2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Indianapolis Colts
On their second play of the 2nd quarter, the Texans punted the ball away on 4th and 1. Houston caught a break following a chop-block penalty against Frank Gore that made it 1st and 25 for Indianapolis near midfield. On 3rd and 22 a roughing the passer call against J. J. Watt gave the Colts a 1st down that put them in the red zone. On 3rd down Hasselbeck threw to T. Y. Hilton, who dropped the ball for an incomplete pass. After the play, Indianapolis head coach Chuck Pagano drew a 15-yard penalty after rushing the field.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Indianapolis Colts
After a series of penalties, the Colts settled for a 42-yard Vinatieri field goal to lead 13–0 with 7:41 remaining in the half. A roughing the passer call against the Colts gave the Texans an automatic 1st down on what would have been 3rd down. After Mallett was slow to get up, Brian Hoyer came in at the quarterback position. On 3rd and 10 Hoyer picked up the 1st down passing 24 yards to DeAndre Hopkins. Hoyer connected with Hopkins once again to pick up a long 1st down conversion to put the Texans in the red zone.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Indianapolis Colts
A chop block penalty pushed Houston back to the 31 for a 2nd and 21. Houston finally got on the board with a 36-yard field goal from Nick Novak to trail 3–13 with 2:08 left in the first half. With no timeouts left, Hoyer completed a 95-yard drive with a 42-yard Hail Mary pass to Jaelen Strong to trail 9-13. With Novak's kick good, Houston trailed Indianapolis 10-13 going into halftime.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Indianapolis Colts
Receiving the ball to start off the first half, the Colts quickly marched down field to score a touchdown on the opening play. With 13:02 left in the 3rd, Indianapolis extended their lead to 20–10. The Texans were not as lucky as an offensive pass-interference call against Hopkins put Houston into a three-and-out. On the Colts' next possession Houston's defense forced them into their first 3-and-out of the night. On the Texans' next possession Hoyer connected with Strong once again for a touchdown. With Novak making the extra point, Houston trailed 17–20 with 4:03 left in the 3rd. Making their first 3rd conversion of the night, the Colts continued to march down the field to hold their 20–17 lead at the end of the 3rd.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Indianapolis Colts
With a face-mask penalty called against Jadeveon Clowney, the Colts came closer to the Houston red zone. However, on the next play an offside penalty was called against Indianapolis. An interception was over-called following a holding penalty against Houston. On the next play the Texans were penalized again with a pass interference call against Kareem Jackson, making it 1st and goal from the Houston 1 for the Colts. Hasselbeck connected with Johnson to make it 26–17. With Vinatieri making the extra point, Indianapolis extended their lead to 27–17 with 10:28 left to play.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Indianapolis Colts
Receiving the ball, Foster gained 32 yards to put Houston into Indianapolis territory, keeping hopes of a comeback alive. The Texans ended the drive with a 49-yard field goal from Novak to trail 20–27 with 6:07 left to play. Houston kicked the ball back to Indianapolis, who took the touchback. The Colts punted the ball back with 3:39 left to play, with the Texans returning it to their own 36. By the 2-minute warning Houston had reached Indianapolis territory at the Colts' 38. On the play following the 2 minute warning, Hoyer threw an interception that was picked off by Adams. Indianapolis held onto the ball and ran the clock out to win, 27–20.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 6: at Jacksonville Jaguars
After both teams punted the ball on their first possession, Houston started their 2nd drive from their own 1 yard line. The Texans finished the drive with Brian Hoyer throwing 14 yards to Arian Foster for a touchdown. With Nick Novak making the extra point, the Texans took a 7–0 lead with 1:36 left in the 1st. Jacksonville got their first score of the day with Blake Bortles passing 2 yards to Allen Robinson for a touchdown. With Jason Myers making the extra point, the Texans and Jaguars were tied 7–7 with 9:41 left in the 2nd.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 6: at Jacksonville Jaguars
Houston responded on their next possession with Novak making a 41-yard field goal to take a 10–7 lead. With just ten seconds left in the first half, Bortles threw an interception that was caught by Andre Hal inside the red zone. Leading 10–7 at the half, the Texans had their first halftime lead of the 2015 season.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 6: at Jacksonville Jaguars
Jacksonville received the ball to start out the 2nd half, with the Houston defense forcing a three-and-out. Both teams' offenses were relatively quiet throughout the 3rd quarter, with the only scoring play coming late with 10 seconds left. Bortles connected with Julius Thomas for a 29-yard touchdown pass. With Myers making the extra point, Jacksonville took a 14–10 lead going into the 4th. After Hoyer took a hard hit and was slow to get up, Ryan Mallett played a snap, before Hoyer came back in.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 6: at Jacksonville Jaguars
2 plays after coming back in, Hoyer threw a 9-yard pass to DeAndre Hopkins for a touchdown. With Novak's kick good, the Texans took a 17–14 lead. Houston extended their lead on their next possession with Hoyer throwing 26 yards to Hopkins for another touchdown. On Jacksonville's next possession, Howe caught another interception and returned it for a touchdown. With the pick-six, the Texans scored 21 unanswered points in the 4th quarter in just over 7 minutes. The Jaguars scored on an Allen Hurns 11 yard pass from Bortles.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 6: at Jacksonville Jaguars
With Myers missing the extra point, Jacksonville trailed 20–31 with 4:32 left to play. The Jaguars kicked an onside kick and recovered it, however an offside penalty forced the kick to be tried again. On the second attempt, the kick went out of bounds, drawing another penalty. Houston declined the penalty and took possession of the ball. The Jaguars couldn't manage the comeback and Houston won 31–20, improving to 2–4.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 7: at Miami Dolphins
The Texans' offense was forced into five consecutive three-and-outs in the 1st quarter, while the Dolphins' offense scored three passing touchdowns, two of which came from at least 50 yards. After a lopsided first quarter, the Texans trailed the Dolphins 0-21. The 2nd quarter didn't start off any better for Houston, with Ryan Tannehill connecting with Lamar Miller for a 54-yard touchdown reception. With Andrew Franks making the extra point, Miami extended their lead to 28–0.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 7: at Miami Dolphins
The Texans sunk even lower on their next possession, with a Brian Hoyer pass being intercepted by Reshad Jones, who returned it for a touchdown. With the pick-six, the Dolphins further extended their lead to 35-0 early in the 2nd. With 7:45 left in the 2nd quarter, the Texans finally picked up their first 1st down. Finally getting into the redzone for the first time of the day, Houston turned the ball over on downs on 4th and 2. Miami answered with an 85-yard rush from Miller to extend their lead to 41–0. The score stuck going into halftime, with the Texans facing their largest halftime deficit in franchise history.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 7: at Miami Dolphins
Early in the 3rd quarter, Miami fumbled the ball which was recovered by Houston defender Johnathan Joseph. The fumble recovery set up the Texans' first score of the day, with Hoyer connecting with Arian Foster. With Nick Novak missing the extra point, Houston trailed Miami 6–41 with 8:13 left in the 3rd. Foster scored again late in the 3rd, this time with a 2-yard rush. With Novak's kick good, the Texans trailed 13–41 with 1:45 left in the 3rd quarter. Houston scored again early in the 4th quarter, with Hoyer connecting with Nate Washington for a 27-yard touchdown pass.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 7: at Miami Dolphins
With Novak's kick good, the Texans trailed 20-41 after scoring 20 unanswered points. Miami got their first points of the 2nd half midway through the 4th, with Franks making a 53-yard field. The field goal extended the Dolphins' lead to 44–20 with 7:46 left to play. Hoyer found Washington again for a 5-yard touchdown pass. With the 2-point conversion no good, the Texans trailed 26–44 with 4:00 left to play. The Texans fell to the Dolphins 44–26, their first loss to the Dolphins in franchise history. With the loss, Houston dropped to 2–5 on the season.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 7: at Miami Dolphins
Arian Foster left the game with an Achilles tear in the 4th quarter; it was later announced that Foster would miss the rest of the season. Backup quarterback Ryan Mallett was cut from the team 2 days after the game. Mallett had missed the team's charter flight to the game and was late to a team meeting the day before. Former Texans backing quarterback T. J. Yates was named as Mallet's replacement.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 8: vs. Tennessee Titans
After a humiliating defeat a week before against the Dolphins, the Texans' defense looked much better holding the Titans to just a field goal in the 1st quarter. Houston's offense scored a touchdown early in the 2nd quarter to take a 7–3 lead. On the ensuing kickoff, Tennessee's Bishop Sankey fumbled the ball with Kurtis Drummond recovering it for Houston. The Texans settled for 3 off the turnover with a 38-yard field goal from Nick Novak.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 8: vs. Tennessee Titans
Late in the 3rd quarter Brian Hoyer connected with former Titan Nate Washington for a 42-yard touchdown pass, extending the Texans' lead to 17–6 with Novak making the PAT. To start out the 4th quarter, Kevin Johnson got his first career interception by picking off a Zach Mettenberger pass. Houston failed to capitalized on the turnover, however Tennessee turned the ball over after a J. J. Watt sack, giving the Texans the ball at the Titans' 10-yard line. The Texans scored another 3 points off of the turnover, with Novak making a 24-yard field goal. Houston defeated Tennessee 20-6 and improved to 3–5. Watt, Whitney Mercilus and Jared Crick combined for a total of 6 sacks for the Texans' defense.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 10: at Cincinnati Bengals
