2018 Houston Astros season, Regular season
Justin Verlander was the Opening Day starting pitcher for Houston at Globe Life Park in Arlington, versus Cole Hamels of the Texas Rangers. It was Verlander's tenth career Opening Day start and first with Houston, as all nine previous had come as a member of the Detroit Tigers. George Springer led the game off with a home run, becoming the first MLB player to lead off with a home run in consecutive Opening Days. He had homered off Felix Hernandez of the Seattle Mariners in the first inning of Opening Day 2017 at Minute Maid Park. Verlander pitched six shutout innings and struck out five. The Astors won by a final score of 4–1.


2018 Houston Astros season, Regular season
Second baseman José Altuve reached 1,000 games played in his career on April 17, 2018, versus the Mariners. He became the 20th player to appear in 1,000 games for the Astros.


2018 Houston Astros season, Regular season
Verlander was named AL Player of the Week on April 17. In 15 innings over one start each versus the Rangers and Twins, he struck 20 and allowed a .100 opponents' batting average.


2018 Houston Astros season, Regular season
On May 7, 2018, Springer homered versus the Oakland Athletics and became the first player in Astros franchise history to record six hits in a nine-inning game. Joe Morgan had six hits in a twelve-inning game for the Astros on June 8, 1965.


2018 Houston Astros season, Regular season
On May 16, 2018, Verlander threw a complete game shutout against the Los Angeles Angels for his eighth career shutout and 24th complete game. He struck out Shohei Ohtani in the top of the ninth inning for his 2,500th career strikeout, becoming the 33rd pitcher in Major League history to cross that threshold. He was second among active leaders in strikeouts behind CC Sabathia.


2018 Houston Astros season, Regular season
Over three games versus the Cleveland Indians spanning May 25–27, Altuve realized a base hit in each of 10 consecutive at bats, breaking his own club record of eight which he had set the year prior. The streak included three doubles, one triple, and one home run.


2018 Houston Astros season, Regular season
Verlander was named AL Pitcher of the Month for May, his fifth career award. In six starts, he produced a 0.86 ERA and .437 OPS against, allowed nine extra base hits, while striking out 50 over 41+2⁄3 innings. He started and ended the month by dominating the Yankees—the only lineup in baseball with an OPS over .800—with 20 strikeouts in 14+2⁄3 innings, eight hits, and one run allowed.


2018 Houston Astros season, Regular season
On July 13, 2018, Charlie Morton was added to the American League roster for the 2018 MLB All-Star game making the Astros the only MLB team at the time to have all of their starting pitchers having at least one selection to participate in the MLB All-Star game.


2018 Houston Astros season, Regular season
On September 26, 2018, Houston won the American League West division title after the Oakland Athletics were defeated by the Seattle Mariners, following a 4–1 win against the Toronto Blue Jays.


2018 Houston Astros season, Regular season
Astros pitchers set a new MLB record by striking out 1,687 opposing batters during the season. The team had 96 games in which they struck out 10 or more batters, also a record. In addition, they were the first team to strike out 5 or more batters in each of 162 games.


2018 Houston Baptist Huskies football team
The 2018 Houston Baptist Huskies football team represented Houston Baptist University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Huskies were led by sixth-year head coach Vic Shealy. They played their home games at Husky Stadium and were members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 1–10, 0–9 in Southland play to finish in last place.


2018 Houston Baptist Huskies football team, Previous season
The Huskies finished the 2017 season 1–10, 0–9 in Southland play to finish in last place.


2018 Houston Baptist Huskies football team, Preseason, Preseason All-Conference Teams
On July 12, 2018, the Southland announced their Preseason All-Conference Teams, with the Huskies placing one player on the first team.


2018 Houston Baptist Huskies football team, Preseason, Preseason Poll
On July 19, 2018, the Southland announced their preseason poll, with the Huskies predicted to finish in last place.


2018 Houston Cougars football team
The 2018 Houston Cougars football team represented the University of Houston in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cougars played their home games at TDECU Stadium in Houston, Texas, and competed in the West Division of the American Athletic Conference. They were led by second-year head coach Major Applewhite. They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in AAC play to finish in a three-way tie for the West Division championship. After tiebreakers, they did not represent the West Division in the AAC Championship Game. They were invited to the Armed Forces Bowl where they lost to Army by a score of 14-70, in the process tying records for the most points given up (70) and the largest margin-of-loss (56) in NCAA bowl game history.


2018 Houston Cougars football team, Previous season
The Cougars finished the 2017 season 7–5, 5–3 in AAC play to finish in second place in the West Division. They were invited to the Hawaii Bowl where they lost to Fresno State.


2018 Houston Cougars football team, Preseason, AAC media poll
The AAC media poll was released on July 24, 2018, with the Cougars predicted to finish in second place in the AAC West Division.


2018 Houston Dash season
The 2018 Houston Dash season is the team's fifth season as an American professional women's soccer team in the National Women's Soccer League. Before the start of the 2018 season Vera Pauw was appointed as head coach.


2018 Houston Dash season, Team information, Rosters
Players and squad numbers last updated on June 20, 2018.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 Houston Dynamo season
The 2018 Houston Dynamo season was the club's 13th season of existence since joining Major League Soccer in the 2006 season. The club entered the campaign coming off its 7th Conference Final appearance in 13 years, the most among any MLS team in that time span. It was the team's second year under the leadership of Head Coach Wilmer Cabrera and fourth season under General Manager Matt Jordan. On the front office end, it was Gabriel Brener's third season as majority owner and Chris Canetti's eighth as the President of Business Operations.


2018 Houston Dynamo season
The Dynamo failed to make the MLS Cup Playoffs for the fourth time in five years but reached success in cup play, lifting its first U.S. Open Cup title - earning qualification to the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League.


2018 Houston Dynamo season, Player movement, In
Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.


2018 Houston Dynamo season, Player movement, Loans
Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.


2018 Houston Outlaws season
The 2018 Houston Outlaws season was the first season of the Houston Outlaws's existence in the Overwatch League. Outlaws qualified for the Stage 1 playoffs but fell to the London Spitfire in the semifinals. The team did not qualify finished with a regular season record of 22–18, missing the season playoffs.


2018 Houston Outlaws season, Preceding offseason
On October 31, 2017, Houston Outlaws announced their inaugural season roster, consisting of the following players:


2018 Houston Outlaws season, Regular season, Review
On January 11, the Outlaws played their first regular season Overwatch League match, a 3–2 loss to the Philadelphia Fusion. One week later, on January 17, Houston claimed their first victory after sweeping the Shanghai Dragons 4–0. Houston went on to qualify for the Stage 1 playoffs but fell to the London Spitfire in the semifinals.


2018 Houston Outlaws season, Regular season, Review
Houston entered their last regular season match against the New York Excelsior needing a win to keep their season playoff hopes alive. The Outlaws had a 2–1 lead after three matches, but New York won the next three straight to take the win 3–2. The team finished with a regular season record of 22–18.


2018 Houston Outlaws season, Final roster, Transactions
Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2018 regular season:


2018 Houston Texans season
The 2018 season was the Houston Texans' 17th season in the National Football League and their fifth under head coach Bill O'Brien. This marks the first season since 2005 that Rick Smith will not be the general manager as he took a leave of absence for family reasons. Despite an 0–3 start, their first in 10 years, the Texans surpassed their win total from the previous season with a Week 8 win over the Miami Dolphins. They had a franchise record 9 consecutive wins that also broke the NFL record for most consecutive wins after starting 0–3. The streak ended with a Week 14 loss to the Indianapolis Colts. With a Week 15 win over the New York Jets, the Texans clinched their first 10-win season under head coach Bill O’Brien, their first 10-win season since 2012 and their 3rd 10-win season in franchise history.


2018 Houston Texans season
On November 23, 2018, Bob McNair, the founding owner of the Texans, died aged 81.


2018 Houston Texans season
Despite losing to the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 16, the Texans clinched a playoff berth after the New Orleans Saints defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers later that day.


2018 Houston Texans season
With a Week 17 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Texans clinched the AFC South division, winning their fifth division title.


2018 Houston Texans season
The Texans lost in the Wild Card Round of the playoffs, 21–7 to their AFC South rival the Indianapolis Colts.


2018 Houston Texans season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at New England Patriots
Safety Tyrann Mathieu, who signed with the Texans in the offseason, intercepted a Tom Brady pass that was tipped by Angelo Blackson in the 1st quarter.


2018 Houston Texans season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. New York Giants
With the loss, the Texans fell to 0–3 for the first time since 2008, and suffered their ninth consecutive loss dating back to Week 12 of last season. They then went on to win their next nine games.


2018 Houston Texans season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Indianapolis Colts
Win the win, the Texans improved to 1–3 and snapped a 9–game losing streak. Rookie wide receiver Keke Coutee made his NFL debut, finishing with 11 receptions for 109 yards. Coutee's 11 receptions are the most by a rookie receiver since the AFL–NFL merger.


2018 Houston Texans season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Buffalo Bills
In a low-scoring defensive battle, the Texans claimed the victory in final minutes when cornerback Johnathan Joseph intercepted a pass from Bills backup quarterback Nathan Peterman and returned it for the game-winning touchdown.


2018 Houston Texans season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Jacksonville Jaguars
Lamar Miller had his first 100-yard rushing game since December 11, 2016 and also had his first rushing touchdown of the season on a 5-yard run during the third quarter. Safety Tyrann Mathieu sacked Jacksonville quarterback Cody Kessler in the fourth quarter for his first sack as a Texan and also had an interception. With the win, Houston improved to 4–3, took sole possession of 1st place in the AFC South, and had their first four-game winning streak since the 2015 season.


2018 Houston Texans season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Miami Dolphins
Quarterback Deshaun Watson threw five touchdowns (tying a career high) while only having four incompletions with no interceptions. Lamar Miller had another 100-yard rushing game for the second week in a row, running for 133 yards with a touchdown. With the win, the Texans improved to 5–3 and surpassed their win total from the previous season. Receiver Will Fuller tore his right ACL during the game and is expected to be out for 6 to 9 months.


2018 Houston Texans season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Denver Broncos
With the close win, the Texans improved to 6–3. They are the first team since the 1970 Giants to win 6 in a row after starting 0–3.


