2015 Lefkada earthquake
The 2015 Lefkada earthquake occurred on November 17, 2015, 10:40:07 (EEST) with a moment magnitude of 6.5 located 19 km Southwest of the Greek island of Lefkada along with a depth of 11 km and intensities reaching as high as VIII (Severe) on the Modified Mercalli Scale. Two people lost their lives in the event and 4–8 others were hospitalized with injuries.


2015 Lefkada earthquake, Earthquake
The earthquake struck west of Lefkada island with initial magnitudes of between 6.3–6.7 however it was later settled to 6.5 according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake was generated with a focal mechanism as a Strike-slip by the Cephalonia-Lefkada Transform Fault, which generated similar earthquakes to this such as ones in 2003() and 1973. This particular region in the Mediterranean known as the Hellenic Arc is known for it's frequent seismological activity and generating historically large quakes in all of Southeastern Europe. Lefkada is located at the boundary between two geological zones, the Ionian and Paxos. This boundary runs through the western outcrops onshore the Island, forming the noteworthy Ionian Thrust.


2015 Lefkada earthquake, Damage, Lefkada and other Ionian Islands
Most damage was observed in western Lefkada as well a ground cracks, slope movements and liquefaction found in the area. Primary effects directly linked to surface expression of the seismological source were not detected in the field. Intensity VIII was assigned to large-volume slope movements along the western Lefkas coast.


2015 Lefkada earthquake, Damage, Lefkada and other Ionian Islands
Maximum seismic intensities of up to VIII were also assigned to the villages located in Dragano and Athani due to very heavy structural damage observed on masonry buildings, churches and other weak infrastructure mainly attributed to the combination of the recorded high PGA values, the poor anti-seismic design and construction of buildings and the geological and tectonic structure of the affected area. Damage to buildings was mainly observed in these villages arranged almost parallel to the northern segment of the Cephalonia-Lefkada Transform fault.


2015 Lefkada earthquake, Damage, Lefkada and other Ionian Islands
Among not earthquake proof structures, stone masonry buildings and monumental structures suffered most damage, while the traditional buildings of the area with dual structural system and with wooden frames performed relatively well and suffered minor damage. Reinforced concrete buildings were affected not so much by the earthquake itself but was worsened with ground liquefaction. Part of a harbor in Vasiliki was said to have sank and Schools in both Lefkada and Cephalonia were forced to shut down.


2015 Lefkada earthquake, Damage, Egremni Beach
A flank of the well-known pristine Egremni Beach collapsed following the massive tremor. Fortunately, the event happened on the winter months thus meaning no people were harmed. Before the earthquake occurred a cliff in the beach has been known to have been in a state of decline due to the climatic forcing resulting from previous minor seismicity and erosion.


2015 Lefkada earthquake, Casualties
A 69 year old woman died when a boulder from a loose mountain had hit her house. And an 82 year old woman also died when a wall collapsed onto her. An estimated 4-8 people were hospitalized with further injuries.


2015 Lega Basket Serie A Finals
The 2015 Lega Basket Serie A Finals was the championship series of the 2014–15 Lega Basket Serie A, the highest professional basketball league in Italy. It was played between Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia and Banco di Sardegna Sassari, from June 14 to 26, 2015.


2015 Lega Basket Serie A Finals
The Finals was played as a best-of-seven series with regular season third seed Reggio Emilia possessing home advantage (with the first two, the fifth and the seventh games at the PalaBigi) over fifth seeded Sassari.


2015 Lega Basket Serie A Finals, Series, Game 1
In the first game of the series, Reggio Emilia comfortably dispatched Sassari. A 16–2 run for the hosts in the second quarter helped them go to half-time 52–32 up, a lead they preserved for the rest of the game. Achille Polonara led the side with 18 points to which he added 12 rebounds, Rakim Sanders scored 19 with 7 rebounds for Sassari.


2015 Lega Basket Serie A Finals, Series, Game 2
Reggio Emilia cruised to another home win in the second game. Helped by 5 points from Rimantas Kaukėnas (14 points and 5 assists overall) they accrued an early 15–6 lead and never conceded the initiative, coasting to a 47–36 half-time lead. A strong start to the third quarter increased the team's lead, which reached 20 midway through the quarter and proved a comfortable enough cushion. Polonora again led his team in scoring with a game-best 20 points, complemented by 15 points and 8 assists from Andrea Cinciarini whilst Jeff Brooks paced Sassari with 18 points and 11 rebounds.


2015 Lega Basket Serie A Finals, Series, Game 3
Kaukėnas again drove Reggio Emilia into an 11–5 early lead but Sassari came back to retake the lead and then extend it to 36–25 in the second quarter before two Vitalis Chikoko reduced it to 43–37 at the break. Reggio Emilia scored 16 points unanswered points to start the third quarter, including 3 three-pointers from Amedeo Della Valle, whilst Sassari only had 4 points during the whole quarter.


2015 Lega Basket Serie A Finals, Series, Game 3
David Logan scored 5 three-pointers in the fourth quarter (7-for-12 from three in the game) to help Sassari tie the game at 66–66 with 2:20 remaining, before Jerome Dyson's tough jumper put them 6 points ahead with 49 seconds left as they earned their first win of the series. Logan top scored with 25 points, Dyson added 16 points and 8 rebounds whilst Della Valle led Reggio Emilia with 18 points.


2015 Lega Basket Serie A Finals, Series, Game 4
Sassari dominated the game, with Polonara giving Reggio Emilia its only regulation lead of 21–20 in the opening quarter, retaking then increasing their lead with an 8–0 run early in the second quarter that took the game to 48–36 at half-time, thanks to 9 triples that included a four-point play by Édgar Sosa. The lead broke the 20-point barrier during the third quarter thanks to a 10–0 run, Polonara and Cinciarini's efforts kept Reggio Emilia in the game but the margin remained as Dyson scored a three to make the score 66–46.


2015 Lega Basket Serie A Finals, Series, Game 4
The visitors clawed their way back thanks to a 3–2 zone defense that started an 8–0 run, before Ojārs Siliņš reduced the gap to below 10 points, then 78–75 with 2:13 to go. Dyson and Siliņš trade points at the death to send the game to overtime. The teams each led during overtime, but Dyson led Sassari with a couple of threes to a 90–86 lead and the contest ended when Darjuš Lavrinovič committed an unsportsmanlike foul with 8 seconds to go as the hosts scored the ensuing free-throw to tie the series 2–2.


2015 Lega Basket Serie A Finals, Series, Game 4
Dyson contributed a game-best 28 points (5-for-10 from three) and 7 assists, Shane Lawal helped Sassari dominate the boards (24 offensive rebounds to 17 thanks to Reggio Emilia's late run) with 14 rebounds and 3 blocks in addition to 10 points, Sanders had 18 before leaving the game due to an ankle injury, for the losers, Lavrinovič had 20 points and Siliņš 17.


2015 Lega Basket Serie A Finals, Series, Game 5
Siliņš and Della Valle pushed Reggio Emilia to a 12–0 run between the first and second quarters to put the team 27–15 up, but the lead was reduced to 38–31 at half-time and Sassari continued a 13–0 run into the third quarter to take a 39–38 lead. Reggio Emilia retook a meagre 52–51 lead into the fourth quarter before Lawal and Polonara traded points for a 55–55 tie. An 11–2 run by Reggio Emilia helped the side extend their lead to 63–57 but Sosa and Sanders scored from long distance to reduce it to two points.


2015 Lega Basket Serie A Finals, Series, Game 5
Dyson was called for an offensive foul in the dying seconds and Cinciarini scored from the line to end the game with a home win. Siliņš led the winners with 14 points, Polonara following with 13 points and 10 rebounds whilst Kaukėnas and Della Valle had 10 points apiece, Sanders game-leading 19 points and Lawal's 17 points and 21 rebounds were in vain.


2015 Lega Basket Serie A Finals, Series, Game 6
The sixth game of the series needed three overtimes to separate the sides. Sassari scored the first 4 points of the game on the way to a first quarter 24–20 lead, Reggio Emilia responded in the second quarter and took a 6-point lead on a Della Valle three, with the first half ending in a 43–43 tie.


2015 Lega Basket Serie A Finals, Series, Game 6
The teams exchanged leads in the third quarter and Reggio Emilia held a single point lead coming into the last quarter in regulation time, the game was tied with 90 seconds before Dyson converted a steal for a 78–76 Sassari lead that Polonara next tied, Cinciarini missed a game-winning shot at the death and the series went to overtime. The game remained close in the extra period, until Polonara three's and Kaukėnas' converted steal put Reggio Emilia 5 ahead, Logan responded from downtown and Dyson then dunked with 2.5 left to force a second overtime.


2015 Lega Basket Serie A Finals, Series, Game 6
Sassari scored the first 5 points of the period but the momentum stopped when Lawal fouled out with an unsportsmanlike foul, with six successive points putting Reggio Emilia in front before Dyson split free-throws to tied the game, Cinciarini had another occasion to close the game but was again unlucky as the game went to a third overtime.


2015 Lega Basket Serie A Finals, Series, Game 6
Sassari took control of the period with a Logan triple and baskets from Dyson that made it 109–102 with 1:50, with proved enough to earn the win that sent the series to a decisive game 7. Dyson led all scorers with 26 points, adding 7 rebounds and 9 assists, Logan totaled 23 points and Lawal posted 25 points and 16 rebounds, Della Valle's 25 points on 6-of-9 three-point shooting were not enough, as were Kaukėnas' 20 points and Cinciarini's 12 points and 8 assists.


2015 Lega Basket Serie A Finals, Series, Game 7
Playing at home for the chance to win the title, Reggio Emilia romped to an early 21–4 lead on the back of six points from both Cinciarini and Polonara, Sassari started a comeback in the second quarter and Logan's layup took them within three points with around two minutes left in the half, with the scores locked at 32–26 at the close.