The game started off as a defensive battle for both teams with the first score of the game coming late in the 1st quarter. The Bengals originally went for a 32-yard field goal, but a holding penalty made it a 42-yard attempt for Mike Nugent. With the kick good, Cincinnati took a 3–0 lead with 1:33 left in the 1st. The Texans responded on their next possession with a 22-yard field goal from Nick Novak early in the 2nd to tie the game 3-3.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 10: at Cincinnati Bengals
To close out the first half, a Hail Mary pass by Texans' quarterback Brian Hoyer was intercepted in the end zone for no return. In a defensive first half, the Bengals led 6–3 at halftime. Hoyer left the game late in the 3rd quarter to be checked for a possible concussion; with Hoyer leaving T. J. Yates played his first snap for the Texans since 2013. The Texans scored the first—and only—touchdown of the game early in the 4th quarter with Yates throwing 22 yards to DeAndre Hopkins. With Novak making the PAT, the Texans took a 10–6 lead with 14:20 left to play. In the end, the Texans held on to upset the Bengals 10–6, handing the Bengals their first loss of the season.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 11: vs. New York Jets
T. J. Yates was named the starter for the Texans as Brian Hoyer was out due to a concussion, while former Texans Ryan Fitzpatrick and Randy Bullock made their first return to Houston since leaving the team. During the 3rd quarter, wide receiver Cecil Shorts III threw a 21-yard touchdown pass to running back Alfred Blue to put the Texans up 17–10 with Nick Novak making the extra-point. Despite losing their starting quarterback, Houston beat the Jets 24–17, extending their winning streak to a season best 3 games, their first 3-game winning streak since the 2012 season. It was their first home victory against the Jets in three tries.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 12: vs. New Orleans Saints
The Texans beat the Saints 24–6, extending their winning streak to 4 games. With the win, Houston went to 6–5 for their first winning record of the season. The Texans' defense didn't allow a single touchdown for New Orleans, the first time the team failed to score a touchdown since December 24, 2005.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 13: at Buffalo Bills
The Texans' defense was unable to withstand the Bills' rushing offense, especially in the first half, allowing over 100 rushing yards. Nonetheless, Houston managed to keep pace throughout despite not leading all game, but gave up a go-ahead touchdown by Charles Clay on the first play off the two-minute warning, followed by Dan Carpenter's 30-yard field goal to put it away for good. The Texans lost their first game following the bye week losing to Buffalo 21–30 and dropped to 6–6 on the season. This was also Houston's first loss to the Bills since 2006.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 14: vs. New England Patriots
The Texans and Patriots faced off on Sunday Night Football in a game with playoff implications for both teams. Houston received the opening kickoff, going into a three-and-out on the drive. On New England's second drive, Tom Brady found tight end Rob Gronkowski for a 40-yard reception to set up first and goal. To end the drive, Brady found Keshawn Martin for a 2-yard touchdown pass. With Stephen Gostkowski making the extra point the Patriots took a 7–0 lead.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 14: vs. New England Patriots
On 3rd and 18, Brian Hoyer found Nate Washington for a 49-yard pass to put Houston at New England's 25 yard line. The Texans ended the drive with a 37-yard field goal from Nick Novak to trail 3–7 late in the 1st quarter. The Patriots extended their lead early in the 2nd quarter to 10–3 with a 43-yard field goal from Stephen Gostkowski. After struggling to find their run game after the loss of Arian Foster, Jonathan Grimes took off for 37 yards to put the Texans at the Patriots' 43 yard line.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 14: vs. New England Patriots
The drive ended with another Novak field goal, this time from 45 yards. With Novak's kick good, Houston trailed 6–10 with 9:26 left in the half. To close out the first half, Tom Brady found Gronkowski for a 1-yard touchdown pass. With Gostkowski making the extra point New England extended their lead to 17–6 going into halftime.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 14: vs. New England Patriots
The Texans failed to score in the 2nd half, falling to the Patriots 27–6. Hoyer left the game late in the 4th quarter due to a possible concussion, with T. J. Yates coming in as the starting quarterback.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 15: at Indianapolis Colts
T. J. Yates started his second game of the season for the Texans due to Brian Hoyer being out with a concussion. Both teams were held scoreless in the 1st quarter, with the Colts striking first with Matt Hasselbeck connecting with Donte Moncrief for an 11-yard touchdown reception. With Adam Vinatieri making the extra point, Indianapolis lead 7–0 late in the 2nd quarter. The Colts scored again with Vinatieri making a 29-yard field goal, extending their lead to 10–0. The Texans managed to get on the board as the half wined down with a 22-yard field goal from Nick Novak.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 15: at Indianapolis Colts
With Novak's field goal, Houston trailed 3–10 at the half. The Texans' defense held the Colts' offense to zero points in the 2nd half, while Houston's offense scored 13 unanswered points. The Texans made history by beating the Colts in Indianapolis for the first time in franchise history, winning 16–10. Third string quarterback Brandon Weeden helped the Texans past the Colts with an 8-yard pass to Jaelen Strong late in the 4th quarter. With the win, the Texans went to 7–7 and gained sole possession of the AFC South lead. Yates suffered an ACL tear during the game, ending his season.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 16: at Tennessee Titans
Brandon Weeden started for the Texans as Brian Hoyer was still out due to a concussion.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 16: at Tennessee Titans
Tennessee's offense struggled throughout the game, with Antonio Andrews fumbling the ball on the Titans' first possession. Quintin Demps returned the fumble 33 yards for a touchdown. Nick Novak made the extra point to put the Texans up 7–0 early in the game. Early in the 4th quarter, down 0–34, Tennessee marched all the way down to the Houston 9 yard line, the first time the Titans made their way inside the Houston 20. On 3rd and goal Tennessee quarterback Zach Mettenberger was sacked by J. J. Watt, with Mettenberger fumbling the ball and Jared Crick recovering it four Houston.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 16: at Tennessee Titans
The Texans failed to capitalize on the turnover, having to punt the ball away. Tennessee got their first score of the day with 1:31 left in the game, with Mettenberger connecting with Tre McBride for a 1-yard touchdown reception. The Titans decided to go for a two–point conversion, but the attempt failed. With the Texans receiving the ball back, backup quarterback B. J. Daniels took the knee to close out the game. The Texans defeated the Titans 34–6 and improved to 8–7 on the season.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 17: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
Jacksonville received the opening kickoff, going –5 yards on the drive with Blake Bortles being sacked by J. J. Watt for a loss of 8 yards. The Texans didn't fare much better on their first possession, as Brian Hoyer was sacked by Jared Odrick and Peyton Thompson. Houston scored first with a 29-yard field goal from Nick Novak to lead 3–0 halfway through the first quarter. Brian Cushing forced a fumble in the 2nd quarter, with Watt recovering the ball for the Texans. Houston capitalized on the turnover with a 3-yard touchdown run from Jonathan Grimes.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 17: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
Bortles threw an interception late in the 2nd quarter with Andre Hal catching the pick. The Texans capitalized on the turnover with Novak making a season long 51 yard field goal. At the half, Houston led Jacksonville 20–3. With just over three minutes left in the 4th quarter, Kareem Jackson intercepted a Bortles pass, returning it 27 yards for a touchdown to make it 30–6 final.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 17: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
Offensive tackle Duane Brown left the game late in the 1st quarter with a left knee injury. Brown was carted off the field, quickly being ruled out for the remainder of the game. With the win, the Texans clinched their 3rd AFC South title and gained their 3rd trip to the postseason.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Postseason, AFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs. (5) Kansas City Chiefs
The Chiefs received the opening kickoff, with Knile Davis returning it 106 yards for a touchdown. With Cairo Santos making the extra point, Kansas City took a 7–0 lead. On the Texans' second drive, a Brian Hoyer pass was intercepted by Eric Berry. Two plays later, Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith threw an interception that was picked off by linebacker Brian Cushing, Cushing's first pick since week 1 of the 2013 season.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Postseason, AFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs. (5) Kansas City Chiefs
Houston came up empty off of the Kansas City turnover, as Hoyer lost control of the ball on a 3rd down play in Chiefs' territory, fumbling it with Dontari Poe recovering for Kansas City. The Chiefs scored 3 off of the Hoyer fumble, with Cairo Santos making a 49-yard field goal to put Kansas City up 10–0 early in the 2nd. Santos later made another 49-yard field goal to extend the Chiefs' lead to 13–0. Houston found the redzone of Kansas City for the first time with a 49-yard run from Alfred Blue.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Postseason, AFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs. (5) Kansas City Chiefs
This was short lived as Hoyer threw another interception on 3rd and goal, with Josh Mauga getting the pick. Houston got the ball back, but Hoyer threw another interception on the play following the 2 minute warning, with Marcus Peters on the pick. The Chiefs led 13–0 at the half, with Brian Hoyer turning it over 4 times in the first half with fans booing him going into the locker room.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Postseason, AFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs. (5) Kansas City Chiefs
Houston made it into Kansas City territory coming out of the locker room, but came up short on the drive, having to settle for another punt from Shane Lechler. J. J. Watt almost sacked Smith on the next play, who took off for a 63-yard run that was called back due to offensive holding. The Chiefs got their first offensive touchdown of the day with Smith connecting to Chris Conley for a 9-yard touchdown pass; with Santos making the extra point, Kansas City extended their lead to 20–0.


