roger Federer was the defending champion, but lost to Borna Ćorić in the semifinals.


2018 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Singles
Novak Djokovic won his record fourth title at the Shanghai Masters, defeating Ćorić in the final, 6–3, 6–4. It was Djokovic's 32nd Masters Series 1000 title.


2018 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.


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


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


2018 Sharks (rugby union) season
The Sharks won seven, drew one and lost eight of their matches during the regular season of the competition to finish third in the South African Conference, and in 8th place overall to qualify for the finals as a wildcard team. They lost in their qualifier match to the  Crusaders.


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


2018 Sharks (rugby union) season, Standings
The final standings for the 2018 Super Rugby season were:


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


2018 Sharks (rugby union) season, Matches
The Sharks played the following matches during the 2018 Super Rugby season:


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


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


2018 SheBelieves Cup
The 2018 SheBelieves Cup was the third edition of the SheBelieves Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held in the United States. Featuring national teams from Germany, England, France, and hosts United States, it began on March 1 and ended on March 7, 2018, broadly running in parallel with the 2018 Algarve Cup, 2018 Turkish Women’s Cup, and the 2018 Cyprus Women's Cup.


2018 SheBelieves Cup, Format
The four invited teams played a round-robin tournament. Points awarded in the group stage followed the standard formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss. A tie in points was decided by goal differential.


2018 SheBelieves Cup, Goalscorers
There were 16 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match.


2018 SheBelieves Cup squads
This article lists the squads for the 2018 SheBelieves Cup, the 3rd edition of the SheBelieves Cup. The cup consisted of a series of friendly games, and was held in the United States from 1 to 7 March 2018. The four national teams involved in the tournament registered a squad of 23 players.


2018 SheBelieves Cup squads
The age listed for each player is on 1 March 2018, the first day of the tournament. The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match prior to the tournament. The nationality for each club reflects the national association (not the league) to which the club is affiliated. A flag is included for coaches that are of a different nationality than their own national team.


2018 SheBelieves Cup squads, Squads, England
The final squad was announced on 20 February 2018. On 24 February 2018, Steph Houghton, Karen Carney, and Jordan Nobbs withdrew due to injuries and were replaced by Rachel Daly, Abbie McManus, and Georgia Stanway.


2018 Sheffield City Council election
Elections to Sheffield City Council took place on Thursday 3 May; one of a number of local council elections taking place across England on the same day. These were the first elections since 2016; the normal practice of electing one-third of councillors every year resumed this year, after the previous staging had seen all seats up for election as a result of boundary changes. A number of by-elections had also occurred between the 2016 and 2018 elections.


2018 Sheffield City Region mayoral election
The inaugural Sheffield City Region mayoral election was held on 3 May 2018 to elect the mayor of the Sheffield City Region. The mayor will lead the Sheffield City Region Combined Authority. Voting is restricted to the four councils which are constituent members of the combined authority: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield. Together these councils make up South Yorkshire.


2018 Sheffield City Region mayoral election
As the election took place using the supplementary vote system, electors were able to vote for a "first preference" candidate and a "second preference" candidate. The leading candidate needed to achieve over 50% of the first preference votes in order to be elected in the first round. As the leading candidate, Dan Jarvis, received 47.1% of the total number of votes in the first round, the election proceeded to the second round and voters second preferences were distributed between the two leading candidates. Dan Jarvis, the Labour and Co-operative candidate, was subsequently elected in the second round with a total number of 144,154 votes.


2018 Sheffield City Region mayoral election
Subsequent elections will be held in May 2022 and every four years after.


2018 Sheffield City Region mayoral election, Electoral system
The election used a supplementary vote system, in which voters express a first and second preference of candidates.


2018 Sheffield City Region mayoral election, Electoral system
This means that the winning candidate has the support of a majority of voters who expressed a preference among the top two.


2018 Sheffield City Region mayoral election, Electoral system
All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in the combined authority area aged 18 or over on 3 May 2018 were entitled to vote in the mayoral election.


2018 Shenzhen Longhua Open
The 2018 Shenzhen Longhua Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the second (men) and third (women) editions of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Shenzhen, China between 29 October and 11 November 2018.


2018 Shenzhen Longhua Open, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Shenzhen Longhua Open, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Shenzhen Longhua Open – Men's Doubles
Sriram Balaji and Vishnu Vardhan were the defending champions but only Balaji chose to defend his title, partnering Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan. Balaji lost in the final to Hsieh Cheng-peng and Christopher Rungkat.


2018 Shenzhen Longhua Open – Men's Doubles
Hsieh and Rungkat won the title after defeating Balaji and Nedunchezhiyan 6–4, 6–2 in the final.


2018 Shenzhen Longhua Open – Men's Singles
Radu Albot was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Zhang Ze.


2018 Shenzhen Longhua Open – Men's Singles
Miomir Kecmanović won the title after defeating Blaž Kavčič 6–2, 2–6, 6–3 in the final.


2018 Shenzhen Longhua Open – Women's Doubles
Jacqueline Cako and Nina Stojanović were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.


2018 Shenzhen Longhua Open – Women's Doubles
Shuko Aoyama and Yang Zhaoxuan won the title, defeating Choi Ji-hee and Luksika Kumkhum in the final, 6–2, 6–3.


2018 Shenzhen Longhua Open – Women's Singles
Carol Zhao was the defending champion, but lost to Ivana Jorović in the quarterfinals.


2018 Shenzhen Longhua Open – Women's Singles
Jorović went on to win the title, defeating Zheng Saisai in the final, 6–3, 2–6, 6–4.


2018 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships
The 2018 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships was a professional tennis tournament played on carpet. It was be the 22nd edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Kyoto, Japan between 19 and 25 February 2018.


2018 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:


2018 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships – Doubles
Sanchai and Sonchat Ratiwatana were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Gong Maoxin and Hsieh Cheng-peng.


2018 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships – Doubles
Luke Saville and Jordan Thompson won the title after defeating Go Soeda and Yasutaka Uchiyama 6–3, 5–7, [10–6] in the final.


2018 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships – Singles
Yasutaka Uchiyama was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Michał Przysiężny.


2018 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships – Singles
John Millman won the title after defeating Jordan Thompson 7–5, 6–1 in the final.


2018 Shimizu S-Pulse season, Squad
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2018 Shimizu S-Pulse season, Squad
Note: The official club website lists the club mascot as player #0 and the supporters as player #12.


2018 Shimizu S-Pulse season, Squad, Out on loan
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2018 Shonan Bellmare season, Squad
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2018 Shonan Bellmare season, Squad, Out on loan
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2018 Shooting Championships of the Americas
The 2018 Shooting Championships of the Americas took place in Guadalajara, Mexico from November 3 to November 10, 2018.


2018 Shorter Hawks football team
The 2018 Shorter Hawks football team will represent Shorter University during the 2018 NCAA Division II football season. They will be led by first-year head coach Zach Morrison. The Hawks will play their home games at Barron Stadium, and are members of the Gulf South Conference.


2018 Shorter Hawks football team, Preseason, Gulf South Conference coaches poll
On August 2, 2018, the Gulf South Conference released their preseason coaches poll with the Hawks predicted to finish in 9th place, last place in the conference.


2018 Shorter Hawks football team, Preseason, Preseason All-Gulf South Conference Team
The Hawks had two players at two positions selected to the preseason all-Gulf South Conference team.


2018 Shorter Hawks football team, Schedule
Shorter 2018 football schedule consists of five home and six away games in the regular season. The Hawks will host GSC foes Florida Tech, Mississippi College, West Alabama, and West Georgia, and will travel to Delta State, North Greenville, Valdosta State, and West Florida.


2018 Shorter Hawks football team, Schedule
The Hawks will host one of the three non-conference games against Tusculum Pioneers football from the South Atlantic Conference and will travel to North Alabama, which is a FCS Independent team and Samford from the Southern Conference.


