2018 Thailand Champions Cup
The 2018 Thailand Champions Cup was the 2nd Thailand Champions Cup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Thai League 1 and Thai FA Cup competitions. It was sponsored by Government Savings Bank (Omsin Bank), and known as the Omsin Thailand Champions Cup (Thai: ออมสิน ไทยแลนด์แชมเปียนส์คัพ) for sponsorship purposes. The match was played at Supachalasai Stadium, Bangkok and contested by 2017 Thai League T1 champions Buriram United, and Chiangrai United as the champions of the 2017 Thai FA Cup.


2018 Thailand Masters (badminton)
The 2018 Thailand Masters, officially the Princess Sirivannavari Thailand Masters 2018, was a badminton tournament which took place at Nimibutr Stadium in Thailand from 9 to 14 January 2018 and had a total purse of $150,000.


2018 Thailand Masters (badminton), Tournament
The 2018 Thailand Masters was the first tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the Thailand Masters championships which had been held since 2016. This tournament was organized by the Badminton Association of Thailand with sanction from the BWF. It was also the first ever new Super 300 Level 5 tournament of the BWF World Tour schedule.


2018 Thailand Masters (badminton), Tournament, Venue
This international tournament was held at Nimibutr Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.


2018 Thailand Masters (badminton), Tournament, Point distribution
Below is a table with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 300 event.


2018 Thailand Masters (badminton), Tournament, Prize money
The total prize money for this tournament was US$150,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.


2018 Thailand National Games
The 2018 Thailand National Games (Thai: กีฬาแห่งชาติ พ.ศ. 2561), officially known as the XLVI Thailand National Games (Thai: กีฬาแห่งชาติ ครั้งที่ 46)  and commonly known as Jiang Hai Games (Thai: เจียงฮายเกมส์), was a national multi-sport event of Thailand held between 18 and 28 November 2018 in Chiang Rai, Thailand.


2018 Thailand National Games, The Games, Ceremonies
The opening ceremony of the 2018 Thailand National Games was held at the Chiang Rai Province Central Stadium on 18 November 2018, and the closing ceremony was on 28 November 2018


2018 Thailand National Games, The Games, Sports
The 2018 Thailand National Games featured events in 45 sports.


2018 Thailand Open (badminton)
The 2018 Thailand Open (officially known as the Toyota Thailand Open 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at Nimibutr Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, from 10 to 15 July 2018 and had a total purse of $350,000.


2018 Thailand Open (badminton), Tournament
The 2018 Thailand Open was the thirteenth tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the Thailand Open championships, which had been held since 1984. This tournament was organized by the Badminton Association of Thailand with the sanction from BWF.


2018 Thailand Open (badminton), Tournament, Venue
This international tournament was held at Nimibutr Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.


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


2018 Thailand Open (badminton), Tournament, Prize money
The total prize money for this tournament was US$350,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.


2018 Thailand motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2018 Thailand motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2018 MotoGP season. It was held at the Buriram International Circuit in Buriram on 7 October 2018.


2018 The Bend SuperSprint
The 2018 The Bend SuperSprint (formally known as the 2018 OTR SuperSprint at The Bend Motorsport Park) was a motor racing event for Supercars, held on the weekend of 24–26 August 2018. The event was held at The Bend Motorsport Park near Tailem Bend in South Australia and was the first Supercars event to be held at the circuit. It was the eleventh round of sixteen in the 2018 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 22 and 23 of the season.


2018 The Bend SuperSprint, Background, Entry alterations
The round was open to wildcard entries from the Super2 Series and saw the grid expanded to twenty-eight cars with the addition of two extra entries – Brad Jones Racing entering a third Holden Commodore ZB for Macauley Jones, and Kostecki Brothers Racing entering their Super2 Holden Commodore VF and driver Kurt Kostecki.


2018 The Bend SuperSprint, Background, Entry alterations
Rookie main game team Matt Stone Racing and driver Todd Hazelwood reverted to the Holden Commodore VF they used to win the 2017 Super2 Series championship.


2018 The Citadel Bulldogs football team
The 2018 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs were led by third-year head coach Brent Thompson and played their home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium. They were members of the Southern Conference (SoCon). They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in SoCon play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place.


2018 The Citadel Bulldogs football team, Previous season
The Bulldogs finished the 2017 season 5–6, 3–5 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for sixth place.


2018 The Citadel Bulldogs football team, Preseason, Preseason media poll
The SoCon released their preseason media poll on July 25, 2018, with the Bulldogs predicted to finish in seventh place. The same day the coaches released their preseason poll with the Bulldogs also predicted to finish in seventh place.


2018 The Citadel Bulldogs football team, Preseason, Preseason All-SoCon Teams
The Bulldogs placed five players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.


2018 The Hague Open
The 2018 The Hague Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 26th edition of the tournament and was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Scheveningen, Netherlands between 16 and 22 July 2018.


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


2018 The Hague Open – Doubles
Sander Gillé and Joran Vliegen were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2018 The Hague Open – Doubles
Ruben Gonzales and Nathaniel Lammons won the title after defeating Luis David Martínez and Gonçalo Oliveira 6–3, 6–7(8–10), [10–5] in the final.


2018 The Hague Open – Singles
Guillermo García López was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2018 The Hague Open – Singles
Thiemo de Bakker won the title after defeating Yannick Maden 6–2, 6–1 in the final.


2018 The Princess Maha Chackri Sirindhorn's Cup "Women's Tour of Thailand"
The 2018 The Princess Maha Chackri Sirindhorn's Cup is a women's cycle stage race that is being held in Thailand from 8 to 10 April 2018. The 2018 edition of the race was the seventh running of The Princess Maha Chackri Sirindhon's Cup, being held with a UCI rating of 2.1.


2018 The Spring League season
The 2018 The Spring League season was the second overall in league history, which was played in Round Rock, Texas.


2018 The Spring League season
On December 7, 2017, The Spring League announced it would play its second season in Austin, Texas beginning in late March 2018. The league was also to have a football-specific tech forum and a joint internship program with the University of Texas’ Center for Sports Leadership & Innovation. Turner Sports announced in mid-January 2018, while the league games would be on its new streaming service B/R Live, the league was also finalizing a deal to practice and play games at Circuit of the Americas near Austin, Texas. On March 3, the league did not execute on the contract to play the 2018 season at the Circuit of the Americas and instead announced events to take place at Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex in Round Rock.


2018 The Spring League season, Players
The league had try-outs in various cities in October and November 2017 and February 2018.


2018 The Spring League season, Players
On February 14, the league announced the signing of Heisman Trophy winner and former Cleveland Browns first round pick Johnny Manziel to the league playing on the South team. Games to be played on April 7 and 14. Other former NFL commitments to the league were former Cleveland Browns first round pick Kellen Winslow Jr. and former Baltimore Ravens running back Lorenzo Taliaferro.


2018 The Spring League season, Signees to professional leagues
The following players signed with NFL, CFL or AAF teams following their involvement with The Spring League in 2018:


2018 The Spring League season, Spring League Showcases
Following the April games another "Summer Showcase" was announced for July 2018.


2018 The Spring League season, Spring League Showcases
The Spring League announced a "Fall Showcase" for Miami, Florida to take place November 6–9, 2018, which the league intends to prepare players for the AAF and XFL, which play winter/spring seasons.


2018 The Women's Tour
The 2018 Ovo Energy Women's Tour, is the fifth staging of The Women's Tour, a women's cycling stage race held in the United Kingdom. It ran from 13 to 17 June 2018, as part of the 2018 UCI Women's World Tour.


2018 Thindown Challenger Biella
The 2018 Thindown Challenger Biella was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Biella, Italy between 17 and 23 September 2018.


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


2018 Thindown Challenger Biella, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempts:


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


2018 Thindown Challenger Biella – Doubles
Attila Balázs and Fabiano de Paula were the defending champions and chose not to defend their title.


2018 Thindown Challenger Biella – Doubles
Fabrício Neis and David Vega Hernández won the title after defeating Rameez Junaid and Purav Raja 6–4, 6–4 in the final.


2018 Thindown Challenger Biella – Singles
Filip Krajinović was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2018 Thindown Challenger Biella – Singles
Federico Delbonis won the title after defeating Stefano Napolitano 6–4, 6–3 in the final.


2018 Thomas & Uber Cup
The 2018 Thomas & Uber Cup (officially known as the  2018 BWF Thomas & Uber Cup) was the 30th edition of the Thomas Cup and the 27th edition of the Uber Cup, the biennial international badminton championship contested by the men and women's national teams of the member associations of Badminton World Federation (BWF). The tournament was hosted by Bangkok, Thailand 20–27 May 2018.


2018 Thomas & Uber Cup
The matches were played at IMPACT Arena. It was the second time that Thailand hosted the Thomas Cup and the first time hosted the Uber Cup tournament and the first time this event was held in Southeast Asia since 2010 in Malaysia.


2018 Thomas & Uber Cup
Denmark were the defending men's champions, and China were the defending women's champions.


2018 Thomas & Uber Cup, Host selection
Bangkok and New Delhi submitted bids for this championships. Bangkok was named as the host in March 2017 during BWF Council meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where BWF also decided the host for 2018 BWF World Championships, 2019 Sudirman Cup and 2019 BWF World Championships.


2018 Thomas & Uber Cup, Draw
The draw for the tournament was conducted on 22 March 2018, at 18:00 ICT, at Arnoma Grand Hotel in Bangkok. The 16 men and 16 women teams were drawn into four groups of four.


2018 Thomas & Uber Cup, Draw
For the Thomas Cup draw, the teams were allocated to three pots based on the World Team Rankings of 22 February 2018. Pot 1 contained the top seed China (which were assigned to position A1), the second seed Denmark (which were assigned to position D1) and the next two best teams, Indonesia and Chinese Taipei. Pot 2 contained the next best four teams, and Pot 3 was for the ninth to sixteenth seeds.


2018 Thomas & Uber Cup, Draw
A similar procedure was applied for Uber Cup draw, where top seed Japan (which were assigned to position A1), the second seed China (which were assigned to position D1), Korea and Thailand were in Pot 1.