2015 Houston Texans season, Game summaries, Postseason, AFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs. (5) Kansas City Chiefs
The Chiefs extended their lead once again with a 9-yard rush from Spencer Ware early in the 4th quarter. Hoyer fumbled the ball once again in the Chiefs' territory on 4th and 7, recovering it only to be tackled for a turnover on downs. The Texans lost their first Wild Card playoff game in franchise history, falling to the Chiefs 0–30.


2015 Houston mayoral election
The 2015 Houston mayoral election was decided by a runoff that took place on December 12, 2015, to elect the Mayor of Houston, Texas. As no candidate won a majority of the vote during the general election on November 3, 2015, the run off was held between the top two finishers, Sylvester Turner, who received 31.31% of the vote, and Bill King, who received 25.27%. In the run-off, Turner edged King, 51% to 49%, to become the 62nd Mayor of Houston.


2015 Houston mayoral election
Thirteen candidates appeared on the November ballot. A poll of likely voters conducted in June revealed that half of the city's likely voters were undecided, and that three of the candidates included in the poll, Sylvester Turner, Adrian Garcia and Chris Bell (all of whom were Democrats) were within the margin of error of the top two spots. However, the final results were significantly different from the early polling, with Independent King claiming the second runoff spot along with Turner.


2015 Houston mayoral election
Mayoral elections in Houston are biennial, with the winner being sworn-in in the following January for a four-year term. The election is officially nonpartisan, although the political parties still support and endorse candidates.


2015 Houston mayoral election
With the passage of voter-approved Proposition 2, the Mayor began a four-year term effective in January 2016.


2015 Houston mayoral election
Incumbent Mayor Annise Parker, a member of the Democratic Party who had been in office since 2010, was term-limited and could not run for re-election to a fourth term in office.


2015 Houston mayoral election
During the month between the general election and the runoff, Bell endorsed King, while Parker and Garcia, as well as then-U.S. President Barack Obama, endorsed Turner.


2015 Houston mayoral election, Candidates, General election
Held November 3, 2015 -- 50% needed to avoid runoff


2015 Houston, Texas Proposition 1
Proposition 1 was a referendum held on November 3, 2015, on the anti-discrimination ordinance known as the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO). The ordinance was intended to improve anti-discrimination coverage based on sexual orientation and gender identity in Houston, specifically in areas such as housing and occupation where no anti-discrimination policy existed. Proposition 1 asked voters whether they approved HERO. Because the bill would ensure "transgender residents' ability to use the restroom consistent with their gender expression, regardless of their biological sex," Houston voters rejected Proposal 1 by a vote of 61% to 39%.


2015 Houston, Texas Proposition 1, Background and results
In 2014, neither U.S. federal law nor Texas statewide law specifically covered sexual orientation or gender identity in employment and housing discrimination and services. On May 28, 2014, the Houston City Council voted 11–6 to enact the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO) which was authored by Houston's then-Mayor, Annise Parker. The measure banned discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, family, marital, and military status. The ordinance applied to businesses that serve the public, private employers, housing, city employment and city contracting. Religious institutions would be exempt. Violators could be fined up to $5,000.


2015 Houston, Texas Proposition 1, Background and results
Opposition to HERO arose because the ordinance protected "transgender residents' ability to use the restroom consistent with their gender expression, regardless of their biological sex." HERO became known to some as the "Bathroom Law." Shortly after the ordinance passed, opponents of HERO drafted a petition and began gathering signatures to add a ballot measure to the November 2014 ballot to repeal the ordinance. City law required 17,296 valid signatures from registered Houston voters for a successful veto referendum petition, which would require the city council to either rescind the targeted ordinance themselves or put it before voters.


2015 Houston, Texas Proposition 1, Background and results
This requirement was calculated by taking 10 percent of the greatest number of votes cast for mayor in any of the three preceding years. Moreover, signatures had to be submitted before the ordinance was scheduled to take effect or within 30 days of the publication of the approved ordinance, whichever came first. Opponents of HERO presented about 50,000 signatures to the Houston city secretary's office on July 3, 2014.


2015 Houston, Texas Proposition 1, Background and results
Although the city secretary found enough valid signatures to make the petition sufficient, the city attorney advised her of certain problems with enough of the petition sheets to invalidate the petition. These problems included signature gatherers who were not registered to vote and petition sheets that were not signed by the signature gatherer responsible for them, as well as other, more technical problems. The city announced that the opponents were 2,022 signatures short of the 17,269 needed to put the matter to a vote. HERO opponents filed a lawsuit against Mayor Annise Parker and the city on August 5, 2014.


2015 Houston, Texas Proposition 1, Background and results
In response, city attorneys defending the law filed subpoenas for sermons from local Christian pastors. Attorneys for the pastors called the subpoenas retaliation against Christians for opposing the ordinance. Parker maintained that the attorneys who dealt with the lawsuit for the city were outside lawyers (i.e., not city employees) and that she and City Attorney David Feldman had been unaware of the subpoenas. After what some news organizations called a "firestorm" of criticism over the subpoenas (Parker said that she had been "vilified coast to coast"), Parker directed the city's attorneys on October 29, 2014 to withdraw the subpoenas.


2015 Houston, Texas Proposition 1, Background and results
After the subpoenas were withdrawn, local city pastors filed a civil rights lawsuit against Parker. The lawsuit went to trial on January 19, 2015. Feldman announced on December 19, 2014, his plans to resign from his position as Houston City Attorney shortly before the trial began. He said that the primary reason for his resignation was a desire to return to private practice.


2015 Houston, Texas Proposition 1, Background and results
He also noted, however, that his decision to resign was related to the lawsuit as well, saying, "Being on the outside, I'm going to be a lot freer to tell the story and to explain it to people and to debunk the myth." As reported by the Houston Chronicle, Feldman noted, too, that if he testified in the trial as the city attorney, it would prohibit other attorneys from the city's legal department from serving as counsel for the city.


2015 Houston, Texas Proposition 1, Background and results
On February 13, 2015, a jury issued a verdict saying that while the petitions did not contain instances of fraud, they did contain forgeries and instances of failure to follow proper procedure. District Judge Robert Schaffer then initiated a recounting process to determine whether or not opponents of HERO had gathered enough valid signatures to satisfy the threshold of 17,296. Following the verdict in February, both sides claimed victory. A definitive answer, however, did not emerge until Judge Schaffer's ruling on April 17, 2015, when he determined that the opponents of the ordinance had not gathered enough valid signatures.


2015 Houston, Texas Proposition 1, Background and results
In May 2015, opponents of the ordinance asked the Texas Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus against the city of Houston. On July 24, 2015, the court granted this petition and ruled that the Houston City Council should have honored the city secretary's initial signature count and must either repeal the ordinance or include it on the November 2015 ballot, writing in a per curiam opinion, "We agree ... that the city secretary certified their petition and thereby invoked the city council's ministerial duty to reconsider and repeal the ordinance or submit it to popular vote. The legislative power reserved to the people of Houston is not being honored."


2015 Houston, Texas Proposition 1, Background and results
The original ballot language crafted by the City of Houston was also challenged in court. After the Texas Supreme Court threw out the original wording, the city revised the ballot language.


2015 Houston, Texas Proposition 1, Background and results
The following question was placed on the 2015 general election ballot in Houston as Proposition 1:


2015 Houston, Texas Proposition 1, Background and results
Are you in favor of the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance, Ord. No. 2014-530, which prohibits discrimination in city employment and city services, city contracts, public accommodations, private employment, and housing based on an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, familial status, marital status, military status, religion, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, or pregnancy?


2015 Houston, Texas Proposition 1, Background and results
On November 3, 2015, Houston voters voted by a 61%–39% margin to reject Proposition 1. This vote overturned the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO).


2015 Houston, Texas Proposition 1, Background and results
The appeal of Judge Schaffer's ruling is currently on hold in the Fourteenth Court of Appeals, with further litigation still possible. On November 24, 2015, Jared Woodfill, the lead plaintiff who sued the city, asked the case to be dismissed as moot. On December 15, 2015, the Court of Appeals announced it would consider the motion to dismiss alongside the merits of the case. On January 12, 2016, the Court ordered Jared Woodfill to file a brief on the merits by February 8, or the appeal would be dismissed, allowing Schaffer's ruling to stand.


2015 Houston, Texas Proposition 1, Support and opposition
A "YES" vote was a vote to retain the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance; a "NO" vote was a vote to repeal it.


2015 Houston, Texas Proposition 1, Support and opposition, Yes on Proposition 1
Proposition 1 gained the support of various citizens and organizations. The "YES" side raised $1,918,552 (as of December 4, 2015).


2015 Houston, Texas Proposition 1, Support and opposition, No on Proposition 1
Proposition 1 was opposed by various citizens and organizations. These included the Campaign for Houston, which was described as an anti-LGBT hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The "NO" side raised $398,472 (as of December 4, 2015).


2015 Houston, Texas Proposition 1, Aftermath, Political
On November 10, President Barack Obama officially announced his support for the Equality Act of 2015.


2015 Houston, Texas Proposition 1, Aftermath, Political
Houston Mayor Annise Parker stated: "I fear that this will have stained Houston's reputation as a tolerant, welcoming, global city. I absolutely fear that there will be a direct economic backlash as a result of this ordinance going into defeat and that's sad for Houston."


2015 Houston, Texas Proposition 1, Aftermath, Political
Sylvester Turner, who ran against Bill King in the 2015 Houston mayoral runoff election, said he is "100 percent" committed to reenacting Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO) and attacked Bill King for saying he won't revisit the issue of HERO, along with his support from the Campaign for Houston. On December 12, 2015, Sylvester Turner beat Bill King and won the 2015 Houston mayoral runoff election.


2015 Houston, Texas Proposition 1, Aftermath, Sports
On November 22, 2015, the National Collegiate Athletic Association said it would reconsider procedures in how it selects host cities for tournaments and championship events to include protections for the LGBT community.


2015 Houston, Texas Proposition 1, Aftermath, Sports
In reaction, the NFL announced it will not alter plans to have the city host Super Bowl LI. Website Outsports claimed that the outcome of the vote could mean that "Houston is no longer a 'safe place' for LGBT people to visit or do business, as they can be turned away from a hotel or by a waiter or cab driver, simply for 'looking or acting' gay or being trans".


2015 Howard Bison football team
The 2015 Howard Bison football team represented Howard University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth year head coach Gary Harrell. The Bison played their home games at William H. Greene Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 1–10, 1–7 in MEAC play to finish in a four way tie for eighth place.


2015 Hpakant jade mine disaster
On 21 November 2015, a major landslide in Hpakant, Kachin State, northern Myanmar killed at least 116 people near a jade mine, with around 100 more missing.


2015 Hpakant jade mine disaster, Landslide
The landslide occurred in the early morning hours, when a man-made heap of waste soil from the nearby jade mine collapsed. Many of those killed were people living in a small village near the waste heap, including both miners and those who scavenged through the waste soil looking for jade remnants to sell. The cause of the collapse is not known.


