2015 Guinean presidential election, Campaign
Diallo called on voters to make their voices heard following the rejection of his plea for a delay of the "imperfect" process. "We will vote, defend our suffrage, defend our victory because there is no way we will let our victory be stolen." Prior to the vote, all seven opponents of the incumbent said they would challenge the outcome. A joint statement read: "The seven candidates will not recognise the results which will be made following an election with anomalies and irregularities."


2015 Guinean presidential election, Conduct
Violence during the election campaign, including clashes between supporters of Condé and Diallo in Koundara, led to the deaths of at least three people. A curfew was put in place in Nzérékoré after one person was killed and dozens injured during a visit by Condé on 5 October. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon then called for the vote to be "conducted in a peaceful and transparent manner."


2015 Guinean presidential election, Conduct
Voting centres were open from 7:00 until 18:00, while national borders were closed for the day and traffic restricted to that of electoral observers, government officials and security forces, in accordance with a presidential decree. Around 19,000 police and members of the security services were on duty. Condé also declared that over 90% of voter cards had been distributed.


2015 Guinean presidential election, Conduct
Monitors included an African Union observer mission and a 72-member European Union delegation. The EU delegation cited “massive deficiencies” ahead of polling; however, in its post-election report it concluded that the process overall was “valid”.


2015 Guinean presidential election, Reactions
After CENI head Bakary Fofana announced there would be no run-off, Diallo and Touré alleged fraud and said they would not recognise the result.


2015 Guinean presidential election, Reactions
Diallo said "I will invite the other candidates and all the citizens who are the real victims of this electoral hold-up to organise, conforming to the law, peaceful demonstrations to express our disapproval of this situation", and that the demonstrations would occur "at the appropriate time... to express our indignation and protest against this serious denial of democracy", while a spokesman for Condé criticised the notion of holding protests, saying that it "risks dragging the country into instability, chaos and violence". He urged supporters of Condé to "stay calm, avoid gloating and get ready to face the numerous challenges that await us".


2015 Guinean presidential election, Reactions
Final results were announced by the Constitutional Court on 31 October 2015, closely matching the provisional results from the electoral commission. Condé was credited with 57.84% of the vote (2,284,827 votes) and Diallo with 31.45%. Condé was accordingly declared to have won in a single round, with his second term to begin on 21 December.


2015 Gujranwala derailment
The 2015 Gujranwala derailment occurred on 2 July 2015 when a military-special train carrying Pakistan Army unit was derailed at Gujranwala due to a bridge collapsing under it. Nineteen people were killed and over 100 were injured.


2015 Gujranwala derailment, Accident
On 2 July 2015 at 1200 hours, a Pakistan Army mixed train was derailed near the Chanawan Bridge on the Upper Lower Chanawan Canal near Jamkey Chattha, Gujranwala. The train comprised six passenger carriages and 21 wagons. It was travelling from Pano Akil to Kharian Cantonment. Four of the carriages were derailed. The train was carrying about 300 people, soldiers of the Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers and their families. One of the derailed carriages ended up in the canal. Authorities took steps to drain the canal in order to assist the rescue operation. At least nineteen people were killed and over 100 were injured. The injured were taken to the Combined Military Hospital in Gujranwara. A Pakistan Railways train had crossed the bridge safely an hour before the accident.


2015 Gujranwala derailment, Accident
Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique stated that the possibility that the cause was a terrorist attack could not be ruled out. A regional police officer stated that the bridge was in poor condition and that no explosive materials had been found at the accident site. Rafique suggested other forms of sabotage may have been used. Bridges in Pakistan are checked four times a year. Conflicting information was given about the state of the bridge, with Rafique stating that it passed an inspection in January 2015 and was found to be "faultless". It was also reported that the bridge was reported to be in an "extremely dangerous" condition.


2015 Gujranwala derailment, Accident
It was subsequently reported that the locomotive hauling the train had derailed some 250 metres (270 yd) before the bridge, which collapsed as a result of the derailed train attempting to cross it. The condition of the track was reported as the cause of the derailment.


2015 Gujranwala derailment, Casualties
Among the 19 dead were the Commanding Officer Lieutenant Colonel Amir Jadoon, his wife and two children - a daughter and a son. Subedar Major Islam of the Engineer Battalion also died in the accident. Others include:


2015 Gujranwala derailment, Investigation
The Joint Investigation Team opened an investigation into the accident. Railways Minister Rafique stated that a final report would be produced within 72 hours. It was reported that Pakistan Railway officials had tried to remove evidence from the scene before investigators arrive on site. According to the report, a bogie of one of the carriages derailed 1 kilometre (1,100 yd) before the bridge. The condition of the track and sabotage are possible causes of the crash.


2015 Gujranwala derailment, Investigation
On 7 July 2015, Federal Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique while putting the responsibility of the incident on the deceased driver revealed that the train incident occurred due to over-speeding. He also reiterated that Chawan bridge and the railway track was perfectly fine. However, an investigation team found some bolts and fish plates approximately some 400 meters away from the accident spot along with some frictional scratches on the track which contradicts the statement by Rafique.


2015 Gurdaspur attack
On 27 July 2015, three gunmen dressed in army uniforms opened fire on a bus and then attacked the Dina Nagar police station in Gurdaspur district of Punjab, India. The attack resulted in the death of three civilians and four policemen, including a superintendent of police; fifteen others were injured. In addition, five bombs  were found planted on the Amritsar–Pathankot line on a rail-bridge near Parmanand railway station, five kilometers from the site of the attack. All three attackers were killed in the operation, which lasted almost 12 hours.


2015 Gurdaspur attack
Such terrorist attacks are rare in Punjab after the Punjab insurgency, which sought to form an independent Sikh nation of Khalistan, ended in the 1990s. However, such attacks are common in the Disputed Territory of Jammu and Kashmir that borders Gurdaspur, where Islamist insurgents are seeking independence or accession to Pakistan and from where the gunmen were at first suspected to have entered. On the basis of the GPS system found in the terrorists' possession, it was found that they entered India through Pakistan.


2015 Gurdaspur attack, Attack
The attack took place in Dina Nagar, Gurdaspur district of Punjab, on the morning of 27 July 2015. At around 5:30 am, they opened fire on a Punjab Roadways bus coming from Jammu and Kashmir. The bus had 75 passengers, several of whom were injured. The bus driver, Nanak Chand, drove the bus towards them, forcing them to move back. He then swerved the bus and drove it straight to a government hospital, where the injured passengers were treated.


2015 Gurdaspur attack, Attack
After firing indiscriminately near the bus stand, the assailants targeted a roadside eatery and took off in a hijacked Maruti 800 car with Punjab registration number. They shot dead a roadside vendor near Dinanagar bypass. They shot the driver and sped towards the Dina Nagar police station. The attackers targeted a community health centre adjacent to the police station, killing three civilians including a woman and a policeman. The gunmen then entered the police station and opened fire, seriously injuring five policemen.