2015 Lega Basket Serie A Finals, Series, Game 7
Two three-pointers by respectively Brooks and Dyson early in the third quarter brought the scores to 34–32, Sosa was called for a foul on Polonara late in the quarter and then received a technical foul call, with the hosts lead moving up to 10 points, reduced to 55–48 by Sander's points by the end of the quarter. Two threes by Logan then helped Sassari tie the game but Riccardo Cervi scored twice on the way to putting Reggio Emilia in front by 8 points.


2015 Lega Basket Serie A Finals, Series, Game 7
Logan then had another three with four minutes to go to tie the game as Sassari held their opponents scoreless for four minutes with a 12–0 run. Kaukėnas and Drake Diener helped Reggio Emilia back in the game, but Dyson scored two free-throws to take the lead to as much points, as Diener shot an airball on the last possession to kickstart Sassari's title celebrations. Finals MVP Sanders had 18 points for the new-champions, with Dyson contributing 17 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists and Logan 13 points. Polonara had 17 points in a losing effort, with 14 and 13 more for Diener and Kaukėnas respectively.


2015 Legends Tour
The 2015 Legends Tour is a series of professional golf tour events for women aged 45 and older sanctioned by the Legends Tour. Based in the United States, it is an offshoot of the main U.S.-based women's tour, the LPGA Tour. The tour was founded in 2001, and is intended to allow women to prolong their competitive golf careers on the model of the successful Champions Tour for men.


2015 Legends Tour, Schedule and results
The table below shows the schedule of events for the 2015 Legends Tour season. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Legends Tour events she had won up to and including that tournament.


2015 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team
The 2015 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team represented Lehigh University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by tenth-year head coach Andy Coen and played their home games at Goodman Stadium. They were a member of the Patriot League. They finished the season 6–5, 4–2 in Patriot League play to finish in third place.


2015 Lehigh Valley Steelhawks season
The 2015 Lehigh Valley Steelhawks season was the fifth season for the indoor football franchise, and their third in the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL).


2015 Lehigh Valley Steelhawks season
In 2015, the Steelhawks announced that they would be moving to the newly constructed PPL Center.


2015 Lehigh Valley Steelhawks season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated June 11, 201528 Active, 8 Inactive


2015 Leicester City Council election
The 2015 Leicester City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Leicester City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections, the 2015 general election and the election for the directly elected Mayor of Leicester.


2015 Leicester City Council election, Election result
The 54 councillors are elected from 27 wards, each electing either 2 or 3 councillors. The results of the election were that 52 Labour councillors were elected, with 1 Conservative and 1 Liberal Democrat. This is unchanged from the 2011 local election.


2015 Leinster Senior Football Championship
The 2015 Leinster Senior Football Championship is the 2015 installment of the annual Leinster Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of Leinster GAA. The competition is due to start on 16 May 2015 with Offaly drawn against Longford in the opening game. The final took place 12 July. Dublin won their tenth Leinster title in 11 years after a 2-13 to 0-6 win against Westmeath.


2015 Leinster Senior Football Championship, Teams
The Leinster championship is contested by eleven of the counties in the Irish province of Leinster. Kilkenny is the only county to not compete.


2015 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Final
The 2015 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Final, the deciding game of the 2015 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, was a hurling match played on 5 July 2015 at Croke Park, Dublin, contested by Galway and Kilkenny. Kilkenny claimed their 70th Leinster crown by defeating The Tribesmen on a scoreline of 1-25 to 2-15.


2015 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Details
Kilkenny were on top for the majority of the game. The first half was a very tough battle as both teams showed intensity that the 2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was missing up to that point. The Cats got the first goal of the game on 28 minutes, through an on fire TJ Reid after a Ger Aylward pass was deflected into his hands.


2015 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Details
Galway seemed to be letting the game slipping away from them when 2 minutes later Joe Canning scored one of the best goals ever at Croke Park after he caught a high ball, tuned instantly on the run before firing the ball into the net. The score at half time read Kilkenny 1-11 to Galways 1-08.


2015 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Details
A minute into the second half Galway found the net once again, this time through forward Jason Flynn. It seemed like from here it would be game on but Kilkenny kept cool heads and kept stretching their lead through some excellent point taking, particularly from Ger Aylward and Eoin Larkin. Kilkenny ran out comfortable seven point winners in the end. Captain Joey Holden lifted the Bob O'Keeffe Trophy on another successful day for The Cats.


2015 Lesotho general election
General elections were held in Lesotho on 28 February 2015 for all 120 seats of the National Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of Lesotho, more than two years ahead of schedule due to the 2014 political crisis. Following mediation facilitated by the Southern African Development Community (SADC), King Letsie III on the advice of the incumbent Prime Minister Tom Thabane, dissolved the Eighth Parliament and called a snap election.


2015 Lesotho general election
Lesotho uses the mixed-member proportional representation voting system. More than 1.2 million voters had been registered by the Independent Electoral Commission. The army was confined to the barracks on the election day. The opposition Democratic Congress managed to form a coalition government as no party achieved an outright majority. Voter turnout was 48%.


2015 Lesotho general election, Background
After the 2012 election, Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili's Democratic Congress failed to attain a majority; and thus a coalition government was formed among the three opposition parties: All Basotho Convention (ABC), Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) and the Basotho National Party (BCP). The government was led by ABC's Tom Thabane, who served as the new Prime Minister; whilst the leader of LCD, Mothetjoa Metsing was appointed as the Deputy Prime Minister.


2015 Lesotho general election, Background
Following political tensions and the suspension of the National Assembly over the controversial change of the head of the army from Lieutenant General Kennedy Tlali Kamoli to Lieutenant General Maaparankoe Mahao, an attempted coup d'état forced Prime Minister Tom Thabane to flee the country. He then returned under cover of South African and Namibian police, who guarded him around-the-clock. Under the auspices of the SADC, mediation led by South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa resulted in a call for an early election. The national elections took place on 28 February. Thabane was backed by the national police, while his deputy Mothetjoa Metsing was backed by the army, which refused to recognise the change in army leadership.


2015 Lesotho general election, Background
On 17 October, the National Assembly reconvened in a bid to avert the political crisis, with Thabane's advisor Tumisang Mosotho saying "It’s a milestone. We want to hope this is the first step in the right direction, in liberating our country from the danger that has surrounded us these past few months". Senate Chief Whip Khoabane Theko said: "This is what we can call maybe the beginning of the process that takes us to the elections, because we are going to have a budget and maybe deliberate other laws... ahead of our elections from here on".


2015 Lesotho general election, Electoral system
The 120 members of the National Assembly are elected in two groups; 80 are elected in single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting, with 40 elected by proportional representation in a  single nationwide constituency. Voters cast one vote. The 40 proportional seats are allocated on a compensatory system, in order to reflect the number of votes received by each party.


2015 Lesotho general election, Campaign
Thabane said that he would run again seeking a new mandate after signing the Maseru Facilitation Declaration.


2015 Lesotho general election, Results
Election observer missions were deployed to the kingdom from the African Union, the Commonwealth of Nations and SADC; and were led by former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, former Botswana President Festus Mogae and South African International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane respectively.


2015 Lesotho general election, Results
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulated the citizens for conducting a peaceful election. The SADC Election Observer Mission concluded that the elections were "peaceful, transparent, credible, free and fair."


2015 Lesotho general election, Results
The Democratic Congress formed a coalition government with the Lesotho Congress for Democracy and five other smaller parties as no party achieved an outright majority. Pakalitha Mosisili took over as Prime Minister whilst incumbent Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing retained his position.


2015 Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger
The 2015 Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard court. It was the 22nd edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It takes place in Binghamton, United States between 20 and 26 July 2015.


2015 Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw with a protected ranking:


2015 Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger – Doubles
Daniel Cox and Daniel Smethurst are the defending champions, but chose not to participate this year.


2015 Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger – Doubles
Dean O'Brien and Ruan Roelofse won the title defeating Daniel Nguyen and Dennis Novikov in the final, 6–1, 7–6(7–0).


2015 Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger – Singles
Sergiy Stakhovsky was the defending champion but chose not to compete.


2015 Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger – Singles
Kyle Edmund won the title defeating Bjorn Fratangelo, 6–2, 6–3 in the final.


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


2015 Liberal Democrats leadership election
The 2015 Liberal Democrats leadership election was held on 16 July 2015 following the resignation of Nick Clegg as leader on 8 May 2015, after almost eight years as leader of the Liberal Democrats, following the party's poor performance at the 2015 general election.


2015 Liberal Democrats leadership election
The result was announced on 16 July 2015 with Tim Farron winning by a margin of 13%.


2015 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Background
In the 2015 general election, the Liberal Democrats lost 49 seats, reducing the party to eight seats in the House of Commons.


2015 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Background
Many prominent party leaders and veteran MPs lost bids for re-election, including Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander; Business Secretary and former interim leader Vince Cable; Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey; Charles Kennedy, who had been party leader from 1999 to 2006 and had been a member of Parliament for 32 years; and former deputy party leader Simon Hughes, who had also served in Parliament for 32 years. Individuals who had served as ministers Jo Swinson, Lynne Featherstone, Paul Burstow and Jenny Willott were also among the Lib Dem MPs who lost their seats.


2015 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Background
Nick Clegg, the party's leader and Deputy Prime Minister in the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition government of 2010 to 2015, was re-elected in his Sheffield constituency, but resigned as party leader the morning after the election. In an emotional speech, he stated: "I must take responsibility and therefore I announce that I will be resigning as leader of the Liberal Democrats."


2015 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Background
Under the rules of the Liberal Democrat parliamentary party, the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats serves as an interim leader for the Liberal Democrats until a new leader can be elected. However, this position had been vacant since the election due to the retirement of Malcolm Bruce. The party president, Sal Brinton, a member of the House of Lords, was the de facto interim leader.


2015 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Background
After the election, the party experienced a surge in membership; 61,000 party members were entitled to vote, including over 16,500 new members who had joined before the close of nominations for the leadership.


2015 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Election rules
The timetable for a leadership election was determined by the party's Federal Executive, under Article 10.4 of the Liberal Democrat constitution, and a meeting was held to discuss this on 9 May 2015.