2015 Hpakant jade mine disaster, Landslide
Rescue efforts by the Myanmar Red Cross and other groups were made to find and recover survivors; one person was pulled from the rubble alive, but subsequently died from injuries. At least 116 bodies were reported as having been recovered. Around a hundred people were reported as missing. The total number of casualties cannot be accurately estimated, as the precise number of people who lived near the site is not known. According to a Hpakant Township General Administration Department official, people had been warned to avoid living near the waste heap because of its potential for landslides.


2015 Hpakant jade mine disaster, Investigation
The jade industry in Myanmar generates estimated annual revenues of US$31 billion. It is presently unclear which companies are responsible for the waste dump, although it is known that prior to the 2015 democratic election, many of these were controlled by the military leadership of the country, leading to questionable safety practices and corruption. Deaths from similar landslides are common, but none have matched the scale of the Hpakant landslide. A spokesman for the National League for Democracy party said they will investigate the companies and the practices that led to this disaster.


2015 Hua Hin Championships
The 2015 Hua Hin Championships was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament, which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour and part of 2015 WTA 125K series. It took place in Hua Hin, Thailand between 2 November to 8 November 2015 for the men's tournament, and between 9 November to 15 November 2015 for the women's tournament.


2015 Hua Hin Championships, ATP Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Hua Hin Championships, ATP Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw with a protected ranking:


2015 Hua Hin Championships, ATP Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following teams received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2015 Hua Hin Championships, WTA Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Hua Hin Championships, WTA Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following team received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2015 Hua Hin Championships – Men's Doubles
Lee Hsin-han and Lu Yen-hsun won the title in men's tennis doubles, beating Andre Begemann and Purav Raja in the final by an walkover.


2015 Hua Hin Championships – Men's Singles
Yūichi Sugita won the title, defeating Stéphane Robert in the final 6–2, 1–6, 6–3.


2015 Hua Hin Championships – Women's Doubles
This was the first edition of the tournament. Liang Chen and Wang Yafan won the title, defeating Varatchaya Wongteanchai and Yang Zhaoxuan in the final 6–3, 6–4.


2015 Hua Hin Championships – Women's Singles
This was the first edition of the tournament. Yaroslava Shvedova won the title, defeating Naomi Osaka in the final 6–4, 6–7(8–10), 6–4.


2015 Huddersfield Giants season
This article details the Huddersfield Giants rugby league football club's 2015 season. This was the 20th season of the Super League era.


2015 Hull City Council election
The 2015 Hull City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2015 Hull City Council election
One third of the council was up for election and Labour retained control of the council.


2015 Hull City Council election, Ward results
No elections were held in Bricknell, St Andrews, Southcoates East and Southcoates West wards.


2015 Hull Kingston Rovers season
Hull Kingston Rovers 2015 season is their 134th season in existence, and their 9th competing in the Super League. The Robins made a host of changes to the playing staff for the 2015 season, bringing in 13 new players, and releasing 18.


2015 Hull Kingston Rovers season
The 2015 season is Head Coach Chris Chester's first full season in charge, after replacing Craig Sandercock midway through last season. It sees the addition of two new assistant coaches to support the rookie Head Coach, firstly, experienced Assistant Willie Poaching from the Warrington Wolves, and secondly, rookie Assistant Coach David Hodgson, who takes up the duties after retiring from playing at the end of the 2014 season. These new Assistants replace the outgoing Stanley Gene, who moved to permanently take up the position of Head Coach at the Newcastle Thunder at the end of the 2014 season, and the position previously occupied by Chester himself.


2015 Hull Kingston Rovers season
2015 also sees the promotion of halfback and U-19's player of the year Matty Marsh to the first team squad.


2015 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
The 2015 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team represented Humboldt State University during the 2015 NCAA Division II football season. Humboldt State competed in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC).


2015 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
The 2015 Lumberjacks were led by eighth-year head coach Rob Smith. They played home games at the Redwood Bowl in Arcata, California. Humboldt State finished the regular season ranked #11 in the Division II poll, as GNAC champion, with a record of nine wins and one loss (9–1, 6–0 GNAC).


2015 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
Humboldt State was invited to play in the postseason for the first time since 1968. They played the first game of the Division II playoffs in their home stadium, defeating #24 Augustana University by a score of 45–31. In the second round, they were defeated by eventual champion, #1 Northwest Missouri State in Maryville, Missouri by a score of 7–54. This brought the team's final record to ten wins and two losses (10–2, 6–0 GNAC). The postseason ranking for the team was #16. The ten wins ties is one short of the team's all-time mark, set in 1960 with 11 victories. The Lumberjacks outscored their opponents 468–238 for the 2015 season, with an average score of 45–14 in their ten wins.


2015 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team, Team players in the NFL
No Humboldt State players were selected in the 2016 NFL Draft.


2015 Hun Sen Cup
The Hun Sen Cup is the main football knockout tournament in Cambodia. It involves the Cambodian League and provincial teams organized by the Football Federation of Cambodia. The 2015 Hun Sen Cup was the 9th season. National Police Commissary were the defending champions, having beaten Build Bright United 2–0 in the previous season's final.


2015 Hun Sen Cup, Qualifying round
There were 19 teams from Phnom Penh and other provinces divided into six regions. The remaining eight teams came from a qualifying round, with the eight teams (rank 1 to 8) of the Cambodian League 2014 entering the group stage.


2015 Hun Sen Cup, Qualifying round
Group A: National Defense, Western Phnom Penh, Civil Aviation and Khan Chbar Ampov. (Qualified team: National Defense)


2015 Hun Sen Cup, Qualifying round
Group B: Kirivong Sok Sen Chey, Albirex Niigata Phnom Penh, Khan Toul Kok and Khan Chroy Changvar. (Qualified teams: Kirivong Sok Sen Chey and Albirex Niigata Phnom Penh)


2015 Hun Sen Cup, Group stage
The teams finishing in the top two positions in each of the four groups (highlighted in tables) in the group stage progressed to the quarter-finals.


2015 Hungarian Grand Prix
The 2015 Hungarian Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Pirelli Magyar Nagydíj 2015) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 26 July 2015 at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród, Hungary. It was the tenth round of the 2015 Formula One season and the 31st Hungarian Grand Prix, and the 30th time it had been held as a round of the World Championship.


2015 Hungarian Grand Prix
Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull was the defending race winner, while Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes came into the race with a 17-point lead over teammate Nico Rosberg. During Saturday's qualifying, Hamilton took his ninth pole position of the season in only the tenth race, ahead of Rosberg.


2015 Hungarian Grand Prix
At the start of the race the two Ferrari drivers Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen took first and second respectively from the Mercedes; the first win for Ferrari in Hungary since 2004. An eventful race saw a safety car period and several mistakes from both Mercedes drivers, leading to Hamilton and Rosberg finishing sixth and eighth, while the two Red Bull drivers scored the team's first podium positions of the season. As a result, Hamilton extended his lead over Rosberg to 21 points, while Vettel moved closer to the pair, another 21 points behind Rosberg. With the 2015 Hungarian Grand Prix, Mercedes missed their first podium finish since the 2013 Brazilian Grand Prix.


2015 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Background
The Hungarian Grand Prix marked the first Formula One race after the passing of former Marussia driver Jules Bianchi on 17 July 2015, who had crashed at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix and remained in a coma for nine months. Drivers and teams paid tribute to Bianchi, many of them in the form of messages written on helmets and cars. A minute of silence was held before the race start on Sunday in commemoration of Bianchi. The drivers, and members of the Bianchi family (parents and siblings), linked in a chain arm in arm, with their helmets surrounding Jules' in the middle.


2015 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Background
Tyre supplier Pirelli opted to bring the yellow-marked soft and white-marked medium tyres to the Hungaroring, the same choice as the year before. Minor changes were made to the track, renewing catch fences and tyre barriers, while removing the higher curb at the apex of turn 6 in order to prevent the cars from lifting off the ground. Generally, the track is considered to be one of the slowest in the calendar, with the fourteen corners and few straights making it hard to overtake.


2015 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Background
Going into the weekend, Lewis Hamilton was leading the drivers' championship with 194 points, 17 more than his closest rival and teammate Nico Rosberg. Third placed Sebastian Vettel was another 42 points behind, followed by Valtteri Bottas on 77 points. In the constructors' standings, Mercedes was leading on 371, followed by Ferrari with 211 points, and Williams a further 60 points behind.


2015 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
Per the regulations for the 2015 season, three practice sessions were held, two 1.5-hour sessions on Friday and another one-hour session before qualifying on Saturday. Lewis Hamilton was fastest in the first practice session on Friday morning, one-tenth of a second faster than teammate Nico Rosberg. Sebastian Vettel missed the first half-hour of practice due to electrical problems on his Ferrari SF15-T. He eventually was sixth quickest, 1.254 seconds down on Hamilton. The session was red-flagged around the hour mark, when Sergio Pérez crashed heavily in turn 11.


2015 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
Going into the right-hand corner, he lost the rear and spun into the barrier, breaking off his right front wheel. The wheel caused the Force India to flip over when the car bounced back to the track. After the car came to a rest upside down, Pérez was quick to inform his team that he was unharmed. Racing resumed fifteen minutes later, only to be interrupted once more when Kimi Räikkönen's front wing came off in turn 12, leaving debris on the track. Räikkönen ultimately finished the session in third place, having put in his fastest lap before the incident.


2015 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
Meanwhile, the Red Bull drivers finished fourth and fifth. Valtteri Bottas in the Williams, using a new front wing, finished ninth, six-tenths of a second quicker than teammate Felipe Massa. Stating satisfaction with the new part, he opted to use it for the remainder of the weekend. While Jolyon Palmer replaced Romain Grosjean during first free practice, as he had done in previous race weekends, 2013 GP2 Series champion Fabio Leimer took part in his first Formula One session, replacing Roberto Merhi at Manor.