2015 Gurdaspur attack, Attack
The first response was led by Punjab Police Superintendent of Police Baljeet Singh, which led to the death of one of the gunmen. SP Baljeet Singh later died in the gunbattle. The Indian Army and the NSG also responded to the attack, but the Punjab Police maintained the lead on the counter-terrorism operation and assigned support roles to the Army and the NSG. A 28-man group from the Punjab Police SWAT Team coordinated a counter-assault and the last militant was killed 11 hours after the terrorist attack began.


2015 Gurdaspur attack, Attack
News agencies have pointed out that security forces could have ended  the attack much earlier, as the gunmen were holed up in an abandoned building, but the operation was prolonged order to capture at least one gunman alive, with the assumption that they had a limited amount of food and ammunition, which could lead to an arrest. Once it was clear that none of the gunmen intended on being captured, this goal was abandoned and the SWAT Team swiftly neutralized all threats.


2015 Gurdaspur attack, Attack
This was the first counter-terrorism operation conducted by the Punjab Police SWAT Team and its success has been widely praised.


2015 Gurdaspur attack, Attack
According to police, the terrorists were Muslims contradicting the initial reports that the attack was carried out by Sikh separatists.


2015 Gurdaspur attack, Bombs on the railway track
Meanwhile, a railway trackman named Ashwani Saini, while patrolling along the railway track between Dina Nagar and Jhakholari railway stations, spotted five bombs wired to a small bridge on the Amritsar-Pathankot line,  just before a passenger train was due to cross the bridge. The train stopped 200 metres from the bombs. The railway authorities suspended all the rail traffic on the section while the bomb-disposal squads defused the bombs.


2015 Gurdaspur attack, Equipment
According to sources at the Ministry of Home Affairs, two GPS devices, three AK-47s, ten magazines, and two China-made grenades were recovered from the terrorists.


2015 Gurdaspur attack, Equipment
The attackers had also shaved all body hair and erased all factory markings on their weapons, supposedly to prevent any identification.


2015 Gurdaspur attack, Equipment
Indian authorities also recovered a Night Vision Device from the terrorists, with US Government markings on it. US Authorities confirmed that it belonged to the American Government and was most likely stolen or misplaced in Afghanistan.


2015 Gurdaspur attack, Equipment
However, Investigators have found clinching evidence of Pakistan's involvement in the July 27 terror attack in Punjab's Gurdaspur district.


2015 Gurdaspur attack, Equipment
The three terrorists who stormed a police station on the fateful day used gloves with "Made in Pakistan" tags said the panel of doctors in their autopsy report from Gurdaspur civil hospital.


2015 Gurdaspur attack, Equipment
The report said, "external appearance" that a "Made in Pakistan" label was found intact in the glove that one terrorist was wearing.


2015 Gurdaspur attack, Equipment
"After the operation was over on Monday, we had done a random search of the clothes the ultras were wearing. But no label was found in the clothes, including the undergarments," a police was quoted as saying to Hindustan Times.


2015 Gurdaspur attack, Aftermath
The Indian Ministry of Home Affairs stated  that the attacks were carried out by Pakistan based terror group Lashkar-e-Tayiba.


2015 Gurdaspur attack, Aftermath
During early inspection of data from global positioning sets carried by terrorists who carried out Monday's attack in Gurdaspur suggests that the group launched its operation from across the border in Pakistan's Shakargarh area, government sources have told The Indian Express. Sources familiar with the investigation said the terror team is thought to have left a safehouse on the fringes of Gharot, a village not far from the Pakistani town of Shakargarh, late Sunday night.


2015 Gurdaspur attack, Aftermath
Travelling due east, the group then crossed a tributary of the Ravi river, and headed to the village of Bamial on the Indian side of the border. From Bamial, investigators believe, the group caught an early morning bus that took them to the highway 1A, which links Punjab with Jammu and Kashmir and on to Hiranagar, passing several police checkpoints along the way.


2015 Gurdaspur attack, Aftermath
The GPS sets, which guide users along tracks marked by digital "waypoints", have often been used by terrorists to operate in unfamiliar environments, most famously during the 26/11 strikes in Mumbai.


2015 Guru Granth Sahib desecration controversy
The 2015 Guru Granth Sahib desecration (also known as the 2015 Sri Guru Granth Sahib sacrilege) refers to a series of desecration incidents of the Sikh Guru Guru Granth Sahib and subsequent protests that took place in Punjab, India in October 2015. The first incident of desecration was reported from Bargari, Faridkot district, where 110 torn Angs (literally body part means pages) of the holy Guru were found on 12 October. On the early morning hours of 14 October, two Sikh protesters were shot dead by the police as the peaceful protesters were sitting in demonstration.


2015 Guru Granth Sahib desecration controversy, Events, Initial events
On the afternoon of 1 June 2015, the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh holy scripture, was taken from a gurdwara in a village called Burj Jawahar Singh Wala in Faridkot district, Punjab. On 5 June, several Sikh leaders, including Baljit Singh Daduwal, gave an ultimatum to the police to find the culprits. On 11 June, members of various Sikh religious organisation held a protest in the village accusing the police of inaction. They tried to gherao (surround) the local police station. A large police unit was deployed to prevent it.


2015 Guru Granth Sahib desecration controversy, Events, Initial events
On the morning of 12 October 2015, more than 110 pages of the Guru Granth Sahib were found lying on the ground in front of a gurdwara in Bargari, Faridkot district. The residents of the town and nearby villages declared a bandh. The members of some Sikh religious organisation arrived in the town and in the evening a protest march carrying the torn pages was held. In nearby Kotkapura, protestors blocked a major highway intersection. Large numbers of police personnel were deployed to prevent violence. The protestors refused to unblock the highways, despite requests from the local police chiefs, demanding that the perpetrators to be arrested.


2015 Guru Granth Sahib desecration controversy, Events, Other incidents and protests
Between 13 and 16 October 2015, several more incidents of desecration were reported from various places in Punjab. 35 Angs of the Guru Granth Sahib were found torn in Mishriwala village of Ferozepur district. When a member of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) went to the village to get details, his car was vandalised by the villagers. When he tried to escape on a motorcycle, the villagers also set fire to the motorcycle. 39 Angs of the Gur Granth Sahib were found torn in Bath village in Tarn Taran district.


2015 Guru Granth Sahib desecration controversy, Events, Other incidents and protests
Two days later, a protester in the village died of a cardiac arrest during a protest march. In Kohrian village in Faridkot, a 3-inch cut was found 745 Angs of the Guru Granth Sahib. The villagers filed a complaint and decided against escalating the issue. In Sarai Naga village in Muktsar district, Angs of a copy of the Panj Granth, a smaller text containing selected verses from the Guru Granth Sahib, were found torn. In Gadani in Nawanshahr, three Saroops were found burnt. The police managed to keep peace in the region. In Kotli Ablu village in Muktsar, a gurdwara caught fire and its Bir of the Guru Granth Sahib were burnt to ashes. In Kohrian village of Sangrur district, some Angs of Guru Granth Sahib were reported torn.


