1998 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

1998 Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships

The 1998 Arizona Wildcats football team represented University of Arizona during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the first 11-win season in school history and the best conference record to date.

1998 BMW Open - Singles

1998 Bank of America robbery

The 1998 Arab Cup Winners' Cup was the ninth edition of the Arab Cup Winners' Cup held in Beirut, Lebanon between 19 – 30 August 1998. The teams represented Arab nations from Africa and Asia. MC Oran from Algeria won the final against Al-Jaish from Syria for consecutively the second time.

The 1998 Atlanta Braves season marked the franchise's 33rd season in Atlanta and 128th overall. They went on to win their seventh consecutive division title, taking the National League East title by 18 games over the second place New York Mets.The team featured six all stars: shortstop Walt Weiss and third baseman Chipper Jones were voted as starters, while first baseman Andrés Galarraga, catcher Javy López, and pitchers Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux were selected as reserves.

1998 Arizona Wildcats football

The 1998 Embassy World Professional Darts Championship was held from 3–11 January 1998 at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey.It saw Dutchman Raymond van Barneveld, the number one seed, win the first of four BDO world titles (and five overall), avenging his defeat by Richie Burnett in the 1995 final by beating him in a thrilling decider which went to the final set and a tiebreak. Barneveld became the first top seed to win the Embassy world title since his future rival Phil Taylor in 1992, and the second champion from outside the United Kingdom after John Part in 1994.Defending champion Les Wallace lost in the second round to 1996 champion Steve Beaton.

1998 Air Canada Cup

1998 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Final

1998 Australian Open – Women's Singles Qualifying

1998 Army Cadets football

The 1998 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. After using six different centers on the offensive line due to injury, Auburn finished the season with a 3–8 record. The Tigers began the season coached by Terry Bowden, who led the team to a 1–5 start. Criticism of the coaching arose among fans and key supporters, which resulted in Bowden's resignation on October 23, the day before the Tigers played Louisiana Tech. Defensive coordinator Bill Oliver became the interim head coach for the remainder of the season. Auburn played Alabama on November 21 for the last time at Legion Field in Birmingham. Since then, the Iron Bowl has generally been hosted on an alternating basis at the respective on-campus stadium.

The 1998 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title for drivers of cars conforming to Formula Holden regulations. The title was contested over a six round, twelve race series with the winner awarded the CAMS Gold Star. Officially the "Holden Australian Drivers' Championship for the CAMS Gold Star", it was the 42nd Australian Drivers' Championship.New Zealand racer Scott Dixon won the championship driving a (Reynard 92D) for SH Racing, to give the team their first ADC title after coming close to victory in 1997 with Jason Bargwanna. Dixon won five of the twelve races to finish ahead of Victorian racers Mark Noske (Reynard 95D) and Todd Kelly (Reynard 92D). Noske and Kelly each took three race wins, with Simon Wills (Reynard 92D) winning one, the first of his record 23 Australian Drivers' Championship career race victories.

The Anaheim Angels 1998 season involved the Angels finishing 2nd in the American League west with a record of 85 wins and 77 losses.

1998 Atlanta 500 Classic

1998 African Championships in Athletics

The 1998 Asian PGA Tour was the fourth season of the Asian PGA Tour, the main men's professional golf tour in Asia excluding Japan.

1998 Afghanistan earthquake (disambiguation)

1998 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

1998 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

1998 Atlantic 10 Baseball Tournament

1998 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament

Albanian Supercup 1998 is the 6th edition of the Albanian Supercup since its establishment in 1989. The match was contested between the Albanian Cup 1998 winners KS Apolonia and the 1997–98 Albanian Superliga champions KS Vllaznia.KS Vllaznia won 5-4 by penalties, as regular and extra time result ended 1-1.

The 1998 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to Zinedine Zidane on 22 December 1998.

The 1998 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by the Associated Press (AP) and the conference coaches for the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season.The Tennessee Volunteers won the conference, beating the Mississippi State Bulldogs 24 to 14 in the SEC Championship game. The Volunteers then won the National Championship game over the Florida State Seminoles 23 to 16.Kentucky quarterback Tim Couch was voted the AP SEC Offensive Player of the Year. Florida linebacker Jevon Kearse was voted AP SEC Defensive Player of the Year.

1998 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team

1998 Atlanta Falcons

1998 Asian Junior Women's Volleyball Championship

1998 Arizona Wildcats football season

1998 Arab Futsal Championship

1998 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship

The 1998 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title for drivers of cars conforming to Formula Holden regulations. The title was contested over a six round, twelve race series with the winner awarded the CAMS Gold Star.

The 1998 Algarve Cup was the fifth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's association football tournament. It took place between 15 and 21 March 1998 in Portugal with Norway winning the event for the fourth time in its history defeating Denmark, 4-1, in the final-game. The USA ended up third defeating Sweden, 3-1, in the third prize game.

1998 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Final

1998 All Ireland Hurling Championship Final

1998 BFCA Critics' Choice Awards

1998 Alfred Dunhill Cup

The 1998 Bank of America robbery was a robbery of $1.6 million in cash at the Bank of America in 1 World Trade Center, in New York City, on January 14, 1998.The robbery was plotted and executed by an actor and petty criminal named Ralph Guarino. Guarino received some intelligence from a WTC worker named Salvatore Calciano, who told him about the increased security that followed the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and would later give him his employee ID badge. Calciano also told Guarino when a Brink's armored truck would arrive to deliver money via elevator to the 11th floor of the North Tower (Tower One) of the WTC.The two of them planned the robbery and recruited three other criminals to complete the actual robbery: Richie Gillette, 39, from Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn, as well as his friends Melvin Folk, 44, and Mike Reed, 34.On Wednesday, January 14, 1998, a Brink's van pulled up to the World Trade Center at around 8:30 a.m. and began unloading some bags of money. Only Gillette wore a ski mask to make it more difficult for others to identify him. They successfully subdued the WTC employees and guards to steal the bags. They took a total of $1.6 million (worth $2.4 million today). The robbers exited the WTC at 8:45 a.m.In the aftermath of the robbery, Folk and Reed returned to their old neighborhoods and were quickly identified and captured. Gillette was questioned by security after boarding an Amtrak train but was not detained at the time. He was later found and arrested in Albuquerque, New Mexico, two days later, at 8:30 p.m. January 16. The FBI did not believe the three had acted alone and began to search for a mastermind. Guarino had various ideas of how to get rid of the money but ultimately was unable to follow through on any plans before FBI agents came to arrest him at his Staten Island home. Following his arrest, Guarino agreed to become an FBI informant on the DeCavalcante mafia family.