2015 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
Following the crash for Pérez, Force India opted not to run in the second practice session in order to have time to investigate the causes. Hamilton again topped the timesheets, this time leading the two Red Bull drivers, with Rosberg down in fourth. However, it was not a trouble-free session for Red Bull, as Daniel Ricciardo had to stop his car due to engine problems twenty minutes before the end of the session, bringing out another red flag. McLaren, which had a troublesome season so far, proved to be more competitive, with Jenson Button saying that the car "felt good" and that he hoped to qualify the car in the top ten. His teammate Fernando Alonso finished the second practice session eighth fastest, while Button himself was twelfth.


2015 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
After making modifications to their suspension, Force India was cleared by the stewards to take part in the third and last practice session on Saturday morning. Lewis Hamilton was once again quickest, but this time with teammate Nico Rosberg less than a tenth of a second behind him in second place. Sebastian Vettel in third was the only other driver to come within a second of Hamilton's time. While Daniil Kvyat was next-fastest in fourth, McLaren confirmed their improved pace by finishing the session eighth and thirteenth. The second Ferrari of Räikkönen was confined to sixteenth place, after a water leak on his car prevented him from doing fast laps on the softer tyre compound.


2015 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Qualifying consisted of three parts, 18, 15 and 12 minutes in length respectively, with five drivers eliminated from competing after each of the first two sessions. Despite hopes for a top ten starting position, Jenson Button was eliminated during the first part of qualifying (Q1), along with both Sauber and Manor drivers. The only driver to risk not using the soft tyre compound, which provided up to two seconds advantage, was Daniel Ricciardo, who finished the first part twelfth.


2015 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Fernando Alonso, the only McLaren to have made it into Q2, stopped on track due to his engine shutting down close to pit entry, bringing out a red flag. He pushed the car back into the pit garage, aided by numerous track marshals, only to be disallowed to drive out again due to regulations. Nico Rosberg, who complained about the handling of his car all through qualifying, was about half a second off his teammate's pace in Q2 in second position. Meanwhile, Pastor Maldonado and Carlos Sainz Jr. joined Alonso on the sidelines as they were eliminated, as were both Force India drivers.


2015 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
The top ten competed for pole position in the final part of qualifying. Lewis Hamilton continued his impressive performance by setting what he considered "probably the most dominant" pole of his career, having led every practice and qualifying session. Daniel Ricciardo produced a clean lap to qualify between the two Ferrari cars in fourth place, behind Sebastian Vettel. Behind them, Bottas edged out Daniil Kvyat for sixth, while the second Williams of Felipe Massa qualified eighth on the grid.


2015 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Hamilton was delighted with his performance, saying: "I'm incredibly happy with the weekend [...] I can't remember having a performance as good as this." His teammate Rosberg however lamented his poor performance. While he beat Hamilton on number of pole positions the previous year, he now trailed him by 0.262 seconds on average in qualifying, prompting him to say: "It is not explainable to me. [ ...] I don't understand why there is such a big difference to last year."


2015 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Felipe Massa lined up incorrectly on the grid, causing the start to be aborted and another formation lap to commence. One lap was removed from the race distance and Massa was handed a five-second penalty.


2015 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
At the start, Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen gained the lead off the two Mercedes drivers, taking advantage of the slower starts from Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton ran wide and cut the chicane at turn six and dropped to tenth place. Further back, Nico Hülkenberg made up six places in the opening corners, jumping from eleventh to fifth, while Bottas and Ricciardo touched at the start, sending Ricciardo back to seventh while Bottas led Hülkenberg in fourth place.


2015 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
During the opening laps, Felipe Massa was able to hold Hamilton behind him, while Daniil Kvyat led his teammate Ricciardo through into sixth place on lap eight. Lap ten saw Hamilton overtake Massa for ninth, while Ricciardo edged out Hülkenberg for fifth position. Three laps later, Hamilton moved past Pérez for eighth.


2015 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Pit stops started on lap 14, when Bottas and Ricciardo were the first to come in, with Massa following suit a lap later, taking his five-second penalty. By lap 18, the two Ferrari drivers in front were unchallenged by Rosberg behind. Sebastian Vettel set a new fastest lap, being 2.7 seconds in front of his teammate, who was a further seven seconds ahead of Rosberg in third. Räikkönen lost one of his front cameras on lap 19, but did not opt to change his front wing. The same lap, Pastor Maldonado and Sergio Pérez touched going into turn one, with Pérez spinning in the process but being able to continue. Maldonado however was handed a drive-through penalty for causing the collision.


2015 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
When Lewis Hamilton came into the pit lane on lap 20, he emerged slightly in front of Valtteri Bottas in fifth place. Rosberg made a pit stop for new tyres one lap later, choosing the harder medium compound. The two Ferrari drivers and Daniel Ricciardo followed in the subsequent lap, staying ahead of Rosberg and Hamilton respectively. Meanwhile, Romain Grosjean became the second Lotus driver to be penalised, receiving a five-second penalty for an unsafe release from his pit box.


2015 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Hamilton was behind Ricciardo in fifth place at this point, who was running the harder compound tyres, eventually passing him on lap 29. By lap 33, Vettel in front was leading teammate Räikkönen by seven seconds, with Rosberg a further twenty seconds adrift. Meanwhile, Hamilton started to gain on his teammate, setting fastest laps to trail him by eight seconds on lap 36.


2015 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
By lap 42, Kimi Räikkönen started to experience engine problems which turned out to be an issue with his kinetic electrical unit. This led to a loss in power which allowed the lapped Fernando Alonso to overtake him and Nico Rosberg to close in as well. One lap later, Nico Hülkenberg lost his front wing without evident reason. After the race, the kerbs of the Hungaroring were blamed for the malfunction, which sent Hülkenberg into the tyre barriers in turn one.


2015 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
The Virtual Safety Car was deployed, leading to both Mercedes cars pitting instantly, while both Ferrari cars did the same one lap later. By that time, the actual safety car was sent out on track to lead the field through the pit lane while marshals cleaned up pieces of Hülkenberg's front wing that littered the front straight, leading the field until the end of lap 49.


2015 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
At the restart, Lewis Hamilton came under pressure from Daniel Ricciardo and both cars touched and took damage in turn one, handing Ricciardo the position. Hamilton was given a drive-through penalty for his actions. Meanwhile, Rosberg easily took second place from the troubled Räikkönen, who lost one more spot to Ricciardo just shortly after. Further back, Max Verstappen ran into the back of Bottas, causing Bottas to lose ground while Verstappen moved up to seventh. Nico Rosberg started to gain time on Sebastian Vettel in front, trailing him by 1.2 seconds with 18 laps to go.


2015 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Kimi Räikkönen went into the pit lane on lap 53 and reset his engine, only to retire for good on lap 57. Sainz joined him three laps later with a fuel pressure issue. Pastor Maldonado was handed two more penalties in the following laps, for speeding in the pit lane and for overtaking behind the safety car. Max Verstappen was also reprimanded with a drive-through penalty for failing "to stay above the required time set by the FIA ECU during the deployment of the safety car".


2015 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
By lap 63, three drivers were contending for the race victory. Sebastian Vettel was leading compatriot Rosberg by 0.8 seconds with Daniel Ricciardo another 0.7 seconds behind. Meanwhile, Hamilton made up ground and overtook Ericsson and Button to move into eighth place. When Ricciardo tried to overtake Rosberg one lap later, the two collided, clipping the Red Bull's front wing and giving Rosberg a puncture. Both headed to the pit lane, with Ricciardo emerging third, while Rosberg fell back behind Hamilton.


2015 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Even though Daniil Kvyat was handed a ten-second time penalty for leaving track limits, he held on to second place for his first Formula One podium finish. Lewis Hamilton went past Romain Grosjean for sixth place on lap 67, closing on Fernando Alonso, but was eventually unable to catch him, who scored McLaren's best finish of the season up to that point. The race was also Honda's 350th Grand Prix as an engine supplier and the first time that the renewed partnership with McLaren scored a double points finish.


2015 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
By winning his first Hungarian Grand Prix, and 41st Grand Prix overall, Vettel matched Ayrton Senna for third-most Formula One career wins. It was Ferrari's first win at the track since Michael Schumacher won in 2004. It was the first time since the 2013 Brazilian Grand Prix that any of the factory Mercedes cars failed to finish on the podium.


2015 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
Sebastian Vettel dedicated his victory to Jules Bianchi, saying over the team radio on his way back to the pit lane: "Merci Jules, you will always be in our hearts and we know that sooner or later you would have been part of this team!" During the podium interviews, conducted by German TV presenter Kai Ebel, he went on to say: "Incredible day but this victory is for Jules. We know that it has been an incredibly tough week and it's, I think, for all of us very, very difficult, so this one is for him [...]." Daniil Kvyat stated that the team deserved the podium finish after "a very tough year". Daniel Ricciardo described it as "a crazy race", but said that "that's the way Jules would have wanted it".


2015 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
Media reactions to the race were very positive, with The Guardian calling it "heart-stopper of a race", while the BBC spoke of a "classic" race. Lewis Hamilton apologised for "a really bad performance from me". He continued: "I don't know if it was a lack of concentration or what. I pushed right to the end but there were so many obstacles. It's like there were two different directions and each time I chose the wrong one." Fernando Alonso hailed his fifth-place finish as "unbelievable", but stressed that the result was "a present", stating: "at the moment we are not super-competitive".


2015 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
Several drivers received penalty points on their Super Licences, including Hamilton, who was given his first two for his collision with Ricciardo at the safety car restart. Romain Grosjean added two points to get to six over the course of the season for the unsafe release. His teammate Pastor Maldonado was handed two points as well for his accident with Pérez, bringing him to six over a course of two months. Concerning the incident between Rosberg and Ricciardo, no further action was taken. The stewards came to the same verdict concerning the Verstappen–Bottas incident, saying that Verstappen "took reasonable actions to avoid contact", however he did receive three penalty points, bringing his total to five, for speeding behind the safety car.


2015 Hungaroring GP2 and GP3 Series rounds
The 2015 Hungaroring GP2 and GP3  Series rounds were a pair of motor races that were held on 24 and 26 July 2015 at the Hungaroring in the Hungary as part of the GP2 Series and GP3 Series. It was the sixth round of the 2015 GP2 season and the fourth round of the 2015 GP3 season. The race weekend supported the 2015 Hungarian Grand Prix.