2018 Thomas & Uber Cup, Tiebreakers
The rankings of teams in each group were determined as follows (regulations Chapter 5 Section 5.2.1. Article 12):


2018 Thomas & Uber Cup, Tiebreakers
Teams that won 3 match first win the tie: 1 point for the winner, 0 match points for the loser.


2018 Thomas & Uber Cup squads
This article lists the confirmed squads lists for badminton's 2018 Thomas & Uber Cup. Rankings stated are based on BWF World Ranking for 3 May 2018.


2018 Thomas Cup group stage
This article lists the fixtures of the group stage for the 2018 Thomas Cup in Bangkok, Thailand.


2018 Thomas Cup knockout stage
This article lists the fixtures of the knockout stage for the 2018 Thomas Cup in Bangkok, Thailand. It began on 24 May with the quarter-finals and ended on 27 May with the final match of the tournament.


2018 Thomas Cup qualification
The 2018 Thomas Cup qualification process is a series of tournaments organised by the five BWF confederations to decide 14 of the 16 teams which will play in the 2018 Thomas Cup, with Thailand qualifying automatically as hosts, and Denmark qualifying automatically as trophy holder.


2018 Thomas Cup qualification, Qualification process
The number of teams participating in the final tournament is 16. Even though the qualification process began in February 2018, the allocation of slots for each confederation is same the allocation as 2016 tournament.


2018 Thomas Cup qualification, Confederation qualification, Badminton Confederation of Africa
The qualification for the African teams was held from 12 to 15 February 2018, at the Hacène Harcha Arena in Algiers, Algeria. The winners of the African qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup.


2018 Thomas Cup qualification, Confederation qualification, Badminton Asia
The qualification for the Asian teams was held from 6 to 11 February 2018, at the Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim in Alor Setar, Malaysia. The semi-finalist of the Asian qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup. Thailand qualifying automatically as hosts.


2018 Thomas Cup qualification, Confederation qualification, Badminton Europe
The qualification for the European teams will held from 13 to 18 February 2018, at the Kazan Gymnastics Centre in Kazan, Russia. The semi-finalist of the European qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup. Denmark qualified automatically as trophy holder.


2018 Thomas Cup qualification, Confederation qualification, Badminton Europe, First round (Group stage)
Due to group 7 having different number of teams, the results against the fifth-placed teams are not considered for this ranking.


2018 Thomas Cup qualification, Confederation qualification, Badminton Pan Am
The qualification for the Pan American teams was held from 15 to 18 February 2018, at the National Racket Centre in Tacarigua, Trinidad and Tobago. The winner of the Pan American qualification, Canada was qualified for the Thomas Cup.


2018 Thomas Cup qualification, Confederation qualification, Badminton Oceania
The qualification for the Oceanian teams was held from 6 to 7 February 2018, at the Eastlink Badminton Stadium in Hamilton, New Zealand. The winner of the Oceania qualification qualified for the Thomas Cup.


2018 Thomas Cup qualification, World team rankings
Below is the chart of the BWF World Team Ranking calculated by adding World Ranking of top three Men's Singles players and top two Men's Doubles pairs on 22 February 2018.


2018 Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
The 2018 Three Days of De Panne (Dutch: Driedaagse De Panne–Koksijde) was the 42nd edition of the Three Days of De Panne cycle race. The race took place on 21 March 2018, between Bruges and De Panne. It was part of the 2018 UCI Europe Tour calendar in category 1.HC. The race was won by Elia Viviani.


2018 Three Days of Bruges–De Panne (women's race)
The first running of the women's event of the Three Days of Bruges–De Panne was held on 22 March 2018. It started in Bruges and finished in De Panne with two 15 km (9.3 mi) loops between De Panne and Koksijde, totaling 151.7 km (94.3 mi). It was the fourth leg of the 2018 UCI Women's World Tour. Belgian Jolien D'Hoore, who was unaware she was sprinting for victory, won the race in a sprint.


2018 Three Days of Bruges–De Panne (women's race), Teams
Twenty-four teams entered the race. Each team had a maximum of six riders:


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


2018 Three Rivers District Council election, Ward Results, Leavesden
Martin Brooks was elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2014 but stood in the incumbent in 2018 as an Independent.


2018 Thunder Bay District municipal elections
Elections were held in the organized municipalities in the Thunder Bay District of Ontario on October 22, 2018 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.


2018 Thurrock Council election
The 2018 Thurrock Council elections took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Thurrock Council in England. Councillors in 16 out of the 20 electoral wards were to be up for election. The council remained under no overall control, with a minority Conservative administration running the council.


2018 Thurrock Council election
On 26 January 2018, all sitting UKIP councillors resigned from the party and formed a new opposition group called Thurrock Independents.


2018 Thurrock Council election
On 13 March 2018, Basildon UKIP announced that they had taken over responsibility for the 6 East Thurrock wards and are now called UKIP Basildon and Thurrock Branch.


2018 Thurrock Council election
Before the elections, there was a by-election held in Ockendon which resulted in a Conservative gain after a tie and drawing of lots.


2018 Thurrock Council election, Council Composition
Going into the election, the composition of the council was:


2018 Thurrock Council election, Election Results
Comparisons for the purpose of determining a gain, hold or loss of a seat, and for all percentage changes, is to the last time these specific seats were up for election in 2014.


2018 Thurrock Council election, Ward Candidates
All percentage changes are versus 2014, the last time the comparable set of wards were fought. Holds / Gains are given against control of ward going in to the 2018 elections.


2018 Thurrock Council election, Ward Candidates, Aveley & Uplands
† Percentage change calculated from the 2014 Aveley & Uplands by-election at which Aker was elected (as a UKIP candidate). He subsequently defected from the UKIP group on Thurrock council and formed Thurrock Independents, although he still sits as a UKIP MEP.


2018 Thurrock Council election, Ward Candidates, Belhus
† change calculated from the 2014 election when Baker was originally elected (as a UKIP candidate).


2018 Thurrock Council election, Ward Candidates, Chadwell St Mary
Note no UKIP as previously (-39%), no Lib Dem as previously (-2%)


2018 Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
The 2018 Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen (also known as the Internationalen LOTTO Thüringen Ladies Tour for sponsorship reasons) was the 31st edition of the Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, a women's cycling stage race in Germany. It was rated by the UCI as a category 2.1 race and was held between 28 of May and 3 June 2018.


2018 Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, Classification leadership table
In the 2018 Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, six different jerseys were awarded. The most important was the general classification, which was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses were awarded to the first three finishers on all mass-start stages: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively. Bonus seconds were also awarded to the first three riders at intermediate sprints; three seconds for the winner of the sprint, two seconds for the rider in second and one second for the rider in third. The rider with the least accumulated time is the race leader, identified by a yellow jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.


2018 Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, Classification leadership table
There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a black, white and yellow jersey. In the mountains classification, points towards the classification were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists. Each climb was categorised as either first, second, or third-category, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. First-category climbs awarded the most points; the first four riders were able to accrue points, compared with the first three on all other climbs.


2018 Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, Classification leadership table
Additionally, there was a sprints classification, which awarded a blue jersey. In the sprints classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 5 in a stage, except the time trials. For winning a stage, a rider earned 5 points, with 4 for second, 3 for third, 2 for fourth and a single point for 5th place. Points were also awarded at intermediate sprints on each mass-start stage – awarded on a 3–2–1 scale. The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a red and white jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born on or after 1 January 1995 were eligible to be ranked in the classification.


2018 Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, Classification leadership table
The fifth jersey represented the classification for German riders, marked by a white and blue jersey. This was decided on each day's stage results, but only riders born in Germany were eligible to be ranked in the classification. The sixth and final jersey (coloured white and green) was for the most active rider, decided daily by a race jury. A purple jersey, presented on the podium only, was also given to amateur riders. There was also a team classification, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.


2018 Tianjin Open
The 2018 Tianjin Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 5th edition of the tournament, and part of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place at the Tuanbo International Tennis Centre in Tianjin, China between 8 and 14 October 2018.


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


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


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


2018 Tianjin Open – Doubles
Irina-Camelia Begu and Sara Errani were the defending champions, but Errani is serving a doping suspension. Begu played alongside Barbora Krejčíková, but they lost in the quarterfinals to Han Xinyun and Darija Jurak.


2018 Tianjin Open – Doubles
Nicole Melichar and Květa Peschke won the title, defeating Monique Adamczak and Jessica Moore in the final, 6–4, 6–2.


2018 Tianjin Open – Singles
Maria Sharapova was the defending champion, but withdrew due to a shoulder injury.


2018 Tianjin Open – Singles
Caroline Garcia won the title, defeating Karolína Plíšková in the final, 7–6(9–7), 6–3.


2018 Tiburon Challenger
The 2018 Tiburon Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the twelfth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Tiburon, United States between 24 and 30 September 2018.


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


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


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


2018 Tiburon Challenger – Doubles
André Göransson and Florian Lakat were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Gerard Granollers and Pedro Martínez.


2018 Tiburon Challenger – Doubles
Hans Hach Verdugo and Luke Saville won the title after defeating Granollers and Martínez 6–3, 6–2 in the final.


2018 Tiburon Challenger – Singles
Cameron Norrie was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2018 Tiburon Challenger – Singles
Michael Mmoh won the title after defeating Marcel Granollers 6–3, 7–5 in the final.


2018 TicketGuardian 500
The 2018 TicketGuardian 500 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on March 11, 2018, at ISM Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 312 laps on the one-mile (1.6 km) oval, it was the fourth race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season. It would also be the last Phoenix race to be using the 2011 reconfiguration as the start/finish line will be moved to the back-straightaway just past turn two for the November race.


2018 TicketGuardian 500, Report, Background
ISM Raceway, is a one-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted the IndyCar Series, CART, USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series. The raceway is currently owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation.


2018 TicketGuardian 500, First practice
Kyle Larson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 26.034 seconds and a speed of 138.281 mph (222.542 km/h).