2015 Guru Granth Sahib desecration controversy, Events, Other incidents and protests
On 13 October 2015, in Buttar Kalan village in Moga district, protesters clashed with the police. Ten policemen were injured, among them, one received spinal injuries. On 14 October 2015, around 6000 protesters gathered in Kotkapura and held a peaceful sit-in protest to demand action. In the early morning hours, the police started using water cannons and lathi charge to scatter the crowd. They fired some rounds at the mob. Two protesters died in the firing. More 50 people were injured in clashes, which included 24 policemen. The Inspector General of Bhatinda, Jatinder Jain, was among those injured.


2015 Guru Granth Sahib desecration controversy, Events, Other incidents and protests
The police said that they had acted in self-defence. Two leaders of the group were arrested and 500 protesters were detained. The Senior Superintendent of Police of Faridkot, S. S. Mann, said that some of the protestors were armed with sharp weapons and sticks. The protester also destroyed 10 vehicles of which 5 belonged to the police.


2015 Guru Granth Sahib desecration controversy, Events, Other incidents and protests
On 15 October 2015, the Punjab government announced the formation of a Judicial Commission headed retired Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Zora Singh to investigate the first incident of desecration.


2015 Guru Granth Sahib desecration controversy, Events, Other incidents and protests
On 16 October 2015, the Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab Sukhbir Singh Badal ordered the withdrawal of charges against the arrested protesters. He said that they were provoked to act in that manner. He also announced a reward of ₹1 crore for any information about the culprits. Also on 16 October, in face of the protests, the Akal Takht revoked the pardon given to Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the leader of Dera Sacha Sauda, on 24 September 2015. He had been accused of blasphemy by appearing before a congregation while dressed as Guru Gobind Singh in 2007. Later, the police ruled out the role of Dera Sacha Sauda followers in the incidents.


2015 Guru Granth Sahib desecration controversy, Events, Other incidents and protests
The protests spread over the Malwa region in Punjab. On 18 October 2015, the protesters blocked one location in every district from morning to afternoon. The protesters were seen carrying black flags, placards, swords and sticks.


2015 Guru Granth Sahib desecration controversy, Events, Arrests
On 19 October 2015, Jagdeep Singh, 30, a gurdwara granthi (priest) was arrested from Nijjapura village in Amritsar district. He had called the police and told them that three men had entered their gurdwara at night and tore Angs of the holy Guru. However, on interrogation he admitted to lying. Also on 19 October, a woman Balwinder Kaur, 53, was arrested for alleged desecration of the holy book in Ghawaddi, Ludhiana. She had allegedly entered the gurdwara early in the morning and desecrated Angs of Guru Granth Sahib. She had served in the gurdwara for two decades. Balwinder later admitted to tearing the Angs. Sikandar Singh, a sevadar (servitor), was charged with destroying evidence.


2015 Guru Granth Sahib desecration controversy, Events, Arrests
On 20 October 2015, 10 companies of the central paramilitary forces were deployed across four districts. Also on 20 October, in Gurusar Mehraj of Bathinda district another desecration of the holy Guru was reported. On the same day, in Nagoke of Tarn Taran district a man was caught by the village attempting to commit desecration of the holy book. He was beaten up and handed over to three members of the Satkar Committee, a vigilante group, and the man later identified as one Malkit Singh, 34, could not be traced by the police.


2015 Guru Granth Sahib desecration controversy, Events, Arrests
The same day Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal announced that the World Kabaddi Cup that was to be held in Punjab in November has been cancelled. A series of arrests took place on 20 October. A granthi (priest) Jagdish Singh and his wife Lakhwinder Kaur were arrested from Nijjarpura village in Jandiala for damaging gutkas and pothis.


2015 Guru Granth Sahib desecration controversy, Events, Arrests
Also on 20 October 2015, the police said that they arrested two brothers, Rupinder Singh and Jaswinder Singh, of Panjgarayin village in Fardikot for their suspected role in the original desecration in Bargari. The police also said that they had telephone transcripts to prove that they had received funding and instructions from their foreign handlers in Australia and Dubai. However, on 22 October, the two callers came forth with their explanations. The caller from Melbourne, Australia, Sukhjit Singh, said that he had sent A$150 (about ₹7,400) meant for the people injured in the clashes with the police. Hardip Singh Khalsa, who was a truck driver in Dubai, said that he and some other Sikhs in Dubai had collected ₹100,000 for 4 people injured in the clashes. ₹25,000 of the sum was meant for Rupinder Singh.


2015 Guru Granth Sahib desecration controversy, Events, Arrests
On 25 October, two more Birs of Guru Granth Sahib were found desecrated in Ghurial, Adampur. The villagers accused a 50-year-old priest Avtar Singh Tari, and his nephew Ajit Singh of the crime and trashed them. They were rescued and arrested by the police. Also on 25 October, Suresh Arora was appointed the new Director General of Police (DGP) replacing Sumedh Singh Saini.


2015 Guru Granth Sahib desecration controversy, Events, Arrests
On 1 November, the case was handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The Deputy Chief Minister said that the two brothers, Rupinder Singh and Jaswinder Singh, had refused to undergo a polygraph test. Various Sikh groups demanded their release.


2015 Guru Granth Sahib desecration controversy, Events, Arrests
On 2 November 2015, the two brothers, Rupinder Singh and Jaswinder Singh, were released from the police custody. They claimed that were tortured by the police to force them to admit to their crime. They said that they actually arrested on 17 October morning, but their arrest was reported only on 20 October. The police denied torturing them.


2015 Guru Granth Sahib desecration controversy, Events, Reactions, Political reactions
Also on 18 October, Amarinder Singh of Indian National Congress (INC) political party demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal and imposition of President's rule in Punjab. On 18 October 2015, Ramanjit Singh Sikki, an MLA belonging to INC, resigned in protest. Around this time, various politicians resigned from the ruling-party Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). They included Mangat Rai Bansal, Rajinder Singh Sidhu, and Jathedar Sukhdev Singh Bhaur. Various members of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) also submitted their resignations in protest, accusing the government of failing to protect the holy books.


2015 Guru Granth Sahib desecration controversy, Events, Reactions, Sikh diaspora
On 19 October 2015, about 1000 Canadian Sikhs held a candlelight vigil in British Columbia to mark their protest against the desecrations and the police action in Punjab. Canadian Minister Rob Nicholson said that the media blackout and police action against peaceful protestors was appalling. Some symbols of the separatist Khalistan movement were displayed at the meeting.


2015 Guru Granth Sahib desecration controversy, Events, Reactions, Sikh diaspora
On 22 October 2015, a group of Sikh protesters gathered in front of the Indian High Commission in central London to protest the events in Punjab. A small group of protesters turned to violence and a policeman was injured. About 20 protesters were arrested and charged with affray. In the USA, several Sikh organisation, including American Sikh Council (ASC), North American Punjabi Association (NAPA) and Indian National Overseas Congress (INOC), condemned the desecration and killing of the protesters. They urged the central and state governments to bring the culprits to justice.


2015 Guru Granth Sahib desecration controversy, Aftermath
On 20 November 2015, the Punjab Cabinet approved an amendment to the Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code. The new Section 295AA carried a maximum sentence of life in prison for sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib. The bill was passed on 22 March 2016. An opposition leader Charanjit Singh Channi of INC has proposed that the law should be extended to cover sacrilege against other religion.