The 1998 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the 1998 American League playoffs, began on Tuesday, September 29, and ended on Saturday, October 3, with the champions of the three AL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series. The teams were:(1) New York Yankees (Eastern Division champion, 114–48) vs.

1998 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships - Doubles

1998 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament

1998 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

1998 Asian Games medal table

The 1998 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 68th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928.Clare entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Cork in the Munster final.On 13 September 1998 Cork won the championship following a 2-15 to 1-9 defeat of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final. This was their 17th All-Ireland title and their first in three championship seasons.

1998 Advanta Championships – Doubles

1998 Baltimore Ravens football team

1998 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships – Singles

1998 Arkansas Razorbacks football season

1998 America East Conference Baseball Tournament

1998 Australian Baseball League postseason

The 1998 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. After using six different centers on the offensive line due to injury, Auburn finished the season with a 3–8 record. The Tigers began the season coached by Terry Bowden, who led the team to a 1–5 start. Criticism of the coaching arose among fans and key supporters, which resulted in Bowden's resignation on October 23, the day before the Tigers played Louisiana Tech.

1998 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final

1998 African Cup of Nations Final

The 1998 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship was the 35th staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964.Derry entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Armagh in the Ulster final.On 9 May 1998, Kerry won the championship following a 2-8 to 0-11 defeat of Laois in the All-Ireland final.

The 1998 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 67th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.Laois entered the championship as defending champions in search of a third successive All-Ireland title.On 27 September 1998, Tyrone won the championship following a 2-11 to 0-11 defeat of Laois in the All-Ireland final.

1998 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia – Singles

The 1998 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Melbourne Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 86th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 19 January through 1 February 1998.

1998 Aiquile earthquake

1998 Bahia de Caraquez earthquake

1998 Auckland Warriors season

1998 American League Championship Series

1998 Atlantic Championship season

1998 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship

The 1998 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final was the 25th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1998 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, an inter-county ladies' Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.This was the first ladies' football final to be televised live, and viewers were certainly not disappointed. Monaghan had the best of the first half of the first game, leading 3–4 to 0–7. Waterford gradually clawed their way back and Monaghan needed a late Ciara McGuinness goal to force a replay.In the replay, Monaghan missed several early goal chances and Waterford had a six-point lead at the break. A brilliant Brenda McAnespie save prevented a late equaliser and Waterford were champions.

The 1998 Arena Football League season was the 12th season of the Arena Football League. It was succeeded by 1999. The league champions were the Orlando Predators, who defeated the Tampa Bay Storm in ArenaBowl XII.

Armenian Cup

1998 Anzac Test

The 1998 Australian Individual Speedway Championship was held at the Riverview Speedway in Murray Bridge, South Australia on 14 February 1998.Mildura rider Leigh Adams won his fourth Australian Championship after defeating Jason Lyons and Jason Crump in a runoff when all three riders tied on 13 points.

1998 Arizona State Sun Devils football

1998 Aloha Classic

The 1998 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by the Associated Press (AP) and the conference coaches for the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season.The Tennessee Volunteers won the conference, beating the Mississippi State Bulldogs 24 to 14 in the SEC Championship game.

The 1998 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the fifth season of the All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship. The GT500 champion was the #23 Pennzoil NISMO Nissan Skyline GT-R driven by Érik Comas and Masami Kageyama and the GT300 class champion was the #25 Team Taisan Jr with Tsuchiya MR-2 driven by Keiichi Suzuki and Shingo Tachi.

1998 Arkansas Razorbacks football

1998 Australian Formula Ford Championship

The 1998 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Bruce Snyder, who was coaching his seventh season with the Sun Devils and 19th season overall. Home games were played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. They participated as members of the Pacific-10 Conference.

1998 Asian Championships in Athletics

1998 BMW Open – Doubles

1998 Atlanta Braves season

1998 Albanian Supercup

1998 Asian Super Cup

1998 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final

The 1998 Asian Super Cup was the 4th Asian Super Cup, a football match played between the winners of the previous season's Asian Club Championship and Asian Cup Winners Cup competitions. The 1998 competition was contested by Pohang Steelers of South Korea, who won the 1997–98 Asian Club Championship, and Al Nassr of Saudi Arabia, the winners of the 1997–98 Asian Cup Winners' Cup.

The 1998 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final was the 25th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1998 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, an inter-county ladies' Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.This was the first ladies' football final to be televised live, and viewers were certainly not disappointed. Monaghan had the best of the first half of the first game, leading 3–4 to 0–7.

The 1998 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Albert Park street circuit in inner Melbourne on 8 March 1998 at 14:00 AEDT (UTC+10). It was the 63rd race in the combined history of the Australian Grand Prix that dates back to the 100 Miles Road Race of 1928.

The 1998 Argentine Grand Prix (formally the XXI Gran Premio Marlboro Argentina) was a Formula One motor race held at Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Buenos Aires, on 12 April 1998. The race is (to date) the last Argentine Grand Prix. It was the third race of the 1998 FIA Formula One World Championship. The 72-lap race was won by Michael Schumacher for the Ferrari team, from a second position start. Mika Häkkinen finished second in a McLaren, with Eddie Irvine third in the other Ferrari car.

1998 Baltimore Ravens

The 1998 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 1998 to determine the winners of the 1997–98 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 28th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by Birr of Offaly and Sarsfields of Galway, with Birr winning by 1-13 to 0-9.The All-Ireland final was a unique occasion as it was the first ever championship meeting between Birr and Sarsfield's. It remains their only clash in the All-Ireland series. Sarsfield's were hoping to win a record-equaling third All-Ireland title while Birr were hoping to win their second title.Birr had five under-21 players on their team and took command immediately when Paul Carroll set up Darren Hanniffy for a 5th-minute goal. Brian Whelahan won the man of the match award while team captain Joe Errity paid tribute to his father Tom who had died watching Birr defeat Clarecastle in the All-Ireland semi-final.Birr's All-Ireland victory was their first since 1995. The win gave them their second All-Ireland title over all.

The 1998 Ariana Afghan Airlines crash was a flight operated by an Ariana Boeing 727-200. The flight crashed on approach into Kabul killing all 45 aboard.