2018 TicketGuardian 500, Qualifying
Martin Truex Jr. scored the pole for the race with a time of 26.288 and a speed of 136.945 mph (220.392 km/h).


2018 TicketGuardian 500, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice
Kevin Harvick was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 26.705 seconds and a speed of 134.806 mph (216.949 km/h).


2018 TicketGuardian 500, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice
Kevin Harvick was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 26.757 seconds and a speed of 134.544 mph (216.528 km/h).


2018 TicketGuardian 500, Race, First stage, Start
Martin Truex Jr.led the field to the green flag at 3:44 p.m. The afternoon’s first caution flew when the engine in Corey LaJoie’s car blew on lap 25. NASCAR had planned to have a competition caution on lap 35 but blended it into the lap-25 yellow.


2018 TicketGuardian 500, Race, First stage, Start
The race restarted on lap 34. Kyle Larson took the lead on the same lap and led 24 laps, but then Kyle Busch took the lead and scored his first stage win of the season, leading at lap 75. Following in the top 10 were Kevin Harvick, Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin, Martin Truex Jr.,  Chase Elliott, Brad Keselowski, Kurt Busch, Joey Logano and Erik Jones. The second caution flew for conclusion of the first stage.


2018 TicketGuardian 500, Race, Second stage
The race restarted on lap 84 and it remained green for 39 laps, until Kyle Larson lost control of his car on lap 121, slid through turn four and brought out the race’s third caution. Larson’s rear tires had been shaking before the incident.


2018 TicketGuardian 500, Race, Second stage
The race restarted on lap 12. Kyle Busch took the lead on lap 129 and led 19 laps. A blown right front tire sent Chris Buescher’s car into the fourth-turn wall on lap 147, causing the fourth caution.


2018 TicketGuardian 500, Race, Second stage
The race restarted on lap 150. The second stage ended with a one-lap dash because of a restart. Kurt Busch held off Brad Keselowski to win. Also in the top 10 were Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Kyle Busch, Michael McDowell, Ty Dillon, Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr., Kasey Kahne and Clint Bowyer. The fifth caution flew for conclusion of the second stage.


2018 TicketGuardian 500, Race, Final stage
The race restarted on lap 159 and remained green for 33 laps. The sixth caution flew when Paul Menard, who had reported brake issues, slid in turn two and backed hard into the outside wall, crushing the car’s rear end.


2018 TicketGuardian 500, Race, Final stage
The race restarted on lap 199. Kevin Harvick held off Kyle Busch and Harvick scored his third career victory of 2018.


2018 TicketGuardian 500, Race, Final stage, Post race
“This weekend felt like a playoff moment for us,” Harvick said. “When you have all the guys and everybody looking at the race car and the determination for every last detail. There's a lot going on in the world, but our team is very good at setting those things aside for 10 weeks during the playoffs. It felt more important to win a race this week than to win a race at Homestead for the championship.


2018 TicketGuardian 500, Media, Television
Fox Sports covered their 14th race at the Phoenix International Raceway. Mike Joy, two-time Phoenix winner Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip had the call in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum handled the pit road duties for the television side.


2018 TicketGuardian 500, Media, Radio
MRN had the radio call for the race which also was simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.


2018 Tilia Slovenia Open
The 2018 Tilia Slovenia Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Portorož, Slovenia between 6 – 11 August 2018.


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


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


2018 Tilia Slovenia Open – Doubles
Hans Podlipnik Castillo and Andrei Vasilevski were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2018 Tilia Slovenia Open – Doubles
Gerard Granollers and Lukáš Rosol won the title after defeating Nikola Čačić and Lucas Miedler 7–5, 6–3 in the final.


2018 Tilia Slovenia Open – Singles
Sergiy Stakhovsky was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Constant Lestienne.


2018 Tilia Slovenia Open – Singles
Lestienne won the title after defeating Andrea Arnaboldi 6–2, 6–1 in the final.


2018 Tim Hortons Brier
The 2018 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 3 to 11, 2018 at the Brandt Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan. The winning team represented Canada at the 2018 World Men's Curling Championship from March 31 to April 8 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, United States.


2018 Tim Hortons Brier
This marked the fifth time the Brier was held in Regina, the first time since 2006.


2018 Tim Hortons Brier
The 2018 tournament was the first to use a new 16-team format, featuring representation by all fourteen member associations of Curling Canada, alongside the defending champions (as Team Canada), and a new wildcard team. As part of this new format, the Bronze medal game was removed from the schedule.


2018 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams
Curling Canada introduced a new 16-team format for both the Brier and Tournament of Hearts for 2018, under which all 14 member associations of Curling Canada are now represented in the main field, rather than being limited by a pre-qualifying tournament. The teams were divided into two pools for round robin play, after which the top four teams from each advanced to a Championship Pool. Alongside the inclusion of the previous year's champions as Team Canada, the final spot in the tournament was filled by a wildcard play-in game held on the Friday before the tournament.


2018 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams
The rinks of John Epping (Ontario), Mike Fournier (Quebec), and Greg Smith (Newfoundland and Labrador) made their Brier debuts.


2018 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams
Team Canada's Brad Gushue set a new record for the most Canadian national men's championship game wins as a skip when he skipped the 114th victory of his Brier career over the Northwest Territories on March 5.


2018 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams
Skip : Brad GushueThird: Mark NicholsSecond: Brett GallantLead: Geoff WalkerAlternate: Tom Sallows


2018 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams
Skip : Sean GeallThird: Jeff RichardSecond: Andrew NerpinLead: David HarperAlternate: Brad Wood


2018 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams
Skip : James GrattanThird: Chris Jeffrey Second: Andy McCannLead: Peter CaseAlternate: Brian King


2018 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams
Skip : Greg SmithThird: Matthew Hunt Second: Andrew TaylorLead: Ian WithycombeAlternate: Connor Stapleton


2018 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams
Skip : Brad JacobsThird: Ryan FrySecond: E.J. HarndenLead: Ryan HarndenAlternate: Tanner Horgan


2018 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams
Skip : Eddie MacKenzieThird: Josh BarrySecond: Christopher GallantLead: Sean LedgerwoodAlternate: Robbie Younker


2018 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams
Skip : Mike FournierThird: Félix AsselinSecond: William DionLead: Jean-François TrépanierAlternate: Émile Asselin


2018 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams
Fourth: Matt DunstoneSkip: Steve LaycockSecond: Kirk MuyresLead: Dallan MuyresAlternate: Lyle Muyres


2018 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams
Skip : Dave St. LouisThird: Wade KingdonSecond: Peter MackeyLead: Jeff Nadeau


2018 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams
Skip : Thomas ScoffinThird: Tom AppelmanSecond: Wade ScoffinLead: Steve FecteauAlternate: Clint Ireland


2018 Tim Hortons Brier, Wildcard game
A play-in game was held on March 2, 2018 that determined the wildcard team that rounded out the tournament field. It was played between the top two teams on the Canadian Team Ranking System standings who lost in their provincial championship: the Fort Rouge Curling Club's Mike McEwen rink and the Granite Curling Club's Jason Gunnlaugson rink, both from Winnipeg.


2018 Tim Hortons Brier, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00).


2018 Tim Hortons Brier, Placement round
Each team that finished fifth through eight in their pool played the team that finished in the same position in the opposite pool for the purpose of determining final tournament ranking. For example, the winner of the game between fifth place teams was ranked ninth place overall, the loser of that game was ranked tenth place, and so on.


2018 Tim Hortons Brier, Placement round, Seeding games
All game times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00).


2018 Tim Hortons Brier, Championship pool standings
All wins and losses earned in the round robin (including results against teams that failed to advance) were carried forward into the Championship Pool.


2018 Tim Hortons Brier, Championship pool results
All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00).


2018 Timiskaming District municipal elections
Elections were held in the organized municipalities in the Timiskaming District of Ontario on October 22, 2018 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.


2018 Timiskaming District municipal elections, McGarry
After a tied vote, and a recount confirmed the tie, a random draw was held to select the mayor, which Matt Reimer won.


2018 Tinsukia killings
On 1 November 2018, suspected militants of ULFA (Independent) massacred five Bengali Hindus on the banks of Brahmaputra near Kherbari village in Tinsukia district of Assam. Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal condemned the killings. Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal condemned the killings and pointed towards the NRC process as the trigger behind the killings. ULFA (Independent) denied any involvement in the massacre.


2018 Tinsukia killings, Background
As early as in 2016, ULFA warned Bengali Hindu individuals and organizations not to support the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. On 13 October, the ULFA (Independent) detonated a low intensity bomb in Guwahati to warn the Bengali Hindu organizations protesting the exclusion of names of Bengali Hindu refugees from the NRC. It claimed that the Bengali Hindu organizations were working against the interests of the indigenous Assamese people and conspiring against Assam. A week before the incident, Assam Police received intelligence input about attacks in Bengali inhabited areas. On 25 November the pro-talk faction of the ULFA leadership stated that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 must be stopped from being passed at the Parliament. If it gets passed, he threatened to turn Assam into a 1983-like situation where the Bengali people would be massacred again.


2018 Tinsukia killings, Killings
In the evening of 1 November 2018, six or seven Bengali Hindu youths were relaxing at a shop and playing ludo in the Kherbari village. Around 8-30 PM IST five or six unidentified gunmen arrived at the spot and rounded up the youths. They were taken to the banks of the Brahmaputra river, about six kilometers from the Dhola-Sadiya bridge. The gunmen forced the youths to sit on a line. At around 8:55 PM IST the gunmen opened fire on the youths from a point blank range. Five out of the seven people died on the spot. The two critically injured survivors were rushed to the hospital.


2018 Tinsukia killings, Reactions
Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal condemned the killings. Sushmita Dev, Member of Parliament from Silchar too condemned the killings. Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal condemned the killings and lay the blame on the NRC process.


2018 Tipperary Senior Football Championship
The 2018 Tipperary Senior Football Championship (sponsored by Tipperary Water) was the 128th edition of the Tipperary GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Tipperary, Ireland. The tournament consisted of 16 clubs with the winner going on to represent Tipperary in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship began with a Group stage before proceeding to a knock-out format. The winning Club received the O'Dwyer Cup.