2015 Gush Etzion Junction attack
On 19 November 2015, a Palestinian gunman opened fire on a line of traffic near Alon Shvut in the West Bank and continued to fire as he drove the car towards Gush Etzion Junction where he lost control of the vehicle, which then crashed into another vehicle. He killed 3 people, and wounded 5.


2015 Gush Etzion Junction attack
The attack took place during the 2015–2016 wave of violence in Israeli-Palestinian conflict.


2015 Gush Etzion Junction attack, Attack
The attack took place at around 4:35 P.M. The gunman fired an Uzi submachine gun at cars stuck in traffic, and, when his car crashed, stepped out of the vehicle to continue shooting. The attacker was immobilized by a driver, Yuval Lasri, who told reporters that, " I didn’t shoot at him because I wasn’t sure that he was the terrorist, but then I saw the gun next to him and understood that he was.”


2015 Gush Etzion Junction attack, Context
This attack shocked the nation coming, as it did, after a period of calm, free of terror attacks. Together with the stabbing at a synagogue in Tel Aviv that occurred only a few hours earlier, it was, "the bloodiest day in Israel since this latest round of Palestinian violence began back in September."


2015 Gush Etzion Junction attack, Victims
Two Israeli women, one injured in the car crash, the other by gunfire, were taken to Shaare Zedek Medical Center.


2015 Gush Etzion Junction attack, Attacker
The shooter was Mohammed Abdel Basset al-Kharoub (24), from Dir Smat near Hebron. He had procured over $10,000 in guns and ammunition and had been training for the attack for several months, assisted by several adults. He committed the murders to celebrate his birthday, the day of the attack. His mother later told reporters that she was proud of her son.


2015 Gush Etzion Junction attack, Impact
Security measures in response to these murders include a temporary order to stop and search all Palestinian vehicles nearing the intersection, revocation of legal permits to work in Israel held by the extended family of the terrorist, and the planning of bypass roads to separate Israeli vehicles from Palestinian vehicles at this spot.


2015 Guyanese general election
Early general elections were held in Guyana on 11 May 2015, alongside regional elections as a result of President Donald Ramotar proroguing the National Assembly. The result was a victory for the APNU–Alliance for Change alliance, which won 33 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly. Following the elections, APNU leader David A. Granger was sworn in as president on 16 May 2015.


2015 Guyanese general election, Background
Early elections were called as a result of a stand-off between President Donald Ramotar and the National Assembly; after the President had defied spending cuts imposed by the National Assembly, the legislature called for a motion of no confidence. Ramotar subsequently suspended the National Assembly in November 2014 and dissolved it three months later. Ramotar announced the election date on 20 January 2015.


2015 Guyanese general election, Electoral system
The 65 elected members of the National Assembly were elected using closed list proportional representation from a single nationwide 40-seat constituency and 10 sub-national constituencies with a total of 25 seats. Seats are allocated using the Hare quota.


2015 Guzzini Challenger
The 2015 Guzzini Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the thirteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Recanati, Italy between 20 and 26 July 2015.


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


2015 Guzzini Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:


2015 Guzzini Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry the singles main draw as an alternate:


2015 Guzzini Challenger – Doubles
Ilija Bozoljac and Goran Tošić was the defending champion, but Tošić did not participate this year. Bozoljac played alongside Flavio Cipolla, but lost the final against Divij Sharan and Ken Skupski, 6–4, 6–7(3–7), [6–10].


2015 Guzzini Challenger – Singles
Gilles Müller was the defending champion, but he did not participate in 2015.


2015 Guzzini Challenger – Singles
Mirza Bašić won the title defeating Ričardas Berankis in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–4).


2015 H1 Unlimited season
The 2015 H1 Unlimited season is the sixtieth running of the H1 Unlimited series for unlimited hydroplanes, sanctioned by the APBA. It will be the first time since 2009 that the series will have no sanctioning from the UIM.


2015 H1 Unlimited season, Teams and drivers
In 2015, all boats used Lycoming Engines with the exception of the U-3 Go3Racing team which used an Allison V-12 engine and the U-18 Bucket List Racing team that used a smaller T-53 Lycoming turbine engine.


2015 H1 Unlimited season, 2015 Season Summary
The 2015 season began with the 65th annual Madison Regatta held in Madison, IN on July 3-5. Race officials battled high waters and floating debris on the Ohio River the entire weekend. Because of debris, race officials opted for a series of two- and three-boat shootouts instead of the usual four-boat heat races. In the final — reduced from five laps to three — J. Michael Kelly, driving the U-5 Graham Trucking boat, won for the second straight year. The formatted Madison Regatta will not count toward the national points race.


2015 H1 Unlimited season, 2015 Season Summary
The 2015 Coeur d’Alene Silver Cup, scheduled to be held on July 17-19, was cancelled in April.


2015 H1 Unlimited season, 2015 Season Summary
The second race of the season (and the first official high points race) was the APBA Gold Cup held at Tri-Cities, WA on July 24-26. Jimmy Shane in the U-1 Oberto captured the 2015 Gold Cup Championship after officials checked the video and saw that Jean Theoret in the U-96 Ellstrom Elam Plus went into an area called the DMZ and was disqualified from the championship heat. In what looked to spectators like a battle for second and third between Shane and J. Michael Kelly in the U-5 Graham Trucking, Shane and Kelly battled deck-to-deck for all five laps for the championship with Shane edging Kelly by the smallest of margins.


2015 H1 Unlimited season, 2015 Season Summary
The third race of the season was the Albert Lee Appliance Cup at Seafair held at Seattle, WA on July 31-August 2. Michael Kelly driving for Graham Trucking earned his second straight Albert Lee Cup victory at Seafair Sunday. He beat Jimmy Shane driving for Oh Boy! Oberto after their boats bumped in the final lap and Shane was penalized. Jean Theoret in the Ellstrom Elam Plus placed second, and Scott Liddycoat in the Les Schwab/RedDOT took third.


2015 H1 Unlimited season, 2015 Season Summary
The fourth race of the season was the UAW/GM Spirit of Detroit Hydrofest held at Detroit, MI on August 22-23. Jimmy Shane, in the U-1 Oberto, thrilled the crowd in the seven-boat, five-lap final which included a side-by-side battle with J. Michael Kelly all the way down the backstretch on the next-to-last lap. Shane beat Kelly by seven-boat lengths. Brian Perkins finished third, followed by Cal Phipps and Scott Liddycoat.


2015 H1 Unlimited season, 2015 Season Summary
The final race of the season was the San Diego Bayfair on September 18-20. For the third straight year Jimmy Shane won the H1 Unlimited Hydroplane national championship, wrapping up the title early on the final day of the 2015 San Diego Bayfair at Mission Bay. In the final, Shane dominated the way he had all weekend and polished off his perfect Bayfair performance with his second Bill Muncey Cup victory in the last three years. Scott Liddycoat, driver of the So.