2018 Houston Texans season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: at Washington Redskins
With another close win, the Texans improved to 7–3, their best start since 2012. They also tied their longest win streak in franchise history at 7 straight, which they previously accomplished in 2011. This is the second straight game that the Texans have won thanks to a missed last second field goal.


2018 Houston Texans season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Tennessee Titans
The Texans successfully avenged their Week 2 loss to their division rival Titans. With their 8th straight win, they improved to 8–3 and eclipsed their previous franchise record for most consecutive wins. Coupled with a Steelers loss to the Denver Broncos the day before, the Texans' victory allowed them to leapfrog the Steelers for the No. 3 seed in the AFC.


2018 Houston Texans season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Tennessee Titans
This game was the first game following the death of the owner and founder Bob McNair and the team has dedicated the victory to him.


2018 Houston Texans season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Cleveland Browns
The Houston Texans were going for their ninth win in a row against Baker Mayfield and the Cleveland Browns who the week before defeated the Bengals. The Texans were able to outplay the Browns en route to their ninth straight win and forced the Browns to turn the ball over four times including three interceptions by Baker Mayfield.


2018 Houston Texans season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Indianapolis Colts
With the loss, the Texans 9-game winning streak was snapped. They also squandered an opportunity to move ahead of the Patriots for the No. 2 seed as the Patriots suffered a loss of their own to the Miami Dolphins.


2018 Houston Texans season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at New York Jets
With the win, the Texans improved to 10–4 and reached 10 wins for the first time since 2012, and for the first time in the Bill O'Brien era. With the Patriots loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers the next day, the Texans obtained sole possession of the No. 2 seed and now control their destiny for a first-round bye if they win their last 2 games.


2018 Houston Texans season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Philadelphia Eagles
The Texans traveled to Philadelphia seeking to defeat the Philadelphia Eagles for the first time in franchise history. Houston rallied from a 13-point fourth quarter deficit to take a one-point lead on a 35-yard touchdown reception by Vyncint Smith with 2:04 remaining in the game. However, the defense could not stop Philadelphia on the ensuing drive, and the Eagles prevailed 32-30 on a 35-yard field goal by Jake Elliott as time expired. With the loss, the Texans fell to 10-5 on the season and 0-5 all-time against the Eagles.


2018 Houston Texans season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Philadelphia Eagles
Houston also failed to clinch the AFC South due to victories by the Tennessee Titans and Indianapolis Colts and slipped back to No. 3 with the New England Patriots victory over the Buffalo Bills. However, the Texans would clinch a playoff berth when the Pittsburgh Steelers lost to the New Orleans Saints later that day.


2018 Houston Texans season, Postseason, AFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs. (6) Indianapolis Colts
This was the first time in Houston Texans history where they played against a division opponent in the postseason. With the NFC East champion Dallas Cowboys hosting the Seattle Seahawks Saturday evening, it was also the first time in league history that two NFL playoff games were played in Texas on the same day.


2018 Howard Bison football team
The 2018 Howard Bison football team represented Howard University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Mike London. The Bison played their home games at William H. Greene Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). They finished the season 4–6, 4–3 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for fourth place.


2018 Howard Bison football team
On November 19, head coach Mike London resigned to become the head coach at William & Mary. He finished at Howard with a two-year record of 11–10.


2018 Howard Bison football team, Previous season
The Bison kicked off the 2017 season by defeating UNLV, a 45-point favorite, in the biggest upset in college football history by point spread. They would finish the season 7–4, 6–2 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for second place.


2018 Howard Bison football team, Preseason, MEAC preseason poll
In a vote of the MEAC head coaches and sports information directors, the Bison were picked to finish in second place.


2018 Howard Bison football team, Preseason, Preseason All-MEAC Teams
The Bison had nine players at ten positions selected to the preseason all-MEAC teams.


2018 Howard Bison football team, Schedule
Despite also being a member of the MEAC, the game vs Savannah State will be considered a non-conference game and will have no effect on the MEAC standings.


2018 Hualien earthquake
At 23:50 (UTC+8) on 6 February 2018, an earthquake of magnitude 6.4 on the moment magnitude scale hit Taiwan. The epicenter was on the coastline near Hualien, which was the most severely affected area, with a maximum felt intensity of VIII (severe) on the Mercalli intensity scale. At least 17 deaths were reported, with 285 injured. The maximum foreshock was recorded on 4 February 2018, at 21:56:40. The epicenter was located at Hualien County, Taiwan, reaching a scale of ML 5.8.


2018 Hualien earthquake, Tectonic setting
Taiwan has a history of many strong earthquakes. The island is located within a complex zone of convergence between the Philippine Sea Plate and Eurasian Plate. At the location of the earthquake, these plates converge at a rate of 75 mm per year. To the south of Taiwan, oceanic crust of the Eurasian Plate is subducting beneath the Philippine Sea Plate creating an island arc, the Luzon Arc. At Taiwan the oceanic crust has all been subducted and the arc is colliding with continental crust of the Eurasian Plate. To the north of Taiwan the Philippine Sea Plate is in contrast subducting beneath the Eurasian Plate, forming the Ryukyu Arc.


2018 Hualien earthquake, Earthquake
The earthquake formed the largest of a sequence of events that have affected the area over a period of days, with 11 foreshocks of M 4.6 and greater, starting on 3 February with an M 4.8 earthquake and including an M 6.1 event on 4 February, within a few kilometres of the event that took place on 6 February. 6 February earthquake was a result of oblique-slip faulting.


2018 Hualien earthquake, Earthquake
The earthquake occurred on the second anniversary of the 2016 Taiwan earthquake in Tainan that had killed 117 people.


2018 Hualien earthquake, Earthquake
The earthquake was followed by a series of aftershocks, with the largest being an M 5.7 event on 7 February at 23:21 local time, 19 km northeast of Hualien city, which reached a maximum intensity of VI (strong).


2018 Hualien earthquake, Earthquake
Richter magnitudes of the 2018 Hualian earthquakes. Source: Taiwan Central Weather Bureau


2018 Hualien earthquake, Earthquake
Map of 2018 Hualian earthquakes as of 9 February (UTC+8) plotting 359 shocks. Source: Taiwan Central Weather Bureau


2018 Hualien earthquake, Earthquake
Maps of 2018 Hualian fore-, main, and aftershocks: on the right, the location of M>4.5 foreshocks and the main shock (red star); on the left, M>4.5 aftershocks (as of 18:00 UTC 9 February) and the mainshock. Both maps from USGS earthquake catalog results.


2018 Hualien earthquake, Aftermath, Casualties
As of 11 February 17 people were reported dead and a further 285 injured. Of the reported fatalities, 9 were from People's Republic of China, 5 from Taiwan, 2 from Hong Kong of Canadian nationality, and 1 from the Philippines. 14 of them were in The Yun Men Tsui Ti building.


2018 Hualien earthquake, Aftermath, Damage
Many buildings in the city of Hualien were damaged, including four that had partially collapsed or were severely damaged. The lower floors of the Marshal Hotel collapsed, killing two people. 14 deaths were also reported from the twelve-story Yun Men Tsui Ti residential building, which was severely tilted due to the collapse of some of the lower floors. Large beams were placed by cranes on one side of the building in an effort to prevent further tilting during the continuing rescue efforts.


2018 Hualien earthquake, Aftermath, Damage
Many homes were left without water. Bridges and highways remaining closed due to damage from the earthquake.


2018 Hualien earthquake, Aftermath, Damage
Hundreds of firefighters and military personnel stayed onsite to support efforts to rescue people trapped in damaged buildings.


2018 Hualien earthquake, Aftermath, International response
The Taiwanese government said that several countries offered to provide aid following the earthquake but stated that it had to "politely decline" such offers, including an offer from People's Republic of China reasoning that Taiwan has no shortage of relief workers and supplies. It decided to accept a Japanese contingent since they possess body-heat detection equipment, a technology Taiwanese authorities do not possess.


2018 Hualien earthquake, Aftermath, International response
The Japanese specialized rescue team arrived on 9 February to provide assistance for the search efforts. The Japanese team was the first international search-and-rescue team to arrive in Taiwan. Singapore also flew in US$103,000 worth of humanitarian supplies to Taiwan through a C-130 Hercules of the Republic of Singapore Air Force.


2018 Hualien earthquake, Aftermath, International response
At least 63 countries, 18 of which have formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan, as well as the European Union, the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, the Central American Parliament and the Central American Integration System sent condolences to the Taiwanese government.


2018 Huddersfield Giants season
This article details the Huddersfield Giants Rugby League Football Club's 2018 season.


2018 Hull City Council election
The 2018 Hull City Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. This was on the same day as other nationwide local elections. Following a review of Ward boundaries by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) the whole council was up for election as the number of councillors was reduced by two and boundaries of all seats redrawn. The Labour party was defending overall control of the council, which they achieved but with a greatly reduced majority.


2018 Hull City Council election
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:


2018 Hull City Council election, Results summary
The votes and percentage expressed above for Independent is a combination of votes cast for candidates described as Independent, Democrats and Veterans Party, The Yorkshire Party and where no description was provided on the official declaration of candidature or result.


2018 Hull City Council election, Ward results
An asterisk * indicates an incumbent for one of the former wards who stood for re-election.


2018 Hull City Council election, Ward results
Turnout figures where stated are the number of ballot papers handed out in a ward including any rejected ballot papers.


2018 Hull City Council election, Ward results, University
Joyce Korczak Fields had previously won the election in University Ward in 2015 for Labour.


2018 Hull FC season
This article details the Hull F.C. Rugby League Football Club's 2018 season.


2018 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
The 2018 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team represented Humboldt State University as a member of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) in the 2018 NCAA Division II football season. The Lumberjacks were led by first-year head coach Damaro Wheeler and played their home games at the Redwood Bowl. The finished the season with a record of 2–8 overall and 2–6 in GNAC play to place fourth. This was final season for the Humboldt State football program, as the school has discontinue the sport at the conclusion of the 2018 season.


2018 Humpty's Champions Cup
The 2018 Humpty's Champions Cup is the final Grand Slam of curling event of the 2017–18 curling season. It was held April 24-29, 2018 at the WinSport Arena, Canada Olympic Park, in Calgary, Alberta.