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1998 (known for sponsorship reasons as the Guinness Hurling Championship 1998) was the 112th staging of Ireland's premier hurling competition. Offaly won the championship, beating Kilkenny 2-16 to 1-13 in the final at Croke Park, Dublin.

1998 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final

1998 Bank of the West Classic - Doubles

The 1998 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 12. It was scheduled to be a double-elimination tournament held at Bear Stadium in Boyertown, Pennsylvania, where it had been held from 1987 to 1997. Rain, however, forced the league to move it to the Phillies' Veterans Stadium and change it to a one-day, single-elimination tournament.

The 1998 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 111th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1998 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 13 September 1998, between Offaly and Kilkenny. It was the first all-Leinster All-Ireland final with victory going to Offaly on a score line of 2-16 to 1-13. It was the first time that a defeated team from the earlier rounds of the championship had come through to win the All-Ireland final.

1998 Australia rugby union tour

The 1998 Arab Nations Cup is the seventh edition of the Arab Nations Cup hosted by Qatar. Saudi Arabia won their first title.

The 1998 Alabama Crimson Tide football team represented the University of Alabama in the college football season of 1998–99. The team's head coach was Mike DuBose, who was entering his second year at Alabama. They played their home games at both Bryant–Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama and competed in the West Division of the Southeastern Conference. They improved upon a 4–7 record from the 1997 season by finishing the 1998 campaign with a 7–5 record and an appearance in the Music City Bowl. The win against Ole Miss during the season marked Alabama's first ever overtime victory.

1998 American Society of Cinematographers Awards

1998 Arab Nations Cup squads

1998 African Men's Handball Championship

The 1998 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the Bórd na Gaeilge All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons—was the high point of the 1998 season and the first All-Ireland Camogie Final to be televised live. The championship was won by Cork who defeated Galway by a four-point margin in the final. The match attracted an attendance of 10,436, a then record for the sport of camogie.

The 4th Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Catania, Italy from May 15 to May 16, 1998.

The 1998 Baltic Cup football competition was the 18th season of the Baltic Cup. It did not take place, as before, at one single venue. The annual tournament was split up into three separate matches, starting with Latvia against Lithuania on April 21, 1998.

The 1998 Atlanta 500 Classic was the ninth round of the 1998 Indy Racing League season. The race was held on August 29, 1998 at the 1.54 mi (2.48 km) Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. Sophomore Kenny Bräck took his third consecutive win after surging into the lead during the final sections of the 208-lap race ahead of Davey Hamilton, whose second place would be his best result of the season. Both Bräck and Hamilton jumped ahead of Scott Sharp in the points standings into first and second place, respectively, after Sharp suffered a gearbox malfunction and finished 18th. Polesitter Billy Boat, despite setting the fastest lap of the race, was taken out in a crash involving Marco Greco and Steve Knapp on Lap 167.

1998 All Ireland Senior Hurling Final

The 1998 Amsterdam Admirals season was the fourth season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Al Luginbill in his fourth year, and played its home games at Amsterdam ArenA in Amsterdam, Netherlands. They finished the regular season in third place with a record of seven wins and three losses.

1998 Army Cadets football team

The Australia national soccer team results in 1998.

1998 Amsterdam Admirals season

1998 Anthony Awards

1998 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

The 1998 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 4 October 1998 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.

The 1998 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big Ten Conference players for the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The conference recognizes two official All-Big Ten selectors: (1) the Big Ten conference coaches selected separate offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Coaches" team); and (2) a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the Big Ten also selected offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Media" team).

1998 Arab Club Champions Cup

1998 Arab Nations Cup qualification

The 1998 Arizona Cardinals season was the franchise's 79th in the National Football League. It was the Cardinals' 11th season in Arizona. The club posted its first winning record since 1984, appeared in the postseason for the first time since 1982, its first postseason appearance in a non-strike season since 1975, and won its first postseason game since 1947. It was the Cardinals' first playoff appearance in its tenure in Arizona. After shocking the 10-6 Dallas Cowboys in the opening round in which the Cardinals won 20-7, Arizona ended up losing to the Minnesota Vikings, who won 15 games, 41–21 in the Divisional round. Over the next 10 years, the Cardinals fell out of contention. They returned to the playoffs following the 2008 season, including a Super Bowl appearance despite a mediocre 9–7 record.Statistics site Football Outsiders calls the 1998 Cardinals "one of the greatest fluke teams of all time who went 9–7 despite getting outscored by their opponents 378–325 (by contrast, the 1993 Cardinals went 7–9 but outscored their opponents 326–269). They ranked 25th statistically below three different 4–12 teams. They were a colossal fluke, despite the fact that they managed to win a playoff game in a huge upset over Dallas, The Cardinals went 6–3 over their final nine games, but all six wins came against teams that were 6–10 or worse, and all six wins came by either two or three points. The next year, they were back to 6–10"Football Outsiders states that the 1998 Arizona Cardinals are the third-worst team behind the 2004 Rams and 2010 Seahawks to qualify for the NFL playoffs since they began calculating ratings.Ironically, all three of those teams won their first playoff games, before falling in the divisional round.

The 1998 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season.Houston Nutt became the first Arkansas head coach to win his first eight games, and the Razorbacks won a share of the 1998 SEC Western Division championship.

1998 Australian Waterfront Dispute

The 1998 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing 4th in the American League East with a record of 79 wins and 83 losses.

XXI Gran Premio Marlboro Argentina

1998 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1998 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise's 35rd in the National Football League (NFL). The Falcons qualified for the Super Bowl for the first time under the guidance of second-year head coach Dan Reeves. The team won its final nine games of the season to earn the #2 seed in the National Football Conference (NFC) for the playoffs and the first-week bye. They beat the San Francisco 49ers in the Divisional round and the #1-seed Minnesota Vikings in the NFC Championship Game before losing to Reeves' old team, the Denver Broncos, 34–19 in Super Bowl XXXIII.Head coach Dan Reeves almost didn't make it to the end of the season. After Week 14, he was diagnosed with multiple blockages to his coronary arteries, necessitating quadruple bypass surgery. Reeves admitted he ignored the warning signs in hopes of finishing the season, but ultimately felt he needed to be checked out. Doctors stated by the time he went for treatment, he may have been "within hours of a catastrophic heart attack. Defensive coordinator Rich Brooks substituted for him as head coach during Weeks 15 and 16. Reeves returned for Week 17 and finished the season.The Falcons ranked fourth in the league in points scored (442 points) and surrendered the fourth-fewest points (289) in 1998; the Falcons also led the league in turnover differential at +20. They were the first dome team to play in a Super Bowl. This would also be the last season the Falcons reached the Super Bowl until Super Bowl LI, which they lost to the New England Patriots, 34-28, in overtime.