2015 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Election rules
Liberal Democrat leadership elections use the alternative vote (instant-runoff) system, the single-winner version of the single transferable vote. However, as only two candidates stood, it effectively became a simple plurality vote with all Liberal Democrat party members being entitled to vote under a "one member, one vote"  system.


2015 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Election rules
Article 10.5 of the Liberal Democrat constitution requires that any candidate wishing to stand must be a Member of Parliament and must have the support of:


2015 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Election rules
The election itself was overseen by Electoral Reform Services, the commercial arm of the Electoral Reform Society.


2015 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Polling and surveys
A survey by LibDemVoice.org of self-selecting 1065 members out of 1900+ registered on the forum (out of a total party membership of 57,773) showed Tim Farron on 71%, with 29% preferring Norman Lamb for leader. LibDemVoice do not claim that their survey is representative of the total party membership but they claim they "are the largest independent samples of the views of Lib Dem members across the country, and have in the past offered accurate guides to what party members think."


2015 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Polling and surveys
On the day the results were due, Farron was the bookmakers' favourite.


2015 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Campaign
Farron was seen as the candidate of the left of the party, while Lamb was seen as representing the politics of the party's prior involvement in coalition government, although others have argued the candidates' policy differences were minor.


2015 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Campaign
Farron's religious beliefs and voting record on abortion and gay rights came under scrutiny. Lamb suspended two members of his campaign team over a survey of party members that broke party rules that highlighted views the Lamb campaign consider "illiberal".


2015 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Campaign
In comments during the campaign, Tim Farron made reference to rebranding the party, but emphasised that in his view this needed to be more substantial than a simple superficial change: "I think rebranding ourselves, repositioning ourselves is very important. We've got to be absolutely radical about that but 18 months of a constitutional wrangle as we Tipp-Ex out a couple of words and add in another one in the constitution strikes me as a bit of a waste of time."


2015 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Campaign
During the campaign Tim Farron was asked what role former Chief Executive, Chris Rennard, would have under his leadership. He replied, "I have no intention of appointing him to any role in the party."


2015 Liberian First Division League
The 2015 Liberian First Division League (known as the LFA-Cellcom First Division League for sponsorship reasons) was the 42nd season of the Liberian Premier League, the Liberian professional league for association football clubs, since the league's establishment in 1956. The season began on 6 June 2015 and ended on 27 September 2015.


2015 Liberian First Division League, Teams
A total of 12 teams contested the league, including 9 sides from the 2013 season and three promoted from the 2013-2014 Second Division League. The teams are split up into two groups of six teams each.


2015 Liberian First Division League, Teams
Nimba United beat LISCR FC in the final. They earned the right to compete in the 2016 CAF Champions League.


2015 Liberty Flames football team
The 2015 Liberty Flames football team represented Liberty University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Turner Gill and played their home games at Williams Stadium. They were a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 3–3 in Big South play to finish in a tie for third place.


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


2015 Liechtenstein Health Insurance Act referendum
A referendum on the Health Insurance Act was held in Liechtenstein on 13 December 2015. It was approved by 53% of voters.


2015 Liechtenstein Health Insurance Act referendum, Background
On 1 October 2015 the Landtag voted by 19–6 to amend the Health Insurance Act with the aim of lowering costs. The changes would increase cost sharing by the insured, introduce sanctions against bad service and introduce the Swiss TARMED medical tariff.


2015 Liechtenstein Health Insurance Act referendum, Background
The changes were opposed by the "For Liechtenstein 21" group, who collected 2,648 signatures between 7 October and 5 November (article 66 of the constitution required at least 1,000 signatures to force a referendum). After 2,636 were declared valid, a referendum was announced.


2015 Liechtenstein local elections
The 2015 Liechtenstein local elections were held on 15 March to elect the municipal councils and the mayors of the eleven municipalities of Liechtenstein.


2015 Liechtenstein local elections, Electoral system
The municipal councils (German: Gemeinderat) are composed of an even number of councillors plus the mayor (German: Gemeindevorsteher). The number of councillors is determined by population count: 6 or 8 councillors for population 1,500, 8 or 10 councillors for population between 1,500 and 3,000, and 10 or 12 councillors for population over 3,000.


2015 Liechtenstein local elections, Electoral system
Councillors were elected in single multi-member districts, consisting of the municipality's territory, using an open list proportional representation system. Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. The mayors were elected in a two-round system. If none of the candidates achieved a majority in the first round, a second round would have been held four weeks later, where the candidate with a plurality would be elected as a mayor.


2015 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season
Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 2015 season was the club's 85th year of existence, the 62nd year in professional football, and the 54th in the top level of professional football in Ecuador.


2015 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Squad information
Liga's squad for the season is allowed a maximum of four foreign players at any one time, and a maximum of eight throughout the season. At the start of the season, Liga was mandated to start one under-18 player in each match. The jersey numbers in the main table (below) refer to the number on their domestic league jersey. The under-18 players will wear a jersey number of at least #50.


2015 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Squad information
Note: Caps and goals are of the national league and are current as of the beginning of the season.


2015 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Competitions, Serie A
The 2015 season was Liga's 54th season in the Serie A and their 14th consecutive. The league season ran from January to December. The format was identical to the previous season.


2015 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Competitions, Serie A, First stage
The first stage of the season ran from February 1 to July 12. Liga finished 1st and qualified for the finals and the 2016 Copa Libertadores during this stage.


2015 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Competitions, Serie A, Second stage
The second stage of the season ran from July 18 to December 13. Liga finished 2nd during this stage.


2015 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Competitions, Copa Sudamericana, First stage
LDU Quito won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match O1).


2015 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Competitions, Copa Sudamericana, Second stage
LDU Quito won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match A).


2015 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Competitions, Copa Sudamericana, Round of 16
River Plate won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals.


2015 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Player statistics
Last updated: December 20, 2015Note: Players in italics left the club mid-season. Source:


2015 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol
The 2015 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol season (known as the LDF Banco Popular for sponsorship reasons) is the 1st since its establishment.


2015 Liga Dominicana de Fútbol, Stadia and locations
Each team will play 18 matches in the regular season, the 4 teams with most points qualify to the playoffs. The champion will be decided in a single-legged final.


2015 Liga Indonesia Premier Division
The 2015 Liga Indonesia Premier Division season was the 20th edition of Liga Indonesia Premier Division and the seventh edition as a second-tier competition.


2015 Liga Indonesia Premier Division
On November 3, 2014, PSSI announced that starting this season, teams are not allowed to use foreign players and only allowed to have a maximum of 30 players. It was planned to start the season in March 2015 but it was revised to start the season on February 19, 2015. The start of the season was again revised to start in mid-April. On April 20, 2015, it was confirmed that the season will start on April 26, 2015.


2015 Liga Indonesia Premier Division
This season was officially discontinued by PSSI on May 2, 2015 due to a ban by Imam Nahrawi, Minister of Youth and Sports Affairs, against PSSI to run any football competition. Only one match was successfully played before the ban was put on place.


2015 Liga Indonesia Premier Division, Format
This year the competition will divided into six groups containing tens teams, the top two teams from each group will qualify for the next round, meanwhile the five lowest team from each group will be relegated to Liga Nusantara next season, this is done to reduce participants to 32 clubs in the 2016 season.


2015 Liga Indonesia Premier Division, Teams
Persiba Bantul, Persijap Jepara, Persita Tangerang and Persepam Madura Utama will participate this season, having been relegated from Indonesia Super League. Cilegon United and Persibat Batang are teams promoted from Liga Indonesia First Division. Laga FC, Persatu Tuban, Perssu Sumenep, PS Badung, Perserang Serang and Persibas Banyumas are teams promoted from Liga Nusantara.


2015 Liga Indonesia Premier Division, Teams
Persiwa Wamena will still play in the Liga Indonesia Premier Division despite gaining promotion in the 2014 Liga Indonesia Premier Division, after they did not pass the verification process for the 2015 Indonesia Super League. Persik Kediri will also compete in the Liga Indonesia Premier Division, because they fail to pass the verification process.


2015 Liga Indonesia Premier Division, Teams
On April 20, 2015, Persiwa Wamena and Persik Kediri decided to pull out from the competition, joining PSBS Biak and Persifa Fak-fak who failed the verification process.


2015 Liga Indonesia Premier Division, First round
This round will start on 26 April 2015 until 10 September 2015 with 55 teams competing.


2015 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Puerto Rico
The 2015 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Puerto Rico is 7th season Puerto Rico's top-division football league.


2015 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol
The 2015 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol (LSB), or 2015 FIBA South American League, was the 20th edition of the Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol competition, which is the second-tier South American professional basketball competition at the club level. It was organized by ABASU, which operates as a regional sub-zone of FIBA Americas.


2015 Ligas Superiores del Peru
The 2015 Ligas Superiores, the fifth division of Peruvian football (soccer), will be played by variable number teams by Departament. The tournaments will be played on a home-and-away round-robin basis.


2015 Ligue Haïtienne season
The 2015 Ligue Haïtienne season was the 52nd season of top-tier football in Haiti. The league was split into two tournaments—the Série de Ouverture and the Série de Clôture—each with identical formats and each contested by the same 20 teams.


2015 Ligurian regional election
The Ligurian regional election of 2015 took place on 31 May 2015.


2015 Ligurian regional election
Giovanni Toti of Forza Italia, who benefited of the decisive support of the Northern League Liguria, was elected President in a three-way race with Raffaella Paita of the Democratic Party, which was the largest party, and Alice Salvatore of the Five Star Movement.


2015 Ligurian regional election, Electoral system
The Regional Council of Liguria is composed of 30 members, plus the president elect. The president elect is the candidate winning a plurality of votes at the election. Within the council, 24 seats are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation. The remaining 6 councillors are assigned as a majority bonus if the winning candidate has less than 18 seats, otherwise they are distributed among the losing coalitions.


2015 Ligurian regional election, Electoral system
A single list must get at least 3% of the votes in a province in order to access the proportional distribution of seats, unless the list is connected to a coalition with more than 5% of the vote.