2018 Hun Sen Cup
The Hun Sen Cup was the main football knockout tournament in Cambodia. The 2018 Hun Sen Cup was the 12th season of the Hun Sen Cup, the premier knockout tournament for association football clubs in Cambodia involving Cambodian League and provincial teams organized by the Football Federation of Cambodia.


2018 Hun Sen Cup
Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng were the defending champions, having beaten Nagaworld 3–0 in the previous season's final.


2018 Hun Sen Cup
Hun Sen Cup 2018 divided into two stages, regional stage and national stage. 22 teams from the Capital and provinces playing in regional stage. 16 teams playing in national stage, 12 teams from Cambodian League with the last four teams from semi-finals of regional stage.


2018 Hun Sen Cup, Regional stage, Group stage
Each group was played on a single round-robin basis at the pre-selected hosts. Mondul Kiri directed to round of 16 due to only one team in Group C. Group winners, runners-up, third places and the best three fourth-placed team advanced to round of 16.


2018 Hun Sen Cup, National stage
In national stage, matches start from round of 16 and play home-away basis.


2018 Hungarian Athletics Championships
The 2018 Hungarian Athletics Championships were the 123rd edition of the Hungarian Athletics Championships, which took place on 22–24 June 2018 at the Bregyó Inter-Regional Athletic Center in Székesfehérvár.


2018 Hungarian Athletics Championships, Results, Men, Track
WR world record |ER European record | CR championship record | NR national record |WL world leading  |EL European leading |PB personal best | SB seasonal best


2018 Hungarian Athletics Championships, Results, Men, Track
* Indicates the athlete only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals.


2018 Hungarian Athletics Championships, Results, Men, Field
WR world record |ER European record | CR championship record | NR national record |WL world leading  |EL European leading |PB personal best | SB seasonal best


2018 Hungarian Athletics Championships, Results, Women, Track
WR world record |ER European record | CR championship record | NR national record |WL world leading  |EL European leading |PB personal best | SB seasonal best


2018 Hungarian Athletics Championships, Results, Women, Track
* Indicates the athlete only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals.


2018 Hungarian Athletics Championships, Results, Women, Field
WR world record |ER European record | CR championship record | NR national record |WL world leading  |EL European leading |PB personal best | SB seasonal best


2018 Hungarian Canoe Sprint Championships
The 2018 Hungarian Canoe Sprint Championships was held in Szolnok, from 29 to 31 August 2018.


2018 Hungarian Canoe Sprint Championships, Explanation of events
Canoe sprint competitions were contested in either a Canadian canoe (C), an open canoe with a single-blade paddle, or in a kayak (K), a closed canoe with a double-bladed paddle. Each canoe or kayak can hold one person (1), two people (2), or four people (4). For each of the specific canoes or kayaks, such as a K-1 (kayak single), the competition distances can be 200, 500, 1000 or 5000 metres. When a competition is listed as a K-2 500m event, for example, it means two people were in a kayak competing over a distance of 500 metres.


2018 Hungarian Canoe Sprint Championships, Explanation of events
Paracanoe competitions were contested in either a va'a (V), an outrigger canoe (which includes a second pontoon) with a single-blade paddle, or in a kayak (as above). All international competitions were held over 200 metres in single-man boats, with three event classes in both types of vessel for men and women depending on the level of an athlete's impairment. The lower the classification number, the more severe the impairment is - for example, VL1 is a va'a competition for those with particularly severe impairments.


2018 Hungarian Challenger Open
The 2018 Hungarian Challenger Open was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament and was a part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Budapest, Hungary between 5 and 11 February 2018.


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


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


2018 Hungarian Challenger Open – Doubles
Dino Marcan and Tristan-Samuel Weissborn were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2018 Hungarian Challenger Open – Doubles
Félix Auger-Aliassime and Nicola Kuhn won the title after defeating Marin and Tomislav Draganja 2–6, 6–2, [11–9] in the final.


2018 Hungarian Challenger Open – Singles
Jürgen Melzer was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2018 Hungarian Challenger Open – Singles
Vasek Pospisil won the title after defeating Nicola Kuhn 7–6(7–3), 3–6, 6–3 in the final.


2018 Hungarian Fencing Championships
The 2018 Hungarian Fencing Championships were the 113th edition of the Hungarian Fencing Championships, which took place on 20–22 December 2018 at the Aladár Gerevich National Sports Hall in Budapest.


2018 Hungarian Grand Prix
The 2018 Hungarian Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Rolex Magyar Nagydíj 2018) was a Formula One motor race held on 29 July 2018 at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród, Hungary. The race was the 12th round of the 2018 Formula One World Championship and marked the 34th running of the Hungarian Grand Prix, and the 33rd time the race had been run as a World Championship event since the inaugural season in 1950.


2018 Hungarian Grand Prix
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton entered the round with a 17-point lead over Sebastian Vettel in the Drivers' Championship, and extended it to 24 points. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes led Ferrari by 8 points before the race, and they further extended their lead to 10 points.


2018 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Background
The Ferrari crew wore black armbands in honour of former Ferrari chairman Sergio Marchionne, who died following complications from surgery on 25 July 2018. Black stripes were also incorporated into the cars of Ferrari as well as engine customer teams Haas and Sauber in tribute to Marchionne.


2018 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Hamilton led away from pole and got away well with Bottas in close pursuit. Max Verstappen retired on lap 5 following an engine failure, with a brief virtual safety car period to remove his car. Hamilton pitted from the lead on lap 25, however Vettel stayed out and didn't make his pit stop until lap 39, and was unable to get out ahead of Bottas. By lap 65, Vettel and Räikkönen had caught up to Bottas on fresher tyres.


2018 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Vettel went for an overtake at turn 2 and moved into second place, but Bottas made contact trying to defend, damaging his front wing and letting Räikkönen through. Three laps later, Daniel Ricciardo attempted an overtake on Bottas, but the two drivers also made contact and picked up damage. Bottas gave the position up on the final lap, finishing in fifth. He was later handed a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision, however this did not change his finishing position. Hamilton won the race, seventeen seconds ahead of Vettel, with Räikkönen finishing in third.


2018 Hungarian Ladies Open
The 2018 Hungarian Ladies Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 22nd edition of the Hungarian Ladies Open, an International-level tournament on the 2018 WTA Tour.


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


2018 Hungarian Ladies Open – Doubles
Hsieh Su-wei and Oksana Kalashnikova were the defending champions, but Hsieh chose to compete in Dubai instead. Kalashnikova played alongside Natela Dzalamidze, but lost in the quarterfinals to Irina Bara and Mihaela Buzărnescu.


2018 Hungarian Ladies Open – Doubles
Georgina García Pérez and Fanny Stollár won the title, defeating Kirsten Flipkens and Johanna Larsson in the final, 4–6, 6–4, [10–3]. This was the first WTA Tour title for both García Pérez and Stollár.


2018 Hungarian Ladies Open – Singles
Tímea Babos was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Mona Barthel.


2018 Hungarian Ladies Open – Singles
Unseeded Alison Van Uytvanck won the title, defeating Dominika Cibulková in the final, 6–3, 3–6, 7–5.


2018 Hungarian Open (table tennis)
The 2018 Hungarian Open was the first event of the 2018 ITTF World Tour. It took place from 18–21 January in Budapest, Hungary.


2018 Hungarian Pro Circuit Ladies Open
The 2018 Hungarian Pro Circuit Ladies Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the third edition of the tournament and was part of the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Budapest, Hungary, on 9–15 July 2018.


2018 Hungarian Pro Circuit Ladies Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2018 Hungarian Pro Circuit Ladies Open – Doubles
Mariana Duque Mariño and María Irigoyen were the defending champions, but Duque Mariño chose not to participate. Irigoyen partnered Danka Kovinić, but lost in the quarterfinals to Akgul Amanmuradova and Natela Dzalamidze.


2018 Hungarian Pro Circuit Ladies Open – Doubles
Alexandra Cadanțu and Chantal Škamlová won the title, defeating Kaitlyn Christian and Giuliana Olmos in the final, 6–1, 6–3.


2018 Hungarian Pro Circuit Ladies Open – Singles
Jana Čepelová was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Réka Luca Jani.


2018 Hungarian Pro Circuit Ladies Open – Singles
Viktória Kužmová won the title, defeating Ekaterina Alexandrova in the final, 6–3, 4–6, 6–1.


2018 Hungarian Swimming Championships
The 2018 Hungarian Swimming Championships were the 120th edition of the Hungarian Swimming National Championships (Hungarian: CXX. Országos Bajnokság Széchy Tamás emlékére), which took place on 28–31 March 2018 at the Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex in Debrecen.


2018 Hungarian Swimming Championships, Events
Similar to the program's format, swimming features a total of 42 events (20 each for men and women), including two 2 mixed events. The following events will be contested (all pool events are long course, and distances are in metres unless stated):


2018 Hungarian parliamentary election
The 2018 Hungarian parliamentary election took place on 8 April 2018. This parliamentary election was the eighth since the 1990 first multi-party election and the second since the adoption of a new Constitution of Hungary which came into force on 1 January 2012. The result was a victory for the Fidesz–KDNP alliance, preserving its two-thirds majority, with Viktor Orbán remaining Prime Minister. Orbán and Fidesz campaigned primarily on the issues of immigration and foreign meddling, and the election was seen as a victory for right-wing populism in Europe.


2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, Background
At the previous parliamentary election, in April 2014, the incumbent government—composed of Fidesz and its satellite ally the Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP)—was able to achieve a two-thirds majority for the second consecutive time with 44.87 percent of the votes. According to their critics, this overwhelming proportion was only because of the new election law (mostly due to the introduction of compensation votes also for the individual winners) which was adopted by the ruling coalition in 2011. In early 2015, however, Fidesz lost its two-thirds majority following the 2014 Hungarian Internet tax protests and subsequent decrease in support for the government. The governing party suffered defeats at two parliamentary by-elections in February and April 2015, both in Veszprém County.