2015 H1 Unlimited season, 2015 Season Summary
Call 811/Red Dot/Jones Racing boat, finished second in the final while Cal Phipps, driver of the Dalton Industries/Wiggins Racing boat, finished third. Oberto announced that this season was its final season as a title sponsor for an H1 Unlimited boat. The Miss Madison boat, which is publicly owned by the town of Madison, Ind., will continue racing next season under a different title sponsor.


2015 H1 Unlimited season, Season Schedule and Results
† : Due to debris in the river as a result of recent rains, the course was shortened and was run as a non-championship exhibition race.


2015 HJK season
The 2015 season was Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi's 107th competitive season. HJK is the most successful football club in Finland with 27 Finnish Championships, 12 Finnish Cup titles, 5 Finnish League Cup titles, one appearance in the UEFA Champions League group stages and one appearance in the UEFA Europa League group stages.


2015 HJK season
As Veikkausliiga 2014 champions, HJK entered the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round.


2015 HJK season
The Under-19 team, including several players from Klubi-04 participated in the 2015–16 UEFA Youth League.


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


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


2015 HJK season, Competitions, Veikkausliiga
The 2015 Veikkausliiga season begins on April 12, 2015 and ends on October 25th 2015. Veikkausliiga takes place in the spring to autumn season, due to harsh winter weather conditions in Finland.


2015 HM10
2015 HM10 is an irregular shaped asteroid and sub-kilometer near-Earth object that passed near the Earth on 7 July 2015, at a distance of 442,000 kilometers or 1.15 lunar distances.


2015 HM10
First observed on 19 April 2015, by astronomers of The Dark Energy Survey at Cerro Tololo Observatory in Chile, the asteroid measures approximately 60 meters in diameter and is classified as a member of the Apollo and Amor group, respectively. It is a fast rotator with a rotation period of 22.6 minutes.


2015 HM10, Discovery
It was first observed on 19 April 2015, by astronomers of The Dark Energy Survey, using the Dark Energy Camera (DECam, W84) mounted on the Victor M. Blanco Telescope located at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.


2015 HM10, Orbit and classification
2015 HM10 has been classified as a near-Earth object of the Apollo and Amor group, respectively.


2015 HM10, Orbit and classification
It orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.0–4.0 AU once every 4.01 years (1,465 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.60 and an inclination of 1° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with a precovery taken at Cerro Tololo, the night prior to its official first observation.


2015 HM10, Orbit and classification, Close encounters
2015 HM10 has an Earth minimum orbital intersection distance of 0.0022 AU (329,000 km) which corresponds to 0.9 lunar distances. On 7 July 2015, it passed Earth at 0.00295299 AU (442,000 km), or 1.15 lunar distances. On the following day, it passed the Moon at 0.00276 AU (413,000 km). This was the asteroid’s closest approach to Earth until at least 2419.


2015 HM10, Physical characteristics, Rotation and shape
During 2015, two rotational lightcurves of 2015 HM10 were obtained from photometric observations by Brian Warner at the Palmer Divide Station (U82) in California and by astronomers of the Mission Accessible Near-Earth Objects Survey (MANOS). Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 0.3761 and 0.3763 hours (22.6 minutes) with a brightness amplitude of 1.50 and 1.29 magnitude (U=3/3-), indicative of a non-spheroidal shape. It is among the fastest rotators known to exists.


2015 HM10, Physical characteristics, Rotation and shape
In July 2015, high-resolution images of 2015 HM10 were obtained from radiometric observations made with the Very Long Baseline Array, the Arecibo Observatory, and the 34 and 70-meter antennas at Goldstone. These observations confirmed the body's short rotation period and complex and irregular, and revealed, that it has a long-axis extent of 80–100 meters with an equatorial aspect ratio of about 2:1. Any significant non-principal axis rotation, commonly known as "tumbling" could be ruled out. The radar images also showed angular features up to approximately 30 meters across, with a cluster of radar-bright pixels following its rotation, and consistent with a high standing, 15 to 20 meters wide feature.


2015 HM10, Physical characteristics, Diameter and albedo
The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and calculates a mean-diameter of 57.0 meters based on an absolute magnitude of 23.6. At its widest point, the object is 80 meters long.


2015 HM10, Numbering and naming
As of 2017, this minor planet has neither been numbered nor named.


2015 Haiti Carnival stampede
On February 17, 2015, starting at around 2:48 AM, a stampede occurred during the traditional Mardi Gras parade on Champ de Mars in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. Initial reports stated that at least 16 people had died in the accident. The number was revised to 18 dead (15 men and 3 women) according to the Haitian Minister of Communications, Rotchild François Junior. Nadia Lochard, of the Department of Civil Protection, stated that 20 people were killed in the accident. In addition, 78 people were injured, according to Haiti Prime Minister Evans Paul.


2015 Haiti Carnival stampede
The stampede occurred after a man participating on top of a Carnival float during the Mardi Gras was shocked by high-voltage wires. Video footage of the incident shows visible sparks that triggered the stampede. The man, known by his stage name Fantom, and part of the Haitian hip hop band Barikad Crew, survived the shock and was in stable condition.


2015 Haiti Carnival stampede, Reactions
Prime Minister Paul declared three days of official mourning for Haiti in response to the accident, and government officials announced a state funeral and vigil for the victims, which was held on February 21, 2015. Paul also said that a silent parade would be held along the Champ de Mars, where the accident occurred. Michel Martelly, the President of Haiti, expressed his "sincerest sympathies" for the victims. After the accident, Minister of Communications François Junior said that the government will organize a plan to modernize the state electricity company, Electricité d’Haïti.


2015 Haitian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Haiti on 25 October 2015, alongside local elections and the second round of the legislative elections. Incumbent President Michel Martelly was constitutionally barred from running. As no candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round, a runoff was to be held on 27 December 2015. On 22 December the Conseil Electoral Provisoire (CEP) announced that the runoff has been postponed indefinitely. However, on 1 January 2016 President Michel Martelly announced that the runoff would be held on 17 January, but on 7 January the President changed the date to 24 January.


2015 Haitian presidential election
On 20 January, Jude Célestin issued a statement that calls "whatever the person who will participate in this January 24 [runoff], is a traitor to the Nation". Because of rioting and electoral violence, on 22 January the CEP decided to postpone the second round again, with no specific date given, even after President Michel Martelly confirmed the previous day in a nationwide speech that the election should still take place. The run-off date was later agreed to take place on 24 April 2016. However, according to Reuters and several  other sources, the runoff is postponed again with an indeterminate date most likely after October 2016. United Nations Secretary-General has expressed deep concern that the agreed upon date for holding elections in Haiti was not met and that no alternate electoral calendar was announced.


2015 Haitian presidential election
After the preliminary results were published on 25 October 2015, Jude Célestin said he did not recognize them. His criticism was joined by five other presidential candidates. They issued a joint statement denouncing the results as "anti-democratic" and called for the people's vote to be respected. Martelly openly declared his support for Moïse.