2015 Lillestrøm SK season
The 2015 season is Lillestrøm's 39th consecutive year in Tippeligaen and their first with Rúnar Kristinsson as manager.


2015 Lillestrøm SK season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 Lillestrøm SK season, Transfers, Winter
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2015 Lillestrøm SK season, Transfers, Winter
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2015 Lillestrøm SK season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 Lillestrøm SK season, Transfers, Summer
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2015 Lima Challenger
The 2015 Lima Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Lima, Peru between October 26 and November 1, 2015.


2015 Lima Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Lima Challenger – Doubles
Andrej Martin and Hans Podlipnik won the title, beating Rogério Dutra Silva and João Souza 6–3, 6–4


2015 Lima Challenger – Singles
Gastão Elias won the title, beating Andrej Martin 6–2, 7–6(7–4)


2015 Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
The 2015 Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship was the second staging of the Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Limerick County Board in 2014.


2015 Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
On 24 October 2015, Bruree won the championship after a 3-07 to 0-13 defeat of Knockainey in the final at FitzGerald Park. It was their first ever championship title in this grade.


2015 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
The 2015 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship is the 121st staging of the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Limerick County Board in 1887. The championship began on 30 April 2015.


2015 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour
The 2015 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour was an endurance race for a variety of GT and touring car classes, including: GT3 cars, GT4 cars and Group 3E Series Production Cars. The event, which was staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, near Bathurst, in New South Wales, Australia on 8 February 2015, was the thirteenth running of the Bathurst 12 Hour.


2015 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour
53 cars were entered for the race and 50 cars started the race, with two entries withdrawn following crashes in practice and the other due to drivers being injured in a road accident prior to the event. Katsumasa Chiyo, Wolfgang Reip and Florian Strauss won the event driving a Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3. Reip and Strauss had both come through the GT Academy programme.


2015 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour
The highlight of the race came in the closing laps. The Nissan had been racing conservatively all day, just staying on the lead lap and in touch with the leaders. Matt Bell led the field in one of the M-Sport Bentleys, ahead of Laurens Vanthoor in the Phoenix Racing Audi with Chiyo in third. Stefan Mucke and Dean Canto were also on the lead lap. There were a few late safety car periods, with the last leaving two laps of racing to the finish.


2015 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour
Once racing began Chiyo took second at the first corner before taking the lead going up Mountain Straight. As Chiyo built a gap over his rivals, a battle developed for second place, with Bell ahead of Vanthoor and Mucke. Mucke passed Vanthoor for third going down Conrod Straight on the final lap before attempting to pass Bell at the final corner. Mucke made contact with Bell, sending him into a slide, while Vanthoor drove around the outside of both cars to take second place behind Chiyo. Mucke took third while Bell dropped to fourth.


2015 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour, Official results
– Scott O'Donnell, Phil Mauger, Lindsay O'Donnell & Hayden Knighton were unable to drive in the race following a car accident on the Thursday. Knighton & Scott O'Donnell were replaced by Frank Lyons (who moved from the withdrawn #69 car) and Chris van der Drift.


2015 Little League Softball World Series
The 2015 Little League Softball World Series was held in Portland, Oregon from August 13 to August 19, 2015. Six teams from the United States and four from throughout the world competed for the Little League Softball World Champions.


2015 Little League Softball World Series, Teams
Each team that competes in the tournament will come out of one of the 10 regions.


2015 Little League World Series
The 2015 Little League World Series was held in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, from August 21 until August 30, 2015. Eight teams from the United States and eight from throughout the world competed in the 69th edition of the tournament. The Tokyo Kitasuna Little League from Tokyo, Japan, defeated Red Land Little League of Lewisberry, Pennsylvania, in the championship game, 18–11, which was the most total runs scored (29) in any final game. It was Japan's fourth title in the past six years. The tournament was originally scheduled to begin on August 20, however, inclement weather resulted in the postponement of all first-day games, resulting in eight games being played on August 21, a LLWS first.


2015 Little League World Series, Results
The draw to determine the opening round pairings took place on June 10, 2015.


2015 Little League World Series, Results, Crossover games
Teams that lose their first two games get to play a crossover game against a team from the other side of the bracket that also lost its first two games. These games are labeled Game A and Game B.


2015 Little League World Series, Results, Third place game
The third place game is played between the loser of the United States championship and the loser of the International championship.


2015 Little League World Series, Champions path
The Kitasuna LL reached the LLWS with an undefeated record of eight wins and no losses. In total, their record was 13-0


2015 Little League World Series qualification
Qualification for the 2015 Little League World Series took place in eight United States regions and eight international regions from June through August 2015. Starting this year, all eight United States regional tournaments used a modified double elimination format and moved away from the round robin format used since the 1990s.


2015 Little League World Series qualification, United States, Great Lakes
The tournament took place in Indianapolis, Indiana from August 9–15.


2015 Little League World Series qualification, United States, Mid-Atlantic
The tournament took place in Bristol, Connecticut from August 10–16.


2015 Little League World Series qualification, United States, Midwest
The tournament took place in Indianapolis, Indiana from August 9–15.


2015 Little League World Series qualification, United States, Midwest
Note: North Dakota and South Dakota are organized into a single Little League district.


2015 Little League World Series qualification, United States, New England
The tournament took place in Bristol, Connecticut from August 10–16.


2015 Little League World Series qualification, United States, Northwest
The tournament took place in San Bernardino, California from August 9–15.


2015 Little League World Series qualification, United States, Southeast
The tournament took place in Warner Robins, Georgia from August 7–13.


2015 Little League World Series qualification, United States, Southwest
The tournament took place in Waco, Texas from August 7–13.


2015 Little League World Series qualification, United States, West
The tournament took place in San Bernardino, California from August 9–15.


2015 Little League World Series qualification, International, Asia-Pacific and Middle East
The tournament took place in Guilin, China from July 13–21.


2015 Little League World Series qualification, International, Australia
The tournament took place in Lismore, New South Wales on June 4–9. The top two teams in each pool advance to the elimination round, where they are seeded one through eight based on overall record. The "runs against ratio" (RAR) is used as the tiebreaker. It is calculated by the number of runs scored against a team, divided by the number of defensive innings the team played.


2015 Little League World Series qualification, International, Canada
The tournament took place in Ottawa, Ontario from August 7–16.


2015 Little League World Series qualification, International, Caribbean
The tournament took place in Willemstad, Curaçao from July 18–25.


2015 Little League World Series qualification, International, Europe and Africa
The tournament took place in Kutno, Poland from July 16–23. The format of the tournament is double elimination.


2015 Little League World Series qualification, International, Japan
The first two rounds of the tournament took place on July 19. The semifinals and championship were played on July 20. All games were played in Shirakawa, Fukushima.


2015 Little League World Series qualification, International, Latin America
The tournament took place in Panama City, Panama from July 11–18.


2015 Little League World Series qualification, International, Mexico
The tournament took place in Matamoros, Tamaulipas from July 11–17.


2015 Little League World Series results
The results of the 2015 Little League World Series were determined between August 21 and August 30, 2015 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The tournament was originally scheduled to begin on August 20, however inclement weather resulted in the postponement of all first day games. 16 teams were divided into two groups, one with eight teams from the United States and another with eight international teams, with both groups playing a modified double-elimination tournament. In each group, the last remaining undefeated team faced the last remaining team with one loss, with the winners of those games advancing to play for the Little League World Series championship.


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


2015 Liverpool City Council election
Due to the 'in thirds' system of election, one third of the council were up for election, with direct comparisons to previous results made with the corresponding vote at the 2011 Liverpool City Council election.


2015 Liverpool City Council election, Council composition
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:


2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
The 2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was a one-day cycling classic that took place in the Belgian Ardennes on 26 April 2015. It was the 101st edition of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège one-day cycling race and was the fourth cycling monument of the 2015 season. It was part of the 2015 UCI World Tour and was organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), the organisers of the Tour de France.


2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
200 riders raced over a 253-kilometre (157-mile) route that started in Liège, travelled south to Bastogne, then returned north by an indirect route to finish in Ans on the outskirts of Liège. The route included many hills, especially in the final 70 kilometres (43 miles), which were the principal difficulty in the race.


2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
There were many attacks in the final part of the race, with several groups breaking away from the peloton and subsequently being caught. A small group came together on the final ascent to the finish line, where the race was decided in a sprint. It was won by the pre-race favourite, Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team), ahead of Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx–Quick-Step) and Joaquim Rodríguez (Team Katusha). This was Valverde's third victory in Liège–Bastogne–Liège and put him into the lead of the World Tour standings.


2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Background
Liège–Bastogne–Liège, one of the oldest races on the cycling calendar, was established in 1892. Milano–Torino is the only current race to have begun earlier, although it did not exist as a regular event until the 1920s. Liège–Bastogne–Liège was founded as a precursor to a planned Liège–Paris–Liège event, which never came about, but eventually became one of the most important races on the cycling calendar in its own right. The race is seen as one of the cycling Monuments, alongside Milan–San Remo, the Tour of Flanders, Paris–Roubaix and the Giro di Lombardia.


2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Background
Because Liège–Bastogne–Liège is the oldest of the major races on the cycling calendar, it has the nickname La Doyenne (English: The Old Lady). It is particularly known as a race where the best one-day riders and the best Grand Tour riders can compete on relatively equal terms. In his book The Monuments, Peter Cossins wrote that Liège–Bastogne–Liège "is generally regarded as the toughest one-day race on the calendar". Eddy Merckx holds the record for the most victories, with five wins between 1969 and 1975.


2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Background
Liège–Bastogne–Liège was the fourth of the Monuments to take place in the 2015 season. Milan–San Remo and Paris–Roubaix were won by John Degenkolb (Team Giant–Alpecin), while the Tour of Flanders was won by Alexander Kristoff (Team Katusha). Liège–Bastogne–Liège was the final event of the spring classics season and came as the conclusion to the Ardennes classics, following the Amstel Gold Race and La Flèche Wallonne. It was also part of the 2015 UCI World Tour, a season-long competition that included both one-day events and stage races.