2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, Background
The left-wing electoral alliance Unity, which failed to win the 2014 national election after its five constituent parties gained a total of only 38 seats, broke up shortly thereafter. Its former member parties (MSZP, Együtt–PM and DK) participated in the May 2014 European Parliament election individually, while the MLP did not participate in the election at all. Due to this fragmentation of the left-wing opposition, the radical nationalist Jobbik became the second largest party in a nationwide election for the first time since its establishment. The PM broke off the permanent nature of its alliance with Együtt on 9 November 2014.


2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, Background
After a few months of crisis for Fidesz from November 2014, which was marked by internal conflicts (e.g. businessman Lajos Simicska's fall from grace within Fidesz) and corruption allegations, the governing party regained much of its lost support during the European migrant crisis during the summer of 2015, when Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced the construction of a 4-metre-high (13 ft), 175-kilometre-long (109 mi) fence along its southern border with Serbia. The Hungarian government also criticised the official European Union policy for not dissuading migrants from entering Europe. The barrier became successful, as from 17 October 2015 onward, thousands of migrants were diverted daily to Slovenia instead.


2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, Background
On 13 December 2015, the 26th congress of the ruling Fidesz re-elected Viktor Orbán as party leader. Orbán said in his speech that he was ready to lead the party into the forthcoming parliamentary election and to continue to serve as prime minister if Fidesz won re-election in 2018. With that statement, Orbán made clear that he did not intend to become President of Hungary in succession to János Áder during the 2017 indirect presidential election.


2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, Background
On 2 October 2017, the elected leader of the MSZP, László Botka, announced his withdrawal, saying that he thought some of the Hungarian opposition did not care about changing government.


2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, Background
Orbán and Fidesz's strength going into the election came into question when the party unexpectedly lost a mayoral by-election in Hódmezővásárhely, considered a Fidesz stronghold, on 25 February 2018, to an independent candidate supported by every opposition party. Election observers and critics of Orbán speculated whether Hungary's opposition parties could create a similar alliance on the national level, though the opposition parties had been unable to create a common strategy by late March 2018. Orbán increased his efforts as a result of this loss.


2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, Background
According to observers prior to the election, winning re-election was seen as more difficult for Orbán than expected.


2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, Electoral system
The 199 members of the National Assembly were to be elected by two methods; 106 would be elected in single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting, with the remaining 93 elected from a single nationwide constituency mostly by proportional representation, via a partially compensatory system (a hybrid of parallel voting and the mixed single vote). The electoral threshold was set at 5%, although this was raised to 10% for coalitions of two parties and 15% for coalitions of three or more parties. Seats were to be allocated using the d'Hondt method.


2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, Electoral system
Since 2014, each of the Armenian, Bulgarian, Croatian, German, Greek, Polish, Romani, Romanian, Rusyn, Serbian, Slovakian, Slovenian, and Ukrainian ethnic minorities can win one of the 93 party lists seats if they register as a specific lists and reach a lowered quota of 14×93=1372≈0.2688%{\displaystyle {\frac {1}{4\times 93}}={\frac {1}{372}}\approx 0.2688\%} of the total of party list votes.


2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, Candidates, Individual candidates
The following table contains a selected list of numbers of individual candidates by county representation and party affiliation:


2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, Candidates, National lists
Under the election law, parties which ran individual candidates in at least 27 constituencies in Budapest and at least nine counties had the opportunity to set up a national list. The following table contains only the incumbent parliamentary parties' national lists (first 20 members), which were able to secure mandates:


2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, Candidates, National lists
1. Viktor Orbán (Fidesz)2. Zsolt Semjén (KDNP)3. László Kövér (Fidesz)4. Katalin Novák (Fidesz)5. Mihály Varga (Fidesz)6. Gergely Gulyás (Fidesz)7. Gábor Kubatov (Fidesz)8. Szilárd Németh (Fidesz)9. Zoltán Balog (Fidesz)10. Péter Harrach (KDNP)11. Sándor Lezsák (Fidesz)12. István Jakab (Fidesz)13. Balázs Győrffy (Fidesz)14. Béla Turi-Kovács (Fidesz)15. Kristóf Szatmáry (Fidesz)16. László Böröcz (Fidesz)17. Flórián Farkas (Fidesz)18. Márta Mátrai (Fidesz)19. Zsolt Németh (Fidesz)20. István Bajkai (Fidesz)


2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, Candidates, National lists
1. Gábor Vona2. János Volner3. Dóra Dúró4. Ádám Steinmetz5. Andrea Varga-Damm6. Dániel Z. Kárpát7. Tamás Sneider8. Ádám Mirkóczki9. Erik Fülöp10. Dávid Janiczak11. Márton Gyöngyösi12. Gergely Farkas13. Gábor Staudt14. György Szilágyi15. Péter Jakab16. Enikő Hegedűs17. István Szávay18. László Lukács19. Balázs Ander20. Tibor Bana


2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, Candidates, National lists
1. Gergely Karácsony (P)2. Gyula Molnár (MSZP)3. István Hiller (MSZP)4. Ágnes Kunhalmi (MSZP)5. Bertalan Tóth (MSZP)6. Zoltán Gőgös (MSZP)7. József Tóbiás (MSZP)8. Attila Mesterházy (MSZP)9. Zsolt Molnár (MSZP)10. Zita Gurmai (MSZP)11. Bence Tordai (P)12. Lajos Korózs (MSZP)13. László Varga (MSZP)14. Ildikó Bangó-Borbély (MSZP)15. Anett Bősz (MSZP)16. Tamás Harangozó (MSZP)17. András Nemény (MSZP)18. László Szakács (MSZP)19. Márta V. Naszályi (MSZP)20. Csaba Tóth (MSZP)


2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, Candidates, National lists
1. Bernadett Szél2. Ákos Hadházy3. György Gémesi4. Erzsébet Schmuck5. Péter Ungár6. László Lóránt Keresztes7. Márta Demeter8. Máté Kanász-Nagy9. Szilvia Lengyel10. Gábor Üveges11. István Ferenczi12. Krisztina Hohn13. Júlia Ábrahám14. Kálmán Kis-Szeniczey15. Róbert Benedek Sallai16. Virág Ecseki17. István Ikotity18. Antal Csárdi19. Mária Hajdu20. János Kendernay


2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, Candidates, National lists
1. Ferenc Gyurcsány2. Csaba Molnár3. Ágnes Vadai4. Péter Niedermüller5. László Varju6. Lajos Oláh7. Sándor Székely8. Zsolt Gréczy9. Attila Ara-Kovács10. Imre László11. Gergely Arató12. László Sebián-Petrovszki13. Erzsébet Gy. Németh14. Zoltán Varga15. József Debreczeni16. Judit Ráczné Földi17. Tibor Nagy-Huszein18. Erik Konczer19. József Binszki20. Zoltán Nagy


2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, Reactions
Following his election defeat, Gábor Vona, chairman of Jobbik, tendered his resignation. The entire Socialist leadership also resigned.


2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, Reactions
Orbán was congratulated by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, European Council President Donald Tusk, British foreign minister Boris Johnson and Former Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper. In addition, numerous hard-right and far-right European leaders, including Marine Le Pen, Geert Wilders, Beatrix von Storch, Vice Chancellor of Austria Heinz-Christian Strache, Matteo Salvini, Alexander Gauland, Alice Weidel, and Nigel Farage, congratulated Orbán's election victory. German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer also reacted positively at the election results. U.S. President Donald Trump congratulated Orbán's election victory in a June 2018 phone conversation.


2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, Reactions
On 14 April 2018, "tens of thousands" of Hungarians protested Orbán's election victory in Budapest. According to Bloomberg News, the protests illustrated the divide in Hungarian society that existed despite Orbán's victory. Another large protest occurred the following week.


2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, Reactions, Analysis
According to The Washington Post the election was "easily the most consequential since Hungary’s post-communist transition",and it "represented a victory for the European far right". Orbán campaigned exclusively on his opposition to immigration and foreign meddling and his victory was seen as a boost for his Eurosceptic and nationalist policies as well as for other right-wing populist governments and political parties across Europe, such as in Austria and Poland. The election results strengthened Orbán's position over Hungarian politics, giving his party the ability to change Hungary's constitution again, and they were seen as a setback to the European Union along with a string of other elections throughout Europe.


2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, Reactions, Analysis
The election saw a large surge in voter turnout, one of the largest in post-communist Hungarian history, which benefited Fidesz despite pre-election expectations that it would help the opposition. Fidesz significantly outperformed its election result expectations, but was reported to have lost support among younger voters. There was also a geographical split in the results, with opposition parties winning the majority of seats in Budapest, while provincial towns and rural areas were predominantly won by the Fidesz coalition. Despite this, The Washington Post described the results as "a crushing defeat for left-leaning opposition leaders".


2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, Reactions, Analysis
According to Zselyke Csaky of Foreign Policy, Orbán won partially because of a growing Hungarian economy, his centralization of power over the previous eight years, and "the brutally effective propaganda campaign he has waged against all enemies". According to Shaun Walker of The Guardian, Orbán's opposition to immigration and "a coordinated, expensive and sophisticated sting operation" by the Hungarian government on various NGOs contributed to his victory.


2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, Reactions, Analysis
The election was also notable for seeing a representative of Hungary's German minority be elected for the first time since 1933.


2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, Reactions, Electoral conduct
A preliminary report on the election by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) criticised the electoral conduct and stated that Fidesz used government resources for its election campaign. A spokesman described campaigning language as "quite hostile and xenophobic". The report criticised the atmosphere as limiting wide-ranging debate and found that public television broadcasts were biased towards the governing coalition. It also criticised the use of "information campaigns" funded out of public money, which it stated generated "a pervasive overlap between state and ruling party resources, undermining contestants' ability to compete on an equal basis".


2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, Government formation
On 12 April 2018, cabinet member Antal Rogán announced TV2 that "there will be a new government formed, mostly with new members and a new structure", in line with the government's new priorities, including demography and family policy and migrant issue. On 20 April, Orbán said "I would say that people not voted for the continuation of the work of the present government, but they want no change in the service of the goals".


2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, Government formation
There he announced the replacement of János Lázár as Minister of the Prime Minister's Office, one of the most influential members of his former cabinets, and confirmed Mihály Varga will remain minister responsible for economy. He called solving demographic problems as the government's most important task. On 23 April, Zoltán Balog announced, he will step down as Minister of Human Resources, disagreeing with the prime minister over structural considerations, who intended to keep the type of superministry system. Balog will lead the Fidesz's Foundation for Civic Hungary.