2018 Shorter Hawks football team, Schedule
Two of the eleven games will be broadcast on ESPN3, as part of the Gulf South Conference Game of the Week.


2018 Shymkent Challenger
The 2018 Shymkent Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Shymkent, Kazakhstan between 4 and 9 June 2018.


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


2018 Shymkent Challenger – Doubles
Hans Podlipnik-Castillo and Andrei Vasilevski were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2018 Shymkent Challenger – Doubles
Lorenzo Giustino and Gonçalo Oliveira won the title after defeating Lucas Miedler and Sebastian Ofner 6–2, 7–6(7–4) in the final.


2018 Shymkent Challenger – Singles
Ričardas Berankis was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2018 Shymkent Challenger – Singles
Yannick Hanfmann won the title after defeating Roberto Cid Subervi 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–2 in the final.


2018 Sibiu Cycling Tour
The 2018 Sibiu Cycling Tour is a cycling stage race that took place between 5 and 8 July 2018 in and around Sibiu, Romania. Raced over 441 kilometres (274 miles), the race featured a traditional cobbled prologue along with mountain stages to Bâlea Lake and Păltiniș, and was held as part of the 2018 UCI Europe Tour.


2018 Sibiu Cycling Tour
In 2018 the race returned to the format last used in 2014 with four days of racing including two mountain top finishes. There were two stages on the final day including the return of the team time trial.


2018 Sibiu Cycling Tour, Teams
The peloton featured three Professional Continental Teams, 14 Continental Teams and two national teams.


2018 Sibiu Cycling Tour, Stages, Prologue
Raced over a technical 2.2 km (1.4 mi) with 20 corners and several cobbled sections, the stage was won by Italian Davide Ballerini who would be the only rider to finish in under 3 minutes.


2018 Sibiu Cycling Tour, Stages, Stage 1
For the second year in a row, there was a Colombian victory on the slopes of Balea Lac. With five kilometres remaining in the stage Ivan Sosa attacked a depleted peloton of 15-20 riders. Initially, two riders, Maxim Rusnac and Amaro Antunes remained with him, but with a second attack he shook off the other contenders and rode to a solo victory.


2018 Sibiu Cycling Tour, Stages, Stage 2
Stage 2 was expected to be a 185 km (115 mi) mountain stage to the resort of Paltanis. Despite setting off in bright conditions, after 125 km (78 mi) the race was engulfed by a storm that saw rain, hail, thunder and lightning, with visibility at less than 20 metres and with police unable to maintain road closures. In coordination with the race organisers, the jury decided to apply the UCI Extreme Weather Protocol, declaring the stage null and void in accordance with article 2.2.029 of the UCI rulebook.


2018 Sibiu Cycling Tour, Classification leadership table
In the 2018 Sibiu Cycling Tour, six different jerseys are awarded of which four are worn in the race. The most important is the general classification, which is calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses are awarded to the first three finishers on all stages with the exception of the time trial: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively.


2018 Sibiu Cycling Tour, Classification leadership table
Bonus seconds were also awarded to the first three riders at intermediate sprints; three seconds for the winner of the sprint, two seconds for the rider in second and one second for the rider in third. The rider with the least accumulated time is the race leader, identified by a yellow jersey. This classification is considered the most important of the 2017 Sibiu Cycling Tour, and the winner of the classification is considered the winner of the race.


2018 Sibiu Cycling Tour, Classification leadership table
There is also a mountains classification, the leadership of which is marked by a white jersey. In the mountains classification, points towards the classification are won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists. Each climb is categorised as either category SA, A, B or C, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs.


2018 Sibiu Cycling Tour, Classification leadership table
The third jersey represents the young rider classification, marked by an orange jersey. This is decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born on or after 1 January 1995 are eligible to be ranked in the classification.


2018 Sibiu Cycling Tour, Classification leadership table
The fourth classification is the sprints classification, the leader of which is awarded a blue jersey. In the sprints classification, riders receive points for finishing in the top three at intermediate sprint points during each stage – awarded on a 3–2–1 scale – and these intermediate sprints also offer bonus seconds towards the general classification as noted above.


2018 Sibiu Cycling Tour, Classification leadership table
Additionally, there is a points classification, which awards a green jersey but that jersey is not represented in the race and only present on the podium. In the points classification, cyclists receive points for finishing in the top 15 in a stage, and unlike in the points classification in the Tour de France, the winners of all stages (with the exception of the prologue) are awarded the same number of points. For winning a stage, a rider earns 25 points, with 20 for second, 16 for third, 14 for fourth, 12 for fifth, 10 for sixth with a point fewer per place down to a single point for 15th place.


2018 Sibiu Cycling Tour, Classification leadership table
The sixth and final jersey represents the classification for Romanian riders, marked by a red jersey. This is decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born in Romania are eligible to be ranked in the classification. Like the points jersey this is only present on the podium and is not worn in race


2018 Sibiu Cycling Tour, Classification leadership table
There are also awards for the team classification, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage are added together; the leading team at the end of the race is the team with the lowest total time.


2018 Sibiu Open
The 2018 Sibiu Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Sibiu, Romania between 17 and 23 September 2018.


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


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


2018 Sibiu Open – Doubles
Marco Cecchinato and Matteo Donati were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2018 Sibiu Open – Doubles
Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies won the title after defeating Tomasz Bednarek and David Pel 6–4, 6–2 in the final.


2018 Sibiu Open – Singles
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2018 Sibiu Open – Singles
Dragoș Dima won the title after defeating Jelle Sels 6–3, 6–2 in the final.


2018 Sierra Leonean general election
General elections were held in Sierra Leone on 7 March 2018 to elect the President, Parliament and local councils. Incumbent President Ernest Bai Koroma did not run for another term, as he was constitutionally ineligible, having served the maximum ten years in office.


2018 Sierra Leonean general election
No presidential candidate received the 55% of the vote required to win in the first round, meaning a second round of voting was held on 31 March between the top two candidates, opposition leader Julius Maada Bio of the Sierra Leone People's Party and Samura Kamara of the ruling All People's Congress; the two were separated by under 15,000 votes in the first round. Bio was subsequently elected with 51.8% of the vote. International observers hailed the election as being "orderly, free and fair" despite the fact it was "hotly contested."


2018 Sierra Leonean general election, Electoral system
The President of Sierra Leone is elected using a modified two-round system, with a candidate having to receive more that 55% of the vote in the first round to be elected. If this is not achieved, a run-off will be held.


2018 Sierra Leonean general election, Electoral system
The 132 elected members of Parliament (increased from 112 in the 2012 elections) were elected from single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting. The remaining 12 seats are reserved for Paramount Chiefs, who are elected indirectly.


2018 Sierra Leonean general election, Presidential candidates
A total of 16 candidates registered to contest the elections; 14 men and two women.


2018 Sierra Leonean general election, Presidential candidates
President Koroma personally selected foreign minister Samura Kamara as the All People's Congress candidate at the party's convention held on 15 November 2017 in the northern city of Makeni. The APC also selected deputy speaker of parliament Chernor Maju Bah as the party's vice presidential candidate.


2018 Sierra Leonean general election, Presidential candidates
The main opposition, the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) selected former military Head of State, retired Brigadier general Julius Maada Bio as its presidential candidate at the party's national convention held on 15 November 2017 in Freetown. Bio's running mate is businessman Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh.


2018 Sierra Leonean general election, Presidential candidates
Former Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana is the candidate of the Coalition for Change. His removal from office by President Koroma was challenged at the ECOWAS Court, which in November 2017 ruled that the removal of Sumana was illegal.


2018 Sierra Leonean general election, Presidential candidates
Former United Nations senior official Kandeh Yumkella was chosen to be the presidential candidate of the National Grand Coalition (NGC), a breakaway faction of the SLPP. Yumkella's running mate is mechanical engineer Andrew Keillie.