2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Teams
As it was part of the UCI World Tour, the 17 UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited and obliged to send a team to Liège–Bastogne–Liège. The race organisers ASO, the organisers of the Tour de France, also made eight wildcard invitations to UCI Professional Continental teams. The peloton was therefore made up of 25 teams. Six of the teams were also invited to La Flèche Wallonne. These included two Belgian teams (Wanty–Groupe Gobert and Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise), two French teams (Cofidis and Team Europcar), Team Roompot and MTN–Qhubeka.


2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Teams
The final two teams to be invited to Liège–Bastogne–Liège were Bora–Argon 18 (whose invitation meant that they would participate in all five Monuments in 2015) and Cult Energy Pro Cycling. As each team was required to enter between five and eight riders, the maximum size of the peloton was 200 riders.


2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Route
The route for the 2015 race was announced on 15 April. The route was 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) shorter than in 2014; it was therefore 253 kilometres (157 miles) in length. The changes came in the final section of the route, with the Côte de la Vecquée removed and the Col du Rosier and the Col du Maquisard added instead. The second change was a reduction in distance between the third-last and second-last climbs: the distance was cut from 25 kilometres (16 miles) to 16 kilometres (9.9 miles), with a small unclassified climb also added. Cyclingnews.com described the first change as a "much harder combination" suggested that the new route would make the race more interesting than the 2014 edition, which it described as "painfully dull".


2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Route
The race began in Liège, in Place Saint-Lambert outside the Prince-Bishops' Palace, with a neutral zone that took the riders out of the town to the south. The first 75 kilometres (47 miles) of the race brought the peloton south, through Aywaille to La Roche-en-Ardenne; although the roads were not flat there were no difficult or categorised climbs. Here the riders encountered the first classified climb of the day, the Côte de la Roche-en-Ardenne, a 2.8-kilometre (1.7-mile) climb at an average gradient of 6.2%. After reaching the summit, the riders continued south for another 28 kilometres (17 miles).


2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Route
This took them through Bertogne to Bastogne, which they reached after 107 kilometres (66 miles) of racing. This was the turning-point: from here the route turned to the north to return towards Liège. The northern leg of the race was both longer – 146 kilometres (91 miles) – and more difficult – it included nine categorised climbs.


2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Route
After turning around at the Rond-point La Doyenne (named after the race itself), the peloton left Bastogne to the north-east. The first 17 kilometres (11 miles) were fairly flat and took the riders to Houffalize. After a fast descent came the Côte de Saint-Roch, an 11.2% average climb over its 1-kilometre (0.62-mile) length. Another fairly flat section followed: the route continued north for approximately 30 kilometres (19 miles) on fairly major roads through Gouvy and Vielsalm. At this point, with 86.5 kilometres (53.7 miles) to the finish line, there were still eight categorised climbs remaining.


2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Route
The first three of these climbs came in quick succession. These were the Côte de Wanne (2.7 kilometres (1.7 miles) at 7.4%), the Côte de Stockeu (1 kilometre (0.62 miles) at 12.5%) and the Côte de la Haute-Levée (3.6 kilometres (2.2 miles) at 5.6%). The Côte de Wanne was narrow and badly surfaced, with a dangerous descent following. The Côte de Stockeu was described by Cycling Weekly as a "killer climb", because of its steep gradient, its narrowness and its poor road surface. The Côte de la Haute-Levée was unique on the course because it included a 500 metres (1,600 ft) section of cobblestones.


2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Route
These climbs brought the riders to Stavelot. Soon afterwards, there was a hairpin turn that took them towards the two climbs new to the 2015 edition. The first of these was the Col du Rosier (4.4 kilometres (2.7 miles) at 5.9%), which was the longest climb of the day. The riders then descended through the town of Spa and turned west onto the Col du Maquisard (2.5 kilometres (1.6 miles) at 5%), which they crossed with 46 kilometres (29 miles) to the finish line. The route then crossed over the roads used for the southern leg as the riders entered the final section of the race.


2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Route
The following climb was the Côte de La Redoute (2 kilometres (1.2 miles) at 8.9%), with 34.5 kilometres (21.4 miles) from the summit to the finish line. Cyclingnews.com described La Redoute as "the most emblematic climb of the entire race". It had an uneven gradient: the first 1 kilometre (0.62 miles) was at about 8%, before 500 metres (1,600 ft) at around 13% and another 500 metres (1,600 ft) at 6%.


2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Route
The riders descended down twisting roads, crossed over the uncategorised Côte de Sprimont, before coming to the penultimate climb, the Côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons (1.5 kilometres (0.93 miles) at 9.4%) with 19 kilometres (12 miles) to the finish line. This was one of the most difficult climbs of the race, with frequent changes of gradient and a poor road surface. There was then another uncategorised climb and a steep descent into the outskirts of Liège.


2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Route
The final climb of the day came with 6.2 kilometres (3.9 miles) remaining. This was the Côte de Saint-Nicolas (1.2 kilometres (0.75 miles) at 8.6%). Cycling Weekly described it as "a succession of steep corners with nothing between". After the descent from the climb, the riders entered Ans, the finishing town. There was a long, straight road that started 2 kilometres (1.2 miles) from the finish line. After 500 metres (1,600 ft) of flat, the road climbed towards the finish at around 5%. With around 300 metres (980 feet) to go, there was a left-hand turn that took the riders to the finish line.


2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Pre-race favourites
Recent editions of Liège–Bastogne–Liège had been won in several different ways. Andy Schleck (then riding for Team Saxo Bank) had won a solo victory with a long-distance attack in 2009, while Dan Martin (Cannondale–Garmin) had attacked late on to win in 2013. The 2010 edition was won by a two-man breakaway and the 2011 edition by a three-man group. The defending champion, Simon Gerrans (Orica–GreenEDGE) won the 2014 edition in a bunch sprint after a large group came to Ans together. The pattern of the 2015 edition was therefore hard to predict. One consistent pattern, however, was that recent editions of the race had been won by major names rather than by outsiders.


2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Pre-race favourites
Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) had won La Flèche Wallonne during the week that preceded Liège–Bastogne–Liège and he was one of the major favourites to take the victory. Valverde had won the race on two previous occasions (in 2006 and 2008) and had also been on the podium on four other occasions. Valverde's status as the major favourite had the potential to work against him, however, as other riders were expected to mark him closely and perhaps prevent him from winning. Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team) had suffered from this problem in the Amstel Gold Race.


2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Pre-race favourites
The other major favourite for the race was the reigning world champion, Michał Kwiatkowski (Etixx–Quick-Step). Kwiatkowski had finished third in the 2014 Liège–Bastogne–Liège and had already won the Amstel Gold Race in 2015. Although he had not been as strong as had been expected in La Flèche Wallonne, the longer climbs of Liège–Bastogne–Liège were expected to suit him better.


2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Pre-race favourites
Other favourites included Martin, Joaquim Rodríguez (Team Katusha), Rui Costa (Lampre–Merida), as well as Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) and Tim Wellens (Lotto–Soudal). Gerrans had suffered an injury earlier in the season and had not fully recovered; he was not expected to be able to defend his title. Similarly, Gilbert had suffered a fall in La Flèche Wallonne; he was also not as well suited to the route of Liège–Bastogne–Liège as he was to the other Ardennes classics.


2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Race report
The race began with hard racing for the first hour until the day's main breakaway was formed, with around 40 kilometres (25 miles) raced. The breakaway involved eight riders. These were Diego Ulissi (Lampre–Merida), Matteo Montaguti (AG2R La Mondiale), Otto Vergaerde (Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise), Clément Chevrier (IAM Cycling), Marco Minnaard (Wanty–Groupe Gobert), Anthony Turgis (Cofidis), Cesare Benedetti (Bora–Argon 18) and Rasmus Quaade (Cult Energy Pro Cycling). The group's lead soon extended to nearly eight minutes, while the peloton was led by Team Europcar; their work reduced the breakaway's lead by around three minutes by the time of the Côte de La Roche-en-Ardenne, 79 kilometres (49 miles) into the race.


2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Race report
After the turn in Bastogne, the breakaway continued. It was, however, reduced in numbers, as Quaade, Chevrier and Vergaerde all fell back before the peloton reached the Côte de Wanne, four hours into the race. Team Katusha led the peloton as it approached the climb. On the climb itself, Astana came to the front of the peloton and led the chase, with the breakaway's lead reduced to under a minute.


2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Race report
On the Côte de Stockeu, Andriy Hrivko (Astana), Gorka Izagirre (Movistar Team) and Simon Yates (Orica–GreenEDGE) attacked and joined the lead group; more riders then bridged across to form a 21-man group. This included five Astana riders, though not Nibali. On the Côte de la Haute-Levée, several riders attacked again to form a smaller breakaway; these were Tanel Kangert and Michele Scarponi (both Astana), Manuele Boaro (Tinkoff–Saxo), Esteban Chaves (Orica–GreenEDGE) and Julián Arredondo (Trek Factory Racing).


2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Race report
They had a 25-second lead at the summit and, although Boaro and Arredondo were dropped on the Col du Rosier, this increased to more than a minute for a short while. It was reduced to 45 seconds on the Col du Maquisard, however, as the Movistar Team worked hard in the peloton to bring them back.


2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Race report
As the peloton approached the Côte de la Redoute, there was a large crash. Among the riders to crash were two previous winners of the race, Dan Martin and Simon Gerrans, as well as Fränk Schleck (Trek Factory Racing), Nicolas Roche (Team Sky), Mathias Frank (IAM Cycling) and Yukiya Arashiro (Team Europcar). Vincenzo Nibali was forced to unclip himself from his bike, but avoided crashing. The peloton was reduced to around 40 riders at the foot of the climb.


2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Race report
Although there were no bad injuries in the crash, Roche and Arashiro took some time to stand up, with Roche looking particularly dazed. Many of the riders who crashed attempted to get back into the peloton, with Gerrans and Martin among them. Gerrans was forced to abandon the race shortly afterwards after he crashed for a second time.