2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, Government formation
Next day, Sándor Fazekas also said that he will not continue his work as Minister of Agriculture after eight years. On 25 April, minister without portfolio Lajos Kósa announced he will leave the government, as Orbán entrusted him to lead the Fidesz campaign for the upcoming local elections in 2019. On the same day, the online version of ATV reported that Minister of Defence István Simicskó also left the government, and will be replaced by "a general".


2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, Government formation
Senior press officer Bertalan Havasi announced the compilation of the government on 27 April, which largely confirmed previous unofficial information. Accordingly, the name of the Ministry of National Economy was restored to Ministry of Finance, which existed before 2010. The Ministry of National Development abolished and its duties were distributed: Andrea Bártfai-Mager was appointed minister without portfolio for managing national wealth and László Palkovics became head of the newly formed Ministry of National Innovation and Technology, while energy issues were assigned to the Prime Minister's Office.


2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, Government formation
The Ministry of Agriculture was renamed from "Földművelésügyi Minisztérium" to "Agrárminisztérium" with no change in the scope of operations. Seven members of Orbán's third cabinet – Zsolt Semjén, Antal Rogán, Péter Szijjártó, Sándor Pintér, László Trócsányi, Mihály Varga and János Süli – retained their positions. Miklós Kásler, the Director of the National Institute of Oncology was appointed Minister of Human Resources, while incumbent Secretary of State for Agriculture István Nagy replaced his superior Sándor Fazekas.


2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, Government formation
Fidesz caucus leader Gergely Gulyás became the new Minister of the Prime Minister's Office, but the evolving Prime Minister's Government Office under the direct management of Viktor Orbán has reduced his powers. Col. Gen. Tibor Benkő, who has served as Chief of the General Staff since 2010 was nominated to the position of Minister of Defence, becoming the first active military officer since the end of communism, who held the ministry.


2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, Government formation
On 10 May, the new Hungarian Parliament elected Orbán to a fourth term. Orbán's new cabinet was then sworn in on 18 May.


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


2018 Huntingdonshire District Council election, By-elections between 2018 and 2021, Godmanchester & Hemingford Abbots
A by-election took place in Godmanchester and Hemingford Abbots on 1 August 2019 after the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor David Underwood. The seat was held for the Liberal Democrats by Sarah Wilson.


2018 Huntingdonshire District Council election, By-elections between 2018 and 2021, Alconbury
A by-election took place in Alconbury on 12 December 2019 alongside the 2019 general election, following the resignation of Councillor Jim White. The seat was held for the Conservative Party by Ian Gardener.


2018 Huntingdonshire District Council election, By-elections between 2018 and 2021, St Ives East
A by-election took place in the St Ives East ward on 13 February 2020, after the resignation of Conservative Party Councillor and Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner Jason Ablewhite following his referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct. The seat was held for the Conservative Party by Adam Roberts.


2018 Huntingdonshire District Council election, By-elections between 2018 and 2021, Huntingdon North
A by-election took place in the Huntingdon North ward on 6 May 2021 alongside the 2021 local elections. The seat was held for the Labour Party by Marion Kadewere.


2018 Huntingdonshire District Council election, By-elections between 2018 and 2021, St Ives South
A by-election took place in the St Ives South ward on 6 May 2021 alongside the 2021 local elections, following the passing of Councillor John Davies. The seat was held for the Conservative Party by Rianna D'Souza.


2018 Huntingdonshire District Council election, By-elections between 2018 and 2021, St Ives East
A by-election took place in the St Ives East ward on 6 May 2021 alongside the 2021 local elections, following the resignation of Councillor Richard Bellamy. The seat was held for the Conservative Party by Craig Smith.


2018 Huntingdonshire District Council election, By-elections between 2018 and 2021, Warboys
A by-election took place in the Warboys ward on 6 May 2021 alongside the 2021 local elections, following the passing of Councillor Jill Tavener. The seat was held for the Conservative Party by Michael Haines.


2018 Huntingdonshire District Council election, By-elections between 2018 and 2021, St Neots East
A by-election took place in the St Neots East ward on 8 July 2021, following the election of Dr Nik Johnson as Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. The seat was won by Independent candidate Benjamin Pitt.


2018 Huron County municipal elections
Elections took place in Huron County, Ontario on October 22, 2018 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.


2018 Huron County municipal elections, Huron County Council
Huron County Council consists of the Mayors and Reeves of each constituent municipality, plus deputy mayors, deputy reeves for all municipalities except Howick, Morris-Turnberry and North Huron


2018 Hyderabad Open (badminton)
The 2018 Hyderabad Open (officially known as the IDBI Federal Life Insurance Hyderabad Open 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at G. M. C. Balayogi SATS Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad, India from 4 to 9 September 2018 and had a total purse of $75,000.


2018 Hyderabad Open (badminton), Tournament
The 2018 Hyderabad Open was the seventh Super 100 tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the Hyderabad Open championships, which was held for the first time. This tournament was organized by the Badminton Association of India with the sanction from the BWF.


2018 Hyderabad Open (badminton), Tournament, Venue
This international tournament was held at G. M. C. Balayogi SATS Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad, Telangana, India.


2018 Hyderabad 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 Tour Super 100 event.


2018 Hyderabad Open (badminton), Tournament, Prize money
The total prize money for this tournament was US$75,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.


2018 Hyndburn Borough Council election
A by-thirds Hyndburn Borough Council local election, was held on Thursday 03 May 2018. Approximately one third of the local council's 35 seats fall up for election on that day.


2018 Hyndburn Borough Council election, Background
Before the election Labour had a majority of 26 councillors, Conservatives had 7 councillors, while UKIP 'formerly' had 2 councillors, who have since resigned from that party and had both reverted to become Independents and where one of those seats had been left Vacated, following the death of that councillor.


2018 Hyndburn Borough Council election, Council composition
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:


2018 Hyndburn Borough Council election, Council composition
Both Labour and Conservatives candidates challenged every ward, with Labour defending 7 existing seats, and Conservatives defending only 2 existing seats.


2018 Hyndburn Borough Council election, Council composition
No candidates stood as potential UKIP councillors, in any Hyndburn ward, but as Independents instead, across only 5 wards.


2018 Hyndburn Borough Council election, Council composition
Only one candidate stood as a potential Green Party councillor, in Great Harwood's Overton ward.


2018 Hyndburn Borough Council election, Local Election result
The majority grouping of councillors was as the headline result of the election, unchanged with Labour retaining an overall 26-seat majority, but with Conservatives increasing their numbers by 2-seats, as UKIP lost their 2-seats.


2018 Hyndburn Borough Council election, Local Election result
After the election, the composition of the council's 35 seats was -


2018 Hyndburn Borough Council election, Local Election result
NB: Five (of the 16) Council wards, where seats were NOT up for re-election in 2018, included the following wards - Altham, Baxenden and Church, plus Barnfield and Central in Accrington.


2018 Hyndburn Borough Council election, Local Election result
The St Oswalds ward seat, formerly held by UKIP Councillor Paul Thompson since 2014, and following his Death in October 2017, was left vacated without a by election called.


2018 Hyndburn Borough Council election, Local Election result
Previous Councillors who were Standing-Down in this election included - Bernard Dawson (Lab) (Huncoat), Julie Livesey (Con) (Immanuel) and Peter Britcliffe (Con) (St. Andrew’s).


2018 Hypo-Meeting
The 44th edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on May 26 and May 27, 2018 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition, featuring a men's decathlon and a women's heptathlon event is part of the 2018 IAAF Combined Events Challenge.


2018 Hódmezővásárhely Ladies Open
The 2018 Hódmezővásárhely Ladies Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the third edition of the tournament and was part of the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary, on 11–17 June 2018.


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


2018 Hódmezővásárhely Ladies Open – Doubles
Kotomi Takahata and Prarthana Thombare were the defending champions, however Takahata chose to participate in Kōfu, while Thombare chose to participate in Manchester.


2018 Hódmezővásárhely Ladies Open – Doubles
Réka Luca Jani and Nadia Podoroska won the title after defeating Danka Kovinić and Nina Stojanović 6–4, 6–4 in the final.


2018 Hódmezővásárhely Ladies Open – Singles
Mihaela Buzărnescu was the defending champion, but chose to participate in Nottingham instead.