The Arab Super Cup was an international club competition played by the winners and runners up of the Arab Club Champions Cup and Arab Cup Winners' Cup. The tournament started unofficially in 1992 and lasted until 2001.The 1998 edition was won by Egyptian side Al-Ahly. It was the second time that the host team had not won the championship. Club Africain, the hosts, were runners up.

1998 Alabama Crimson Tide football

The 1998 Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 25 October 1998 at the Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez in Buenos Aires.This race was known as being the final 500 cc victory for Australian Mick Doohan.

The 1998 Atlanta Braves season marked the franchise's 33rd season in Atlanta and 128th overall. They went on to win their seventh consecutive division title, taking the National League East title by 18 games over the second place New York Mets.The team featured six all stars: shortstop Walt Weiss and third baseman Chipper Jones were voted as starters, while first baseman Andrés Galarraga, catcher Javy López, and pitchers Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux were selected as reserves. Jones and Lopez each hit over 30 home runs as Galaragga (acquired from Colorado) led the club in home runs and RBI. Galaragga finished as an MVP candidate.The 1998 Braves beat the Chicago Cubs three games to none in the National League Division Series. In the next round Atlanta then lost to the San Diego Padres in the National League Championship Series four games to two. Despite winning two games after losing the first three, Atlanta's comeback bid came short by being eliminated in game 6. San Diego's winning over Atlanta was seen as one of the biggest upsets in postseason history.This team has earned a few historic accolades. ESPN writer David Schoenfield lists them as one of the top teams in MLB history to not win a World SeriesESPN columnist Jeff Merron also writes that the pitching staff of Maddux, Glavine, John Smoltz, Denny Neagle, and Kevin Millwood was the greatest of all time. The quintet posted a cumulative 2.97 ERA and amassed 88 wins (almost 18 wins per starter), equaling the win total of the 2nd place Mets. The 1998 Braves are the only team in MLB history to have five pitchers each strike out 150 batters in the same season. Glavine, the lone 20 game winner in the National League for that year, won the Cy Young Award.

The 13th American Society of Cinematographers Awards were held on February 21, 1999, honoring the best cinematographers of film and television in 1998.

The 1998 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the A1-Ring on 26 July 1998. It was the tenth round of the 1998 FIA Formula One World Championship. A wet-dry qualifying session resulted in a mixed-up grid order, with Giancarlo Fisichella taking the first pole position of his career. The 71-lap race was won by Mika Häkkinen for McLaren, with teammate David Coulthard recovering to finish second, having been involved in two collisions during the race, and Michael Schumacher finishing third for Ferrari.

Arab Nations Cup

The 1998 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team represented Arizona State University in the 1998 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Sun Devils played their home games at Packard Stadium. The team was coached by Pat Murphy in his fourth season at Arizona State.The Sun Devils reached the College World Series, finishing as the runner up to Southern California.

Australian Drivers' Championship

The 1998 Alabama Crimson Tide football team represented the University of Alabama in the college football season of 1998–99. The team's head coach was Mike DuBose, who was entering his second year at Alabama. They played their home games at both Bryant–Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama and competed in the West Division of the Southeastern Conference.

1998 All-Big Ten Conference football team

The 1998 Arab Nations Cup is the seventh edition of the Arab Nations Cup hosted by Qatar, in Doha. Saudi Arabia won their first title.

1998 Arab Junior Athletics Championships

The 1998 Asian Junior Badminton Championships is an Asia continental junior championships to crown the best U-19 badminton players across Asia. This tournament were held at the Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 15-21 June 1998.

The 1998 America East Men's Basketball Tournament was hosted by the Delaware Blue Hens at Bob Carpenter Center. The final was also held at Bob Carpenter Center. Delaware gained its third overall America East Conference Championships and an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament with its win over Boston University. Delaware was given the 15th seed in the Midwest Regional of the NCAA Tournament and lost in the first round to Purdue 95–56.

1998 Australian Grand Prix

The 1998 Amstel Gold Race was the 33rd edition of the annual road bicycle race "Amstel Gold Race", held on Sunday April 25, 1998, in the Dutch province of Limburg. The race stretched 257.3 kilometres, with the start and finish in Maastricht. There were 193 competitors, with 84 cyclists finishing the race.

The 1998 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament was played from March 4 to March 7, 1998. The tournament was played at The Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The winner was named champion of the Atlantic 10 Conference and received an automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Xavier University won the tournament. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Temple, and George Washington also received bids to the NCAA Tournament. James Posey of Xavier was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Including Posey, 4 of the 5 players on the All-Championship Team were from Xavier. Joining Posey were Torraye Braggs, Lenny Brown and Darnell Williams of Xavier, and Shawnta Rogers of George Washington. Posey and Braggs would eventually play in the NBA, while Rogers would also play professionally. The top two teams in each division received a first-round bye.

The 1998 African Cup Winners' Cup was the twenty-fourth season of Africa's second oldest club football tournament organised by CAF. As before, the tournament was open to clubs that won their nation's premier domestic cup.Espérance of Tunisia won the cup after defeating Angola's Primeiro de Agosto 4-2 in a two-legged final. It was Espérance's first Cup Winners' Cup triumph and their fourth African club title while Primeiro de Agosto made their first appearance in a continental final.

The 1998 Asian Games (officially known as the 13th Asian Games) was a multi-sport event held in Bangkok, Thailand from December 6 to December 20, 1998. A total of 6,544 athletes from 41 Asian National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in these games, competing in 376 events in 36 sports.

1998 Asian Men's Softball Championship

1998 Anthony award

The 1998 Arizona Diamondbacks season was the Diamondbacks' inaugural season. They looked to contend in what was a strong National League Western Division. They finished the season 33 games behind the National League Champion San Diego Padres with a record of 65-97, last in the division. However, they would improve in 1999, finishing with a record of 100-62 and winning 35 games more than the previous year.Jeff Suppan was the last player from the inaugural team still active in Major League Baseball when he retired in 2012.