2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Race report
On the Col de la Redoute itself, Kangert was dropped from the breakaway; Scarponi and Chaves had a 35-second lead at the summit and were caught around 10 kilometres (6 mi) later. The riders then entered the Côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons, where Roman Kreuziger (Tinkoff–Saxo) and Giampaolo Caruso (Team Katusha) attacked; they were quickly joined by Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) and had an 18-second lead at the summit.


2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Race report
Several riders attempted to form chase groups; eventually a six-man chase group was formed by Giovanni Visconti (Movistar Team), Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx–Quick-Step), Rui Costa (Lampre–Merida), Samuel Sánchez (BMC Racing Team) and Daniel Moreno (Team Katusha). They stayed away for a short while and were then joined by around 20 other riders with 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) remaining as rain began to fall.


2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Race report
Zdeněk Štybar (Etixx–Quick-Step) took over the pace-setting in the peloton as it approached the Côte de Saint-Nicolas and he reduced the gap to Kreuziger, Caruso and Fuglsang. On the climb, Valverde came to the front of the group to control the pace. Nibali then attacked and, while he was not able to escape the group, several riders were dropped. These included Michał Kwiatkowski and Philippe Gilbert. Nibali's attack also brought the chasing group back to the leaders. The next attack came from Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) on the descent from the Côte de Saint-Nicolas.


2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Race report
While he too was unable to break away from the group, his attack did cause Nibali to lose contact and reduced the group to ten riders. Giampaolo Caruso led the group into Ans and towards the climb to the finish. At the foot of the climb, Daniel Moreno, Caruso's teammate, attacked and built a small gap ahead of the group. The group did not initially chase him, as all the other riders looked for Valverde to do the work. Eventually Valverde did start to chase Moreno and caught him at the final bend. He opened his sprint from a long way out, with Joaquim Rodríguez (Team Katusha) right behind him. Rodríguez slowed as they approached the line, however, and Valverde took the victory. Julian Alaphilippe came around Rodríguez in the final metres to take second place.


2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Post-race analysis, Rider reactions
Valverde's win was his third victory at the race, and he became one of only six riders to have three or more victories in the race. Liège–Bastogne–Liège also concluded a very successful Ardennes week for him: he had two victories and one second-place finish in the three races. Valverde was the first rider since Philippe Gilbert in 2011 to win both La Flèche Wallonne and Liège–Bastogne–Liège in the same week and, although he was one place away from imitating Gilbert's Ardennes triple, he described it as a "great week".


2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Post-race analysis, Rider reactions
Alaphilippe's second-place finish was the best for any French rider since Laurent Jalabert in 1998. He had entered the race in support of Kwiatkowski. When Kwiatkowski was struggling on the Côte de Saint-Nicolas, the Etixx-Quick Step directeur sportif sent a radio message to Alaphilippe to ride for himself; this was similar to the events in La Flèche Wallonne, where Alaphilippe also finished second to Valverde. He was frustrated on the finish line and waved his arm in the air; he said after the race "today I really felt I could have done something more". Cyclingnews.com suggested after the race that he had the potential to win a Monument in the future.


2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Post-race analysis, Rider reactions
Several riders were injured in the crash 40 kilometres (25 miles) from the finish. The worst-affected was Yukiya Arashiro, who suffered several broken bones, while Gianluca Brambilla (Etixx–Quick-Step) broke his collarbone. LottoNL –Jumbo had two riders with injuries: Paul Martens broke his hand and Bram Tankink suffered from concussion and bruises. Nicolas Roche and Simon Gerrans both suffered some discomfort after their crashes, but neither had significant injuries. Dan Martin rode the Tour de Romandie the following week; after he suffered with his breathing through the race, he discovered that he had broken two ribs in the crash in Liège–Bastogne–Liège.


2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Post-race analysis, UCI World Tour rankings
After his strong Ardennes week, Valverde moved into the lead of the UCI World Tour individual rankings, with Richie Porte (Team Sky) dropping to second place. Rui Costa also moved into the top ten. Spain moved ahead of Australia in the nations' standings, while Etixx–Quick-Step retained their lead of the team rankings.


2015 London Broncos season
The 2015 London Broncos season was the thirty-sixth in the club's history and their first season in the Super League. Competing in 2015 Kingstone Press Championship, the club was coached by Joey Grima, before being replaced by his assistant Andrew Henderson in March. They finishing in 7th place, reaching the Championship Shield Final and reaching the Fourth Round of the 2015 Challenge Cup.


2015 London Broncos season
It was their second since moving to the Hive Stadium. They exited the Challenge Cup with a defeat by the Leigh Centurions.


2015 London Broncos season, 2015 tables, Regular season
The third of the three "Super 8" groups saw teams finishing 5th to 12th in the regular Championship table. Like the Super League 8's, these teams retained their original points and played 7 extra games, with the teams finishing in the top 4 places after these extra games contesting play offs similar to Super League, with 1st v 4th and 2nd vs 3rd, with the winners contesting the Championship Shield Grand Final. The two teams finishing at the bottom of this Super 8s group (7th and 8th) were relegated to the League 1 2016 season, and replaced by the two 2015 League One promoted sides.


2015 London Broncos season, 2015 tables, Regular season
(Q) Qualified for the Semi Final(R) Relegated to League 1


2015 London Conservative Party mayoral selection
The London Conservative Party mayoral selection of 2015 was the process by which the Conservative Party selected its candidate for Mayor of London, to stand in the 2016 mayoral election. Member of Parliament Zac Goldsmith was selected to stand.


2015 London Conservative Party mayoral selection, Selection process
The Mayoral candidate was selected via an Open primary that was open to all London voters who were on the electoral roll. Voters had to register to vote at a charge of £1.00.


2015 London Labour Party mayoral selection
The London Labour Party mayoral selection of 2015 was the process by which the Labour Party selected its candidate for Mayor of London, to stand in the mayoral election on 5 May 2016. It was the first Mayoral selection process since 2002 not to feature Ken Livingstone as a candidate.


2015 London Labour Party mayoral selection, Candidates, CLP nominations
To proceed in the Labour selection process, each applicant had to secure the nomination of at least five Constituency Labour Parties (CLPs) in the London region. There are 73 CLPs in London, and each CLP could make up to two nominations. The first nomination was required to be for one of the female candidates, and the second nomination could be for any candidate. Nominations were decided at open meetings of local parties, with all Labour members and registered/affiliated supporters within that CLP eligible to vote in person.


2015 London Labour Party mayoral selection, Candidates, CLP nominations
Keran Kerai and Neeraj Patil received no CLP nominations and were therefore eliminated from the contest. All six other applicants received enough nominations to go forward.


2015 London Labour Party mayoral selection, Candidates, Declined
The following candidates considered running or were mentioned as possible candidates, but ultimately did not put themselves forward for selection.


2015 London Labour Party mayoral selection, Results
Between 14 August and 10 September, affiliated and registered supporters and members of the Labour Party in London were able to vote.


2015 London Marathon
The 2015 London Marathon was the 35th running of the annual marathon race in London, England, which took place on Sunday, 26 April. The men's elite race was won by Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge and the women's race was won by Ethiopian Tigist Tufa. The 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships marathon events were also held during the race. The men's wheelchair race was won by Josh George from the United States and the women's wheelchair race was won by American Tatyana McFadden. McFadden set a course record for the second year running.


2015 London Marathon
Around 172,888 people applied to enter the race: 51,696 had their applications accepted and 38,020 started the race. These were all record highs for the race. A total of 37,581 runners, 23,208 men and 14,373 women, finished the race.


2015 London Marathon
In the under-17 Mini Marathon, the 3-mile able-bodied and wheelchair events were won by Ben Dijkstra (14:00), Harriet Knowles-Jones (16:07), Nathan Maguire (11:35) and Kare Adenegan (12:41).


2015 London Marathon, Field
The 2015 men's elite field was dubbed the "clash of the champions" by race organizers due to an unusually large number of top competitors. Eight men in the field had recorded a sub-2:05 race in their career, the three fastest marathoners ever, and five of the top 10 all-time were among those competing.


2015 London Marathon, Field
British runner Paula Radcliffe, who holds the women's marathon world record, chose to compete in the mass field instead of the elite field. Before the race, she stated that it would be her final competition. Earlier in the year, she was suffering from an Achilles tendon injury which gave her limited training time before the marathon.


2015 London Marathon, Field
Approximately 38,000 people took part in the race overall, many of them raising money for charity. Competitors ranged in age from 18 to 90.


2015 London Marathon, Field
Celebrities taking part in the London Marathon included: Formula One driver Jenson Button, former MotoGP and Superbike rider James Toseland and rowing Olympic gold medalist James Cracknell who were raising money for Cancer Research UK and a brain injury charity called Headway respectively, the BBC Radio Two presenter Chris Evans, fashion designer Henry Holland, actor Oliver Proudlock and model Christy Turlington Burns. Five members of the House of Commons members took part: Alun Cairns, Richard Drax, Graham Evans, Dan Jarvis and Edward Timpson as did Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney.


2015 London Marathon, Field
Among those competing in the three-mile children's course was David and Victoria Beckham's son Romeo. According to the family, Romeo's run raised £6,000 for UNAIDS.


2015 London Marathon, Race description
On race day, conditions were overcast with light rain in places. The temperature was mildly cold, decent for running. An estimated 750,000 fans lined the streets of London to watch the race live.


2015 London Marathon, Race description
The men's race got off to a fast start, covering the first three miles in 14 minutes, 31 seconds. From there the pace periodically sped up and slowed down as racers considered their strategies. After ten miles, it appeared that the course record of 2:04:29 was within reach. After the race passed Tower Bridge, the lead group contained ten runners. By the 19-mile mark, it was cut to six as defending champion Wilson Kipsang of Kenya pushed the pace. With four miles to go, the lead group was down to four competitors, all from Kenya: Eliud Kipchoge, Stanley Biwott, Kipsang, and world record holder Dennis Kimetto.