2015 Huntingdonshire District Council election
The 2015 Huntingdonshire District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Huntingdonshire District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2015 Hwaebul Cup
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2015 Hwaebul Cup
The 2015 Hwaebul Cup was the third edition of the Hwaebul Cup (홰불, Torch) celebrating North Korea's Youth Day. The competition was held between 27 July and 28 August 2013, with all matches played at the Rungrado 1st of May Stadium in P'yŏngyang. The competition was arranged in two phases, a group stage followed by a single-elimination play-off semi-finals, and a single-game final.


2015 Hwaebul Cup, Group Stage
A total of fourteen teams took part in the tournament, divided into two groups. Group A included Amrokkang, April 25, Kyŏnggong'ŏp, Myohyangsan, Sŏnbong and two other clubs, whilst Group B included Hwaebul, Kigwancha, Ponghwasan, Wŏlmido and three other clubs.


2015 Hwaebul Cup, Group Stage, Group A
Table based on known results. The first- and second-placed teams advanced to the semi-finals. Kyŏnggong'ŏp and April 25 advanced to the semi-finals.


2015 Hwaebul Cup, Group Stage, Group B
Table based on known results. The first- and second-placed teams advanced to the semi-finals. Wŏlmido and Kigwancha advanced to the semi-finals.


2015 Hwaebul Cup, Knock-out stage, Semi-finals
Kyŏnggong'ŏp and April 25 qualified for the semi-finals from Group A, and Wŏlmido and Kigwancha from Group B; the first-place finisher of each group played the second-place team from the other group. Kigwancha held out for a 3-2 win over Kyŏnggong'ŏp to advance to the final, whilst April 25 earned a solid 2-0 victory over Wŏlmido to earn their spot in the final.


2015 Hwaebul Cup, Knock-out stage, Third place match
Kyŏnggong'ŏp defeated Wŏlmido to secure third place, but the match score is unknown.


2015 Hwaebul Cup, Knock-out stage, Final
Kigwancha and April 25 advanced to the final, which was played at the Rungrado 1st of May Stadium on 28 August. Kigwancha fought hard early on to try to gain the initiative and took an early 1-0 lead, but April 25 soon asserted their dominance, and overwhelmed Kigwancha to win their third straight Hwaebul Cup title with a 5-1 score.


2015 Hyndburn Borough Council election
A by-thirds Hyndburn Borough Council local election took place on 7 May 2015. Approximately one third of the second tier council's 35 seats fell up for election, and the General Election was held on the same day.


2015 Hyndburn Borough Council election, Background
Before the election Labour had a majority of 23 councillors, Conservatives had 8 councillors, while Independent (politician) had 2 councillors and UKIP had 2 councillors.


2015 Hyndburn Borough Council election, Background
Labour, Conservative and UKIP candidates contested for every ward, Green candidates only contested for five-wards and just one Independent candidate contested in the Church-ward.


2015 Hyndburn Borough Council election, Local Election result
The majority grouping of councillors was as the headline result of the election reinforced by two-seats, with independent councillors having lost their two (undefended) seats, and with no change to Conservative seats and where Ukip failed to gain any more seats:


2015 Hyndburn Borough Council election, Local Election result
After the election, the composition of the council was -


2015 Hyndburn Borough Council election, Local Election result
NB: One of the previous 23 Labour council seats, in the uncontested-Spring Hill-ward held by Councillor Pam Barton, became 'vacant' when she died on 5 May. Councillor Barton was previously elected to the Spring Hill ward in the 2014 Local Borough Council election. The subsequent by-election date for this Spring Hill council seat was set for 9 July, following the death of former Mayor Pam Barton.


2015 Hyndburn Borough Council election, Local Election result
The four (out of 16) Hyndburn Local Borough Council ward seats that were not up for re election in 2015 included the following wards, Netherton in Gt. Harwood, Peel and Spring Hill in Accrington, plus St. Andrews in Oswaldtwistle.


2015 Hyndburn Borough Council election, Local Election result
Previous Councillors who were Standing-Down in this election included - John Broadley (Lab) (Church), Nick Collingridge (Ind.) (Clayton-le-Moors), Dave Parkins (Ind.) (Huncoat) and Brian Roberts (Cons) (St. Oswalds).


2015 Hyōgo prefectural election
The 2015 Hyōgo prefectural election (2015年兵庫県議会議員選挙, 2015-nen Hyōgo Kengikai Giin Senkyo) was an election for the Hyogo Prefectural Assembly held on 12 April 2015 as part of the 2015 unified local elections in Japan. The election saw the number of assembly members reduced from 89 to 87 and the number of electoral districts reduced from 41 to 40. Voting was held in 23 districts and representatives for the remaining 17 districts (including the two-member district of Tatsuno-Ibo) were elected unopposed. The election was held in the wake of the political expenses scandal that was exposed in July 2014 involving multiple assembly members and was notable for former assemblyman Ryutaro Nonomura's outburst of uncontrolled sobbing at a news conference.


2015 Hyōgo prefectural election
The election saw the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) maintain their position as the largest group in the assembly with a total of 40 seats (official candidates plus independents endorsed by the party), although the party was unable to secure the 44 seats required for an outright majority. Of the other major parties, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) was reduced from 16 seats to 11, while Komeito had all 13 of their candidates elected. The Japan Innovation Party, which was contesting the unified local elections for the first time, won nine seats. Voter turnout was 40.55%, a reduction of 0.88% compared to the 2011 election. Following the election, the LDP's Noriyuki Ishikawa and Ryosuke Ueda were elected speaker and vice-speaker of the assembly.


2015 Hyōgo prefectural election, Candidates
129 candidates nominated for the 87 seats in the assembly, six less than the 135 candidates who contested 89 seats in the 2011 election and the lowest number in seventy years. Amongst the candidates were 73 current members and 4 former members seeking re-election. The LDP was the only party to nominate a candidate in each of the 40 districts, however their total of 46 candidates (including official candidates and endorsed independents) made it difficult to secure the 44 seats required for an outright majority in the assembly. The DPJ fielded a total of 18 candidates, considerably less than the 32 candidates fielded at the 2011 election. Komeito fielded 13 candidates (including one endorsed independent), 11 of whom were sitting members. The candidates also included 26 women, the highest number on record.


2015 Hyōgo prefectural election, Results
The LDP maintained their position as the largest party in the assembly, winning 40 seats including 17 uncontested. However they lost the slim majority that they had held since the resignation of two independents in December 2014. The DPJ lost six seats and were reduced to 11 members; they also lost their position as second largest party in the assembly to Komeito, who had all of their 13 candidates elected. The Innovation Party, contesting their first general election at the prefectural level, gained 7 seats to become the fourth-largest party in the assembly.


2015 Hyōgo prefectural election, Results
The oldest candidate in the election, 83-year old LDP candidate and former speaker of the assembly Kenzo Kamatani, finished third in the four-member Kakogawa district, thereby winning his seventh 4-year term in the assembly. Former vice-speaker Toyohiko Himura was elected unopposed to his eighth term in the assembly in the Toyooka district. LDP member for the Himeji district Hideo Iwatani was unsuccessful in seeking a ninth term.


2015 Hyōgo prefectural election, Retiring members
Fourteen sitting members did not seek re-election, including two that resigned to contest mayoral elections that were held on 26 April 2015:


2015 Hyōgo prefectural election, Returning members
The following candidates were returned after having previously served in the assembly :


2015 I-League 2nd Division
The 2015 I-League 2nd Division was the eighth season of the I-League 2nd Division, the second division of football in India. Eight clubs participated this season, including Mohammedan, after they were relegated from the I-League last season. Aizawl F.C. won the league and will be the first team from Mizoram to play in I-League in 2015–16 I-League season.


2015 I-League 2nd Division, Venues
The double-leg league was held in two venues  Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri and SSB Ranidanga Stadium, Golaghat respectively. The initial seven rounds of matches were held in Siliguri, the return legs were held in Golaghat.


2015 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge
The 2015 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge was the sixth edition of the annual, global series of hammer throw competitions organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. The winners were Paweł Fajdek (248.01 metres) and Anita Włodarczyk (235.28 metres), both of Poland. This was Włodarczyk's third straight title and Fajdek's second title, after his win in 2013. Fajdek and Włodarczyk each improved the challenge record totals. Włodarczyk twice broke the hammer throw world record that year, but these marks were achieved outside of the series.


2015 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge
A total of fourteen meetings featured on the circuit, with nine women's and ten men's contests spread across those events. The point scoring format was cumulative – the final standings were decided by the sum of athletes' three best throws on the circuit. Only the best throw by an athlete from each meet was taken into consideration.


2015 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge, Calendar
The 2015 series continued the model of the 2013 by featuring a combination of IAAF World Challenge meetings and non-IAAF meetings in Europe.


2015 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge, Calendar
The IAAF Melbourne World Challenge became the first Oceanian leg to the series and made the series the longest yet, with its March date. The Brothers Znamensky Memorial and Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar returned to the series. Performances at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics also counted towards the series total, as they had in 2013. The Ponce Grand Prix de Atletismo, Meeting de Atletismo Madrid, and Moscow Challenge were all dropped from the schedule.


2015 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge, Final standings, Men
A total of ten men recorded valid marks at three or more meetings and made the final standings. Marks in bold are those which counted towards the final score.


2015 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge, Final standings, Women
A total of fourteen women recorded valid marks at three or more meetings and made the final standings – a new high for the competition. Marks in bold are those which counted towards the final score.


2015 IAAF Road Race Label Events
The 2015 IAAF Road Race Label Events were the eighth edition of the global series of road running competitions given Label status by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). All six World Marathon Majors had Gold Label status. The series included a total of 88 road races: 43 Gold, 27 Silver and 18 Bronze. In terms of distance, 55 races were marathons, 18 were half marathons, 10 were 10K runs, and 5 were held over other distances.