2018 Tipperary Senior Football Championship
Clonmel Commercials were the defending champions, however the defence of their title came undone at the Semi-Final stage when losing to eventual champions Moyle Rovers.


2018 Tipperary Senior Football Championship
This was Kiladangan's debut in the senior grade after claiming the 2017 Tipperary I.F.C. title.


2018 Tipperary Senior Football Championship
On 28 October 2018, Moyle Rovers claimed their 9th Tipperary S.F.C. crown when defeating Ardfinnan by 1-15 to 1-7 in the final at Semple Stadium. This was their first triumph since 2009.


2018 Tipperary Senior Football Championship
Drom-Inch GAA were relegated to the 2019 I.F.C. after losing their Relegation Final to ???. This ended their four year tenure in the senior ranks since their promotion in 2014.


2018 Tipperary Senior Football Championship
The draw for the group stage was made on 28 January 2019.


2018 Tipperary Senior Football Championship, Team Changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2017 championship season.


2018 Tipperary Senior Football Championship, Format
The 16 teams are drawn into random groups of four. The top two teams automatically enter the knock-out stages. Should a team finish third or fourth in their group but win their regional championship (West Tipperary S.F.C./Mid Tipperary S.F.C./South Tipperary S.F.C. ), they will be re-instated into the county series in a Preliminary Quarter-Final in a random draw against any of the second placed teams.


2018 Tipperary Senior Football Championship, Group stage
All 16 teams enter the competition at this stage. The top 2 teams in each group go into the Quarter-Finals while the bottom team of each group will enter a Relegation Playoff.


2018 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
The 2018 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship was the 128th staging of the Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Tipperary County Board in 1887. The draw for the 2018 group stage took place on 29 January 2018. The championship began on 14 April 2018 and ended on 21 October 2018.


2018 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
Thurles Sarsfields were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Nenagh Éire Óg at the semi-final stage.


2018 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
On 21 October 2018, Clonoulty-Rossmore won the championship after a 0-23 to 2-13 defeat of Nenagh Éire Óg in the final at Semple Stadium. It was their third championship title overall and their first title since 1997.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season
The 2018 season was Michael Ryan's third and final year as manager of the Tipperary senior hurling team.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season
On 26 September 2017, it was confirmed that Michael Ryan would continue as Tipperary manager on a new three-year term alongside coach Declan Fanning and selectors John Madden and Conor Stakelum. Brian Horgan left his position as a selector.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season
Intersport/Elverys continued as sponsors of Tipperary GAA for a fourth year with the same kit as used in 2017.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season
On 10 November 2017, it was confirmed that Pádraic Maher would retain the captaincy of the Tipperary Senior hurling team for 2018.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season
Tipperary again chose not to compete in the Munster Senior Hurling League which was held in January.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season
On 2 August 2018, Michael Ryan along with his management team stepped down after three years.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season
On 24 September, Liam Sheedy was appointed as the new manager of the Tipperary senior hurling team on a three-year term.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 senior hurling management team, 2018 squad
The following players made their competitive senior debut in 2018.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 senior hurling management team, 2018 squad
Squad as per v Kilkenny in the 2018 National Hurling League Final on 8 April.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, Challenge Games
A 40-man pre-season training panel was named at the end of October 2017 with nine new players included while there was also a recall for defender Cathal Barrett.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, Challenge Games
In October 2017, Steven O'Brien confirmed that he would be playing with the Tipperary senior football team in 2018 after two years with the Tipperary hurling team.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, Challenge Games
Tipperary played their first challenge game of the new season on 9 December 2017 against Laois in Puckane. The match was hosted by the Kiladangan club with all proceeds going toward the Kiladangan National School defibrillator fund and Living Links Ireland.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 National Hurling League, Summary
It was confirmed in January that Séamus Callanan would miss  most of the league campaign with a back injury. Tipperary started their league campaign on 28 January against Clare in Ennis, they started with only six of those who lost to Galway in the 2017 All-Ireland semi-final. The match was played in Cusack Park with a 2pm throw-in, and was televised live by TG4. Clare won the game 1-21 to 0-19, and also had a half time lead of 0-13 to 0-10. Goalkeeper Paul Maher, Tom Fox at left half back and Ger Browne at top of the right all started the game to make their league debuts. David Reidy got the clinching score for Clare in injury-time when he ran in on goal to shoot low to the net.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 National Hurling League, Summary
A week later on 3 February, Tipperary defeated Waterford. There were six changes from the team that lined out against Clare, Sean O'Brien, Joe O'Dwyer, Brendan Maher, Dan McCormack, Michael Breen and John McGrath all came into the team. Paudie Feehan came into the team a few minutes before the start due to Cathal Barrett picking up a groin injury. The match was played in Semple Stadium with a 7pm throw-in, and was televised live by Eir Sport. Before a crowd of 6,363 Waterford with the wind behind them in the first-half had an 0-10 to 0-9 lead at half-time.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 National Hurling League, Summary
Mark O'Brien scored a goal for Waterford after 48 minutes shooting from a tight angle. Tipperary won a penalty when Michael Breen was fouled with Jason Forde shooting low to the left corner. Waterford only scored 1-1 in the second half. Dan McCormack who went off after four minutes of the game with a knee injury and Joe O'Dwyer who suffered a broken thumb will both miss the remainder of the league campaign.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 National Hurling League, Summary
Two weeks later on 17 February, Tipperary defeated previously unbeaten Wexford. It was the first meeting between the teams since the league semi-final in April 2017. There were five changes from the team that lined out against Waterford, Daragh Mooney, James Barry, Patrick Maher, Barry Heffernan and Michael Cahill were all named initially in the team, Michael Cahill eventually missed out due to flu. The match was played in Semple Stadium with a 7pm throw-in, and was televised live by Eir Sport before a crown of 8,358.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 National Hurling League, Summary
Jason Forde who was named as the man of the match got the opening goal of the game in the 13th minute when he ran onto a pass from Sean Curran to shoot low past the goalkeeper. With Tipperary leading at half-time by 1-15 to 1-8. Forde got his second goal of the game in the 44th minute with a low powerful shot to the net and with 11 minutes remaining Tipperary were 2-20 to 1-14 ahead, before a comeback by Wexford. With Tipperary leading by three points in injury time, Patrick Maher put the game beyond Wexford when he cut in from the right to shoot low to the right of the net.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 National Hurling League, Summary
On 25 February Tipperary played Kilkenny in round four of the league. The match was played in Nowlan Park with a 2pm throw-in, and was televised live by TG4. They were without Jason Forde, John McGrath, Barry Heffernan and Paul Maher due to there involvement in the 2018 Fitzgibbon Cup final the day before. Niall O'Meara started his first league game of the year while Billy McCarthy made his first league start for Tipperary.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 National Hurling League, Summary
Kilkenny won the game by a point on a 2-22 to 2-21 scoreline after leading by 0-13 to 0-12 at half-time, Michael Breen who started at full-forward scored 2-9 for Tipperary before an attendance of 10,587. Kilkenny scored two goals in less than three minutes after the restart in the second half, the first from Walter Walsh who ran in on goals to score past the goalkeeper, the second from Luke Scanlon when he cut in from the left to fire into the roof of the net.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 National Hurling League, Summary
Tipperary responded when Breen kicked the ball low to the net before cutting in from the right before firing to the net to get his second goal of the game. Richie Leahy struck a late winning point for Kilkenny in injury time. Niall O'Meara picked up an arm injury in the second half.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 National Hurling League, Summary
In round five of the league, Tipperary were due to play Cork on 4 March but the game was postponed along with all the other games due to adverse weather conditions. The match against Cork took place a week later in Semple Stadium with Tipperary winning by three points on a 1-24 to 1-21 scoreline. Tipperary had a 0-15 to 1-9 lead at half time and Billy McCarthy got the Tipperary goal in the second half to put Tipperary seven clear in front of 6,733. Jason Forde ended up with a total of 0-12, 0-5 from play as Tipperary qualified for the hurling League quarter-finals where they would meet Dublin.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 National Hurling League, Summary
Tipperary were due to play Dublin in the quarter-finals on 18 March in Parnell Park, but he game was postponed due to heavy snow in Dublin. It was rescheduled for the bank holiday Monday, 19 March but again had to be called off due to the conditions in Dublin. The match was rescheduled for Croke Park on Sunday 25 March as part of a double header with the Dublin football team. The match was televised live by TG4.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 National Hurling League, Summary
Ten minutes into the match, Dublin had an 0-9 to 0-1 lead before Tipperary settled and went on to outscore Dublin by nineteen points from the 13th minute of the match to run out winners by 2-25 to 0-20. John McGrath got the first goal for Tipperary in the first half after 27 minutes when he cut in from the right before shooting low to the net at the hill 16 end to put Tipperary into the lead for the first time.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 National Hurling League, Summary
Ronan Maher received a second yellow card at the end of the first half after he wrapped his arm around Ryan Dwyer's neck. At half time Tipperary had a 1-15 to 0-14 lead. In the second half Michael Breen got the second goal for Tipperary in the 54th minute when he shot low to the left of the net after cutting back onto his left side. Pádraic Maher was named as the man of the match.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 National Hurling League, Summary
Tipperary played Limerick in the semi-final on 31 March at Semple Stadium. The match was televised live by TG4 with an attendance of 12,006 . Tipperary won the game on a 2-31 to 1-31 scoreline after extra-time to qualify for the final for the second year in a row. There were three changes to the team from the quarter-final with Willie Connors making his first start at corner forward and Daragh Mooney taking over as goalkeeper with Tomás Hamill also named in the half-back line.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 National Hurling League, Summary
Tipperary has a 0-12 to 0-10 lead at half-time and lead by 0-26 to 0-22 with three minutes remaining before Limerick came back to take the game into extra-time. During the first minute of extra time, Jason Forde who was named as the man of the match scored the first of his two goals when he intercepted a short Nicky Quaid puck-out and fired low to the net from 20m. He got his second in the 74th minute he flicked the ball into the net from the right from close range after a goalmouth scramble. Limerick pulled a goal back when Graeme Mulcahy fired powerfully into the net but Tipperary held on to win by three points.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 National Hurling League, Summary
Tipperary went on to play Kilkenny in the league final on Sunday 8 April at Nowlan Park. The match was televised live by TG4 and it was the tenth final meeting between the sides in ten years. Brendan Maher came into the side to start at midfield. Tipperary had lost league finals to Kilkeny in 2009, 2013 and All-Ireland finals to Kilkenny in 2009, 2011 and in 2014 following a draw, while Tipperary had beaten Kilkenny twice in All-Ireland finals during the same period in 2010 and 2016.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 National Hurling League, Summary
Tipperary were hoping to win their 20th league title but had not won the title since 2008. Kilkenny won the game on a 2-23 to 2-17 scoreline in front of 17,608, Tipperary had a 1-10 to 0-11 lead at half time. The first Tipperary goal came from Jason Forde in the 24th minute when he shot low to the net after a pass from John McGrath. Kilkenny scored their first goal 30 seconds into the second half when Walter Walsh escaped past the Tipperary defense to fire to the net.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 National Hurling League, Summary
John O'Dwyer had a goal chance saved by Eoin Murphy in the 40th minute. The second Kilkenny goal came in the 63rd minute when Conor Fogarty got free on the right and fired to the net. Tipperary only scored one point from play in the second half from John McGrath in the 38th minute, their second goal again came from Jason Forde with five minutes remaining from a 21m free which was hit low to the net.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 National Hurling League, Summary
This was Kilkenny's sixth win in seven knockout league games against Tipperary and they have won 14 of their last 17 knockout matches against Tipperary and haven't lost to them at home in a knock out match since 2008. Jason Forde finished as the league's top scored for the year with a total of 7-72 in seven matches.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
The draw for the Munster championship round-robin fixtures was held off camera on 19 October 2017 and announced on the championship draw broadcast live on RTÉ2 that evening. After the completion of the league, five players were released from the Tipperary senior hurling panel, Paul Shanahan, Tom Fox, Lyndon Fairbrother, Paddy Caddell and Tomas Hamill. Seamus Callanan returned to training on 17 April.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 Munster Senior Hurling Championship, Round 1 (v Limerick 20 May)
Manager Micheal Ryan named four championship debutants for the opening Munster Championship round-robin game against Limerick at the Gaelic Grounds on 20 May with goalkeeper Brian Hogan, Barry Heffernan, Willie Connors and Billy McCarthy all starting, with Alan Flynn making his first start. The match was televised live on RTÉ2 as part of the Sunday Game presented by Michael Lyster with analysis by Ger Loughnane, Henry Shefflin, and Tomás Mulcahy. Commentary on the game was provided by Marty Morrissey alongside Dónal O'Grady. Limerick won the game on a 1-23 to 2-14 scoreline in front of an attendance of 20,423.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 Munster Senior Hurling Championship, Round 1 (v Limerick 20 May)
Tipperary had a 1-10 to 0-12 lead at half time, the Tipperary goal coming from Dan McCormack in the 20th minute when he reacted quickly to fire low to the net after John McGrath's one handed effort rebounded off the base of the post. Jason Forde got the second goal for Tipperary against the run of play in the 50th minute to level the game when he caught the ball on the right before firing into the left side of the net.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 Munster Senior Hurling Championship, Round 1 (v Limerick 20 May)
Limerick went on to outscore Tipperary by 1-5 to 0-2 to win the game by 6 points with Barry Murphy getting the Limerick goal in the 67th minute when he batted down past Brian Hogan and into the net. After the match, Michael Ryan issued a media ban until after the completion of the Munster Championship but reversed this decision two days later when he spoke to Tipp FM radio.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 Munster Senior Hurling Championship, Round 1 (v Limerick 20 May)
"We're very disappointed with the performance levels we brought on Sunday, they  weren't good enough, Fellas get opportunities based on their performances in our training games, the reason why I didn't speak to the media on Sunday immediately after the match was a decision we had taken prior to the campaign," Ryan said speaking to Tipp FM.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 Munster Senior Hurling Championship, Round 1 (v Limerick 20 May)
This defeat to Limerick was the fourth consecutive defeat they have suffered in the immediate aftermath of a National Hurling league final loss, following losses to Limerick in 2013 and 2014 and Cork in 2017, games that were next up after the league finals against Kilkenny in 2013 and 2014 and Galway in 2017.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 Munster Senior Hurling Championship, Round 2 (v Cork 27 May)
A week later Tipperary played Cork at Semple Stadium in round 2 of the Munster Championship group stage on 27 May. The match was televised live on RTÉ2 as part of the Sunday Game presented by Michael Lyster with analysis by Ger Loughnane, Henry Shefflin, and Cyril Farrell. Commentary on the game was provided by Darragh Maloney alongside Michael Duignan. There were six changes to the team from the previous week with Seamus Callanan, Patrick Maher, Brendan Maher and Sean O'Brien all starting and Michael Cahill and Joe O'Dwyer also coming into the team.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 Munster Senior Hurling Championship, Round 2 (v Cork 27 May)
The game finished in a draw on a 2-20 to 1-23 scoreline after Cork had a nine-point lead at half-time on a 1-15 to 1-6 scoreline. In front of an attendance of 22,456, Jason Fode got the first goal for Tipperary after 14 minutes with a low powerful finish to the right. Noel McGrath got the other goal when he cut in from the left to score with a low shot to the right. With three minutes to go, Cork lead by three points when goalkeeper Anthony Nash saved low to his right from a ground shot by John O'Dwyer.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 Munster Senior Hurling Championship, Round 2 (v Cork 27 May)
Jake Morris got the equalizing point for Tipperary with the last puck of the game in the 72nd minute. John McGrath was named as the man of the match. Tipperary manager Michael Ryan was not happy with the first half saying "It was a horrible first half for us. Cork were all over us and we were literally chasing shadows all over the pitch, We didn't get to express ourselves or take control of any part of that first half. It was Cork, Cork, Cork."