2015 Haitian presidential election
The supporters of Célestin protested in the streets, together with the supporters of Jean-Charles Moïse's Platfom Pitit Desalin and supporters of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's Fanmi Lavalas party the presidential candidate of which, Maryse Narcisse, finished fourth behind Jean-Charles Moïse and also denounced the results during a news conference. The protesters threw rocks and burned tires. The police responded with tear gas and made some arrests. The police also stopped and searched the vehicle of a former top government prosecutor, Claudy Gassant, who is a supporter of Moïse.


2015 Haitian presidential election
Amid allegations of fraud in the 2015 elections, Martelly resigned the presidency on 10 February 2016, leaving Haiti without a president for a week. The National Assembly elected on 17 February 2016 Jocelerme Privert as provisional President. Privert formed a month-long verification commission to restore legitimacy to the electoral process. In May 2016, the commission audited about 13,000 ballots and determined that the elections had been dishonest and recommended a complete rerun of the election.


2015 Haitian presidential election
On 5 April 2016, the CEP announced that a rerun of the presidential election is to take place on 9 October 2016, alongside the second round of the parliamentary elections that has been suspended and the first round for a third of the Senate.


2015 Haitian presidential election, Candidates
Seventy candidates were initially in the race, including 64 men and six women. Two candidates, Mario Andresol and Diony Monestime, ran as independents. As of 28 May 2015, 41 challenges had been filed against 23 of the 70 candidates, including Andresol and former Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe. The Departmental Bureau of Electoral Disputes heard those disputes, to determine whether those individuals would be excluded from the presidential race.


2015 Haitian presidential election, Candidates
The final list of 58 candidates was published on 12 June, but in the following days two candidates were removed; Jacky Lumarque (Verité) and Level Francois (Parti de la Diaspora Haitienne pour Haiti), making a new total of 56 candidates.


2015 Haitian presidential election, Results
According to preliminary results posted by the Provisional Electoral Council, Jovenel Moïse obtained 32.81% of the preferences, and Jude Célestin won 25.27%. Voter turnout was reportedly 28.8%.


2015 Haitian presidential election, Results
After the preliminary results were published on 25 October 2015, six candidates disputed the election and denouncing the results as “anti-democratic”. A runoff was initially scheduled for 27 December 2015, but on 22 December the Conseil Electoral Provisoire announced that the runoff was being postponed indefinitely. On 5 April 2016, the CEP announced that a rerun of the presidential election was to take place on 9 October 2016.


2015 Haitian presidential election, Aftermath
Amid declarations of fraud and numerous delays of an elected government, the Provisional President Jocelerme Privet created a verification commission in May 2016 to audit the results of the August 2015 legislative elections and first round of the presidential elections. On 30 May 2016 the commission, headed by Pierre François Benoît, issued a report recommending the election be redone citing findings of significant fraud.


2015 Haitian presidential election, Aftermath
While Haiti-based organizations found innumerable counts of fraud and proof of unfair elections on October 25, international observers endorsed the results before the interim government's report had been released. According to the U.S. Deputy Spokesman, for example, "The United States regrets the decision by the Provisional Electoral Council to restart the presidential elections from the first round. This will increase time and resources needed to complete the 2015 electoral process and further delay installation of a constitutionally elected president....


2015 Haitian presidential election, Aftermath
The United States regrets that the electoral process has extended yet again, with the president-elect unlikely to be installed before February 7th, 2017." The National Human Rights Defense Network published one of several reports criticizing the happenings on election day, using Haitian observations to bolster claims apparently unseen by many international players.


2015 Haitian presidential election, Aftermath
American officials discouraged rerunning the elections after spending $33 million on funding them. In an April 2016 visit to Haiti, Special Coordinator Kenneth H. Merten said that he hoped the verification process would be "very, very fast" and that it would not change the election results. Secretary of State John Kerry also emphasized the need to accept an elected government, citing the lack of  international community patience with further delay. The U.S. Government responded to this report by announcing its refusal to provide funding to complete the Haitian elections. This development may prohibit international observers, often funded by the U.S., from observing the next electoral sessions. While the OAS received $1 million in U.S. funding for the October 25 election, the organization plans to continue observation, following a list of demanded changes to the Haitian electoral process.


2015 Hakkari assault
2015 South-Western Hakkari assault refers to a large-scale operation of the Turkish military against Kurdish insurgents in the mountains of south-eastern Turkey, within the frame of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict resulting in the elimination of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) mountain force structure network resulting in 119 militants killed and an estimated thousands of militants retreating to Iraq. The large scale assault was launched early September 2015 by the Turkish Army commando battalions and concluded in early November 2015.


2015 Hakkari assault, Timeline
According to Turkish sources, on 5 November 2015, the military killed at least 31 PKK militants in ongoing security operations in Turkey’s southeastern Hakkari province within 24 hours. According to statements posted on the Turkish General Staff website, the military killed 15 PKK on Wednesday and another 16 members of the organization on Thursday in ongoing security operations in Hakkari province’s Yüksekova district.


2015 Hakkari assault, Timeline
Anadolu Agency reported local Turkish army sources as saying that the operation in Hakkari lasted from September 27 to November 5 and targeted PKK mountain hideouts, seizing or destroying anti-aircraft guns and other heavy weapons. Troops also destroyed 18 handmade bunkers and an ammunition cache, an army statement said.


2015 Hakkari assault, Casualties
Turkey announced that during the operation, 119 PKK militants were killed and anti-aircraft guns were seized. 6 Turkish soldiers were killed during the operation.


2015 Halifax train crash
On March 9, 2015, an Amtrak passenger train derailed in Halifax, North Carolina, after colliding with a truck carrying an oversize load that was obstructing the line at a grade crossing. There were no fatalities, but 55 people were injured.


2015 Halifax train crash, Accident
At approximately 12:19 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, an Amtrak passenger train collided with a truck, which was obstructing the track on a grade crossing in Halifax, North Carolina. The train was the northbound Carolinian, from Charlotte, North Carolina to New York. There were 221 people on the train; 213 passengers and 8 crew members. Fifty-five people were injured in the accident. The locomotive and baggage car left the track when it struck the truck, which was hauling electrical equipment. GE P42DC locomotive #185 was hauling the train. The locomotive was turned on its side by the force of the accident, and one end of the baggage car was pushed into a brush-covered area next to the railroad right of way. The engineer was among those injured.


2015 Halifax train crash, Accident
The truck, an oversize load carrying a power distribution center to New Jersey, had a combined weight of 255,000 pounds, equaling 127.5 short tons (113.8 long tons; 115.7 t). The truck was being escorted by officers of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. The truck driver was having trouble negotiating a turn, and spent eight minutes backing up and moving forward repeatedly in an attempt to complete the turn at the correct angle. As the Amtrak train approached, the driver realized he could not clear the track in time, and exited the vehicle. The truck driver was uninjured.


2015 Halifax train crash, Accident
The truck's driver, 43-year-old John Devin Black of Claremont, North Carolina, had a valid commercial drivers license, which allowed him to haul the oversize load. Black had a history of 12 traffic violations prior to the accident, including excessive speed, and driving more than once using a revoked license.


2015 Halifax train crash, Accident
At the time of the accident, the train was headed for New York City from Charlotte, North Carolina.