2018 Hódmezővásárhely Ladies Open – Singles
Mariana Duque Mariño won the title, defeating Irina Bara in the final, 4–6, 7–5, 6–2.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup
The 2018 IAAF Continental Cup is an international track and field sporting event that was held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, on 8–9 September 2018.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup
It is the third edition of the IAAF Continental Cup since the name and format was changed from the IAAF World Cup.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup, Format
The four teams competing in the event were Africa, the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe. The two-day competition comprised a programme of 20 track and field events for men and women, giving a total of 40 events. Each team shall enter two athletes in each event, except for relays where one team competed, with a maximum of one athlete from each country per event.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup, Format
Many events were conducted in elimination fashion. Field events were given three attempts to qualify to a semi-final round, where the best representative from each continental team was given one more attempt. The top two then had one more attempt for the championship, head to head. The 3000 metre and steeplechase running events were conducted in a "devil take the hindmost" fashion, where the last place runner in the last three laps of the race, was eliminated. Additionally, the ceremonial team captains were allowed to apply a "joker" to one male and female event through the competition. If the team won the individual points from the event, that team's score would be doubled.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup, Format
Scoring was based on team points earned in an 8-6-4-2 fashion based on the places of individual points. The individual points were distributed 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 based on the places of finishing athletes. After those points were tallied, then team points were calculated. Ties divide points based on the total of both places. Example:  If team A fished 1st and 5th they would get 8 + 4 = 12 points. Team B finished 2nd and 3rd would get 7 + 6 = 13 and would win that event. So Team B would get 8 team points, Team A, 6 points.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup, Format
If Team B were to have played their Joker, they would get 16 points. Had Team A's athlete finished in 4th, it would be a tie with 13 individual points each and the team points would be (8 + 6 / 2) 7 each, and with the Joker, Team B would get 14.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup, Format
Athletes were encouraged to be fan friendly. As a result many played to the crowd.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results
These are the results of the 2018 IAAF Continental Cup, which took place in Ostrava, Czech Republic on 8–9 September 2018.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Men, Track, Men's 100 metres
With a quick start, Su Bingtian gained the clear advantage, with =#2 of all time Yohan Blake the next contender. Blake steadily gained on Su, a metre up on a wall of the remaining competitors save a beaten Barakat Al-Harthi. Then 70 metres into the race, Blake suddenly pulled up, leaving Su all alone, with the year's new phenom Noah Lyles separating from the pack. Known more for the 200 metres, Lyles showed the late closing speed from the longer race, catching Su 5 metres out and on to the win. Akani Simbine separated from the group to take bronze.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Men, Track, Men's 200 metres
Ramil Guliyev came into the race with the fastest time of the field. From the gun, he took the lead, making up the stagger on Alonso Edward, to his outside 60 metres into the turn. Guliyev hit the straightaway with a metre lead, while Edward was just a nose ahead of Yuki Koike, Baboloki Thebe and Álex Quiñónez in the battle for second place. From there, rocking side to side, Edward powered away in a different gear from the others, catching Guliyev 30 metres from the finish line. Disadvantaged with the tight lane 1 turn, on the straightaway, Quiñónez was able to separate from Koike, while Thebe, known more for 400 metres, faded but still ran a personal best.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Men, Track, Men's 400 metres
Matthew Hudson-Smith took the lead through the first turn, marked by Abdalelah Haroun. Starting the race with his leg wrapped, Thapelo Phora pulled up 100 metres into the race, but rather than being assigned a DNF, he was disqualified for a lane violation for walking off the track. Down the back stretch, Haroun gained on Hudson-Smith taking the clear lead. Through the final turn, Baboloki Thebe asserted himself pull to even with Hudson-Smith 2 metres back of Haroun, with Luguelín Santos a metre back and Nathan Strother another metre behind him.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Men, Track, Men's 400 metres
Down the home stretch, Thebe made a run at Haroun, while Hudson-Smith and Santos went backward. Halfway down the home stretch, Thebe also started to tie up. Haroun glided across the line uncontested, Thebe's rush gave him enough of an advantage to hold off a fast closing Strother. And a late run by Mohammad Anas, caught Santos and almost caught Hudson-Smith, which became significant because this was the Asia-Pacific's Joker race, which they won and received the double points.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Men, Track, Men's 800 metres
Andreas Kramer went to the lead at the break and held it through a modest 53.18 first lap, the rest of the field bunching up behind him. Down the back stretch, Emmanuel Korir edged into the lead, with Clayton Murphy on his shoulder and the field remaining bunched. Nijel Amos worked his way through the crowd to get to Murphy's back, the three starting to separate slightly from the rest of the pack. Amos moved to the outside to pass Murphy, but Murphy held his ground both athletes re-surging twice down the home stretch. Neither could make ground on the slight advantage of Korir who held on for the win, Murphy and Amos hitting the finish at the same time. The photo finish gave the silver to Murphy by 3 thousandths of a second.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Men, Track, Men's 1500 metres
After the start sorted itself out, Drew Hunter emerged as the leader, trying to keep the field honest with a 60.76. After another 3/4 of a lap, Elijah Manangoi decided Hunter wasn't keeping up the pace and he went around. Seeing Manangoi hit the front, Jakob Ingebrigtsen played his hand and moved to the marking position, the two going through 800 in 2:03.52. As they approached the bell, Marcin Lewandowski moved to Ingebrigtsen's shoulder as the pace quickened. Bell at 2:47.08, 3 laps at 3:01.11.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Men, Track, Men's 1500 metres
As they ran down the back stretch, Jinson Johnson moved into the lead group as four athletes began to separate. Johnson stayed to the outside of Lewandowski, running extra distance for the entire final turn. When they hit the final straightaway, Manangoi barely had half a meter on Lewandowski on his shoulder, with Ingebrigtsen but an arm's length behind him. As more of an 800-metre specialist, advantage might be expected to be with Lewandowski, but halfway down the straightaway, world champion Manangoi began to pull away to a two-metre victory. Manangoi was comfortable enough with his lead, he had time to salute the crowd before crossing the line. The 17 year old Ingebrigtsen faded four more metres back, but he was still able to hold off the late rush from Charles Philibert-Thiboutot and Ryan Gregson to retain bronze.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Men, Track, Men's 3000 metres
Conducted as an elimination race, Paul Chelimo took the early lead, with the pack content to follow for 2 and a half laps. Then Stewart McSweyn chose to take up the point. As they came up to the first elimination lap, it was a wall of runners tied for the lead, with Edward Zakayo left behind, until the last few metres of the home stretch when he sprinted out to lane 4 to join the wall. Suddenly it was Birhanu Balew left a step behind the wall, to his surprise getting the red paddle on the backstretch.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Men, Track, Men's 3000 metres
The next lap turned almost into a shoving match, with each athlete protecting their position. The end of the lap again turned into a wall of athletes sprinting to avoid elimination, with Getaneh Molla a mere step behind. After easing through the next half lap, the field again positioned for a sprint to the line, with Zakayo and Marc Scott left behind when Henrik Ingebrigtsen accelerated away. Realizing they were behind both turned into an all out sprint, dipping at the line with Scott the odd man out.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Men, Track, Men's 3000 metres
After that action Zakayo was spent and jogged the next lap, far behind the remaining competitive four. Chelimo held the advantage at the bell, while Henrik Ingebrigtsen was last in the pack. As Chelimo and Mohammed Ahmed started to pull away, Ingebrigtsen went in chase, as he went around, McSweyn had noting to offer. Ahmed moved forward to challenge Chelimo, clipping his teammate's heels, but Chelimo was having none of the challenge, pulling away the last 200 to an easy victory, the U.S. Army runner saluting as he crossed the finish line. As a Joker race, again Africa squandered their opportunity.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Men, Track, Men's 110 metres hurdles
In the center of the track, Taioh Kanai and Antonio Alkana got off to good starts, while world leader Sergey Shubenkov seemed to be left in the blocks, Alkana had a clear advantage over the first hurdle. By the third hurdle, Ronald Levy had caught Alkana, barely ahead of a fast moving Shubenkov. It took two more hurdles for Shubenkov to catch Levy, with Pascal Martinot-Lagarde pulling even with Alkana. In this fast moving race of inches, Shubenkov was just snapping over the hurdles faster than Levy assuming the lead. Alkana rattled the seventh hurdle, just enough to give Martinot-Lagarde the advantage to carry across the line for bronze. More important for Europe, this was their Joker race, which they won handily with the 1-3 finish.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Men, Track, Men's 400 metres hurdles
Known for his fast starts, Karsten Warholm was out fast. Less noticed, in lane 1, Annsert Whyte was flying, clearing hurdles ahead of Warholm. Down the back stretch, #2 in history and #1 in 2018, Abderrahman Samba was gaining on Warholm. Into the final turn, Samba began to edge ahead of Warholm, a step behind Whyte, with Yasmani Copello coming into contention with Warholm. Between the eighth and ninth hurdles, Samba finally passed Whyte. Samba pulled away to an easy win. Warholm labored the final two hurdles but maintained his advantage over Copello. Europe played a Joker and tied for the win to gain the points.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Men, Track, Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
This race was conducted in the "devil take the hindmost" fashion, though communication of the details did not make its way to the athletes. Evan Jager did not start, reducing the need for the first elimination, still the athletes  sprinted with four laps to go. With just over 3 laps to go, as Soufiane El Bakkali was looking around he stepped on the concrete curb, twisting his ankle. He limped across the lap line in fourth place, then fell to the infield, John Kibet Koech was eliminated as the last place runner.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Men, Track, Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
With El Bakkali injured, the second lap elimination was no longer necessary, but after the second sprint of the race, Kosei Yamaguchi was spent, jogging two more laps to get the team points before being eliminated. Over the next two laps, the European athletes fell off the pace, while Matthew Hughes led until the penultimate water jump. From there, reigning World and Olympic champion Conseslus Kipruto separated from Hughes. With a comfortable 30 metre lead, Kipruto spent the last lap playing to the crowd, gesturing for them to cheer and holding his hands to his ears to hear them. This was Africa's Joker race, but without El Bakkali, they squandered the opportunity for double points.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Men, Track, Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
First-leg runner for Africa, Henricho Bruintjies, pulled a muscle and fell to the ground shortly before the exchange zone resulting in 0 points for his team. Inside of him, Mike Rodgers put the Americas into the lead, handing off to the new American star Noah Lyles. With Africa, represented by an all South African team, out, the closest chasers were the Turkish team representing Europe, led by Jamaican ex-pats, Emre Zafer Barnes and Jak Ali Harvey. Lyles passing to Yohan Blake, Americas continued to expand their lead, handing off to Jamaica's new find for 2018, Tyquendo Tracey with a 7-metre lead. Turkey's star, Ramil Guliyev couldn't make any headway, taking half the straightaway just to pass Blake who jogged after Tracey after the handoff.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Men, Field, Men's high jump
Because vertical jumps are already elimination style events, there was nothing unique about the scoring of these events. Donald Thomas kept a perfect round going to 2.27, to take the lead. Maksim Nedasekau had one miss at 2.24 but cleared 2.27 to move into second place, with Brandon Starc making the height on his second attempt to pull up into third. Already with 4 misses in the competition, Ilya Ivanyuk skipped 2.27 in order to try to make a heroic jump at 2.30 to snatch a higher place.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Men, Field, Men's high jump
Through two rounds of attempts at 2.30, nobody was able to make a clearance. On his final attempt, Thomas made it to retain the lead. After Nedasekau missed, Starc moved into second place by also clearing 2.30. Ivanyuk's bid failed, so Thomas and Starc moved on to try 2.33. After missing twice, already with the lead, Thomas preserved one more jump as protection. When Starc missed, the protection wasn't necessary, but he took a shot at it anyhow and missed. Still Thomas won on the tiebreaker.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Men, Field, Men's pole vault
Asia-Pacific only had one competitor, he and the two African entrants were eliminated by 5.30. Of the remaining competitors, all 6 metre jumpers, only Shawnacy Barber even bothered to make an attempt at 5.30, which he cleared on his first. Barber and Timur Morgunov took two attempts while Sam Kendricks made his opener. World record holder Renaud Lavillenie waited until 5.65 to start, clearing it on his first attempt just after Barber had done the same. Kendricks matched Lavillenie, both still clean.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Men, Field, Men's pole vault
Morgunov took two attempts to assume 4th place behind Barber and that was as high as either would go. Kendricks took two attempts to get over 5.75, Lavillenie didn't even bother taking an attempt. When Lavillenie and Kendricks both made 5.80, it was advantage Lavillenie. He lost the advantage by missing his first attempt at 5.85. Kendricks then won the competition by clearing 5.85 moments later. Further strategic maneuvering ensued but neither could clear another bar.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Men, Field, Men's long jump