2018 Sierra Leonean general election, Presidential candidates
The newly formed Unity Party is fielding Femi Claudius Cole, one of two female presidential candidates.


2018 Sierra Leonean general election, Presidential candidates
Former Minister of Internal Affairs and Minister of Lands Musa Tarawally was nominated as the presidential candidate of the Citizens Democratic Party.


2018 Sierra Leonean general election, Controversy
Due to the fact that the election falls outside of the five-year term plus three months limit, constitutional lawyers have criticised the announcement.


2018 Sierra Leonean general election, Controversy, Dual citizenship
The previously dormant issue of dual citizenship was raised during the election. The ruling party, APC, raised the issue citing Section 76(1) of the 1991 Constitution, which states that “No person shall be qualified for election as a Member of Parliament — if he is a naturalised citizen of Sierra Leone or is a citizen of a country other than Sierra Leone having become such a citizen voluntarily or is under a declaration of allegiance to such a country.”


2018 Sierra Leonean general election, Controversy, Dual citizenship
The dual citizenship debate engulfed three presidential candidates: Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella of the National Grand Coalition (NGC), Dr. Samura Kamara of the All People's Congress (APC), and Mohamed Kamarainba Mansaray of the Alliance Democratic Party (ADP). Yumkella claimed he denounced his American citizenship in 2017, while Mansaray said he has never held any other citizenship.


2018 Sierra Leonean general election, Controversy, Dual citizenship
Two cases were brought to the Supreme Court: one filed on 5 February by an activist of the ruling All Peoples Congress party claiming that Yumkella is a naturalised citizen and therefore unqualified to contest the elections; and another filed by Charles Margai, a flag bearer for People's Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC), claiming that the APC’s standard bearer is unqualified to run for president because he is a dual citizen and did not resign his ministerial position – for which he was paid from the state’s consolidated revenue – long enough to meet the constitutional requirement.


2018 Sierra Leonean general election, Controversy, Dual citizenship
The defense of Yumkella appealed to the Supreme Court to have two of the judges removed from the case, then the matter was adjourned until 28 March (after the 7 March election) for the two new judges to study the case. The dual citizenship issue will be remembered by citizens for propagating the slang term two-SIM to describe a person with dual citizenship.


2018 Sierra Leonean general election, Results
The National Electoral Commission reported 3,178,663 registered voters (of which 1,654,228 were female) and a voter turnout of 2,676,549 (84.2%) across 3,300 polling centres and 11,122 polling stations.


2018 Sierra Leonean general election, Results, Parliament
A total of 795 candidates contested the parliamentary elections, of which 100 were female.


2018 Siirt raid
The Siirt raid was an armed raid of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on a Turkish military base in Eruh, Siirt province, Turkey, on 29 March 2018. The raid killed six soldiers from a village guard militia that was supporting the Turkish army in the area. Seven soldiers were injured, one of whom, Sergeant Emre Dut, later died of his wounds. The PKK had no casualties. After the attack, Turkish forces launched an operation, killing three PKK militants they claimed were responsible for the raid.


2018 Sikkim Premier Division League
The 2019–20 Sikkim Premier Division League is the eighth season of the Sikkim Premier Division League, the top division football league in the Indian state of Sikkim. The league will kick off from 24 August 2019 with eight teams competing.


2018 Silicon Valley Classic
The 2018 Silicon Valley Classic (also known as the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic for sponsorship reasons) was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 47th edition of the tournament, and part of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place between 30 July and 5 August 2018 and was the first time the tournament is held in San Jose, California, following a move from Stanford. It is the first women's event on the 2018 US Open Series.


2018 Silicon Valley Classic, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Silicon Valley Classic, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the main draw:


2018 Silicon Valley Classic – Doubles
Abigail Spears and CoCo Vandeweghe were the defending champions, but chose not to participate this year.


2018 Silicon Valley Classic – Doubles
Latisha Chan and Květa Peschke won the title, defeating Lyudmyla and Nadiia Kichenok in the final, 6–4, 6–1.


2018 Silicon Valley Classic – Singles
Madison Keys was the defending champion, but withdrew due to a wrist injury.


2018 Silicon Valley Classic – Singles
Mihaela Buzărnescu won her first WTA Tour singles title, defeating Maria Sakkari in the final, 6–1, 6–0.


2018 Silicon Valley Classic – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2018 Silicon Valley Classic – Singles, Seeds
Note: Aryna Sabalenka, who would have been placed in the entry list on the initial entry cutoff date of June 18, 2018 and seeded 7th, entered late and played the qualifying tournament. But she was eliminated in qualifying matches.


2018 Silverstone Formula 2 round
The 2018 Silverstone FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races held on 7 and 8 July 2018 at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, United Kingdom as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the seventh round of the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship and ran in support of the 2018 British Grand Prix.


2018 Silverstone Formula 2 round
ART Grand Prix driver George Russell entered the round with a ten-point lead over Lando Norris in the drivers' championship. In the teams' championship, Carlin held a twenty-seven point lead over ART Grand Prix.


2018 Silverstone Formula 2 round
This round was also notable for a collision at the end of the sprint race involving Trident teammates Arjun Maini and Santino Ferrucci. Ferrucci was deemed to have deliberately hit the back of Maini's car on the cooldown lap, and he was then banned for the next two rounds by the FIA. He was then sacked from Trident ten days later due to sponsorship issues, and his replacement would be their GP3 Series driver Alessio Lorandi.


2018 Silverstone Formula 2 round, Report, Background
The round saw the continued use of rolling starts following a series of drivers stalling on the grid in previous rounds. The procedure was introduced at the previous round in response to a start-line accident in a Formula 3 race that saw a driver crash into a car that had stalled on the grid.


2018 Silverstone Formula 2 round, Report, Background
The circuit featured three Drag Reduction System (DRS) zones. The two used in previous years—positioned on the Wellington and Hangar Straights—returned, with a third zone placed on the main straight. As DRS is deactivated when the driver brakes, drivers were able to use the system through the Abbey and Farm corners as these corners could be taken flat-out when the car is low on fuel. This brought increased risk as DRS reduces drag by reducing downforce, with aerodynamic grip improving the car's ability to take corners at speed. Drivers were able to manually deactivate DRS before the corners if they were unable or unwilling to take the corner without the use of DRS. The race marked the first time that drivers were able to use DRS through corners.


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


2018 Simcoe County municipal elections, Simcoe County Council
The county council consists of the mayors and deputy mayors of the municipalities.


2018 Simcoe County municipal elections, Bradford West Gwillimbury
Due to technical delays with internet voting, the voting period in Bradford West Gwillimbury was extended to October 23.


2018 Simcoe County municipal elections, Collingwood
Due to technical delays with internet voting, the voting period in Collingwood was extended to October 23.


2018 Simcoe County municipal elections, Innisfil
Due to technical delays with internet voting, the voting period in Innisfil was extended to October 23.


2018 Simcoe County municipal elections, Penetanguishene
Due to technical delays with internet voting, the voting period in Pentetanguishene was extended to October 23.


2018 Simona Halep tennis season
The 2018 Simona Halep tennis season officially began on 1 January 2018 with the start of the 2018 WTA Tour. Simona Halep entered the season as the No. 1 ranked player in the world.


2018 Simona Halep tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Shenzhen Open
Halep began her season at the Shenzhen Open. She was the top seed and advanced to the final after successfully defeating Nicole Gibbs, Duan Yingying, Aryna Sabalenka and Irina-Camelia Begu. She defeated her in the opponent's final that eliminated her one year ago in R16 in three sets, Kateřina Siniaková.


2018 Simona Halep tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Australian Open
Her next tournament was the Australian Open. She was the main draw favorite for the first time in a Grand Slam career. She defeated Destanee Aiava in straight sets, still in the first round injured at the right leg's ankle. She then beat Eugenie Bouchard, former world rank 5, Lauren Davis in an epic match that lasted 3 hours and 45 minutes  taking the third set 15–13. The match equaled the Australian Open record for most games played in a women's singles draw match at 48 — equaling Chanda Rubin's 1996 quarterfinal win over Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.