2015 London Marathon, Race description
Kipsang and Kipchoge broke free of the others as they approached the 24-mile mark. The two remained close until Kipchoge pulled away in the final 800 metres. Kipchoge finished in a time of 2 hours, 4 minutes, 42 seconds for his first London Marathon victory. Previously, he won the Chicago and Rotterdam Marathons in 2014. "It was a tough race," he commented. "My training paid off and it went to plan. The crowd were wonderful and lifted me for my sprint finish." Kipsang finished five seconds back for second place. Kimetto placed third, more than a minute behind the leaders. Biwott finished fourth to complete a top four sweep by Kenya.


2015 London Marathon, Race description
In the women's race, the pace was slow. Tigist Tufa of Ethiopia used a late surge to distance herself from the field, finishing in a time of 2 hours, 23 minutes, 22 seconds. It was just the second time an Ethiopian woman won the London Marathon, after Derartu Tulu won the 2001 London Marathon, and ended a four-year winning streak for Kenya. It was Tufa's first major marathon win. "The weather was very difficult for me and I found it a very slow race until the end", she said.


2015 London Marathon, Race description
"I was unwell at the end but I am very happy that I am OK now. I've always dreamed about winning the London Marathon." Two-time winner and pre-race favourite Mary Keitany of Kenya finished in second place, 18 seconds behind Tufa. Tirfi Tsegaye of Ethiopia placed third. Radcliffe finished in a time a 2:36:55. She called the race very emotional and remarked "It was so loud, my ears were ringing. It was just amazing the whole way round. All the way along, there were so many people giving me encouragement."


2015 London Marathon, Race description
A total of 37,675 racers had completed the course by 6:10 pm, eclipsing the record of 36,705 set in 2012. Guinness World Records reported that more than 30 records were broken during the race for things such as "fastest marathon dressed as Spiderman." Two competitors wed midway through the race. Prince Harry presented the winners with their medals. Radcliffe received a lifetime achievement award.


2015 London Marathon, Race description, IPC World Marathon Championships
Britain's David Weir was attempting to win a record seventh London Marathon title in the men's wheelchair race. After Marcel Hug withdrew from the race midway with a punctured tyre, Weir and American Josh George battled for the lead. Weir appeared to have the advantage in the final straightaway, but George nipped him at the line. George finished in a time of 1:31:31, one second ahead of Weir. Masazumi Soejima of Japan placed third. It was George's first London Marathon title.


2015 London Marathon, Race description, IPC World Marathon Championships
American Tatyana McFadden won the women's race for the third consecutive year. Her time of 1:41:13 beat her own course record set in 2014 by nearly four minutes. It was the third time that McFadden had set a course record in London and it was her first global marathon title. The defending World Champion Manuela Schär finished almost three minutes behind in second.


2015 London Marathon, Race description, IPC World Marathon Championships
El Amin Chentouf, Abderrahman Ait Khamouch and Elena Pautova set world records in the men's T12, men's T46, and women's T12 categories respectively.


2015 London Sevens
The 2015 London Sevens was the ninth and final tournament within the 2014–15 Sevens World Series. This edition of the London Sevens was held over the weekend of 16–17 May 2015 at Twickenham in London.


2015 London Sevens
The most notable headline from this event was the first-ever overall tournament victory by the United States. The USA's Madison Hughes was named player of the tournament, with Hughes and Danny Barrett the two Americans selected for the tournament Dream Team.


2015 London Sevens
The overall series crown was secured by Fiji when they defeated South Africa in the Cup quarter-finals.


2015 London Sevens, Format
The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays all the others in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams go into the Bowl/Shield brackets.


2015 London Sevens, Teams
The pools and schedule were announced on 10 April 2015.


2015 London Women's Sevens
The 2015 London Women's Sevens was the third edition of the London Women's Sevens, and the first tournament hosted in England to be a part of the Women's World Series. It was held over the weekend of 15–16 May 2015 at Twickenham Stadium and The Stoop in London, as the fifth event of the 2014–15 series.


2015 London Women's Sevens, Format
The teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup/Plate brackets along with the top two third place teams. The rest of the teams go to the Bowl bracket.


2015 London ePrix
The 2015 London ePrix, officially known as the 2015 Visa London ePrix, was two Formula E motor races that took place on the 27 and 28 June 2015 on the Battersea Park Street Circuit in Battersea Park, London. It was the tenth and eleventh rounds of the 2014–15 Formula E season, the last of the inaugural season of Formula E.


2015 London ePrix, Background to race weekend
In December 2013, the FIA approved a Formula E calendar of ten races, of which London was the 10th and last race. Wandsworth Council eventually approved of the circuit and also announced that it would be a double race on the 19 February 2015.


2015 London ePrix, Background to race weekend
There was some controversy over the park circuit which took place in a Grade II* listed park with opposition to a public park being disrupted to accommodate the races. Battersea Park was closed to the public for four days with a three-week disruption period and a decision has yet to be taken on a repeat race.


2015 London ePrix, Background to race weekend
Since the previous ePrix in Moscow, five driver changes were made. The first of these was that Jaime Alguersuari had been replaced by Fabio Leimer, as the Spaniard was forced to withdraw due to health issues. He was the first of three new Swiss drivers (taking the total 4), with Alex Fontana and Simona de Silvestro replacing Vitantonio Liuzzi and Justin Wilson respectively. De Silvestro's appearance in Formula E makes her the eighth driver to drive for Andretti this season, the sixth in the second car, and the third female driver in series history. Also making their first appearance was Sakon Yamamoto, who replaces António Félix da Costa as the Portuguese driver is driving for BMW in DTM, and Oliver Turvey, who replaces Charles Pic, becoming the fourth different driver to drive the second car for NEXTEV Team China Racing.


2015 London ePrix, Race One, Background to Race One
After winning the last race in Moscow, Nelson Piquet, Jr. led the world championship by 17 points to fellow countryman, Lucas di Grassi. Swiss driver Sébastien Buemi was six points behind di Grassi in third. e.dams Renault topped the teams' championship by 44 points to Audi Sport Abt. NEXTEV Team China Racing was third, 11 further behind Audi Sport Abt.


2015 London ePrix, Race One, Background to Race One
After exceeding the track limits on multiple occasions in Moscow, Jarno Trulli was handed a five place grid penalty for failing to slow after cutting the chicane.


2015 London ePrix, Race One, Standings after the race
Drivers or teams listed in bold were still able to take the respective title.


2015 Long Beach ePrix
The 2015 Long Beach ePrix was a Formula E motor race held on 4 April 2015 in Long Beach, United States on a revised version of a street circuit usually used for the Grand Prix of Long Beach. It was the sixth championship race of the single-seater, electrically powered racing car series' inaugural season.


2015 Long Beach ePrix
China Racing driver Nelson Piquet Jr. became the sixth different winner in as many races, and as a result moved up to second place in the drivers' championship, one point in arrears of Audi Sport ABT's Lucas di Grassi. Di Grassi also finished in the podium placings, in third place, just behind Andretti driver Jean-Éric Vergne. Nicolas Prost (e.dams-Renault) held the lead of the championship into the weekend, finished down in 14th position after serving a drive-through penalty.


2015 Long Beach ePrix, Report, Background
For the first time in the championship, the driver lineup was exactly the same as for the previous race in Miami. Fanboost was awarded to Nelson Piquet Jr., Jean-Éric Vergne and Sam Bird. Attendance at the free event was approximately 23,000.


2015 Longford Senior Football Championship
The 2015 Longford Senior Football Championship is the 99th running of the Longford GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Longford, Ireland since the first County Championship was held in 1890 (98 completed since 1890, 1 started but not completed in 1891). The 2015 tournament consisted of 12 teams, with the winner going on to represent Longford in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a league stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.


2015 Longford Senior Football Championship
Killoe Young Emmets were the defending champions after they defeated St. Columba's Mullinalaghta in the previous years final, and they successfully defended their title, defeating Abbeylara 1-14 to 1-11 on 4 October 2015 in Pearse Park.


2015 Longford Senior Football Championship
This was Carrickedmond's return to the senior grade in 3 years since relegation in 2011 after claiming the 2014 Longford Intermediate Football Championship title, however they were due to make the drop straight back down to the Intermediate grade after losing a Relegation Playoff final before the format for the 2016 S.F.C. was changed.


2015 Longford Senior Football Championship, Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2014 championship season.


2015 Longford Senior Football Championship, Group Stage
All 12 teams enter the competition at this stage. The top 8 teams go into a random unseeded draw for the Quarter-Finals while the bottom 4 teams will enter a Relegation Playoff. If teams are level on points and a place in the Quarter-Final is at stake, a Playoff will be conducted to determine who goes through.


2015 Longford Senior Football Championship, Knockout stage
The top 8 teams from the league stages qualify for a random unseeded draw for the Quarter-Finals.


2015 Lorraine Open 88
The 2015 Lorraine Open 88 was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and part of the 2015 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $100,000 in prize money. It took place in Contrexéville, France, on 6–12 June 2015.


2015 Lorraine Open 88, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Lorraine Open 88 – Doubles
Alexandra Panova and Laura Thorpe were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.


2015 Lorraine Open 88 – Doubles
Oksana Kalashnikova and Danka Kovinić won the title, defeating Irina Ramialison and Constance Sibille in the final, 2–6, 6–3, [10–6].


2015 Lorraine Open 88 – Singles
Alexandra Dulgheru won the title, defeating Yulia Putintseva in the final, 6–3, 1–6, 7–5.


2015 Lory Meagher Cup
The 2015 Lory Meagher Cup was the 7th staging of the Lory Meagher Cup, the Gaelic Athletic Association's fourth tier inter-county hurling championship. The championship began on 2 May 2015 and ended on 6 June 2015.


2015 Lory Meagher Cup
Longford were the defending champions but were successful in gaining promotion to the Nicky Rackard Cup. Lancashire fielded a team for the very first time.


2015 Lory Meagher Cup
On 6 June 2015, Fermanagh won the championship following a 3-16 to 1-17 defeat of Sligo in the cup final. This was their first Lory Meagher Cup title.