The 1998 Yonex All England Open was the 88th edition of the All England Open Badminton Championships. It was held from 9 to 14 March 1998, in Birmingham, England.It was a five-star tournament and the prize money was US$200,000.

The 1998 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 1998 to determine the winners of the 1997–98 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 28th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland.

1998 Argentine Grand Prix

1998 Atatürk Cup

The 1998 African Men's Handball Championship, was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 19 to 28 October 1998. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1999 World Championship in Egypt.Tunisia win their fifth title beating Algeria in the final game 22–19.

The 1998 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 111th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1998 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1998 All Ireland Football Final

1998 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

The 1998 Embassy World Professional Darts Championship was held from 3–11 January 1998 at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey.It saw Dutchman Raymond van Barneveld, the number one seed, win the first of four BDO world titles (and five overall), avenging his defeat by Richie Burnett in the 1995 final by beating him in a thrilling decider which went to the final set and a tiebreak.

1998 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships – Doubles

1998 Atlanta Falcons season

1998 Arizona Cardinals football team

1998 Arizona Cardinals season

1998 Auckland Power Crisis

1998 Army Cadets football season

1998 Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship

1998 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Final Replay

1998 All-Ireland Senior Football Final

1998 Alaska Milkmen season

The 1998 Alfred Dunhill Cup was the 14th Alfred Dunhill Cup. It was a team tournament featuring 16 countries, each represented by three players. The Cup was played 8–11 October at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland. The sponsor was the Alfred Dunhill company. The South African team of Ernie Els, David Frost, and Retief Goosen beat the Spanish team of Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Santiago Luna, and José María Olazábal in the final. It was the second win for South Africa, with the same team having won in 1997.

1998 Atlanta Falcons football team

The 1998 AFL Ansett Australia Cup was the Australian Football League competition played in its entirety before the Australian Football League's 1998 Premiership Season began. It culminated the Final in March 1998. The AFL National Cup is also sometimes referred to as the pre-season cup because it is played in its entirety before the Premiership Season begins.

1998 Armenian Premier League

The 1998 Arizona Diamondbacks season was the Diamondbacks' inaugural season. They looked to contend in what was a strong National League Western Division. They finished the season 33 games behind the National League Champion San Diego Padres with a record of 65-97, last in the division.

1998 Arab Nations Cup

1998 Austrian Grand Prix

1998 All-Pro Team

1998 Arena Football League season

The 1998 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament was played from March 4 to March 7, 1998. The tournament was played at The Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The winner was named champion of the Atlantic 10 Conference and received an automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Xavier University won the tournament. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Temple, and George Washington also received bids to the NCAA Tournament.

The 1998 Arab Junior Athletics Championships was the eighth edition of the international athletics competition for under-20 athletes from Arab countries. It took place in Damascus, Syria – the second time the city hosted the tournament, and a fifth hosting for Syria. Damascus also hosted the senior Arab women's championships that year. A total of 41 athletics events were contested, 22 for men and 19 for women. Morocco, a regional power in the sport, did not send a team to the meeting.The women's 10,000 metres was dropped from the programme; the 3000 metres was restored to partner the new 5000 metres race, in line with the changes at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics. Due to technical limitations, performances in track races were timed to the tenth of a second, rather than the international standard to one hundredth of a second.Tunisia topped the medal table with thirteen gold medals – all but one of them from the women's competition. Runners-up Qatar took nine gold medals but success was limited to the men's events. Algeria placed third with eight gold medals.In the men's competition, Fawzi Al-Shammari completed a 200/400 m sprint double – a feat he would repeat at the 2003 Asian Athletics Championships. The long jump champion Hussein Al-Sabee was a global finalist the following year and had won three consecutive Asian titles five years later. Qatari gold medallists Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari (discus) and Ahmad Hassan Moussa (decathlon) would also become Asian champions.On the women's side Atawef Hamrouni took a 100/200 m sprint double and won senior Arab sprint titles later in her career. The 5000 m champion Souad Aït Salem was the most prominent female athlete to emerge – she would win Arab, African and Mediterranean long-distance titles in the following years. High jump winner Sarah Bouaoudia won that title and the heptathlon title at the 2004 Pan Arab Games.

The 1998 Bank of America robbery was a robbery of $1.6 million in cash at the Bank of America in 1 World Trade Center, in New York City, on January 14, 1998.The robbery was plotted and executed by an actor and petty criminal named Ralph Guarino. Guarino received some intelligence from a WTC worker named Salvatore Calciano, who told him about the increased security that followed the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and would later give him his employee ID badge.

1998 Australia national football team season

The 1998 Argentina rugby union tour of Japan and Europe were two a series of matches played by the Argentina national rugby union team . The first tour (two match) was held in September, the second in November.

1998 Australian Open - Women's Singles Qualifying

1998 Auburn Tigers football

1998 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia – Doubles

1998 At The Star Club

The 1998 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship final was a hurling match that was played at Semple Stadium, Thurles on 20 September 1998 to determine the winners of the 1998 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, the 35th season of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion teams of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by Cork of Munster and Galway of Connacht, with Cork winning by 2-15 to 2-10.The All-Ireland final between Cork and Galway was their 12th championship meeting. Cork were hoping to retain the title and win their 11th title over all. Galway were hoping to win their 8th All-Ireland title.Cork's All-Ireland victory allowed them to retain the title. The win copper-fastened their position as number one on the all-time roll of honour. It remains Cork's last All-Ireland victory.Galway's All-Ireland defeat was their sixth in a final. It was the second of four successive All-Ireland final defeats.

The 1998 Allan Cup was the Canadian national senior ice hockey championship for the 1997-98 Senior "AAA" season. The event was hosted by the Truro Bearcats in Truro, Nova Scotia. The 1998 tournament marked the 90th time that the Allan Cup has been awarded.

The 1998 African Cup of Nations Final was a football match that took place on 28 February 1998 at the Stade du 4-Août in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to determine the winner of the 1998 African Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).Egypt won the title for the fourth time by beating South Africa 2–0.

The 1998 BC Lions finished in third place in the West Division with a 9–9 record. They appeared in the West Semi-Final, but lost to the Edmonton Eskimos.

1998 Auckland Warriors

The 1998 American League Championship Series (ALCS), the second round of the 1998 American League playoffs, was played between the East Division champion New York Yankees and the Central Division champion Cleveland Indians.The Yankees defeated the Indians four games to two and went on to sweep the National League champion San Diego Padres in the 1998 World Series. New York, who won 114 games during the regular season, recorded their only two losses of the 1998 postseason in this series.