2018 Simona Halep tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Australian Open
She went on to defeat Naomi Osaka in the 4th round in straight sets and former world No. 1 Karolina Pliskova in the quarter-finals, also in straight sets. She faced former world No. 1 and 2016 Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber in the semi-finals. In the 3rd set, she saved two match points and went on to win, qualifying for the Australian Open final for the first time.


2018 Simona Halep tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Australian Open
In the final, Halep was defeated by Caroline Wozniacki in three sets.


2018 Simona Halep tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Australian Open
After Australian Open fell to second place for four weeks.


2018 Simona Halep tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Qatar Ladies Open
Halep then played the Qatar Open, where she received a bye in the first round. She defeated Ekaterina Makarova with a bagel in the second set. The Australian Open finalist put together a dominant performance and needed just 58 minutes. She then defeated Anastasija Sevastova, seed 13 in straight sets. Her next opponent was American, CiCi Bellis. The first set was won by a bagel. In semifinal should have played with, but withdrawing prior to her match against Garbine Muguruza because of a right foot injury. Nevertheless, despite not playing the next week, she returned to the top spot.


2018 Simona Halep tennis season, Year in detail, March sunshine events, Indian Wells Masters
Halep then played the Indian Wells Masters, where she received a bye in the first round. She defeated Kristýna Plíšková in straight sets, Caroline Dolehide in three sets, Wang Qiang in straight sets and Petra Martić in three sets, in straight sets before she lost to Naomi Osaka again in the semifinal.


2018 Simona Halep tennis season, Year in detail, March sunshine events, Miami Open
Halep then entered the Miami Open, where she also received a bye in the first round. In round 2 beat French Océane Dodin in three sets. However, she lost in the third round to 2012 champion Agnieszka Radwanska.


2018 Simona Halep tennis season, Year in detail, European clay court season, Fed Cup, World Group-Play Off
She kicked off her clay court campaign by leading Romania against Switzerland in their World Group Play-off tie in Cluj-Napoca. By virtue of a 3-1 victory with Halep going 2-0 in the singles rubbers, they secured a place in the 2019 World Group for the first time in two years.


2018 Simona Halep tennis season, Year in detail, European clay court season, Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
After Fed Cup, Halep went to Stuttgart where she knocked a victory on Magdaléna Rybáriková before losing to quarters at CoCo Vandeweghe


2018 Simona Halep tennis season, Year in detail, European clay court season, Mutua Madrid Open
Halep then played the Madrid Open. She defeated Ekaterina Makarova, giving up just one game, Elise Mertens with a bagel in first set, Kristýna Plíšková and advanced into the quarterfinals. However, she lost Karolína Plíšková in straight sets, after winning the last two editions and after having only 15 victories in a row.


2018 Simona Halep tennis season, Year in detail, European clay court season, Italian Open
Halep's next tournament was the Italian Open, where she received a bye in the first round. She defeated Naomi Osaka, winner at Indian Wells, yielding a single game. In the third round should have played with Madison Keys, but the latter had to retire due to a shoulder injury, so Simona qualified in the quarter-finals without playing in round 3. In the quarter-finals defeated Caroline Garcia, the 7th World Player, with only 5 games. In semifinal has marred one of her rivals Russian, Maria Sharapova winning editions of 2011, 2012 and 2015 in an epic match. Simona won in 3 sets after losing the first set. In the final she lost to the same opponent last year, Elina Svitolina. She lost the first set to 0.


2018 Simona Halep tennis season, Year in detail, European clay court season, French Open
In the French Open, Halep was the 1st seed for the second time in a Grand Slam. In the first round, she defeated Alison Riske losing the first set. She was forced to compete on the 4th day on Wednesday after the match was postponed due to the dark. In the second round, she easily defeated the American wildcard Taylor Townsend. Her opponent in the third round was the 2014 semi-finalist, Andrea Petkovic. Halep defeated the German in straight sets, not losing a game in the second set.


2018 Simona Halep tennis season, Year in detail, European clay court season, French Open
Her next opponent was the 16th seed Elise Mertens, who she defeated in 59 minutes, dropping just 3 games. In the quarterfinals, she met Kerber in a rematch of the Australian Open semifinal, and defeated her once again in three sets.. In the semi-final she met former world No. 1 and French Open champion Garbiñe Muguruza, and defeated her in straight sets. In the final, Halep met Sloane Stephens, and came back from a set deficit to win her first Grand Slam title, on her fourth attempt. She became the first Romanian woman to win a Grand Slam title since Virginia Ruzici won the French Open in 1978.


2018 Simona Halep tennis season, Yearly records, Head-to-head matchups
Players are ordered by letter. (Bold denotes a top 10 player at the time of the most recent match between the two players, Italic denotes top 50.)


2018 Sindh provincial election
Provincial elections were  held in Sindh on 25 July 2018 to elect the members of the 13th Provincial Assembly of Sindh.


2018 Sindh provincial election, Background
Following the 2013 elections, despite a significant drop in vote share, the left-wing Pakistan Peoples Party remained the largest party in the assembly and held a comfortable majority with 91 seats. They were followed by the secularist, Muhajir-centric, Muttahida Qaumi Movement, which repeated its 2008 exploits, by securing 51 seats. New additions into the assembly included Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, a welfarist, anti-establishment party led by former cricketer Imran Khan, who emerged as the second largest party in Karachi and gained 4 seats. Meanwhile, Pakistan Muslim League (F), PPP's perennial rival in Interior Sindh, held 11 seats.


2018 Sindh provincial election, Background
Following the elections for the slot of chief ministership, Pakistan Peoples Party was easily able to form a government in Sindh for the ninth time in its existence. Party veteran Qaim Ali Shah was elected in the role of provincial chief minister for the third time in his career, and remained at the position until 2016 when he stepped down and was replaced by Syed Murad Ali Shah.


2018 Sindh provincial election, Background, MQM Splits
During this tenure, MQM ceased to exist as single party due to internal rifts in the wake of the party's leader, Altaf Hussain, giving a controversial speech in August, 2016. It split into MQM-Pakistan and MQM-London, the former in control of Farooq Sattar, while the latter managed by Hussain, who is in self-imposed exile in London since 1991.


2018 Sindh provincial election, Background, MQM Splits
Meanwhile, Mustafa Kamal's nascent Pak Sarzameen Party chipped away at MQM-P members. Kamal himself being a former MQM stalwart and erstwhile Mayor of Karachi, who formed the PSP on 23 March 2016.


2018 Sindh provincial election, Background, MQM Splits
Further still, in the lead up to 2018 Senate elections, the MQM-P faction saw another split - into Sattar's MQM-PIB and Aamir Khan's MQM-Bahadruabad. The reason for the split being grievances over the allotment of Senate tickets.


2018 Sindh provincial election, Results
election postponed at ps-94 after the death of MQM-P incumbent


2018 SingHealth data breach
The 2018 SingHealth data breach was a data breach incident initiated by unidentified state actors, which happened between 27 June and 4 July 2018. During that period, personal particulars of 1.5 million SingHealth patients and records of outpatient dispensed medicines belonging to 160,000 patients were stolen. Names, National Registration Identity Card (NRIC) numbers, addresses, dates of birth, race, and gender of patients who visited specialist outpatient clinics and polyclinics between 1 May 2015 and 4 July 2018 were maliciously accessed and copied. Information relating to patient diagnosis, test results and doctors' notes were unaffected. Information on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was specifically targeted.