2015 Halifax train crash, Accident, Aftermath
A witness told a 9-1-1 operator that she did not hear a train horn, but that the railroad crossing lights were working at the site of the accident.


2015 Halifax train crash, Accident, Aftermath
Shortly after the accident North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) reported that U.S. 301, N.C. 903 and N.C. 125 were closed in all directions for emergency response, clean-up and investigation purposes. 170 of the remaining uninjured passengers were transported by bus to Richmond, Virginia to be placed on another train.


2015 Halifax train crash, Accident, Aftermath
The day after the derailment, authorities stated that no charges will be filed against Black in relation to this accident.


2015 Halifax train crash, Accident, Aftermath, Fate of rolling stock
P42DC #185 was moved to the Amtrak shops in Beech Grove, Indiana following the accident. It wasn't repaired for about 1-2 years until it was put back in service. 185 still runs to this day. However, 185 is still in Beech Grove.


2015 Halifax train crash, Investigation
The National Transportation Safety Board was dispatched to the accident scene, and are investigating. The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) released a statement on March 9, 2015 that the department would assist Amtrak with the investigation of the accident. The FRA stated it was reviewing an on-board event recorder, interviewing the train's crew, the truck driver, and the North Carolina Patrol trooper that was escorting the truck.


2015 Halifax train crash, Investigation
Investigators are also attempting to discover if proper protocol for oversized loads was being followed before the accident, as protocol calls for troopers who are escorting the vehicles to "clear their routes and inform the railroad dispatchers what they're doing".


2015 Halifax train crash, Litigation
In May 2015, Amtrak and CSX Transportation (who owns the line) filed a civil lawsuit against Turner Transfer Company, also known as Guy M. Turner Incorporated, who operated the oversize load. The railroad companies alleged that the trucking company, and driver John Black, caused the accident by negligently hauling the oversize load across a marked railroad crossing in an unsafe manner. Both railway companies were seeking in excess of US$75,000 each.


2015 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships
The 2015 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 40th edition of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2015 ATP World Tour. It took place at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, United States, from July 13 through July 19, 2015.


2015 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships
Former world No.8 and two time Grand Slam finalist Mark Philippoussis contested his first match on the ATP World Tour in nine years after receiving a wild card into qualifying. He was 38 years of age.


2015 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2015 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships – Doubles
Chris Guccione and Lleyton Hewitt were the defending champions, but Hewitt chose to participate in the Davis Cup quarterfinals instead. Guccione played alongside Matthew Ebden, but lost in the first round to Johan Brunström and Marcelo Demoliner. Jonathan Marray and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi won the title, defeating Nicholas Monroe and Mate Pavić in the final, 4–6, 6–3, [10–8].


2015 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships – Singles
Lleyton Hewitt was the defending champion, but chose to participate in the Davis Cup quarterfinals instead. Rajeev Ram won the title, defeating Ivo Karlović in the final, 7–6(7–5), 5–7, 7–6(7–2).


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


2015 Hama offensive
The 2015 Hama offensive was a military operation launched by Syrian rebels during the Syrian Civil War in the northern parts of Hama Governorate.


2015 Hama offensive, The offensive
The Jund al-Aqsa rebel group initiated a large-scale offensive in the northern part of Hama province on 28 November 2015. The initial aim of the operation was to capture the Alawite village of Ma'an. Over the next two days, their assault at Ma’an, as well against the  other surrounding villages, was repelled. A few days later, on 2 December, the Army of Conquest Islamist rebel coalition launched a new assault towards Ma’an, but their attack was reportedly disrupted after they were ambushed at the Morek Hills by the 87th Brigade of the 11th Tank Division.


2015 Hama offensive, The offensive
On 3 December, fighting took place in the Al-Ghaab plains of Hama province, at al-Mansoura, al-Qahira and Tal Zajram, while Army bombardment was reported at Tal Wasit, al-Enkaw and al-Manara. The military reportedly secured the southern entrance of the hilltop village of Tal Zajram.


2015 Hama offensive, The offensive
On 13 December, Jund al-Aqsa renewed their offensive, attacking Ma’sasineh, Al-Buwaydah and Markabat. The following day, the rebels seized the villages of Al-Buwaydah and Ma’sasineh, as well as the Al-Zulaqiyat and Zalin checkpoints ("Jabal ash-Shir"). However, following the arrival of military reinforcements, the Army recaptured both villages and the Zalin checkpoint, with the rebel offensive stalling thereafter. The fighting left 22 rebels, including six foreigners, and nine soldiers dead.


2015 Hama offensive, The offensive
By the morning of 15 December, the military recaptured all areas lost the previous day. In addition, government forces also captured Tell Huwayr hill, overlooking the town of Morek.


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


2015 Hamburg Olympics referendum
A referendum on hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Hamburg and Kiel on 29 November 2015. The proposal was rejected by 51.6% of voters in Hamburg, although it was approved by 66% of voters in Kiel.


2015 Hamburg state election
The 2015 Hamburg state election was held on 15 February 2015 to elect the members of the 21st Hamburg Parliament. The incumbent Social Democratic Party (SPD) government led by First Mayor Olaf Scholz lost its majority. The SPD subsequently formed a coalition government with The Greens, and Scholz continued in office.


2015 Hamburg state election, Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the 20th Hamburg Parliament.


2015 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
The 2015 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 58th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 66th overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in 2nd place in the East Division with a 10–8 record and hosted a playoff game for the third consecutive season. The Tiger-Cats defeated the Toronto Argonauts in the East Semi-Final, but lost to the Ottawa Redblacks in the East Final, ending their quest to compete in three straight Grey Cups. This marked the first full season for the team playing at their new stadium, Tim Hortons Field. The Tiger-Cats played their first four games on the road due to stadium conflicts with the 2015 Pan Am Games. When they returned to their home field, they sold out all nine regular seasons games, which was the first time that the franchise had done that since 1973.


2015 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season, Offseason, CFL Draft
The 2015 CFL Draft took place on May 12, 2015. The Tiger-Cats had six selections in the seven-round draft, prominently trading away first and third round picks for Ryan Bomben hours before the draft. The club also traded their fifth round pick to the BC Lions for Seydou Junior Haidara and acquired an additional sixth round pick after trading Darcy Brown to Edmonton for Ricardo Colclough.


2015 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season, Team, Roster
Italics indicate International player updated 2015-11-22 • 46 Active, 21 Injured, 3 Six-Game Injured7 Practice Roster


2015 Hammarby Fotboll season
The 2015 season was Hammarby Fotboll's 100th in existence, and their 46th season in Allsvenskan. It was Hammarby's first season in Allsvenskan after spending 5 seasons in the Superettan. They competed in Allsvenskan and the Svenska Cupen during the season. Nanne Bergstrand returned to the team as his second season being manager. Gameplay for Hammarby in Svenska Cupen began on February 21, 2015, and ended on March 15, 2015. Gameplay for Hammarby in Allsvenskan began on April 4, 2015, and ended on October 31, 2015.