2015 IAAF Road Race Label Events
The Boulogne-Billancourt Half Marathon was cancelled two days before its race date due to the November 2015 Paris attacks.


2015 IAAF World Challenge
The 2015 IAAF World Challenge was the sixth edition of the annual, global circuit of one-day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The series featured a total of thirteen meetings – the same number as the previous year as the Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo was dropped and the IAAF World Challenge Dakar was added to the schedule.


2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
The 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships (Chinese: 2015国际田联世界越野锦标) was the 41st edition of the global championships in cross country running, organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. It was held in Guiyang, China on 28 March. It was the first time that the event was held in China, and the third occasion it took place in Asia (after Fukuoka in 2006, and Amman in 2009). Senior and junior races were held for men and women, with the four races having both a team and individual element.


2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Overview
The senior individual titles were won by Kenyan athletes. Geoffrey Kipsang, a former junior champion and reigning world half marathon champion, took the men's title by a margin of eight seconds. The 19-year-old Agnes Jebet Tirop was the women's champion, establishing herself as a senior athlete for the first time after her runner-up finish in the junior race at the 2013 edition. This made her the second youngest ever winner of that title, after Zola Budd in 1985.


2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Overview
Aside from these victories, it was Ethiopia that had the most success: Yasin Haji and Letesenbet Gidey were crowned the junior champions while the Ethiopian teams won the senior titles and had a clean sweep in the women's junior race. Bahrain was the only non-East African nation to win a medal, albeit with teams of entirely African expatriates.


2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Overview
The host choice reflected the increasing prominence of China in the world of athletics. Having only staged one major IAAF event before 2006, the country quickly rose to host the 2006 World Junior Championships, the 2008 Olympic athletics, 2010 World Half Marathon Championships, and 2014 IAAF World Race Walking Cup. The cross country event preceded Beijing's holding of the 2015 World Championships in Athletics later that year.


2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Overview
The course for the competition was a former horse racing course around 30 km from the city centre, which had hosted the Asian Cross Country Championships in 2005 as well as ten editions of the Chinese Cross Country Championships. In addition to the main competition, mass participation races over 2 km and 4 km were held in the morning before the official opening ceremony, aimed at improving public engagement in the sport.


2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Preparation
In the year before the competition, the Guiyang International Half Marathon was inaugurated, increasing local running participation. This added to the history of athletics in the region, which included a long-running Guiyang road race in its 44th edition that year. The 2015 Chinese national championships a month before the global event were not contested at the same course, instead being held in Qujing. Zhang Xinyan won both the women's long and short course titles, while Zhu Renxue and Wang Ligang won the men's long and short races, respectively.


2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Schedule
All four races were held in the afternoon in the usual traditional, with junior races preceding the senior races, and the senior men's event concluding the programme.


2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Participation
A total of 410 athletes from 51 countries participated, excluding non-starters. This represented an increase of ten nations from the previous edition and thirteen additional participating athletes in total.


2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
The Junior men's race at the 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Guiyang horse racing circuit in Guiyang, China, on March 28, 2015. Reports of the event were given for the IAAF.


2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 118 athletes from 26 countries participated in the Junior men's race.


2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
The Junior women's race at the 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Guiyang horse racing circuit in Guiyang, China, on March 28, 2015. Reports of the event were given for the IAAF.


2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 100 athletes from 28 countries participated in the Junior women's race.


2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
The Senior men's race at the 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Guiyang horse racing circuit in Guiyang, China, on March 28, 2015. Reports of the event were given for the IAAF.


2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 110 athletes from 37 countries participated in the Senior men's race.


2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
The Senior women's race at the 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Guiyang horse racing circuit in Guiyang, China, on March 28, 2015. Reports of the event were given for the IAAF.


2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 82 athletes from 25 countries participated in the Senior women's race.


2015 IAAF World Relays
The 2015 IAAF World Relays was the second edition of the biennial, global track and field relay competition between nations. As in the previous year, it was held in May in Nassau, Bahamas. Apart from contesting for the Golden Baton for the best team overall, the competition also served as a qualifying stage for the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 4 × 100 and 4 × 400 metres relay. One major change compared to the inaugural edition was the replacement of the 4 × 1500 metres relay with the distance medley relay.


2015 IAAF World Relays, Team standings
Teams scored for every place in the top 8 with 8 points awarded for the first place, 7 for second, etc. The overall points winner was given the Golden Baton.


2015 IAAF World Relays, Qualification for 2016 Summer Olympics
The top eight-finishers in 4×100 and 4×400 events gained qualification into the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. If a team was disqualified, the top team in the B-final would qualify.


2015 IAAF World Relays, Qualification for 2016 Summer Olympics
The following teams secured a full set of relay places across four events at the 2016 Games:


2015 IAAF World Relays, Participating nations
669 athletes from 43 nations are set to take part in the competition.


2015 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
The men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2015 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 2 May.


2015 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advanced to the final.


2015 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 200 metres relay
The men's 4 × 200 metres relay at the 2015 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 3 May.


2015 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 200 metres relay
On paper this race looked like a Jamaican record attempt with the American team their closest competitor. Jamaica brought all its guns, and strategically held out Usain Bolt and Nickel Ashmeade from the qualifying round. But when it came time for the final, Bolt was nowhere to be seen. A minor hamstring injury earlier in the meet kept the world record holder in the locker room listening to music when the finals were held.


2015 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 200 metres relay
The first two legs went as scripted with Jamaica taking a significant lead, but at the second handoff, Jason Livermore seemed completely unprepared to take a handoff, standing flatfooted as Rasheed Dwyer passed him and handed the baton backward. Still the Jamaican handoff was legal, just costing the team valuable seconds.


2015 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 200 metres relay
In the adjacent lane, the American team saw Curtis Mitchell line up in the wrong spot and while Isiah Young came in on the inside of his lane, Mitchell performed first a lane violation then after being passed by Young, a pirouette to drop the baton outside of the end of the zone. Mitchell picked up the baton to continue now well back in the field. Out of this chaos, the well trained French squad was left in the lead through the final turn. It was only the difference in Warren Weir's superior speed that allowed him to pass Ben Bassaw on the home stretch to take Jamaica to victory. USA crossed the line in third, but were disqualified for the handoff violation.


2015 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 200 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advanced to the final.


2015 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2015 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 2–3 May.


2015 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advanced to the final.


2015 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 800 metres relay
The men's 4 x 800 metres relay at the 2015 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 2 May.


2015 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 800 metres relay, Summary
Kenya's Alfred Kipketer started off fast, chased by USA's Duane Solomon, with Kipketer holding the advantage at the handoff, the 1:47 pace three seconds slower than Kipketer's PR at the time and five seconds slower than Solomon's. Kenya's second runner Nicholas Kipkoech pushed the pace followed by American Erik Sowinski as the two teams separated from the field. With 200 metres to go, Sowinski passed Kipkoech who ran out of gas, Sowinski sprinting the final straightaway to put a 20 metre gap on Kipkoech pulling away. Poland's Kamil Gurdak was also gaining rapidly on Kipkoech.


2015 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 800 metres relay, Summary
Sowinski's split was a more competitive 1:44.7. Lined up for the handoff, Timothy Kitum became alarmed at his teammate losing ground and bounced backward down the straightaway to grab the baton as Casimir Loxsom sprinted away. Loxsom ran another high 1:44 split to hand off to Robby Andrews with a 35 metre lead, while Poland put their best two runners last, Marcin Lewandowski closing down on Kitum to within 3 metres. Kenya's Jeremiah Mutai took off in chase of Andrews, ignoring Poland's European Champion Adam Kszczot.


2015 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 800 metres relay, Summary
Over the next 650 metres, Mutai closed down the lead to a manageable 10 metres, but Andrews is a kicker, almost serving as a cruel decoy, Andrews sprinted away from a dejected Mutai to retain the huge lead he had started with. With Kszczot sprinting from behind, Mutai barely crossed the line in second place with Australia a distant fourth.


2015 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 800 metres relay, Summary
After the race, Kenya was disqualified for Kitum wandering out of the passing zone. USA's time of 7:04.84 was also the Championship record.


2015 IAAF World Relays – Men's distance medley relay
The men's Distance medley relay at the 2015 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 3 May. This was the first time the event was held at a World Championship level meet. The previous world best, set by a Kenyan team in 2006 at the Penn Relays was elevated to World Record status due to the inclusion of the event in the World Relays. The event takes in a 1200m leg followed by a 400m leg, then an 800m leg before finishing with a 1600m leg.


2015 IAAF World Relays – Men's distance medley relay
In the first leg, Australian Ryan Gregson took it out in 2:53.15 to take a 5-meter lead over American Kyle Merber with Kenya another 7 meters back. Alexander Beck held the lead but Kenya's Alphas Leken Kishoyian gained a half a second on the leading two teams to pull his team back into contention. The 800 metre leg was thrilling as  Brandon Johnson quickly passed Jordan Williamsz only to be overtaken by Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich. Johnson used his best strategic tactics to edge back into the lead by the handoff.


2015 IAAF World Relays – Men's distance medley relay
But Ben Blankenship had no interest in the lead, literally slowing down and inviting Timothy Cheruiyot to take over. Cheruiyot more than obliged, accelerating to a much faster pace breaking away from Blankenship possibly trying to steal the race while Collis Birmingham brought Australia back into the mix. After a little more than 2 laps, Cheruiyot began to pay the price for his early pace. As he tied up, Blankenship cruised by, but the race wasn't over. Cheruiyot stayed on Blankenship's heels and on the final backstretch, Blankenship showed signs of vulnerability. But coming off the turn, Blankenship had more speed and was able to pull away to the finish line. Setting a new world record, a .06 of a second improvement over the 9-year-old world record was just an after thought.


2015 IAAF World Relays – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
The women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2015 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 2 May.