2018 SingHealth data breach, Discovery
The database administrators for the Integrated Health Information Systems (IHIS), the public healthcare IT provider, detected unusual activity on one of SingHealth's IT databases on 4 July, and implemented precautions against further intrusions. Network traffic monitoring was enhanced; additional malicious activity was detected after 4 July, but did not result in the theft of any data. Having ascertained that a cyberattack occurred, administrators notified the ministries and brought in the Cyber Security Agency (CSA) on 10 July to carry out forensic investigations.


2018 SingHealth data breach, Discovery
The agency determined that perpetrators gained privileged access to the IT network by compromising a front-end workstation, and obtained login credentials to assess the database, while hiding their digital footprints. The attack was made public in a statement released by the Ministry of Communications and Information and Ministry of Health on 20 July. The ten-day delay between the discovery of the attack and the public announcement was attributed to time needed to fortify the IT systems, conduct preliminary investigations, identify affected patients and prepare the logistics of the announcement. Text messages were subsequently sent to patients whose data was affected.


2018 SingHealth data breach, Investigation
On 6 August 2018 in Parliament, S. Iswaran, Minister for Communications and Information, attributed the attack to sophisticated state-linked actors who wrote customized malware to circumvent SingHealth's antivirus and security tools. Iswaran did not name any state in the interest of national security.


2018 SingHealth data breach, Investigation
A Committee of Inquiry was convened on 24 July 2018 to investigate the causes of the attack and identify measures to help prevent similar attacks. The four-member committee is chaired by former chief district judge Richard Magnus, and comprise leaders of a cyber-security firm, a healthcare technology firm and the National Trades Union Congress respectively. The committee called on the Attorney-General's Chambers to lead evidence, and the Attorney-General's Chambers appointed the Cyber Security Agency to lead the investigations with the support of the Criminal Investigation Department. The committee held closed-door and public hearings from 28 August, with another tranche of hearings from 21 September to 5 October. In addition, the Personal Data Protection Commission investigated into possible breaches of the Personal Data Protection Act in protecting data and hence determine possible action.


2018 SingHealth data breach, Committee of Inquiry hearings
The Committee of Inquiry hearings began on 21 September 2018. In the first hearing, Solicitor-General Kwek Mean Luck said that a series of staff missteps and gaps in the system contributed to the breach. Some examples mentioned are the EMR system, which was in place since 1999. In addition, it was mentioned that the cyberattacker behind the incident started infecting workstations as early as August 2017 using a hacking tool. The version of Microsoft Outlook being used did not have a patch that prevents attacks by that hacking tool.


2018 SingHealth data breach, Committee of Inquiry hearings
Between December 2017 and May 2018, the cyberattacker moved sideways and gained access to a workstation to infect other computers with malware. Other inadequacies identified include not being able to identify multiple failed attempts to log into the system, which was done with non-existent accounts or accounts that do not have much privileges in the system. Eventually, the cyberattacker successfully gained entry through a coding vulnerability on 26 June, and hence sent SQL queries until 4 July when it was stopped by an administrator.


2018 SingHealth data breach, Committee of Inquiry hearings
In addition, there were three periods where staff failed to respond or responded after a few days when knowledge of the cyberattack was first known. On the same day, two staff members said that while a framework was in place to report cyberattacks, there is insufficient training on what to do, hence it was unclear to staff about what actions should be taken.


2018 SingHealth data breach, Committee of Inquiry hearings
At the next hearing on 24 September, it was revealed that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's personal data and outpatient records along with two other unnamed people were searched by hackers who infiltrated into the servers using NRIC numbers. The rest of the queries were generally done on patient demographic data, like one that involved the first 20,000 records of such data from Singapore General Hospital. An assistant lead analyst who detected unusual activity investigated further even through that was not his scope, and sent alerts to different divisions to find the staff who can make sense of those queries.


2018 SingHealth data breach, Committee of Inquiry hearings
The analyst's supervisor told the analyst to continue monitoring the situation and that he assumed there was no medical data until being informed that there was such a leak. As the analyst informed a reporting officer, there was no point in reporting the query himself, asking the analyst to follow up on the queries. Details about reporting procedures and containment measures were mentioned.


2018 SingHealth data breach, Committee of Inquiry hearings
On the third day, a cybersecurity employee at Integrated Health Information Systems (IHiS), who was on holiday when the incident happened, did not follow up after having read the emails as it was thought to have been collection of data from workstations for investigation. In addition, only one computer at IHiS was used to carry out forensic examinations, resulting in delays diagnosing the issue. This is confirmed by the fourth day of the trial, where failings of judgement and organisational processes are exposed.


2018 SingHealth data breach, Committee of Inquiry hearings
For instance, meetings with the security management department were not conducted regularly, and no framework was created to set out appropriate responses to cybersecurity risks or to appoint covering officers if any staff go on leave. A clarification on processes was provided, where a standard operating procedure to escalate incidents was approved by the management in March 2018.


2018 SingHealth data breach, Committee of Inquiry hearings
It was also revealed the same day that staffers took six more days after 4 July to confirm the data breach as an IHiS employee mistakenly informed colleagues that no data was stolen, only confirmed after further tests are run by the superior finding that data was stolen. The queries were later recreated.


2018 SingHealth data breach, Committee of Inquiry hearings
It was also revealed on the fifth day that a server exploited by hackers did not receive security updates in more than a year since May 2017 due to the WannaCry ransomware attacks, compared to the normal duration where patches were done several times a month. Besides that, the computer's anti-virus software was too old and must be reinstalled.


2018 SingHealth data breach, Committee of Inquiry hearings
The manager was not supposed to manage the server on paper, but in practice, was given the role in 2014 as the server was located at the National Cancer Centre Singapore, thereby being convenient for staff members to approach him in case help was needed. Once the counterparts resigned, there was no one at IHiS present to take over managing the server. In fact, the IHiS director was not aware that the server was not managed by the firm in practice, only giving a directive in 2014 that IHiS will not manage research servers. The next day, a security loophole that was not plugged was scruntised. Even though the loophole was flagged by an IHiS employee, there was no action taken. In fact, the employee was dismissed after sending details of the flaw to a rival company.


2018 SingHealth data breach, Committee of Inquiry hearings
Towards the end of the second tranche of hearings on 5 October 2018, it was revealed a second attempt to hack into the servers was done on 19 July via another server as the attackers are skilled. This was stopped immediately as soon as it began. In addition, malware used was customised for the system and evaded detection from top anti-virus software. A tool called PowerShell was used in the process, being disabled on 13 July. Meanwhile, IHiS stepped up security with changing passwords, removing compromised accounts and rebooting servers.


2018 SingHealth data breach, Committee of Inquiry hearings
The third tranche of hearings started on 31 October 2018. Evidence was shown that managers were reluctant to report the incidents as that would mean an increased amount of work, thereby creating a bottleneck. Meanwhile, the chief information officer told the team to escalate the incident, saying a bottleneck is not acceptable, adding that there was no written protocol on how to report SingHealth-related cybersecurity incidents should IHiS staff discover any incident. Another pointed out that annual cybersecurity exercises are mandated for critical information infrastructure (CII) operators, so staff should be able to identify advanced persistent threats (APTs).


2018 SingHealth data breach, Committee of Inquiry hearings
However, these tests were for classroom settings and may not necessarily apply to the SingHealth case, thus defeating the purpose of these exercises if situational awareness was not there. There were also plans for secure Internet browsing in the healthcare sector by 2018, but it had to be delayed by a year due to technical issues.


2018 SingHealth data breach, Committee of Inquiry hearings
The following day, a 2016 audit that found systemic weaknesses in the network link between Singapore General Hospital and cloud-based systems was brought up, showing more inadequacies in the systems managed by IHiS. The incident was reported by the operations team as "plugged" to the management without anyone verifying that works to fix these vulnerabilities were done. The Cyber Security Agency also found similar vulnerabilities in its investigation.