The preliminaries were a close competition. Ruswahl Samaai was the only athlete to exceed 8 metres, but four others jumped 7.95 or better. With only four going to the semi final, Wang Jianan was the odd man out. Samaai won the semi final with an 8.09, while Miltiadis Tentoglou did exactly 8 metres to go to the final  With his fourth jump beyond 8 metres out of five attempts, Samaai won the final with an 8.10.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Men, Field, Men's triple jump
Americas chose this as their Joker. Easy to anticipate, the best active jumper, #2 in history Christian Taylor jumped 17.59 on his first attempt. He was backed up by Cristian Nápoles jumping 17.07, to win the non-finalists. Only Hugues Fabrice Zango was able to exceed 17 metres, with his Burkina Faso National record 17.02 on his last preliminary attempt (though he had a superior pending record from a month earlier). In the semi final round, it only took 16.44 for Zango to beat Arpinder Singh and Nelson Évora to get into the final. Taylor jumped almost a metre further. And Taylor won the final by 85 cm.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Men, Field, Men's shot put
With Olympic Champion Ryan Crouser on the team, Americas expected to do well here. Unexpectedly, Crouser threw more than a metre behind his personal best in the preliminaries while Darlan Romani threw just 6 cm off his personal best from earlier this season when he finished almost 2 feet behind Crouser at essentially Crouser's home meet, the Prefontaine Classic. Here, Romani became the semi finalist while Crouser had to watch. Europe's semi finalist was even closer, European Champion Michał Haratyk 14 cm better than Tomáš Staněk.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Men, Field, Men's shot put
In the semi, world Indoor and Outdoor Champion Tomas Walsh was finally warmed up, getting to 21 metres exactly, enough to beat Haratyk while Chukwuebuka Enekwechi fouled. Romani's 21.07 won the round. In the final, Romani offered up a 21.68, Walsh threw his best of the day, but 21.43 wasn't good enough.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Men, Field, Men's discus throw
8 SeptemberNew Zealand sprinter Joseph Millar competed in order to gain points for his team, throwing a personal best 27.15m in the unfamiliar event against a world class field. Andrius Gudžius held the lead from the preliminary round with a 66.95. Starting anew in the semi-final round, only Fedrick Dacres and Matthew Denny could land a fair throw, so Gudžius' throw only served as a tiebreaker to give him the bronze medal. In the final, Dacres threw the best of the day, 67.97 while Denny had his worst throw of the day, still good enough for the silver.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Men, Field, Men's hammer throw
Olympic champion Dilshod Nazarov's first effort was better than anyone but Diego del Real's best all day. From there Nazarov improved with every throw, winning all three rounds and the championship. After throwing 75.86 in the third round, del Real could only make 73.04 in the semi. With a 74.19, Mostafa Al-Gamel advanced to the final by throwing just 3 cm further than Bence Halász. There, his best of the day 74.22 was no match for Nazarov's best, 77.343.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Men, Field, Men's javelin throw
The European position in the finals was competitive, well beyond the other teams. After first round fouls, Thomas Röhler threw 84.30 to lead after the second round. Jakub Vadlejch upped the ante throwing 84.76 to move ahead in the third, but Röhler confirmed his position with an 86.39. With a near 86 metre close sector foul on his third throw, Neeraj Chopra missed what would certainly have qualified him into the semi-final round. Instead, Cheng Chao-tsun took that position with an 82.60.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Men, Field, Men's javelin throw
Cheng then won the semi-final round with his best of the day 83.28, while Röhler only managed an 80.61, which was well within the range of his other semi-finalist competitors. But it was enough to get into the final, where Röhler threw his best of the day 87.07 to take the championship.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Women, Track, Women's 100 metres
The 100 featured the two co-fastest women of the year, both Marie-Josée Ta Lou and Dina Asher-Smith had run 10.85 earlier in the season. From the start, the two were out fastest, running neck and neck, with Ta Lou getting the win. Well behind them, Jenna Prandini and Dafne Schippers were in their own neck and neck battle, Prandini winning the bronze.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Women, Track, Women's 200 metres
Dafne Schippers took the lead from the gun and held a full metre lead coming onto the straightaway. Edidiong Odiong held a marginal lead of the chase group, over Marie-Josée Ta Lou, Shericka Jackson and Shaunae Miller-Uibo. Sporting more conventional hair color just a week after wearing two tone pink and purple while winning the Diamond League Final, Miller-Uibo continued her season long pattern of turning 200 metres into a kicker's race, cruising past Schippers 30 metres out. The next three hit the line virtually at the same time with Ta Lou getting the knod for bronze.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Women, Track, Women's 400 metres
Going out hard, the long striding Shakima Wimbley opened up a gap from Justyna Święty-Ersetic staggered inside of her. Inside of Święty-Ersetic, the diminutive Salwa Eid Naser was gaining even faster, passing Święty-Ersetic before the end of the first turn. Wimbley caught up to Caster Semenya just before the half way mark, but Naser just cruised by moments later. Seeing Wimbley, Semenya sped up through the turn, the runner known for 800 metres reaching the home stretch about two strides behind Naser. Wimbley was swimming backward, but Semenya was gaining on Naser. On the inside, Stephenie Ann McPherson was picking off Wimbley's wreckage to take bronze. Semenya couldn't catch Naser, but her late run brought her well into the sub-50 club for the first time.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Women, Track, Women's 800 metres
The gun went off, after being undefeated all season, Caster Semenya went to the front. After the break, Ajeé Wilson and Natoya Goule fell in behind Semenya. First 200 in 26.44, 400 in 55.93. Semenya slowed the third 200, 1:25.83 and for a moment it looked like she was giving Wilson and Goule a chance to catch her, but over the final straightaway, Semenya expanded the lead to finish in 1:54.77. While it was only Semenya's third best race of the season, it was still the eighth fastest 800 metres of all time. Only Pamela Jelimo has been under 1:55 more times in a career or season, all of her four sub 1:55's happening ten years earlier in the 2008 season.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Women, Track, Women's 1500 metres
Without the fear of elimination, the women jogged through in now common strategic fashion, Winny Chebet leading through opening laps of 73.05 and 76.31. Going into the bell, Linden Hall decided she wanted the lead, moving to the front with a lap and a half to go, but just before the bell, home town runner Simona Vrzalová made a rush to the lead to the cheer of the crowd. With Chibet in chase, Vrzalová finished the third lap in a significantly faster 63.90. Down the back stretch, Chibet assumed the lead with Rababe Arafi in her wake. Shelby Houlihan followed Arafi, then blew past her in the final turn. At the beginning of the straightway, it looked like it would be a sprint battle to the finish, but Chibet made short work of it, pulling away for the victory.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Women, Track, Women's 3000 metres
The field was comfortable to let Konstanze Klosterhalfen hold the lead through most oil the last t and a half laps. With the threat of elimination, Sifan Hassan, Hellen Obiri and Senbere Teferi barely broke a sweat to move forward before the line, while the back of the pack sprinted for the line. Muriel Coneo the first odd woman out but Lauren Paquette was to be the second one eliminated one lap later. Even before the end of that lap, Nozomi Tanaka showed she couldn't keep up with the pack.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Women, Track, Women's 3000 metres
On the penultimate lap, the pace accelerated to leave Genevieve LaCaze off the back, all in all a relatively painless process of elimination to reach the final four. With 500 metres to go, Hassan began to accelerate, taking the bell with a 5-metre advantage over Teferi with Obiri another 2 back. Hassan's lead broke the will of the chasing Africans, extending it all the way to a 40-metre advantage at the finish for an 8:27.50 win crushing Tirunesh Dibaba's Continental Cup record. While not achieving the anticipated win, Africa managed to tie for the event win and get points for their Joker.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Women, Track, Women's 100 metres hurdles
From the gun the Americas team took the lead, both world record holder Kendra Harrison with the left leg lead and 2015 world champion Danielle Williams with the right, out together running virtually mirror images of each other on opposite sides of the track. By the fifth hurdle, Harrison looked to have a microscopic lead, but by the eighth, it was Williams with the microscopic edge. That was all it took, Williams was able to outlearn Harrison for the gold. Running in Harrison's wake, Pamela Dutkiewicz was able to nab bronze, three metres behind the leaders.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Women, Track, Women's 400 metres hurdles
Aminat Yusuf Jamal went out hard from the start, holding the advantage until about the seventh hurdle, when she was caught by Shamier Little. Running a fast final turn in lane 1, Janieve Russell also caught both Little and Jamal by the eighth hurdle and sped away to victory over a spent Little. Jamal had nothing left for the final two hurdles, her form disintegrating as Hanna Ryzhykova pulled away for the bronze. Americas pulled off a perfect score in this race.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Women, Track, Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
Europe represented by an all British team and Asia-Pacific represented by an all Chinese team chose to go with trained experience. Ángela Tenorio put Americas in the lead before handing off to Shaunae Miller-Uibo. Jenna Prandini continued the advantage while the two experienced teams battled to almost event going in to the anchor leg. Vitória Cristina Rosa took the baton with a 4-metre lead and held it as their fastest woman in the world this year, Dina Asher-Smith separated the British European team from Yuan Qiqi. Africa's already well beaten team added further insult when they were unable to negotiate the handoff to their equal fastest woman of the year, Marie-Josée Ta Lou.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Women, Field, Women's triple jump
Like the men's division, Americas took the Joker in the women's triple jump the best active jumper, #5 of all time, Caterine Ibargüen. Asia Pacific has #8 of all time Olga Rypakova so it was not a lock. In the preliminary round, Ibargüen barely qualified for the semi final round, jumping exactly one metre less than her personal best and beating her Americas teammate Tori Franklin by only 4cm. In the semi final round, Ibargüen improved with her best of the day, a foot and a half further than the previous three efforts. Rypakova beat Paraskevi Papachristou by 4cm to make the final, though she didn't actually beat Franklin's best. The final was no contest as Rypakova fouled. Ibargüen landed a 14.54 and Americas redeemed their Joker for double points.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Women, Field, Women's discus throw
Sandra Perković came in as the overwhelming favorite, having won all the major competitions, both Olympics and World Championships since 2012, save one blemish in the 2015 World Championships when Cuba's Denia Caballero suddenly became a world beater for that single season. Here she was against Cuba's other competitor from that competition, Yaime Pérez. Perković's 68.44m first effort easily qualified her to the semi final, while Pérez hit exactly 65 metres to be the second best. Perković beat Pérez by a metre and a half in the semi while both advanced.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Women, Field, Women's discus throw
In the final, Perković threw well beyond 65 metres, but stepped out of the ring in the process, the throw was a foul. At that point, Pérez could have won the competition by not dropping it on her foot and landing a fair throw in the sector. Instead, she went for broke, landing her best throw of the day, 65.30m to take the win. Asia Pacific thought their duo of the #2 thrower in the world, Dani Stevens and Chen Yang could overcome Perković, but they lost the Joker points when neither of their throwers was able to beat Pérez.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Women, Field, Women's hammer throw
Europe had the overwhelming favorite, Anita Włodarczyk and played their Joker. Anita Włodarczyk had 73 metres dialed in, good enough to beat everyone in the field, except DeAnna Price, who threw 75.13 to win the preliminary round. In the semi-final, Price again brushed just short of 75 metres, to beat Włodarczyk with both advancing to the final. In the final, Price threw her best of the day 75.46 m (247 ft 6 in), a Championship Record, while Włodarczyk threw another 73 metre throw to finish a surprising second. Europe was able to redeem their Joker points by tying for first because their other thrower, Alexandra Tavernier, beat the Americas other thrower Jennifer Dahlgren.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Women, Field, Women's javelin throw
Asia-Pacific played its Joker here and it almost backfired. Europe's Christin Hussong dominated the first round until Lü Huihui pulled out her best of the day 63.88m. At that point neither were in danger of not advancing to the semi-final. Kara Winger threw her best of the day in the semi-final, but both Lü and Hussong advance comfortably with 61 metre throws, Hussong winning the semi by a mere 7cm.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Women, Field, Women's javelin throw
In the final, Lü threw her worst of the day 57.88m. Hussong answered with her worst of the day, more than 6 and a half metres less than any other throw, Lü winning the competition by less than 3 metres. Counting back to the preliminary round, in the second throw of the competition, Kelsey-Lee Roberts was able to beat the best throw Nikola Ogrodníková could muster, to give Asia-Pacific the victory.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Mixed, Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay
The mixed relay is a mix of strategy and talent. Starting with a one turn stagger, Steven Solomon led off an all Australian team for Asia-Pacific, gaining the advantage over triple jumper Christian Taylor and Matthew Hudson-Smith. Both Taylor and Hudson-Smith had competed earlier in the day, though arguably the Triple Jump might be considered less taxing. Down the home stretch, Hudson-Smith asserted himself, passing Taylor and Solomon, with Taylor almost catching Solomon by the handoff to Luguelín Santos.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Mixed, Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay
Santos quickly gained the advantage on Asia-Pacific's Murray Goodwin and set off chasing Kevin Borlée who he had beaten in the 400 final earlier in the day. After running their first woman, Christine Botlogetswe, Africa's Chidi Okezie was well behind. Borlée handed off to Lisanne de Witte in the lead, she barely took two steps and while switching hands, the baton went flying. As she went chasing it, the Americas' Stephenie Ann McPherson assumed the lead over Anneliese Rubie. Well behind, Africa handed off to their 800-metre star Caster Semenya.