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 Munster Senior Hurling Championship, Round 3 (v Waterford 3 June)
The following week Tipperary played Waterford at the Gaelic Grounds in round 3 of the Munster Championship group stage on 3 June. The match was televised live on RTÉ2 as part of the Sunday Game presented by Joanne Cantwell with analysis by Liam Sheedy, Ken McGrath, and Cyril Farrell. Commentary on the game was provided by Darragh Maloney alongside Anthony Daly. Tipperary made one change to the team with John O'Dwyer starting instead of Patrick Maher.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 Munster Senior Hurling Championship, Round 3 (v Waterford 3 June)
For the second week in a row the game finished in a draw on a 2-22 to 2-22 scoreline after Waterford had a six-point lead at half time on a 2-12 to 0-12 scoreline and had an eleven-point lead in the 54th minute. In front of an attendance of 10,237 and in very warm conditions, Michael Cahill was sent off after being shown a second yellow card just before half-time. Patrick Maher got the first goal for Tipperary in the second half with a low powerful finish to the net from the right after 58 minutes.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 Munster Senior Hurling Championship, Round 3 (v Waterford 3 June)
Jason Forde got the other goal in the 62nd minute when he hit a long range free which dropped short and was juggled by Waterford player Austin Gleeson on the line before being cleared, the umpire gave a goal as he  [sic?] taught that the ball had gone over the line before being cleared. Brendan Maher was named as the man of the match.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 Munster Senior Hurling Championship, Round 4 (v Clare 10 June)
Tipperary went on to play Clare in their last game of the group stage on 10 June in Semple Stadium. They lost the game on a 1-23 to 1-21 scoreline. This was the first championship fixture between the sides in Semple Stadium in 33 years and Clare's first win since 1928. Clare's win was also their first win in Tipperary in the championship since 1928. The match was televised live on RTÉ2 as part of the Sunday Game presented by Michael Lyster with analysis by Ger Loughnane, Jackie Tyrrell, and Liam Sheedy.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 Munster Senior Hurling Championship, Round 4 (v Clare 10 June)
Commentary on the game was provided by Marty Morrissey alongside Dónal O'Grady. Clare won the game by two points to eliminate Tipperary from the championship. There were three changes to the Tipperary team that drew with Waterford the previous week with Donagh Maher, Cathal Barrett and Patrick Maher coming in to replace John O'Dwyer, Noel McGrath and the suspended Michael Cahill.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 Munster Senior Hurling Championship, Round 4 (v Clare 10 June)
The Tipperary goal came from Billy McCarthy in the 13th minute when he burst past David McInerney to fire powerfully past the Clare goalkeeper, this gave Tipperray a six-point lead, 1-4 to 0-1 and they increased the lead to eight in the first half before four Clare points made the half time score 1-10 to 0-9. Tipperary continued to lead the match until injury time when Clare leveled the match and then went on to lead with two points from man of the match Peter Duggan.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 Munster Senior Hurling Championship, Round 4 (v Clare 10 June)
The Clare goal came from Ian Galvin when he received the ball from Podge Collins before side-stepping and finishing low to the left of the net. That Clare goal came 18 seconds after Jake Morris had hit the post from the left which would have put Tipperary into a seven-point lead with 6 minutes left. Late in the match, Brendan Maher tore his cruciate and is expected to be out of action till 2019.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 Munster Senior Hurling Championship, Round 4 (v Clare 10 June)
Tipperary manager Michael Ryan speaking after the game was disappointed but happy that the team had finally performed saying "I didn't see fatigue — if anything I saw the opposite, that was our best performance out of four yet we didn't get anything out of it. I know the writing was on the wall for us, we had to deliver a performance today to have a chance. I don't think it hurt us today."