2018 SingHealth data breach, Committee of Inquiry hearings
Due to this, there will be "three lines of defence", where compliance checks are performed by the operations team, technology team and internal audit team, and training will be stepped up in IHiS so that early detection of attacks are ensured. As pointed out the next day that even if the weaknesses were found, they may not be fixed as quickly as expected as public healthcare institutions operate around the clock resulting in little downtime.


2018 SingHealth data breach, Committee of Inquiry hearings
Later in the hearings, SingHealth executives said that they will enhance cyber safety awareness for all employees, as well as roll out new systems to capture patients' data rigorously. It will also allow patients to update their particulars instead of only doing it over the counter. More townhalls will be held to update employees about the latest cyber threats, with log-in messages strengthened to hone the importance of data protection. Storytelling formats will also be used to explain these concepts.


2018 SingHealth data breach, Committee of Inquiry hearings
More cyber security exercises simulating data breaches were called for in a subsequent hearing, with these allowing professionals to be more familiar with what to do in case a similar incident happens again. In addition, the expert recommended all data within the system to be encrypted including inactive data. As full encryption would be unfeasible due to operational concerns, personal data could be anonymised instead with 2-factor authenitication to de-anonymise it. That same hearing, it was updated that many of the written submissions were found to be useful.


2018 SingHealth data breach, Committee of Inquiry hearings
Towards the final hearings, a former National Security Agency director suggested having the Government and industry partners work together and share information to learn and update each other about new threats that pop up. That is so as current protection measures are insufficient against ever evolving vulnerabilities. In the same hearing, the Ministry of Health's chief data advisor pointed out that Internet separation resulted in longer wait times for patients, declined productivity, increased staff fatigue and new cyber risks, especially when anti-virus software updates are done only on some computers instead of all within the network.


2018 SingHealth data breach, Committee of Inquiry hearings
Hence, to continue ISS, these factors would need to be considered. The next day, a security expert recommended having a centralised incident management and tracking system that logs all incidents that occur during a breach to reduce miscommunication, which is one of the causes for delayed reporting. In addition, the usage of different chat platforms meant that crucial details about the attack were lost and hence there was not many linkages to the incident.


2018 SingHealth data breach, Committee of Inquiry hearings
On the final day, Cyber Security Agency chief David Koh suggested changing the way IT staff in the healthcare sector report incidents so that faster response can be ensured during a cyberattack, along with a review of the sector's IT processes and staff training carried out. It was also suggested that cybersecurity processes be considered as a key instead of it merely existing as an afterthought. The hearings thus concluded on 14 November 2018.


2018 SingHealth data breach, Committee of Inquiry hearings
The closing submissions were held on 30 November 2018. Proposals to improve cybersecurity were shared, including the "assume breach" mindset in organisations thus taking necessary measures, having the right people and processes to complement those measures. It was also pointed out that administrator passwords are supposed to be 15 characters long, but one had an problematic password of eight characters which was unchanged since 2012. Lastly, even if measures were put in place to slow down cyberattacks, it is important to note that the attack was done via an advanced persistent threat (APT). Subsequently, the report was submitted to S. Iswaran on 31 December 2018 with the public version released on 10 January 2019.


2018 SingHealth data breach, Release of report
On 10 January 2019, the Committee of Inquiry released a report on the SingHealth breach. The report found that staff are inadequately trained in cybersecurity, thus they are unable to stop the attacks. The key staff did not take immediate action to stop the attacks fearing pressure. To make things worse, vulnerabilities in the network and systems are not patched quickly, coupled with the fact that the attackers are well-skilled. As a result, the attackers found it easy to break in. The report did point that if the staff had been adequately trained and vulnerabilities fixed quickly, this attack could have been averted. The report also found that this is the work of an Advanced Persistent Threat group.


2018 SingHealth data breach, Release of report
In the same report, the Committee of Inquiry made 16 recommendations to boost cybersecurity, separated into priority and additional recommendations. They are:


2018 SingHealth data breach, Release of report
On 15 January 2019, S. Iswaran, Minister for Communications and Information announced in Parliament that the Government accepted the recommendations of the report and will fully adopt them. It has also sped up the implementation of the Cybersecurity Act to increase security of CIIs. Separately, Gan Kim Yong, Minister for Health announced that changes to enhance governance and operations in Singapore's healthcare institutions and IHiS will be made.


2018 SingHealth data breach, Release of report
The dual role of Ministry of Health's chief information security officer (MOH CISO) and the director of cybersecurity governance at IHiS will be separated, where the MOH CISO has a dedicated office and reports to the Permanent Secretary of MOH, while IHiS will have a separate director in charge of cybersecurity governance, with changes at the cluster level. This will help boost operations and governance of the IT systems. In addition, MOH will establish an enhanced "Three Lines of Defence" system for public healthcare, and pilot a "Virtual Browser" for the National University Health System. All public healthcare staff will remain on Internet Surfing Separation, which was implemented immediately after the cyberattack, and the mandatory contribution of patient medical data to the National Electronic Health Record (NEHR) system will continue to be deferred.


2018 SingHealth data breach, Aftermath
Following the cyberattack, Internet access was temporarily removed from all public healthcare IT terminals with access to the healthcare network, and additional system monitoring and controls were implemented.


2018 SingHealth data breach, Aftermath
The attack led to a two-week pause in Singapore's Smart Nation initiatives and a review of the public sector's cyber-security policies during that time. The review resulted in implementation of additional security measures, and urged public sector administrators to remove Internet access where possible and to use secure Information Exchange Gateways otherwise. The attack also renewed concerns among some healthcare practitioners regarding ongoing efforts to centralize electronic patient data in Singapore.


2018 SingHealth data breach, Aftermath
Plans to pass laws in late 2018 making it compulsory for healthcare providers to submit data regarding patient visits and diagnoses to the National Electronic Health Record system were postponed. In addition, the Ministry of Health announced on 6 August 2018 that the National Electrical Health Record (NEHR) will be reviewed by an independent group made up of Cyber Security Agency and PricewaterhouseCoopers before asking doctors to submit all records to the NEHR, even though it was not affected by the cyberattack.


2018 SingHealth data breach, Aftermath
On 24 July 2018, the Monetary Authority of Singapore told banks in Singapore to tighten customer verification processes in case leaked data was used to impersonate customers, with additional information requested. Banks are also told to conduct risk assessments and mitigate risks from misuse of information.


2018 SingHealth data breach, Aftermath
The Integrated Health Information Systems (IHiS) has since strengthened public health systems against data breaches. All suspicious IT incidents will have to be reported within 24 hours. 18 other measures are also put in place, including two-factor authentication for all administrators, proactive threat hunting and intelligence, allowing only computers with latest security updates on hospital networks, and a new database activity monitoring. Studies are done to keep Internet Separation Scheme (ISS) permanent in some parts of the healthcare system with a virtual browser being piloted as an alternative.


2018 SingHealth data breach, Aftermath
After the report was released, on 14 January 2019, Integrated Health Information Systems (IHiS) dismissed two employees and demoted one for being negligent in handling and misunderstanding the attack respectively, with financial penalties imposed on two middle management supervisors, and five members of the senior management including CEO Bruce Liang. Three employees were commended by IHiS for handling the incident diligently even when not part of their job scope. IHiS has since fast-tracked a suite of 18 measures for enhancing cybersecurity. The next day, the Personal Data Protection Commission fined IHiS $750,000 and SingHealth $250,000 for not doing enough to safeguard personal data under the Personal Data Protection Act, making it the largest fine imposed for data breaches.


2018 SingHealth data breach, Aftermath
Subsequently, on 6 March 2019, cybersecurity company Symantec identified a state-sponsored group, known as Whitefly, behind the cyberattack. Although the country is not identified, that group has been found to be behind several related cyberattacks against Singapore-based entities since 2017.


2018 Singapore Cup
The 2018 Singapore Cup (also known as the RHB Singapore Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 21st edition of Singapore's annual premier club football knock-out tournament organised by the Football Association of Singapore.