1998 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships - Singles

The 1998 Toyota Atlantic Championship season was contested over 13 rounds. All teams had to use Toyota engines. The KOOL Toyota Atlantic Championship Drivers' Champion was Lee Bentham driving for Forsythe Racing.

The 1998 Arab Futsal Championship took place in Cairo, Egypt from 6 December to 12 December 1998. Mauritania were originally invited, but declined and were replaced by Palestine.

The 1998 All-Pro Team is composed of the National Football League players that were named to the Associated Press, Pro Football Writers Association, and The Sporting News All-Pro Teams in 1998. Both first and second teams are listed for the AP team. These are the three teams that are included in Total Football II: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League. In 1998 the Pro Football Writers Association and Pro Football Weekly combined their All-pro teams, a practice with continues through 2008.

The 1998 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 15th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship. The championship ended on 10 October 1998.Cork were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the provincial championship. Limerick won the title after defeating Kilkenny by 4-16 to 2-17 in the final.

LXIII Qantas Australian Grand Prix

The 1998 Army Cadets football team was an American football team that represented the United States Military Academy in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their eighth season under head coach Bob Sutton, the Cadets compiled a 3–8 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 325 to 257. In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets defeated Navy, 34–30.

1998 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final

The 1998 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 111th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1998 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 13 September 1998, between Offaly and Kilkenny. It was the first all-Leinster All-Ireland final with victory going to Offaly on a score line of 2-16 to 1-13.

The 1998 Aiquile earthquake occurred on May 22 at 00:48:53 local time in Bolivia. This strike-slip earthquake had a moment magnitude of 6.6 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). Damage was severe, with at least 95 deaths, 50–150 injuries, and 6,900 homeless.

Allsvenskan 1998, part of the 1998 Swedish football season, was the 74th Allsvenskan season played. AIK won the league ahead of runners-up Helsingborgs IF, while BK Häcken and Östers IF were relegated. AIK won the title despite having the fewest goals (25) scored in the league.

The 11th African Championships in Athletics were held in Dakar, Senegal, from August 18 to August 22 at the Stade Léopold Senghor.

1998 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final

1998 African Footballer of the Year

The 1998 Aloha Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game between the Colorado Buffaloes of the Big 12 Conference and the Oregon Ducks of the Pacific-10 Conference. It was the last game of the season for these two schools and the last college game for Duck legend Akili Smith. Colorado won, 51–43

1998 Allsvenskan

1998 Australian Open – Women's Doubles

Below is a list of squads used in the 1998 African Cup of Nations.

1998 Arab Cup Winners' Cup

1998 Army Black Knights football team

1998 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship

1998 BRIT Awards

The 1998 Air Canada Cup was Canada's 20th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, played April 21–26, 1998 at the Sudbury Community Arena in Sudbury, Ontario. The Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne defeated the host Sudbury Cara's Nickel Capitals in the championship game to win the gold medal. The Calgary Buffaloes won the bronze medal. Calgary's Dany Heatley was the tournament's top scorer and most valuable player. Other future National Hockey League players playing in this tournament were Sheldon Brookbank, Randy Jones and Krys Kolanos.

The 1998 African Women's Handball Championship was held in South Africa. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1999 World Women's Handball Championship.

1998 BWF World Junior Championship

1998 Atlantic hurricane season

The 1998 Auckland Warriors season was the 4th in the club's history. Coached by Frank Endacott and captained by Matthew Ridge, they competed in the 1999 NRL season, finishing the regular season 15th (out of 20 teams).

The 1998 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 12. It was scheduled to be a double-elimination tournament held at Bear Stadium in Boyertown, Pennsylvania, where it had been held from 1987 to 1997. Rain, however, forced the league to move it to the Phillies' Veterans Stadium and change it to a one-day, single-elimination tournament. It featured the top two regular-season finishers of each of the conference's six-team divisions. East Division second seed Fordham defeated Virginia Tech in the title game to win the tournament for the first time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Tournament.

The 1998 Arab Junior Athletics Championships was the eighth edition of the international athletics competition for under-20 athletes from Arab countries. It took place in Damascus, Syria – the second time the city hosted the tournament, and a fifth hosting for Syria. Damascus also hosted the senior Arab women's championships that year. A total of 41 athletics events were contested, 22 for men and 19 for women.

1998 Australian Open

The 1998 Air Canada Cup was Canada's 20th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, played April 21–26, 1998 at the Sudbury Community Arena in Sudbury, Ontario. The Riverains du Collège Charles-Lemoyne defeated the host Sudbury Cara's Nickel Capitals in the championship game to win the gold medal. The Calgary Buffaloes won the bronze medal. Calgary's Dany Heatley was the tournament's top scorer and most valuable player.

1998 Air Force Falcons football season

1998 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

1998 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1998 Alfred Dunhill Cup was the 14th Alfred Dunhill Cup. It was a team tournament featuring 16 countries, each represented by three players. The Cup was played 8–11 October at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland. The sponsor was the Alfred Dunhill company. The South African team of Ernie Els, David Frost, and Retief Goosen beat the Spanish team of Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Santiago Luna, and José María Olazábal in the final.

1998 All Ireland Senior Football Final

1998 Alpine Skiing World Cup

1998 Argentina rugby union tour of Japan and Europe

1998 Bahía de Caráquez earthquake

1998 BC Lions season

1998 American League Division Series

1998 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team

1998 Anthony awards

The Australian waterfront dispute of 1998 was an event in Australian industrial relations history, in which the Patrick Corporation undertook a restructuring of their operations for the purpose of increasing the productivity of their workforce. The restructuring by Patrick Corporation was later ruled illegal by Australian courts.

The 1998 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship was the 35th staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964.Derry entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Armagh in the Ulster final.On 9 May 1998, Kerry won the championship following a 2-8 to 0-11 defeat of Laois in the All-Ireland final. This was their ninth All-Ireland title overall and their first in two championship seasons.

The 1998 Australia rugby union tour of Europe was a series of matches played in November 1998 in Europe by Australia national rugby union team.

1998 Anthony Award

1998 Allan Cup

1998 Asian Junior Badminton Championships

1998 Anaheim Angels season

1998 Baltic Cup

The 1998 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship final was a hurling match that was played at Semple Stadium, Thurles on 20 September 1998 to determine the winners of the 1998 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, the 35th season of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion teams of the four provinces of Ireland.