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 Munster Senior Hurling Championship, Round 4 (v Clare 10 June)
On 13 June the Tipperary County board released a statement firmly backing Michael Ryan and his management team after criticism of the team's performance in the championship. This is the earliest that Tipperary have been eliminated from the championship since the defeat to Waterford on 7 June 1998 in the Munster semi-final at Pairc Ui Chaoimh, a team that included manager Michael Ryan.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2018 Munster Senior Hurling Championship, Round 4 (v Clare 10 June)
On 2 August 2018, Michael Ryan along with his management team stepped down after three years.


2018 Tipperary county hurling team season, Awards
The nominations for the PwC All-Stars were announced on 13 September with Tipperary receiving one nomination in forward Jason Forde. The award winners were announced on 2 November with Forde not being named in the team.


2018 Tipsport liga
2018 Tipsport liga is the twenty-first edition of the annual football tournament in Czech Republic.


2018 Tirreno–Adriatico
The 2018 Tirreno–Adriatico NAMEDSPORT was a road cycling stage race that took place between 7 and 13 March 2018 in Italy. It was the 53rd edition of the Tirreno–Adriatico and the seventh event of the 2018 UCI World Tour.


2018 Tirreno–Adriatico
A Polish rider won the race for the first time, as Team Sky's Michał Kwiatkowski took the overall victory; Kwiatkowski took the race lead after gaining bonus seconds on the fifth stage, and maintained the lead to the end of the race. Kwiatkowski finished 24 seconds clear of Damiano Caruso (BMC Racing Team), while the podium was completed by another Team Sky rider, Geraint Thomas, a further 8 seconds behind Caruso.


2018 Tirreno–Adriatico
In the other classifications, Jacopo Mosca (Wilier Triestina–Selle Italia) won the orange jersey as points classification winner, while Nicola Bagioli (Nippo–Vini Fantini–Europa Ovini) won the mountains classification and its accompanying green jersey. The young rider classification and the white jersey was won by Lotto–Soudal's Tiesj Benoot, in fourth place overall, while the teams classification was won by Astana.


2018 Tirreno–Adriatico, Teams
As Tirreno–Adriatico was a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and obliged to enter a team in the race. Four UCI Professional Continental teams competed, completing the 22-team peloton.


2018 Tirreno–Adriatico, Route
The route of the 2018 Tirreno–Adriatico was announced on 12 January 2018. As part of the route, a stage finish in Filottrano was scheduled in honour of Michele Scarponi, who died the previous April.


2018 Tirreno–Adriatico, Classification leadership table
In the 2018 Tirreno–Adriatico, four jerseys were awarded. The general classification was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses were awarded to the first three finishers on all stages except for the time trials: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively. Bonus seconds were also awarded to the first three riders at intermediate sprints; three seconds for the winner of the sprint, two seconds for the rider in second and one second for the rider in third. The leader of the general classification received a blue jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2018 Tirreno–Adriatico, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.


2018 Tirreno–Adriatico, Classification leadership table
The second classification was the points classification. Riders were awarded points for finishing in the top ten in a stage. Unlike in the points classification in the Tour de France, the winners of all stages – with the exception of the team time trial, which awarded no points towards the classification – were awarded the same number of points. Points were also won in intermediate sprints; five points for crossing the sprint line first, three points for second place, two for third and one for fourth. The leader of the points classification was awarded an orange jersey, a change from the red jersey awarded in 2017.


2018 Tirreno–Adriatico, Classification leadership table
There was also a mountains classification, for which points were awarded for reaching the top of a climb before other riders. Each of the sixteen climbs was categorised as either Superior-, or single-category, with more points available for the more difficult, Superior-category climb to Sassotetto. For this climb, the top seven riders earned points; on the other climbs, only the top four riders earned points. The leadership of the mountains classification was marked by a green jersey.


2018 Tirreno–Adriatico, Classification leadership table
The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey. Only riders born after 1 January 1993 were eligible; the young rider best placed in the general classification was the leader of the young rider classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists in a team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest cumulative time.


2018 Tocantins gubernatorial special election
The 2018 Tocantins gubernatorial special election was summoned by the Superior Electoral Court after the decision that removed the Governor and Vice Governor of Tocantins, who won the 2014 election, by the allegation of abuse of economic power. In the face of such sentence, the President of the Legislative Assembly, Mauro Carlesse, took office as Acting Governor until a new voting decided who would command the state government. Altogether, seven candidacies were registered for the election. Carlesse ran for Governor and defeated Senator Vicentinho Alves in the second round with more than 75% of the valid votes. The term of Carlesse ends on 1 January 2019, when the Governor-elect in the October election will take office.


2018 Tochigi SC season, Squad
As of 1 July 2019. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


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


2018 Togolese parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Togo on 20 December 2018. They had been initially scheduled for July 2018, but were postponed until ECOWAS called for polling to take place on 20 December. The main opposition parties, which formed Aliance C14, boycotted the elections following the refusal of President Faure Gnassingbé  to fully cancel proposed constitution reforms that would allow him to run for two more terms beyond his current ending term in 2020.


2018 Togolese parliamentary election, Electoral system
The 91 members of the National Assembly are elected by closed list proportional representation from 30 multi-member constituencies ranging in size from two to ten seats. Seats are allocated using the highest averages method.


2018 Togolese parliamentary election, Campaign
The elections saw 105 political parties submit lists, alongside 25 lists of independent candidates. A total of 850 candidates ran for the 91 available seats.


2018 Tokyo Marathon
The 2018 Tokyo Marathon (Japanese: 東京マラソン 2018) was the twelfth edition of the annual marathon race in Tokyo and was held on Sunday, 25 February. An IAAF Gold Label Road Race, it was the first World Marathon Majors event to be held that year. The men's race was won by Dickson Chumba in 2:05:30 hours while the women's race was won by Birhane Dibaba in 2:19:51. The men's runner-up Yuta Shitara set a Japanese national record time of 2:06:11 hours. This was also an Asian record. The host nation featured prominently in the men's race, with two runners in the top five and six of the top ten being Japanese. The Japanese women fared less well, with sixth-place Hiroko Yoshitomi being the best national performer (over ten minutes behind the winner).


2018 Tokyo Marathon
Around 35,500 runners took part in the marathon races, with a further 500 taking part in a 10K run linked to the event. The public section of the race was oversubscribed 9 times over, with nearly 320,000 applications received. From an initial 35,911 starters, a total of 34,542 people finished the marathon distance, 7905 (23%) of which were women and 32 wheelchair racers. The event was broadcast live on television by Fuji TV and live radio commentary was provided by Nippon Broadcasting System. An exhibition about the race was held at Tokyo Big Sight in the three days proceeding the race.


2018 Tokyo Marathon, Race summary
Though the men's race was not as fast as the previous year, Chumba won the race in the second fastest time ever recorded at the event. Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich returned to attempt a title defence, and also a world record, but this proved too much for the athlete, who dropped out shortly after the 15 km mark. The leading men's group were paced through to the halfway point in 1:02:44.


2018 Tokyo Marathon, Race summary
After the pacemakers dropped out, Chumba forged ahead with fellow Kenyans Amos Kipruto and Gideon Kipketer, though the latter two soon fell behind and Yuta Shitara had a late surge to overhaul them. After those four, Hiroto Inoue was the only other man to finish under two hours and seven minutes in fifth place – this was a new record in depth of performances at the race. Shitara's national record brought him a 100 million yen bonus (US$950,000) from the Japan Corporate Track and Field Federation as part of their "Project Exceed" initiative to improve performances in the build-up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Inoue's sub-2:07 run was also worth a 10 million yen bonus.


2018 Tokyo Marathon, Race summary
The standard of the women's race was diminished by the absence of two major runners due to injury, Purity Cherotich Rionoripo and Meseret Defar. The gap in quality showed as five runners had build up a half minute lead by the first 5 km point – Ethiopians Birhane Dibaba, Ruti Aga and Shure Demise, plus American Amy Cragg and Kenya's Helah Kiprop. Kiprop drifted off the pack after 15 km, being 14 seconds in arrears when the other four women passed the halfway point in 1:10:19.


2018 Tokyo Marathon, Race summary
Shure Demise was the next to go, falling behind by six seconds in the 25–30 km period of the race. The 30–35 km segment saw Cragg drop eight seconds back and Birhane Dibaba put clear distance between herself and runner-up Ruti Aga, eventually winning with nearly a minute and a half to spare.


2018 Tokyo Marathon, Race summary
In the wheelchair races, Hiroyuki Yamamoto and Tomoki Suzuki were dominant in the absence of Marcel Hug (flight cancellation) and it was Yamamoto who pipped his opponent to take the victory by a margin of one second in 1:26:23. A group of six racers remained in a pack further back, racing tactically some five minutes in arrears to the leaders. A sprint finish between them saw South Africa's Ernst van Dyk edge out Australian Kurt Fearnley by a fraction of a second to take third place.


2018 Tokyo Marathon, Race summary
Six was the total number of entrants in the women's wheelchair race: Swiss Manuela Schär led the pace and pulled away from Tatyana McFadden and Amanda McGrory to win in 1:43:25 – over a minute and a half clear. McFadden took the runner-up spot and home athlete Tsubasa Kina pulled ahead of a fading McGrory to claim third.


2018 Toledo Rockets football team
The 2018 Toledo Rockets football team represented the University of Toledo in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Jason Candle and played their home games at the Glass Bowl as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 5–3 in MAC play to finish in a three-way tie for second place in the West Division. They were invited to the Bahamas Bowl where they lost to FIU.


2018 Toledo Rockets football team, Previous season
The Rockets finished the 2017 season 11–3, 7–1 in MAC play to win the West Division. They defeated Akron in the MAC Championship game to become champions of the MAC. They received an invitation to the Dollar General Bowl where they lost to Appalachian State for the second consecutive year in a bowl game.


2018 Toledo Rockets football team, Preseason, Preseason media poll
The MAC released their preseason media poll on July 24, 2018, with the Rockets predicted to finish in second place in the West Division.


2018 Tonga Major League
The 2018 season of the Tonga Major League is the 39th season of top flight association football competition in Tonga. The winner qualifies for the 2019 OFC Champions League Qualifying stage. Because the Tonga Major League is the only men's senior competition on Tonga there is no relegation.