2018 Singapore Grand Prix
The 2018 Singapore Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 2018 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 16 September 2018 at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Marina Bay, Singapore. The race was the 15th round of the 2018 Formula One World Championship and marked the 19th running of the Singapore Grand Prix and the 11th time the race had been held at Marina Bay.


2018 Singapore Grand Prix
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton entered the round with a 30-point lead over Sebastian Vettel in the Drivers' Championship. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes led Ferrari by 25 points. Hamilton won the race from pole position to further extend his championship lead, ahead of Max Verstappen and Vettel.


2018 Singapore Grand Prix, Race
Lewis Hamilton won the race to further strengthen his lead in the Championship after Vettel finished 3rd, thus losing further ground to Hamilton, Max Verstappen managed 2nd place. On the first lap with the two Force India cars colliding with Esteban Ocon ending up in the wall after hitting his teammate Perez, bringing out the Safety Car.


2018 Singapore National Football League
The 2018 National Football League (also known as the Aminovital National Football League) is the 44th season of the National Football League.


2018 Singapore Open (badminton)
The 2018 Singapore Open (officially known as the Singapore Badminton Open 2018) was a badminton tournament which took place at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore from 17 to 22 July 2018 and had a total purse of $355,000.


2018 Singapore Open (badminton), Tournament
The 2018 Singapore Open was the fourteenth tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the Singapore Open championships, which had been held since 1987. This tournament was organized by the Singapore Badminton Association with the sanction from BWF.


2018 Singapore Open (badminton), Tournament, Venue
This international tournament was held at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.


2018 Singapore Open (badminton), Tournament, Point distribution
Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 500 event.


2018 Singapore Open (badminton), Tournament, Prize money
The total prize money for this tournament was US$355,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.


2018 Singapore Premier League
The 2018 Singapore Premier League (also known as the Great Eastern Hyundai Singapore Premier League due to sponsorship reasons) was the inaugural season of the Singapore Premier League, the top-flight Singaporean professional league for association football clubs. The season began on 31 March 2018, and concluded on 3 October 2018. Albirex Niigata (S) won the league and successfully defended their title.


2018 Singapore Premier League
Each team will receive $888,200 if they meet key performance indicators that will be made known to them before the March 31 kick-off. This represents a "19 per cent reduction from the 2017 season", but funding for the league has been secured for the next five years.


2018 Singapore Premier League
It is the league's first season after rebranding from the S.League to the Singapore Premier League. A major overhaul from the new FAS management is being made from this season onwards to improve the standard of Singapore football.


2018 Singapore Premier League
An emphasis on youth development from the ground up is underway.


2018 Singapore Premier League, Rules
The following key changes are being made to the rules for the 2018 season:


2018 Singapore Premier League, Teams
A total of 9 teams compete in the league. Albirex Niigata (S) and DPMM FC are invited foreign clubs from Japan and Brunei respectively. Despite large criticism and discussion against the Young Lions project, the Young Lions will continue to compete till 2019 for the purposes of training and preparing for the 2019 SEA Games. The criticism mainly focused on the poor performances every season by the largely youth team made up of Singapore Football's brightest prospects.


2018 Singapore Premier League, Teams
Season-long consecutive losses against the rest of the more mature teams inflicts serious long-term consequences on the morale of the players, considering that most of these players are in the developmental ages of their footballing career. The new age restrictions imposed on the rest of the Singapore Premier League clubs could be seen as giving the Young Lions a better advantage in terms of seniority, but most critics and fans of Singapore football are still wanting the FAS to abolish the FAS-managed Young Lions and have them developed under the guidance of genuine local clubs.


2018 Singapore Premier League, Teams, Personnel and sponsors
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 Singapore Premier League, Teams, Personnel and sponsors
Note: 1) ANA Courier Express is Tampines Rovers's Singapore Cup jersey sponsor only2) Hougang United had a partnership with Assisi Hospice via its donation drive. Assisi Hospice will be published on the jersey


2018 Singapore Premier League, Teams, Foreigners
The foreign player quota for clubs will be reduced from three to two.


2018 Singapore Premier League, Teams, Foreigners
In addition, Albirex was reported to have declared their intention to have Singapore players in their squad for 2018 and is understood that a proposal is being put together for Albirex to take in local players and they will be allowed to sign two Singaporean U-23 players. Only DPMM are allowed to sign up to three foreigners.


2018 Singapore Premier League, Teams, Foreigners
Players name in bold indicates the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window.


2018 Singapore Sevens
The 2018 Singapore Sevens was the eighth tournament of the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 28–29 April 2018 at the National Stadium in Singapore.


2018 Singapore Sevens, Format
Sixteen teams are drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays all the others in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup quarter finals. The bottom two teams from each group advance to the Challenge Trophy quarter finals.


2018 Singapore Sevens, Pool stage
All times in Singapore Standard Time (UTC+08:00). The games as scheduled are as follows:


2018 Singapore Sevens, Players, Dream Team
The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:


2018 Sint Maarten general election
Snap general elections were held in Sint Maarten on 26 February 2018 following a no confidence vote in the Second Marlin cabinet.


2018 Sint Maarten general election, Background
In November 2017, a motion of no confidence against Prime Minister William Marlin and some other ministers was accepted in Parliament, due to Marlin's position in the negotiation with the Dutch government about anti fraud measures and aid funds in the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and Maria. After the motion of no confidence was accepted, Marlin tendered the resignation of his cabinet to governor Eugene Holiday and requested elections to be held. It is the second early election in a row since the Gumbs cabinet fell in 2015.


2018 Sint Maarten general election, Electoral system
The 15 seats in the Estates were elected by proportional representation. In order to participate in the election, new parties and parties without a seat in parliament were required to obtain at least 142 signatures; 1% of the valid votes of the 2016 parliamentary elections.


2018 Sioux Falls Storm season
The 2018 Sioux Falls Storm season is the team's nineteenth season as a professional indoor football franchise and 10th in the Indoor Football League (IFL). They are one of six teams that currently compete in the IFL for the 2018 season. The Storm were members of the United Conference in previous seasons, but due to the lack of teams, there is no conference alignment for the 2018 season .


2018 Sioux Falls Storm season
Led by head coach Kurtiss Riggs, the Storm play their home games at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.


2018 Sittwe bombings
The 2018 Sittwe bombings were a series of three bomb blasts in Sittwe, the capital of Myanmar's Rakhine State. One police officer received minor injuries from the blasts.


2018 Sittwe bombings, Background
Ethnic Rakhine insurgent groups have been fighting the government of Myanmar since the early 1950s. Bombings are not uncommon in Myanmar due to the various ongoing insurgencies in the country, but they have been a rare occurrence in Rakhine State. However, Rakhine State has experienced an increase in guerrilla-style attacks by insurgents since 2016.


2018 Sittwe bombings, Bombings
One of the bombs exploded at around 4:30 am (MMT) in the backyard of a residence belonging to Tin Maung Swe, a state government secretary, whilst the other two went off near a high court and a land record office. The blasts slightly injured a police officer. Authorities suspected that Swe was targeted because of his high position in the local administration. Three unexploded bombs were recovered and defused by authorities afterwards.


2018 Sittwe bombings, Investigation
Seven suspects were arrested by the Myanmar Police Force immediately after the bombing, whilst two others were detained later in the investigation. Naing Soe, a senior leader of the Arakan National Council (ANC) was among those arrested.


2018 Sittwe bombings, Investigation
On 26 March 2018, the police released five of the nine suspects, including Naing Soe, after they failed to find evidence against them within 30 days as police procedure requires. The released suspects were originally charged under Myanmar's counter-terrorism laws, but their release was ordered by the court after the police failed to show evidence linking them to the bombings. An extension for the police's remand of three of the suspects still detained was approved by the court on the same day; two of the suspects were accused of illegally crossing the Bangladesh–Myanmar border, whilst another was accused of being involved with a bombing in Mrauk U.