2018 IAAF Continental Cup – Results, Mixed, Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay
McPherson opened up a 30-metre lead before handing off to Olympic champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo. Semenya almost caught de Witte before handing off to the only male anchor, Baboloki Thebe. The fastest man in the field, Thebe made short work catching Europe's Justyna Święty-Ersetic and set sail after Ella Connolly who he caught with 200 metres to go, but Africa had no chance to make up the huge advantage of the Americas.


2018 IAAF Road Race Label Events
The 2018 IAAF Road Race Label Events were the eleventh edition of the global series of road running competitions given Label status by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The series included a total of 114 road races: 56 Gold, 26 Silver and 32 Bronze. In terms of distance, 75 races were marathons, 26 were half marathons, 9 were 10K runs, and 4 were held over other distances. The series included all six World Marathon Majors in the Gold category.


2018 IAAF World Challenge
The 2018 IAAF World Challenge was the ninth edition of the annual, global circuit of one-day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The series featured a total of nine meetings, with the meetings remaining unchanged from the previous year. The host venue of the Brazilian leg of the series moved from São Bernardo do Campo to Bragança Paulista.


2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
The 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships took place on 24 March 2018 in Valencia, Spain. It was the 23rd edition of the event and the 2nd time it was held in Spain.


2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
Netsanet Gudeta gave the standout performance of the competition, winning with a half marathon world record of 1:06:11 hours in a women-only race. This improved Lornah Kiplagat's eleven-year-old championships record by 14 seconds and marked a personal improvement of over a minute. She led the Ethiopian women (alongside fifth and sixth placers Zeineba Yimer and Meseret Belete) to the team title with a combined time of 3:22:27 hours. The outright world record holder Joyciline Jepkosgei settled for second and her third-placed compatriot Pauline Kaveke Kamulu helped Kenya to second in the team competition. The best performance by a non-African-born runner was by Romania's Ancuţa Bobocel, who set a personal best in 15th place.


2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
In the men's race Kenya's Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor took his third straight title in 1:00:02 hours (nearly a minute short of his championship record). Bahrain's Abraham Naibei Cheroben claimed the silver medal 20 seconds further back and Aron Kifle was the bronze medallist around half a minute short of the winner. The winning men's team, Ethiopia, contained no medallists but Jemal Yimer, Getaneh Molla and Betesfa Getahun rounded out the top six. The best non-African-born performer was Julien Wanders of Switzerland who managed eighth place in 1:01:03 hours.


2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
A total of 151 men (including 23 teams) finished the distance, with five men failing to finish the distance and three entrants being non-starters. A total of 122 women (including 19 teams) entered and started the race, with 117 finishers. Seven men's and seven women's national records were broken at the competition. Abdelaziz Guerziz of Algeria finished in 61st place but he was disqualified for four years in February 2019 with his results from 6 February 2018 onwards being disqualified.


2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
Sopot, Poland was defeated in the bidding process. Copenhagen, Denmark was also in the running to host.


2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
In conjunction with the men's elite race, an open half marathon was held on the same course for 14,577 competitors.


2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Race results
Results for the men's and women's elite races are shown below. Results for the open race are kept separately.


2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 279 athletes from 79 countries and the Athlete Refugee Team, which is a record for this event. Although announced, the athletes from  Sierra Leone and  Somalia did not show.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships
The 17th IAAF World Indoor Championships was held from 1 to 4 March 2018 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. This was the city's second hosting of the event as it previously did so in 2003.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Bidding process
Birmingham bid for the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships as well as the 2018 event. Portland was selected unanimously to host the 2016 event with Birmingham being the only other bidder. With Portland then out of the running for the 2018 event Birmingham was selected as the host of the 2018 event.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Bidding process
The reason Portland was selected for 2016 and Birmingham for 2018 is that the IAAF wanted more time between events in the UK with London hosting the 2012 Summer Olympics as well as the 2017 World Championships in Athletics along with Cardiff hosting the 2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. Portland would become the beginning of a similar sequence for the US, with the 2021 World Championships in Eugene, Oregon and the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Venue
The event took place at the National Indoor Arena with seating for 8,000 spectators.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Entry standards
The qualification period for all events runs from 1 January 2017 to 19 February 2018 (midnight Monaco time), except for the Combined Events where the qualification period runs from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017 and the five best athletes from the 2018 Indoor Lists (as at 12 February 2018). Twelve athletes will be invited in the Heptathlon and in the Pentathlon as follows: the winner of the 2017 Combined Events Challenge. One athlete which may be invited at the discretion of the IAAF. In total no more than two male and two female athletes from any one Member will be invited. Upon refusals or cancellations, the invitations shall be extended to the next ranked athletes in the same lists respecting the above conditions.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Medal table
IAAF does not include the three medals (2 gold, 1 silver) won by athletes competing as Authorised Neutral Athletes in their official medal table.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Disqualifications
This championship was notable for the large number of disqualifications, primarily lane violations (IAAF rule 163.3(a)). One entire heat of the Men's 400 metres was disqualified, a World Championship first. Some athletes appeared to have difficulty with the steep banking of the track. Accusations were raised about the heavy handedness of the officiating and inconsistencies relative to similar acts committed by star British athletes at the 2017 Outdoor World Championships held in London just 5 and a half months earlier.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 3 and 4 March 2018.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Summary
In the final, 2012 champion, Abdelaati Iguider jumped out to an early lead, with the American pair of Ben Blankenship and Craig Engels immediately behind him. The entire field jogged through the first 400 at warm up pace, 1:15.84. Blankenship found himself in the lead, looking around as if, "where is everybody?" At 600 metres, in 1:52.48, finally 18 year old Samuel Tefera came forward, the pace quickened slightly. He was joined by teammate Aman Wote and the pace began to get quicker, though still not 30 per lap pace. 800 metres in 2:23.68.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Summary
Iguider came back to Tefera's shoulder, both speeding up to run a 28.49 lap, 1000 metres in 2:52.16. Blankenship held on to their back, Wote boxing him in on the outside. A 27.38 lap for 1200 in 3:19.54. Jake Wightman ran out in lane 3 to run around the crowd into third place as Iguider squeezed into the lead on the inside.