2018 Tonga Major League
Lotohaʻapai United won the title, beating Veitongo 2–1 in the final.


2018 Top Challenge League
The 2018 Top Challenge League was the second season of Japan's second-tier domestic rugby union competition, the Top Challenge League.


2018 Top Challenge League
It was played from 8 September to 9 December 2018, with eight participating teams. NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes won the competition for the third time – having previously won in 2010–11 and 2016–17 and qualified for the promotion play-offs, along with Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars, Kintetsu Liners and Kurita Water Gush. Kamaishi Seawaves and Chugoku Red Regulions finished seventh and eighth respectively to qualify for the relegation play-offs.


2018 Top Challenge League, Competition rules
In January 2017, the JRFU announced the format of the Top Challenge League competition. The competition was played in two stages. The First Stage was a round-robin format, where all eight teams played each other once.


2018 Top Challenge League, Competition rules
The top four teams in the First Stage progressed to Group A of the Second Stage, while the bottom four teams progressed to Group B. Each of these groups was another round-robin, with all four teams playing each other once.


2018 Top Challenge League, Competition rules
The four teams that competed in Group A progressed to promotion play-offs against the bottom four teams in the 2018–19 Top League.


2018 Top Challenge League, Competition rules
The two team that finished bottom and second-bottom of Group B progressed to the relegation play-offs, along with the winners and the runners-up of the Regional Challenge, held between the champions of the Top East League, Top West League and Top Kyūshū League.


2018 Top Challenge League, Teams
The following teams took part in the 2018 Top Challenge League competition:


2018 Top Challenge League, First Stage, Standings
The current standings for the 2018 Top Challenge League First Stage are:


2018 Top Challenge League, Second Stage Group A, Standings
The standings for the 2018 Top Challenge League Second Stage Group A are:


2018 Top Challenge League, Second Stage Group B, Standings
The standings for the 2018 Top Challenge League Second Stage Group B are:


2018 Toppserien
The 2018 Toppserien is the 32nd season of the highest women's football league in Norway. LSK Kvinner entered the season as the defending champions.


2018 Toppserien
LSK Kvinner won their fifth consecutive title with five matchdays to spare.


2018 Toppserien, Individual awards
At the end of the year Norwegian Football awards Guro Reiten of LSK Kvinner won the 2018 Golden Boot, 2018 Player of the Year and 2018 Goal of the Year awards.


2018 Toray Pan Pacific Open
The 2018 Toray Pan Pacific Open is a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 35th edition of the Pan Pacific Open, and part of the Premier Series of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place at the Arena Tachikawa Tachihi in Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan, on 17–23 September 2018.


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


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


2018 Toray Pan Pacific Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:


2018 Toray Pan Pacific Open – Doubles
Andreja Klepač and María José Martínez Sánchez were the defending champions, but chose not to participate.


2018 Toray Pan Pacific Open – Doubles
Miyu Kato and Makoto Ninomiya won the title, defeating Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková and Barbora Strýcová in the final, 6–4, 6–4.


2018 Toray Pan Pacific Open – Singles
Caroline Wozniacki was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the second round to Camila Giorgi.


2018 Toray Pan Pacific Open – Singles
Karolína Plíšková won the title, defeating Naomi Osaka in the final, 6–4, 6–4. Plíšková won the title after saving two match points Alison Riske had against her in the quarterfinals.


2018 Toray Pan Pacific Open – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2018 Torneo Descentralizado
The 2018 Torneo Descentralizado de Fútbol Profesional (known as the 2018 Copa Movistar for sponsorship reasons) was the 102nd edition of the top flight of Association football governed by the Federación Peruana de Futbol (FPF) (Spanish: Federación Peruana de Futbol or FPF). There were 16 teams in play; Alianza Lima were the defending champions. Sporting Cristal won their nineteenth domestic championship on 16 December after beating Alianza Lima in both legs of the finals.


2018 Torneo Descentralizado, Competition format
The season was played in four phases: Torneo de Verano (Summer Tournament), Torneo Apertura (Opening Tournament), Torneo Clausura (Closing Tournament), and the Playoffs.


2018 Torneo Descentralizado, Competition format
In the Torneo de Verano, teams were separated into two groups. Teams in each group played two matches against each team in their group, once at home and once away. The winner of each group qualified to play a double-legged final. The group winner with the most points on the aggregate table chose their home match. The winner of this tournament gained access to the playoffs and the 2019 Copa Libertadores if they finished in the top eight of the aggregate table at the end of the season.


2018 Torneo Descentralizado, Competition format
The Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura were two smaller tournament of 15 games in which each team played all others once. In the Torneo Clausura, matches were played in reverse order to the ones in the Torneo Apertura, and Apertura points did not carry over to Clausura. The winners of the Apertura and Clausura qualified to the playoffs and the 2019 Copa Libertadores as long as they finished in the top eight of the aggregate table at the end of the season.


2018 Torneo Descentralizado, Competition format
In the Playoffs, the winners of the three tournaments and the top team in the aggregate table played two semifinals with the winners playing the final. If a team won two out of the three tournaments, they would qualify for the final and the winner of the remaining tournament would play in the semifinal the best team in the aggregate table. The team with the most points on the aggregate table chose the home match. If teams were tied in points, a third match on neutral ground would be played to decide the national champion.


2018 Torneo Descentralizado, Competition format
If a team won the three tournaments, the playoffs would have been canceled and they would be declared as champions. The 2019 Copa Sudamericana berths were awarded to the four teams with the best record in the aggregate table that did not qualify for the Copa Libertadores. The two teams with the fewest points at the end of the third leg were relegated.


2018 Torneo Descentralizado, Teams
There were 16 teams confirmed to play in the 2018 Torneo Descentralizado; 14 teams from the previous season, the 2017 Segunda División champion (Sport Boys), and the 2017 Copa Perú champion (Binacional).


2018 Torneo Descentralizado, Teams, Stadia and locations
a: Ayacucho played their home games in the Torneo de Verano and Torneo Apertura at Estadio Eloy Molina Robles in Huanta while their regular stadium Estadio Ciudad de Cumaná underwent maintenance works. However, they temporarily moved their home games to Estadio Huancayo in Huancayo since Estadio Eloy Molina Robles in Huanta was deemed unfit for use by the ADFP.


2018 Torneo Descentralizado, Teams, Stadia and locations
b: Binacional played their home games in the Torneo de Verano at Estadio Monumental Virgen de Chapi in Arequipa, moving to Estadio 25 de Noviembre in Moquegua for the start of the Torneo Apertura due to poor attendances in their home games. c: Comerciantes Unidos played their home games at Estadio Carlos A. Olivares in Guadalupe due to their regular stadium Estadio Juan Maldonado Gamarra not meeting ADFP's stadium requirements.


2018 Torneo Descentralizado, Teams, Stadia and locations
Comerciantes Unidos played their home games in the Torneo Clausura at Estadio Mansiche in Trujillo and Estadio Cristo El Señor in Baños del Inca after they were barred from using the Estadio Carlos A. Olivares for the remainder of the season due to the incidents in their home match against Ayacucho. d: Deportivo Municipal played their home games at Estadio Nacional in Lima and Estadio Miguel Grau in Callao due to their regular stadium Estadio Iván Elías Moreno not meeting ADFP's stadium requirements.


2018 Torneo Descentralizado, Teams, Stadia and locations
e: UTC initially planned to play their home games at Estadio Mansiche in Trujillo due to their regular stadium Estadio Héroes de San Ramón not meeting ADFP's stadium requirements. However, and given that Estadio Mansiche was also unable to meet ADFP's stadium requirements, UTC decided to move their home games to Estadio Carlos A. Olivares in Guadalupe and later to Estadio Germán Contreras in Cajabamba.


2018 Torneo Descentralizado, Torneo de Verano, Finals
The champion was the team with the most points after the two legs were played. In case both teams tied in points and scored the same number of goals, there would have been 30 minutes of extra time and penalties if still tied.


2018 Torneo Descentralizado, Torneo de Verano, Finals
Sporting Cristal won 2–1 on aggregate and secured a spot in the Playoffs.


2018 Torneo Descentralizado, Aggregate table
All stages (Torneo de Verano, Torneo Apertura, and Torneo Clausura) of the 2018 season were aggregated into a single league table throughout the season to determine one of the teams that will qualify for the Copa Libertadores and the four Copa Sudamericana qualifiers, as well as those to be relegated at the end of the season.


2018 Torneo Descentralizado, Playoffs, Semi-final, Second leg
Tied 2–2 in points, Alianza Lima won on penalties and qualified for the Finals.


2018 Torneo Descentralizado, Playoffs, Finals
Sporting Cristal (Torneo de Verano and Torneo Apertura winners) and Alianza Lima (winning semi-finalists) contested the finals.


2018 Torneo Internacional Challenger León
The 2018 Torneo Internacional Challenger León was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the sixteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in León, Mexico between 23 and 29 April 2018.


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


2018 Torneo Internacional Challenger León – Doubles
Leander Paes and Adil Shamasdin were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2018 Torneo Internacional Challenger León – Doubles
Gonzalo Escobar and Manuel Sánchez won the title after defeating Bradley Mousley and John-Patrick Smith 6–4, 6–4 in the final.


2018 Torneo Internacional Challenger León – Singles
Adrián Menéndez Maceiras was the defending champion but lost in the second round to John-Patrick Smith.


2018 Torneo Internacional Challenger León – Singles
Christopher Eubanks won the title after defeating Smith 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–4) in the final.


2018 Torneo Internazionale Femminile Antico Tiro a Volo
The 2018 Torneo Internazionale Femminile Antico Tiro a Volo was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the tenth edition of the tournament and was part of the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Rome, Italy, on 2–8 July 2018.


2018 Torneo Internazionale Femminile Antico Tiro a Volo, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2018 Torneo Internazionale Femminile Antico Tiro a Volo – Doubles
Anastasiya Komardina and Nadia Podoroska were the defending champions, but both chose not to participate.