2018 Six Nations Championship
The 2018 Six Nations Championship (known as the Natwest 6 Nations for sponsorship reasons) was the 19th Six Nations Championship, the annual international rugby union tournament for the six major European rugby union nations.


2018 Six Nations Championship
The championship was contested by France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Wales and defending champions England. Including the competition's previous iterations as the Home Nations Championship and Five Nations Championship, it was the 124th edition of the tournament.


2018 Six Nations Championship
The Championship was won by Ireland on 10 March 2018, with their four wins (three with try bonus points) from the first four matches sufficient to place them out of reach of the other participants ahead of the final round. This was the third tournament running where the championship and Wooden Spoon had been decided by the end of round four. After a 24–15 victory against England on the final day, Ireland secured a Grand Slam, their third ever, alongside a Triple Crown.


2018 Six Nations Championship, Participants
1 Dylan Hartley was ruled out of round 4 due to injury, and Owen Farrell captained England in his absence. 2 Alun Wyn Jones was dropped from the match-day team to play Italy in round 4, and Taulupe Faletau captained Wales in his absence. 3 Guilhem Guirado was ruled out of round 5 due to injury, and Mathieu Bastareaud captained France in his absence.


2018 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures
The fixtures were announced on 16 May 2017. France hosted games in more than one venue, with their Friday night game against Italy taking place at the Stade Vélodrome, Marseille.


2018 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 1
Touch judges:Romain Poite (France)Matthew Carley (England)Television match official:David Grashoff (England)


2018 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 1
Touch judges:Wayne Barnes (England)Paul Williams (New Zealand)Television match official:Rowan Kitt (England)


2018 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 1
Touch judges:Jérôme Garcès (France)Nic Berry (Australia)Television match official:Glenn Newman (New Zealand)


2018 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 2
Touch judges:Pascal Gaüzère (France)Matthew Carley (England)Television match official:David Grashoff (England)


2018 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 2
Touch judges:George Clancy (Ireland)Nic Berry (Australia)Television match official:Glenn Newman (New Zealand)


2018 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 2
Touch judges:Nigel Owens (Wales)Paul Williams (New Zealand)Television match official:Rowan Kitt (England)


2018 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 3
Touch judges:John Lacey (Ireland)Luke Pearce (England)Television match official:David Grashoff (England)


2018 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 3
Touch judges:Pascal Gaüzère (France)Matthew Carley (England)Television match official:Rowan Kitt (England)


2018 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 3
Touch judges:Jérôme Garcès (France)Andrew Brace (Ireland)Television match official:Simon McDowell (Ireland)


2018 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 4
Touch judges:Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)Luke Pearce (England)Television match official:George Ayoub (Australia)


2018 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 4
Touch judges:Angus Gardner (Australia)Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)Television match official:Ben Skeen (New Zealand)


2018 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 4
Touch judges:Pascal Gaüzère (France)Andrew Brace (Ireland)Television match official:Marius Jonker (South Africa)


2018 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 5
Touch judges:Jérôme Garcès (France)Andrew Brace (Ireland)Television match official:Marius Jonker (South Africa)


2018 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 5
Touch judges:Jaco Peyper (South Africa)Nigel Owens (Wales)Television match official:Ben Skeen (New Zealand)


2018 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 5
Touch judges:Wayne Barnes (England)Luke Pearce (England)Television match official:George Ayoub (Australia)


2018 Six Nations Championship squads
This is a list of the complete squads for the 2018 Six Nations Championship, an annual rugby union tournament contested by the national rugby teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. England were the defending champions.


2018 Six Nations Championship squads
Note: Number of caps and players' ages are indicated as of 3 February 2018 – the tournament's opening day.


2018 Six Nations Championship squads, England
On 18 January, Eddie Jones named a 35-man squad ahead of their opening Championship match, against Italy.


2018 Six Nations Championship squads, England, Call-ups
On 29 January, James Haskell and Joe Marler were called up to the squad, although are unavailable for selection for the earlier rounds due to suspension.


2018 Six Nations Championship squads, England, Call-ups
On 5 February, Eddie Jones called up Luke Cowan-Dickie, Nathan Hughes and Richard Wigglesworth, with Wigglesworth replacing Ben Youngs who was injured in round one.


2018 Six Nations Championship squads, England, Call-ups
On 12 February, Sam Moore and Gabriel Ibitoye joined the squad during the first break, with Ibitoye joining Marcus Smith as an apprentice player.


2018 Six Nations Championship squads, England, Call-ups
On 26 February, Charlie Ewels was brought into the squad as part of the training squad ahead of the French game.


2018 Six Nations Championship squads, England, Call-ups
On 3 March, Ewels remained with the squad, whilst Elliot Daly rejoined the squad after recovering for injury.


2018 Six Nations Championship squads, England, Call-ups
On 11 March, Don Armand joined the squad as an injury replacement for Nathan Hughes who was ruled out of the final round.


2018 Six Nations Championship squads, France
On the 17 January, Jacques Brunel named a 32-man squad ahead of France's opening Championship match against Ireland.


2018 Six Nations Championship squads, France, Call-ups
On 22 January, Hugo Bonneval and Baptiste Serin were added to the squad as injury cover for Brice Dulin and Morgan Parra who were injured in the final round of the European Champions Cup.


2018 Six Nations Championship squads, France, Call-ups
On 24 January, Camille Chat was unable to join the group because of flu like symptoms. He was replaced by Adrien Pélissié.


2018 Six Nations Championship squads, France, Call-ups
On 25 January, Anthony Jelonch injured himself in training and was replaced by Alexandre Lapandry.


2018 Six Nations Championship squads, France, Call-ups
On 30 January, Christopher Tolofua injured himself, he was not replaced by another player.


2018 Six Nations Championship squads, France, Call-ups
On 5 February, Lionel Beauxis, Baptiste Couilloud, and Louis Picamoles where called up to replace Matthieu Jalibert, Antoine Dupont, and Kévin Gourdon respectively, who were injured in the first match against Ireland.


2018 Six Nations Championship squads, France, Call-ups
On 13 February, Mathieu Babillot, Camille Chat, François Trinh-Duc, Mathieu Bastareaud, Gaël Fickou, Kélian Galletier, Rémy Grosso, Bernard Le Roux, and Romain Taofifenua where called up to replace Anthony Belleau, Rémi Lamerat, Félix Lambey, Alexandre Lapandry, Sékou Macalou, Arthur Iturria, Louis Picamoles, Jonathan Danty, and Teddy Thomas respectively, who were suspended due to inappropriate behaviour after the second match against Scotland.


2018 Six Nations Championship squads, France, Call-ups
On 12 March, Pierre Bougarit was called up because of an injury to Guilhem Guirado which made him uncertain for the match against Wales. Whilst Arthur Iturria was called up to replace the injured Romain Taofifénua.


2018 Six Nations Championship squads, France, Call-ups
On 13 March, after an HIA protocol done 48 hours post-match on Hugo Bonneval after the England match, it was confirmed that he must now follow a gradual return to rugby protocol which does not allow him to train with the team until the Friday before the match against Wales, therefore Yoann Huget was called as a backup.


2018 Six Nations Championship squads, Ireland
On the 17 January, Joe Schmidt announced a 36-man squad for the opening two rounds of the Championship.


2018 Six Nations Championship squads, Ireland, Call-ups
On 22 January, James Cronin was added to the squad as injury cover for Dave Kilcoyne who was injured in the final round of the European Champions Cup.


2018 Six Nations Championship squads, Ireland, Call-ups
On 19 February, John Cooney, Garry Ringrose and Niall Scannell were called into the squad ahead of the round 3 clash with Wales as injury cover for Luke McGrath, Robbie Henshaw and Rob Herring.


2018 Six Nations Championship squads, Italy
On the 25 January, Conor O'Shea announced a 31-man squad for the opening two rounds of the Championship.