2015 Lory Meagher Cup
Leitrim's Pádraig O'Donnell was the championship's top scorer with 2-32. John Duffy of Fermanagh was the Lory Meagher Player of the Year.


2015 Los Angeles Angels season
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim's 2015 season was the franchise's 55th season and 50th in Anaheim (all of them at Angel Stadium).


2015 Los Angeles Angels season, Offseason
October 30: Joe Thatcher, John McDonald, and Jason Grilli become free agents.


2015 Los Angeles Angels season, Offseason
November 5: Received Carlos Pérez and Nick Tropeano from the Houston Astros for Hank Conger. Also traded Mark Sappington to the Tampa Bay Rays for Cesar Ramos.


2015 Los Angeles Angels season, Offseason
November 11: Signed Raywilly Gomez to a minor league contract.


2015 Los Angeles Angels season, Offseason
November 20: Sent 3 players to the minors while promoting 2 others. Received Daniel Robertson from the Texas Rangers for cash.


2015 Los Angeles Angels season, Offseason
November 24: Signed 3 players to a minor league contract and invited them to Spring training.


2015 Los Angeles Angels season, Offseason
November 27: Signed D'Arby Myers to a minor league contract and invited him to Spring training.


2015 Los Angeles Angels season, Offseason
December 2: Yoslan Herrera, Wade LeBlanc, and Gordon Beckham become free agents.


2015 Los Angeles Angels season, Offseason
December 4 and December 5: Signed 3 players to a minor league contract and invited them to Spring training.


2015 Los Angeles Angels season, Offseason
December 8: Claimed Marc Krauss off waiver from the Houston Astros.


2015 Los Angeles Angels season, Offseason
December 9: Received Drew Butera from the Los Angeles Dodgers for Matt Long.


2015 Los Angeles Angels season, Offseason
December 16: Received Matt Joyce from the Tampa Bay Rays for Kevin Jepsen.


2015 Los Angeles Angels season, Offseason
December 19: Received Johnny Giavotella from the Kansas City Royals for Brian Broderick, while releasing Shawn O'Malley and signing Roberto Baldoquin to a minor league contract.


2015 Los Angeles Angels season, Offseason
December 23: Signed 2 players to a minor league contract with an invite to Spring training while inviting 8 others to Spring training.


2015 Los Angeles Angels season, Offseason
January 4: Signed Steven Hensley to a minor league contract.


2015 Los Angeles Angels season, Offseason
January 8: Received Kyle Kubitza and Nate Hyatt from the Kansas City Royals for Ricardo Sanchez.


2015 Los Angeles Angels season, Offseason
January 20: Signed Ryan Mattheus to a minor league contract.


2015 Los Angeles Angels season, Offseason
January 30: Signed 2 players to a minor league contract.


2015 Los Angeles Angels season, Offseason
February 3: Signed Jeff Malm to a minor league contract.


2015 Los Angeles Angels season, Offseason
February 4: Sent Yency Almonte to the Chicago White Sox.


2015 Los Angeles Angels season, Season summary
From the start of the season the Angels battled the Astros for the division title. They were in second place for the majority of the season between Astros (1st) and Rangers (3rd).


2015 Los Angeles Angels season, Season summary
In early July, the baseball world focused their attention on the Angels following a report from Ken Rosenthal that general manager Jerry DiPoto and manager Mike Scioscia were at odds over the use of analytics in the clubhouse. Two days later, DiPoto cleaned out his Angels office and resigned.


2015 Los Angeles Angels season, Season summary
Former Angels general manager Bill Stoneman, who hired Scioscia before the 2000 season, was named interim GM.


2015 Los Angeles Angels season, Season summary
In July, the Angels briefly held first place in the AL West before losing 19 games in August.


2015 Los Angeles Angels season, The deciding game
On October 4, 2015, the final game of the season for the Angels and Rangers, the Angels lost against the Rangers, preventing them from entering the playoffs. If they had won, they would have entered a tiebreaker game with the Astros. If that was won, they would have entered the wild card game against the Yankees.


2015 Los Angeles Angels season, Statistics, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


2015 Los Angeles Angels season, Statistics, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season
The 2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 126th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 58th season in Los Angeles. The team underwent a change of direction this season as general manager Ned Colletti was fired and replaced by Farhan Zaidi and new president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season
The Dodgers won their third straight NL West Championship in 2015, marking the first time in franchise history they had made the playoffs three years in a row. The season ended when they lost to the New York Mets in the Division Series. The Dodgers set a major league record this season when they became the first team in history to have a payroll in excess of $300 million.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Offseason, MLB-Japan All-Star series
Yasiel Puig and Drew Butera participated in the 2014 Major League Baseball Japan All-Star Series during November 2014, playing a series of games against the Japan national baseball team.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Offseason, Front office shakeup
On October 14, 2014, the Dodgers announced that Andrew Friedman was joining the organization as president of baseball operations. Ned Colletti stepped down as general manager, but remained with the team as a special adviser to President Stan Kasten. The Dodgers lost two more key personnel when amateur scouting director Logan White left for a position with the San Diego Padres and player personnel director De Jon Watson left to join the Arizona Diamondbacks. On November 6, they hired Farhan Zaidi as the new General Manager and Josh Byrnes as Senior Vice-President of Baseball Operations. The following day, they announced the hiring of former outfielder Gabe Kapler as Director of Player Development and Billy Gasparino as Director of Amateur Scouting.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Offseason, Broadcasting
On September 30, 2014, the Dodgers announced that they had reached a multi-year agreement with radio broadcaster KLAC for the rights to the Dodgers broadcasts. The deal also included an ownership stake for the Dodgers in the radio station. The Dodgers made a change to their Spanish-language broadcasting team for the 2015 season. Hall of Fame broadcaster Jaime Jarrín, entering his 57th season calling Dodgers games was teamed with his son Jorge Jarrín on radio broadcasts on KTNQ.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Offseason, Broadcasting
Pepe Yñiguez and Fernando Valenzuela, who had worked with Jorge Jarrin on the radio for several years made a change to call the games on the Spanish language feed of SportsNet LA, joined by former Dodger coach Manny Mota. It was later announced that former General Manager Ned Colletti would be joining the broadcast team as an occasional analyst. Charter Communications became the first additional cable outlet to carry the channel on June 9, increasing the carriage by around 300,000 households.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Offseason, Departures
On October 7, 2014, starting pitcher Josh Beckett announced his retirement from baseball. The Dodgers outrighted outfielder Roger Bernadina to the minors and he elected to become a free agent on October 14. On October 30, 2014, the day after the 2014 World Series ended, several Dodger players became free agents. They were shortstop Hanley Ramírez and pitchers Kevin Correia, Roberto Hernández, Paul Maholm, Chris Perez and Jamey Wright. The following day, they declined the 2015 option on starting pitcher Chad Billingsley, who had missed most of the previous two seasons with injury.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Offseason, Departures
Another former first round pick left the organization on November 3, when left-handed pitcher Scott Elbert elected to become a free agent after the Dodgers outrighted him to the minors. Also on that day, the club offered Ramirez a qualifying offer which he rejected and the club received a compensatory selection in the 2015 MLB Draft when he signed with the Boston Red Sox on November 25. The Chicago White Sox claimed relief pitcher Onelki García off waivers from the Dodgers on November 20.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Offseason, Departures
The Dodgers designated several players for assignment during the off-season including backup catcher Drew Butera and relief pitcher Jarret Martin. Butera was traded to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in exchange for a player to be named later or cash and minor league outfielder Matt Long was sent over from the Angels on December 18 to complete the trade. Long and Martin were then traded to the Milwaukee Brewers for minor league catcher Shawn Zarraga. The Dodgers made the unusual move of designating relief pitcher Brian Wilson for assignment on December 16, despite owing him $10 million for the 2015 season.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Offseason, Trades / acquisitions
The Dodgers on November 17, acquired minor league outfielder Kyle Jensen from the Miami Marlins for a player to be named later or cash considerations. (Single-A pitcher Craig Stem was sent to Miami to complete the deal on December 15.) On November 20, they acquired relief pitchers Joel Peralta and Adam Liberatore from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for Jose Dominguez and minor leaguer Greg Harris. On November 22, the Dodgers acquired right-handed pitcher Mike Bolsinger from the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for cash consideration.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Offseason, Trades / acquisitions
A couple of days later, on November 24, they acquired right-handed pitcher Juan Nicasio from the Colorado Rockies in exchange for a player to be named later or cash. (Double-A outfielder Noel Cuevas was later sent to the Rockies to complete the trade.) On December 2, they added to the outfield depth by acquiring Chris Heisey from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for pitcher Matt Magill. The Dodgers claimed catcher/first baseman Ryan Lavarnway off waivers from the Boston Red Sox on December 5.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Offseason, Trades / acquisitions
On December 10, the Dodgers traded second baseman Dee Gordon, starting pitcher Dan Haren, utility infielder Miguel Rojas and a player to be named later or cash to the Miami Marlins in exchange for starting pitcher Andrew Heaney, reliever Chris Hatcher, utility player Enrique Hernández and minor league catcher/infielder Austin Barnes. They then sent Heaney to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for second baseman Howie Kendrick. Lavarnway was designated for assignment to make room on the roster, and was later claimed off waivers by the Chicago Cubs.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Offseason, Trades / acquisitions
On December 18, the Dodgers announced that they had traded two-time All-Star outfielder Matt Kemp and backup catcher Tim Federowicz to the San Diego Padres for catcher Yasmani Grandal and minor league pitchers Joe Wieland and Zach Eflin. The Dodgers also agreed to pay $32 million of the remaining $107 million in Kemp's contract. The deal was originally struck on December 11 but the Padres had concerns over Kemp's physical, which reportedly revealed that he had arthritis in both hips. They attempted to re-negotiate the deal at that point but the Dodgers said no and the swap was eventually finalized. They then sent Eflin and 2013 second round draft pick Tom Windle to the Philadelphia Phillies to acquire shortstop Jimmy Rollins. Jensen was designated for assignment to make room for Rollins.