1998 Australian Drivers' Championship

1998 Advanta Championships – Singles

The 1998 Atlantic hurricane season was one of the most disastrous Atlantic hurricane seasons on record, featuring the highest number of storm-related fatalities in over 200 years, most of which occurred during Hurricane Mitch. It officially began on June 1 and ended on November 30, dates which conventionally delimit the period during which most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic Ocean.

1998 Algarve Cup

1998 American Music Awards

1998 Arab Super Cup

1998 Asian Men’s Softball Championship

1998 BMW Open - Doubles

1998 Arizona Cardinals

1998 All-SEC football team

1998 All-Arena Team

The 1998 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise's 35rd in the National Football League (NFL). The Falcons qualified for the Super Bowl for the first time under the guidance of second-year head coach Dan Reeves. The team won its final nine games of the season to earn the #2 seed in the National Football Conference (NFC) for the playoffs and the first-week bye.

The 1998 Atlanta 500 Classic was the ninth round of the 1998 Indy Racing League season. The race was held on August 29, 1998 at the 1.54 mi (2.48 km) Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. Sophomore Kenny Bräck took his third consecutive win after surging into the lead during the final sections of the 208-lap race ahead of Davey Hamilton, whose second place would be his best result of the season.

The 1998 Asian Men’s Softball Championship was an international softball tournament which featured seven nations which was held in Manila, Philippines.

1998 BTCC season

The 1998 Arizona Cardinals season was the franchise's 79th in the National Football League. It was the Cardinals' 11th season in Arizona. The club posted its first winning record since 1984, appeared in the postseason for the first time since 1982, its first postseason appearance in a non-strike season since 1975, and won its first postseason game since 1947. It was the Cardinals' first playoff appearance in its tenure in Arizona.

1998 African Cup of Nations (squads)

The 1998 All-Pro Team is composed of the National Football League players that were named to the Associated Press, Pro Football Writers Association, and The Sporting News All-Pro Teams in 1998. Both first and second teams are listed for the AP team. These are the three teams that are included in Total Football II: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League.

1998 American Recording Sessions

The 1998 Asian Junior Women's Volleyball Championship was held in Trang, Thailand from 22 – September to 29 September 1998

The 1998 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament was held at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, NC from May 12th through May 17th. Wake Forest won the tournament and earned the Atlantic Coast Conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

1998 Australian Open - Men's Singles

1998 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

1998 Ariana Afghan Airlines crash

The 1998 America East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Frawley Stadium in Wilmington, Delaware. The top four regular season finishers of the league's eight teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, first-seeded Delaware defeated second-seeded Northeastern, 10-4, to win its third tournament championship. As a result, Delaware received the America East's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Tournament.

1998 Australian Open – Mixed Doubles

The 1998 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship (6th tournament) took place in Manama from 25 August–8 September. It acts as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 1999 Men's Junior World Handball Championship.

The Australian waterfront dispute of 1998 was an event in Australian industrial relations history, in which the Patrick Corporation undertook a restructuring of their operations for the purpose of increasing the productivity of their workforce. The restructuring by Patrick Corporation was later ruled illegal by Australian courts. The dispute involved Patrick Corporation locking out their workers after the restructuring had taken place, with many of these workers members of the dominant Maritime Union of Australia. The resulting dismissal and locking out of their unionised workforce was supported and backed by the then Australian Liberal/National Coalition Government.Major events in the dispute occurred in four major ports, where the Patrick Corporation had significant operations, Melbourne, Brisbane, Fremantle and Sydney. It revolved around attempts by Patrick Corporation and the federal government to improve efficiency on Australia's wharves; primarily by reducing staffing numbers and the power of the Maritime Union of Australia.

The 1998 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Albert Park street circuit in inner Melbourne on 8 March 1998 at 14:00 AEDT (UTC+10). It was the 63rd race in the combined history of the Australian Grand Prix that dates back to the 100 Miles Road Race of 1928. It was the first of the sixteen races of the 1998 FIA Formula One World Championship and held over 58 laps of the 5.3 kilometre street circuit and the sixth to be held on the Albert Park venue first used in 1953, or the third since the new circuit first hosted the race in 1996.The race was dominated by the McLaren-Mercedes team and won by Mika Häkkinen over his team mate David Coulthard in controversial circumstances. Williams driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen finished third. The race also represented the first win for Japanese tyre manufacturer Bridgestone in Formula One and the first race since the 1991 Canadian Grand Prix not won by Goodyear. Johnny Herbert scored his only point of the season.

Statistics of Armenian Premier League in the 1998 season.Aragats FC of Gyumri is promoted.

The 1998 Armenian Cup was the seventh edition of the Armenian Cup, a football competition. In 1998, the tournament had 16 participants, out of which only 1 was a reserve team.

The 1998 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title for drivers of Formula Ford racing cars. The title, which was the sixth Australian Formula Ford Championship, was won by Adam Macrow driving a Spectrum 06.

The 1998 Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship (5th tournament) took place in Osaka from 31 August–4 September. It acts as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 1999 Women's Junior World Handball Championship.

The 1998 Asian Games (officially known as the 13th Asian Games) was a multi-sport event held in Bangkok, Thailand from December 6 to December 20, 1998. A total of 6,544 athletes from 41 Asian National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in these games, competing in 376 events in 36 sports. This edition of the Games marked the addition of three sports—squash, rugby union and cue sports—to the list of Asian Games sports; squash was included after seven years of lobbying by the Asian Squash Federation.Athletes from 33 NOCs won at least one medal, and athletes from 23 of these NOCs secured at least one gold; contingents from eight NOCs did not win any medals. China won the most gold medals (129) and the most medals overall (274), topping the medal table. South Korean athletes claimed 164 medals in total (including 65 gold), earning second spot on the table. Japan finished third with a total of 181 medals, including 52 gold. Host nation Thailand improved its medal-table rank compared with the last Asian Games held in Hiroshima, where it finished twelfth. In this Games Thailand ranked fourth in the medal table, with 24 gold and 90 medals overall.