2015 IAAF World Relays – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advanced to the final.


2015 IAAF World Relays – Women's 4 × 200 metres relay
The women's 4 × 200 metres relay at the 2015 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 2 May.


2015 IAAF World Relays – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2015 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 2–3 May.


2015 IAAF World Relays – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advanced to the final.


2015 IAAF World Relays – Women's 4 × 800 metres relay
The women's 4 x 800 metres relay at the 2015 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 3 May.


2015 IAAF World Relays – Women's 4 × 800 metres relay
From the gun, the first runner to the break line was Mexico's Gabriela Medina, but as the athletes sorted themselves, American Chanelle Price found her way to the front follow closely by Cuba's Rose Mary Almanza. On the final straight, Almanza sprinted by giving Cuba several metres at the handoff. Cuba's Arletis Thaureaux's personal best was almost 9 seconds slower than America's Maggie Vessey, so it was fairly easy for Vessey to move into position to mark Thaureaux in the first 200 metres out front.


2015 IAAF World Relays – Women's 4 × 800 metres relay
Kenya's Sheila Jepkosgei Chesang sprinted the first 200 metres to make up the gap, following Vessey around Thaureaux and the rest of the field tightened up behind. At the beginning of her second lap, Vessey asserted the lead and opened up a sizable gap. Chesang paid for her exuberance and began to fall back through the field while Simoya Campbell put Jamaica at the head of the chase pack. As Vessey continued to stretch the lead, Campbell was displaced by Poland's Katarzyna Broniatowska, chased by Canada's Rachel François.


2015 IAAF World Relays – Women's 4 × 800 metres relay
By the end of her leg, Vessey had a 30-meter gap on the field, Broniatowska handed off in second and flopped to the track, Jamaica's Natoya Goule dodging the body after getting the baton. Chesang's last 200 metres were agony, handing off 14 seconds behind the same Vessey she had challenged earlier, Kenya well out of the running. Taking the baton from Kelly Hetherington about even with Canada, Australia's Selma Kajan rolled into second place around the turn.


2015 IAAF World Relays – Women's 4 × 800 metres relay
Molly Beckwith-Ludlow maintained the American lead while the end of the first lap saw  the Australian running shoulder to shoulder with Goule and Poland's Angelika Cichocka with Canada's Elizabeth Whelan just a step behind challenged by Cuba's Gilda Casanova. Goule eased ahead, with Cichocka the only one to go with her, while Kajan dropped back to battle Casanova and Whelan as a third pack. Ludlow handed off to Alysia Johnson Montaño some 40 metres ahead, while Cichocka sprinted past Goule on the final straight.


2015 IAAF World Relays – Women's 4 × 800 metres relay
Known as a front runner, Montaño ran a hard first lap and opened up a huge lead, the entire home straight. Poland's Sofia Ennaoui moved into a clear second place with a line up of Canada's  Rachel Aubry, Australia's Brittany McGowan, Cuba's Sahily Diago and Jamaica's Samantha James lined up in that order to chase for the medals. It was McGowan who pushed the final back stretch into the wind and broke away from the group.


2015 IAAF World Relays – Women's 4 × 800 metres relay
At the end Montaño's lead had shrunk back to only about 70 metres, she celebrated waving the baton to the crowd as she finished. More than ten seconds later, Ennaoui finished another couple of seconds ahead of McGowan. Out of the first five teams, only Australia did not set their National Record with this race. The previous American and North American record was from this race the year earlier, so the winning American team set the Championship record and their continental record in the same step.


2015 IAAF World Relays – Women's 4 × 800 metres relay
Still this time is more than ten seconds slower than world record, set by a Soviet team in 1984 during the Soviet bloc boycott of the Olympics. It is the number 13 performance of all time, all but two of those performances ahead of it being set before the dissolution of the Soviet Union and those remaining two set by Russia and Romania in the European Relay Festival in Portsmouth, England, an earlier relay festival that was a predecessor to the World Relays concept in June 1993.


2015 IAAF World Relays – Women's distance medley relay
The women's distance medley relay at the 2015 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 2 May.


2015 IAAF World Relays – Women's distance medley relay
With the pre-meet world record being set by an American University (Villanova University), the first running of this event at the international level made this a ripe candidate for a new record.


2015 IAAF World Relays – Women's distance medley relay
The race was competitive through the first leg, with Renelle Lamote of France have a marginal lead over Treniere Moser from the USA, with Kenyan Selah Jepleting Busienei just a step behind. Then Olympic champion Sanya Richards-Ross blew the race open, passing before the backstretch and opening up almost 20 metres on the French and Kenyan teams. Young star Ajee' Wilson doubled the lead before handing off to Shannon Rowbury while Kenya pulled into second with the field tightening behind them. Rowbury, a world championship bronze medalist more than held her own, crossing the line in 10:36.50, the American team taking almost 12 seconds out of the old record. In their wake, Kenya, Poland, and Australia also finished under the old record.


2015 IAM Cycling season
The 2015 season for the IAM Cycling cycling team began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.


2015 IAM Cycling season
In December 2014 the UCI announced that the team would be granted a WorldTour licence for the 2015 season.


2015 IBSA European Judo Championships
The 2015 IBSA Judo European Championships were held in Odivelas, Portugal, from 25–30 November 2015. It was held at the Multiusos Sports Hall in the city. The championship was the 13th to be held and was the last event whereby European athletes could collect points for qualification to the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio. Each country could send a maximum of two competitors per eight division. The competition is open to all classification of visually impaired athlete (B1, B2 and B3), who compete against each other.


2015 IBSA European Judo Championships
Russia finished on top of the Championship table by total number of medals won (17), and class of medals won.


2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship
The 2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship was an amateur snooker tournament which took place from 9 November to 21 November 2015 in Hurghada, Egypt.


2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship
It will be the 41st edition of the IBSF World Snooker Championship and also doubles as a qualification event for the World Snooker Tour.


2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship
The men's tournament was won by Pankaj Advani of India who won his second IBSF World Snooker Championship, defeating 2013 runner-up Zhao Xintong 8–6 in the final.


2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship
Wendy Jans won the women's tournament by defeating Anastasia Nechaeva 5–1 in the final. This victory was Jans fourth consecutive tournament win and her fifth overall.


2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship, Tournament
The tournament was an event run by the International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF). The event was originally due to take place in Sharm el-Sheikh, however due to the Metrojet Flight 9268 crash the tournament was relocated to Hurghada. Because of this many competitors withdrew from the competition amid safety fears and this ended up leaving some of the groups featuring as little as four players who would subsequently all qualify for the knockout stage of the tournament regardless of their results in the group stage. The men's event also doubled as a qualification event for the World Snooker Tour.


2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship – Men's
The 2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship is an amateur snooker tournament that took place from 9 November to 21 November 2015 in Hurghada, Egypt. It was the 41st edition of the IBSF World Snooker Championship and also doubled as a qualification event for the World Snooker Tour.


2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship – Men's
The event was originally due to take place in Sharm el-Sheikh, however due to the Metrojet Flight 9268 crash the tournament was relocated to Hurghada. Because of this many competitors withdrew from the competition amid safety fears, Including the entire Libyan, Russian, South Korean and Sri Lankan teams. This ended up leaving some of the groups featuring as little as four players who would subsequently all qualify for the knockout stage of the tournament regardless of their results in the group stage.


2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship – Men's
The final would go on to feature a contest between 2003 IBSF World Snooker Champion Pankaj Advani and Chinese player Zhao Xintong who had previously reached the 2013 IBSF World Snooker Championship final before losing 8–4 to fellow country man Zhou Yuelong.


2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship – Men's
Number 6 seed Advani would eventually go on to win the championship defeating Xintong 8–6 in the final. Following the tournaments result Advani was offered a two-year card on the professional World Snooker Tour for the 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 seasons. Advani had previously played on World Snooker Tour up until September 2014, when he announced that he was relinquishing his snooker tour card in order to concentrate on his billiards career and spend more time with his family.


2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship – Women's
The 2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship is an amateur snooker tournament that took place from 9 November to 21 November 2015 in Hurghada, Egypt.


2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship – Women's
The event was originally due to take place in Sharm el-Sheikh, however due to the Metrojet Flight 9268 crash the tournament was relocated to Hurghada. Because of this many competitors withdrew from the competition amid safety fears, Including the entire Qatari, Moroccan and English teams, the latter of which would have featured former world champion Reanne Evans.


2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship – Women's
The tournament was won by 10th seed Wendy Jans who defeated Anastasia Nechaeva 5–1 in the final. This victory was Jans fourth consecutive tournament win and her fifth overall.


2015 IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship
The 2015 IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship was an amateur snooker tournament that took place from 3 October to 10 October 2015 in St. Petersburg, Russia  It was the 1st edition of the IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship.


2015 IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship
The tournament was won by number 8 seed Ka Wai Cheung who defeated fellow countryman Ming Tung Chan 5–2 in the final.


2015 IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship
The 2015 IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship was an amateur snooker tournament that took place from 18 July to 26 July 2015 in Bucharest, Romania  It was the 27th edition of the IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship and also doubles as a qualification event for the World Snooker Tour.


2015 IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship
The tournament was won by number 1 seed Boonyarit Keattikun who defeated Welshman Jamie Clarke 8–7 in the final. As a result, Keattikun was given a two-year card on the professional World Snooker Tour for the 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 seasons.


2015 ICC Africa Twenty20 Division One
The 2015 ICC Africa Twenty20 Championship was a cricket tournament held in Benoni, South Africa, from 27–31 March 2015. All matches were played at the Willowmoore Park complex.


2015 ICC Africa Twenty20 Division One
Namibia won the tournament (its first) on net run rate from Kenya, with both teams progressing to the 2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier in Ireland and Scotland. Two other African sides, South Africa and Zimbabwe, are ICC full members, and thus qualify directly for the World Twenty20. Namibian Gerrie Snyman and Kenyan James Ngoche led the tournament in runs and wickets, respectively, and Ngoche was Player of the Tournament.