2018 Torneo Internazionale Femminile Antico Tiro a Volo – Doubles
Laura Pigossi and Renata Zarazúa won the title, defeating Anastasia Grymalska and Giorgia Marchetti in the final, 6–1, 4–6, [13–11].


2018 Torneo Internazionale Femminile Antico Tiro a Volo – Singles
Kateryna Kozlova was the defending champion, but chose to participate at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships instead.


2018 Torneo Internazionale Femminile Antico Tiro a Volo – Singles
Dayana Yastremska won the title, defeating Anastasia Potapova in the final, 6–1, 6–0.


2018 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva
The Torneo de Promoción y Reserva is a football tournament in Peru. There are currently 16 clubs in the league. Each team will have a roster of twelve 21-year-old players, three 19-year-olds, and three older reinforcements; whenever they be recorded in the club. The tournament will offer the champion two bonus points and the runner-up one bonus point to the respective regular teams in the 2018 Torneo Descentralizado.


2018 Toronto Argonauts season
The 2018 Toronto Argonauts season was the 61st season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 146th season overall. The Argonauts failed to improve upon their 9–9 record from 2017, losing their tenth game of the season to the Calgary Stampeders on September 28. Following their week 17 loss to the BC Lions on October 6, 2018, the Argonauts were the first team eliminated from post-season contention. They became the first team since the 2006 Edmonton Eskimos to fail to qualify for the playoffs in the year after winning the Grey Cup.


2018 Toronto Argonauts season
This was the second season with Jim Popp as general manager and Marc Trestman as head coach. It was announced the day following the Argonauts 24-9 loss to the Ottawa Redblacks on November 2 that Trestman would be relieved of his coaching duties for the Toronto Argonauts football team, following a 4-14 season with minimal success in Ricky Ray's absence. Ricky Ray was also indecisive about retirement at the end of the 2018 CFL regular season after sustaining a season-ending injury in the Argonauts 41-7 loss to the Calgary Stampeders on June 23 though he ultimately retired prior to the start of the 2019 Toronto Argonauts season.


2018 Toronto Argonauts season, Offseason, CFL Draft
The 2018 CFL Draft took place on May 3, 2018. The Argonauts had the last selection in each round of the draft by virtue of winning the 105th Grey Cup, less any traded picks. The Argos traded their third-round pick to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in a trade for Drew Willy, but got Edmonton's when the Argos traded Mason Woods for James Franklin. The Argonauts also made two conditional trades, one of which was fulfilled; they lost their sixth-round selection to Montreal after acquiring S. J. Green and he had a successful season.


2018 Toronto Argonauts season, Preseason
The Argonauts played their home pre-season game in Guelph due to field maintenance for the grass at their usual home stadium, BMO Field.


2018 Toronto Argonauts season, Regular season
The Toronto Argonauts lost their starting quarterback, Ricky Ray, due to a serious neck injury in the team's 41–7 loss to the Calgary Stampeders in the second week of the season. He was subsequently discharged from a Toronto hospital several days later. At the time of discharge, it was announced that Ray would miss a significant, but undisclosed, amount of time from on-field responsibilities. At the time of injury, commentators suggested that the team bench Ray in favor of their newly acquired backup quarterback, James Franklin.


2018 Toronto Argonauts season, Team, Roster
Italics indicate international player updated 2018-11-0146 active, 8 one-game injured12 six-game injured, 7 practice roster


2018 Toronto Blue Jays season
The 2018 Toronto Blue Jays season was the 42nd season of the franchise in the American League East division of Major League Baseball (MLB), and the 28th full season of play (29th overall) at Rogers Centre.


2018 Toronto Blue Jays season, Offseason
During his end-of-season press conference on October 3, 2017, general manager Ross Atkins confirmed that the Blue Jays would decline their mutual option on José Bautista and allow him to enter free agency. Atkins also announced that the team would retain their entire coaching staff entering 2018. On October 11, the team dismissed their assistant athletic trainer, Mike Frostad, as well as head strength coach Chris Joyner. Darrell Ceciliani, Bo Schultz, and César Valdez were outrighted to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons on November 1. The following day, Brett Anderson, Darwin Barney, Miguel Montero, and Michael Saunders became free agents.


2018 Toronto Blue Jays season, Offseason
On November 4, José Bautista's $17 million mutual option for the 2018 season was officially declined by the Blue Jays, making him a free agent. Leonel Campos, Taylor Cole, Raffy Lopez, and Luis Santos were outrighted to Triple-A on November 6, and pitcher Taylor Guerrieri was claimed off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays. Former Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay died on November 7, when his ICON A5 amphibious airplane crashed into the Gulf of Mexico near the Tampa Bay area of Florida. He was the only person in the airplane. The Blue Jays organization later announced plans to honour Halladay before their game on Opening Day and throughout the 2018 season, by retiring his number and wearing a black 32 patch on their jerseys for the year.


2018 Toronto Blue Jays season, Offseason
On November 20, the Blue Jays acquired Gift Ngoepe from the Pittsburgh Pirates, outrighted Chris Rowley and Harold Ramírez, lost Rob Refsnyder on a waiver claim by the Cleveland Indians, and added Conner Greene, Danny Jansen, Reese McGuire, Thomas Pannone, and Rowdy Tellez to the 40-man roster in order to protect them from the Rule 5 draft. The Blue Jays organization experienced a spike in positive tests for performance-enhancing drugs during November. Six players with the Dominican Summer League Blue Jays and one with the Gulf Coast League Blue Jays were suspended after testing positive.


2018 Toronto Blue Jays season, Offseason
The team announced on November 23 that they would begin an internal investigation into the positive reports. Late in the month, it was announced that assistant general manager Andrew Tinnish had been hired by the Atlanta Braves, who had recently hired former Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos. On December 1, Tinnish announced he had withdrawn from his position with Atlanta and would remain with Toronto. Also on December 1, the Blue Jays non-tendered Ryan Goins and Tom Koehler, and traded minor league outfielder J. B. Woodman to the St. Louis Cardinals for infielder Aledmys Díaz. Head athletic trainer George Poulis, who had been with the Blue Jays organization for 18 years, was hired by the Atlanta Braves on December 5.


2018 Toronto Blue Jays season, Offseason
On January 6, 2018, the Blue Jays traded Edward Olivares and Jared Carkuff to the San Diego Padres for infielder Yangervis Solarte. Ezequiel Carrera, Josh Donaldson, Dominic Leone, Aaron Loup, Kevin Pillar, Aaron Sanchez, and Devon Travis each avoided salary arbitration with the Blue Jays on January 12, agreeing to one-year contracts. Marcus Stroman and Roberto Osuna were unable to reach agreements with the team prior to the deadline. Dominic Leone and prospect Conner Greene were traded to the St. Louis Cardinals for outfielder Randal Grichuk on January 19. Curtis Granderson's one-year, $5 million contract became official on January 23. MLB revealed their top 100 prospects list on January 27, with Blue Jays prospects Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bo Bichette, and Anthony Alford ranking 3rd, 14th, and 47th respectively.


2018 Toronto Blue Jays season, Offseason
Roberto Osuna lost his arbitration case with the Blue Jays on February 3, and was awarded the team's $5.3 million contract instead of his requested $5.8 million. Jerry Howarth, the team's play-by-play announcer, announced his retirement on February 13 after 36 seasons with the Blue Jays. On February 15, Marcus Stroman announced through his Twitter account that he had lost his arbitration case and would make $6.5 million for the season instead of his requested salary of $6.9 million. Later that day, the team announced Jaime García had been signed to a one-year, $8 million contract that included a 2019 team option.


2018 Toronto Blue Jays season, Spring training
Blue Jays pitchers and catchers reported to spring training on February 14, while position players reported on February 19. Seung-hwan Oh signed a one-year, $2 million contract with Toronto on February 26. To make room on the roster, Ezequiel Carrera was designated for assignment. Carrera later cleared waivers and was invited back to spring training. Nick Tepesch signed a minor league contract with the Blue Jays on March 3, and was invited to spring training.


2018 Toronto Blue Jays season, Spring training
Early in spring training, it was announced that Troy Tulowitzki had a bone spur in his right ankle, and that he would miss the start of the Grapefruit League season. On March 4, manager John Gibbons stated Tulowitzki was unlikely to be ready for Opening Day. Top prospects Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette made their Grapefruit League debuts on March 8, and combined to go 6-for-8 with two RBIs and three runs scored in Toronto's 9–3 win over the Baltimore Orioles.


2018 Toronto Blue Jays season, Spring training
The Blue Jays made their first cuts of spring training on March 10, optioning Rowdy Tellez to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons, and sending Jon Harris, Sean Reid-Foley, and Jordan Romano to minor league camp. The following day, Ryan Borucki and Thomas Pannone were optioned to Buffalo, and Ezequiel Carrera was released.


2018 Toronto Blue Jays season, Spring training
On March 12, Gibbons announced that Marcus Stroman would not start on Opening Day due to shoulder inflammation he suffered early in spring training. Major League Baseball announced an 80-game suspension for Thomas Pannone on March 16, after he tested positive for a banned performance-enhancing substance. On March 20, Gibbons revealed that J. A. Happ would start on Opening Day, and be followed in the five-man rotation by Aaron Sanchez, Marco Estrada, Marcus Stroman, and Jaime García. On March 26 and 27, the Blue Jays returned to Montreal's Olympic Stadium for two games against the St. Louis Cardinals. The team finished spring training with a 14–18 record and one tie.


2018 Toronto Blue Jays season, 2018 draft
The 2018 Major League Baseball draft began on June 4 and concluded on June 6.


2018 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, March and April
The Blue Jays opened the 2018 regular season with a four-game series against the New York Yankees. Roy Halladay, who died in the offseason in a plane crash, was honoured before the game and had his number 32 retired by the team. In the first game, Yankees' offseason acquisition Giancarlo Stanton led the way on offence, hitting two home runs in the 6–1 loss for Toronto. Masahiro Tanaka held the Toronto offence at bay in game two, yielding just a single run in six innings as the Jays fell 4–2.