1998 Atlantic Championship

The 1998 Atlantic hurricane season was one of the most disastrous Atlantic hurricane seasons on record, featuring the highest number of storm-related fatalities in over 200 years, most of which occurred during Hurricane Mitch. It officially began on June 1 and ended on November 30, dates which conventionally delimit the period during which most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic Ocean. The first tropical cyclone, Tropical Storm Alex, developed on July 27, and the season's final storm, Hurricane Nicole, became extratropical on December 1. The strongest storm, Mitch was tied with Hurricane Dean for the eighth most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded. Mitch is also the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in recorded history. The system dropped tremendous amounts of rainfall in Central America, causing over 11,000 confirmed deaths and at least $6.08 billion (1998 USD) in damage. The season was the first since Hurricane Andrew in the 1992 season to feature a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale.Several storms made landfall or directly affected land. Hurricane Bonnie made landfall in southeastern North Carolina as a Category 2 hurricane in late August, killing five people and causing about $1 billion in damage. Hurricane Earl caused $79 million in damage and three deaths after making landfall in Florida as a Category 1 hurricane. The two deadliest and most destructive hurricanes of the season, Hurricane Georges and Mitch, caused $9.37 billion in damage and $6.08 billion in damage, respectively. Hurricane Georges was an intense Category 4 hurricane that moved through many of the Caribbean Islands, causing significant damage before making landfall near Biloxi, Mississippi. Hurricane Mitch was a very powerful and destructive late-season hurricane that affected much of Central America before making landfall in Florida as a tropical storm. The significant amount of rainfall that Mitch produced across Central America caused significant damage and killed at least 11,000 people, making the system the second deadliest hurricane in recorded history, behind only the Great Hurricane of 1780.

The 1998 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the 35th staging of Ireland's hurling knock-out competition for players aged between 18 and 21. Cork won the championship, beating Galway 2-15 to 2-10 in the final.

1998 BC

1998 Ansett Australia Cup

1998 Australia rugby union tour of Europe

1998 Australian waterfront dispute

1998 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final

1998 Australian Open – Men's Singles

1998 African Women's Handball Championship

1998 Afghanistan earthquake

1998 African Cup of Nations squads

1998 Armenia national football team results

1998 Asian PGA Tour

1998 Australian Open - Men's Singles Qualifying

The 1998 Anzac test was a rugby league test match played between Australia and New Zealand at the North Harbour Stadium 24 April 1998. It was the 2nd Anzac test played between the two nations since the first was played under the Super League banner in 1997 and the first to be played in New Zealand.Australia led 12-6 at half time after two tries to Terry Hill while Kevin Iro crossed for the home side, but the Kiwis came back thanks to two tries after half time by Sean Hoppe and Terry Hermansson which saw NZ lead 18-12. After Steve Renouf scored with only his 3rd touch of the game midway through the second half, the game was in the balance with the score at 18-16. Kevin Iro then put the result beyond doubt with his second try with 2 minutes remaining to give the home side a 22-16 win in front of an almost full house of 24,620 fans. This was New Zealand's first win over Australia since the first test of the 1991 Trans-Tasman Test series at the Olympic Park Stadium in Melbourne.

1998 Asian Cup Winners Cup

1998 All Ireland Football Championship Final

The 12th Asian Championships in Athletics were held in Fukuoka, Japan in July 1998.

1998 Armenian Cup

1998 America East Men's Basketball Tournament

1998 Australian Open - Women's Doubles

1998 Asian Athletics Championships

1998 Arizona Diamondbacks season

1998 Australian Open - Mixed Doubles

The 1998 Arab Club Champions Cup was played in Saudi Arabia in the city of Jeddah. WA Tlemcen won the championship for the first time beating in the final Al Shabab.

1998 Australia national soccer team season

1998 Australian Open – Women's Singles

The 1998 Anzac test was a rugby league test match played between Australia and New Zealand at the North Harbour Stadium 24 April 1998.

The 1998 Alaska Milkmen season was the 13th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

1998 Ballon d'Or

1998 Alabama Crimson Tide football season

1998 Baltimore Orioles season

The 1998 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the 1998 American League playoffs, began on Tuesday, September 29, and ended on Saturday, October 3, with the champions of the three AL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series. The teams were:(1) New York Yankees (Eastern Division champion, 114–48) vs. (3) Texas Rangers (Western Division champion, 88–74): Yankees win series, 3–0.(2) Cleveland Indians (Central Division champion, 89–73) vs. (4) Boston Red Sox (Wild Card, 92–70): Indians win series, 3–1.The higher seed (in parentheses) had the home field advantage, which for the first time was determined by playing record. Also for the first time, the team with home field advantage played the first two games at home, with potentially Game 5 at home as well; previously, the team with the home field advantage had played the first two games on the road, with the possibility of the final three games at home. The Red Sox were ineligible for home field advantage due to not winning their division.The New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians went on to meet in the AL Championship Series (ALCS). The Yankees became the American League champion, and defeated the National League champion San Diego Padres in the 1998 World Series.

1998 African Cup of Nations (qualification)

1998 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

XXII Grosser Preis von Österreich

1998 BDO World Darts Championship

The 1998 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the A1-Ring on 26 July 1998. It was the tenth round of the 1998 FIA Formula One World Championship. A wet-dry qualifying session resulted in a mixed-up grid order, with Giancarlo Fisichella taking the first pole position of his career.

1998 Auburn Tigers football team

1998 Arizona State Sun Devils football season

1998 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

1998 Australian Open - Men's Doubles

1998 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship

1998 All Ireland Hurling Final

1998 Auburn Tigers football season

1998 Arizona Wildcats football team

1998 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1998 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big Ten Conference players for the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season.

1998 BCS National Championship Game

1998 All England Open Badminton Championships

The 1998 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 67th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.Laois entered the championship as defending champions in search of a third successive All-Ireland title.On 27 September 1998, Tyrone won the championship following a 2-11 to 0-11 defeat of Laois in the All-Ireland final. This was their fourth All-Ireland title overall and their first in 25 championship seasons.

1998 Australian Super Touring Car Championship

1998 Amstel Gold Race

1998 Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix

1998 African Cup of Nations Qualifying

1998 Air Force Falcons football

1998 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1998 Australian Individual Speedway Championship

1998 American embassy bombings

1998 Australian Open – Men's Singles Qualifying

1998 Arab Athletics Championships

1998 Australian Open – Men's Doubles

1998 Aloha Bowl

1998 Australian Open - Women's Singles

Australian Formula Ford Championship

Australian Individual Speedway Championship

1998 African Cup Winners' Cup