2015 Hammarby Fotboll season, Players, Squad Info
Note: This list includes all the players who played for Hammarby during the season. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 Hammarby Fotboll season, Players, Player statistics
Includes all players who partook in the 2015 Hammarby Season. Appearances for competitive matches only


2015 Hammarby Fotboll season, Players, Disciplinary record
Last updated: 1 November 2015Source: Only competitive matches = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.Notes: Allsvenskan only


2015 Hampton Pirates football team
The 2015 Hampton Pirates football team represented Hampton University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second year head coach Connell Maynor and played their home games at Armstrong Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 5–3 in MEAC play to finish in fifth place.


2015 Handball Super Cup
The 2015 Handball Super Cup was the 19th edition of the Handball Super Cup, a prestigious friendly men's handball tournament organised every two years by the German Handball Association, it was held between 06–8 November at the cities of Flensburg, Hamburg, and Kiel.


2015 Hanthawaddy United season
Hanthawaddy United Football Club (Burmese: ဟံသာဝတီ ယူနိုက်တက် ဘောလုံး အသင်း) is a Burmese football club, based in Taungoo, Myanmar. It represents the Bago Region. The club was a founding member of the Myanmar National League (MNL) in 2009.


2015 Hanthawaddy United season, Current squad (2015)
The management has assembled a team consisted mostly of young players. Goalkeeper Ko Ko Aung, part of the current Myanmar national football team roster, is the only local player with notable experience in the team.


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


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


2015 Hardee's Pro Classic
The 2015 Hardee's Pro Classic is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It is the fifteenth edition of the tournament and part of the 2015 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It takes place in Dothan, Alabama, United States, on 20–26 April 2015.


2015 Hardee's Pro Classic, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Hardee's Pro Classic, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry by a lucky loser spot:


2015 Hardee's Pro Classic – Doubles
Anett Kontaveit and Ilona Kremen were the defending champions, but Kontaveit chose to participate at the 2015 Lale Cup instead whilst Kremen chose not to participate.


2015 Hardee's Pro Classic – Doubles
Johanna Konta and Maria Sanchez won the title, defeating the second seeds Paula Cristina Gonçalves and Petra Krejsová in the final, 6–3, 6–4.


2015 Hardee's Pro Classic – Singles
Grace Min was the defending champion, but lost to Alexandra Stevenson in the first round.


2015 Hardee's Pro Classic – Singles
Fourth seed Louisa Chirico won the title, defeating wildcard Katerina Stewart in an all-American final, 7–6(7–1), 3–6, 7–6(7–1).


2015 Harlow District Council election
The 2015 Harlow District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and Labour Party councillors increased their control of the council as the governing group, gaining one councillor and suffering no losses.


2015 Harlow District Council election, Background
After the last election in 2014 Labour remained in control of the council with 17 councillors, while the Conservatives had 11 seats and the UK Independence Party had 5 seats. However Labour gained a seat from the UK Independence Party at a by-election for Mark Hall ward in February 2015.


2015 Harlow District Council election, Background
A UKIP councillor for Great Parndon ward, Terry Spooner, resigned in March to retire to Dorset so two of its three seats were contested at the 2015 election, leading to 12 seats up for election, which were contested by 43 candidates: 12 each affiliated to Labour, the Conservatives and UKIP and seven Liberal Democrats.


2015 Harlow District Council election, Election result
Labour remained in control of the council with 19 councillors after winning 7 of the 12 seats contested. Both they and the Conservatives gained a seat at the expense of the UK Independence Party, taking the Conservatives to 12 seats on the council, while the UK Independence Party was left with two councillors. Overall turnout at the election was 62.68%.


2015 Harris County shooting
On August 8, 2015, a mass shooting occurred inside a home in northern Harris County, Texas, near Houston. David Ray Conley, 48, broke into his former home and held hostage Valerie and Dewayne Jackson, along with six children, including his own 13-year-old son. Over the course of nine hours, he shot and killed the entire family. He then engaged in a shootout with responding police before surrendering.


2015 Harris County shooting, Shooting
At around 10:30 a.m., Conley arrived at a house in the 2200 block of Falling Oaks Road, in unincorporated northern Harris County, Texas, near Houston. This was the home of his former girlfriend, Valerie Jackson, where he had previously lived with her. As Jackson had changed the locks on the house, he entered through an unlocked window. He then confronted Jackson, her husband, and their six children with a 9mm handgun, forcing them to the master bedroom. There, he tied up some and handcuffed others to the bed.


2015 Harris County shooting, Shooting
While Conley was distracted, Jackson was able to text her mother, saying she was being held at gunpoint by him. Afterwards, over the course of nine hours, he shot Jackson's husband and children in the back of the head, with Jackson being forced to witness everything. She was the last victim to be shot.


2015 Harris County shooting, Shooting
During the course of the shooting, police officers were sent to the home several times to perform welfare checks. The first occurred at 10:42 a.m., when dispatchers were notified by Jackson's mother. They knocked on the door and checked the house, but reported no response from the home an hour later. They returned to the home twice in the afternoon after being alerted by Jackson's siblings, but they never received any responses during both visits. It was not made clear if officers attempted to obtain a search warrant that would have allowed them to make a forced entry into the home.


2015 Harris County shooting, Shooting
At about 6:00 p.m., while performing a fourth welfare check, the officers obtained information that a man inside was wanted on a warrant. They then began circling the perimeter and spotted a dead body from a window. Four police officers forced their way into the home at around 8:00 p.m., which prompted the suspect to begin firing on them. The officers retreated and waited for backup to arrive; Conley surrendered an hour later.


2015 Harris County shooting, Victims
Six children and two adults were killed in the shooting, all of them dying at the scene from gunshot wounds to the head. Some of them were shot multiple times. Initial reports indicated five children and three adults were killed. They were identified as:


2015 Harris County shooting, Victims
On August 17, a service for the victims was held at Fallbrook Church in northwest Houston and was attended by about 200 people.


2015 Harris County shooting, Perpetrator
David Ray Conley III, age 48, was identified as the main suspect. He was reportedly a former boyfriend of Jackson, with whom he fathered Nathaniel Jackson, one of the slain children.


2015 Harris County shooting, Perpetrator
Prior to the shooting, Conley had an extensive criminal record dating as far back as 1988, including arrests for domestic violence, DUI, and drug possession. His latest charge was assault, relating to a July 28 incident where he allegedly bashed Valerie Jackson's head repeatedly against a refrigerator. The case was pending at the time of the shooting. He had previously been arrested and charged in 2000 and 2013 for being violent towards Jackson. Conley was said to have been physically abusive towards her and jealous of Dewayne Jackson. According to Valerie Jackson's brother, Earl Yanske, he suffered from bipolar disorder. At the time of the shooting, Conley had an estranged wife, Vernessa Conley, who he was also abusive towards. According to his criminal history, Conley had a history of faking mental illnesses to get himself out of legal troubles.


2015 Harris County shooting, Perpetrator, Legal proceedings
Though he did not appear in court, Conley was charged with three counts of capital murder and had his bond denied. He was held in Harris County Jail. Prosecutors announced that they are likely seeking the death penalty. In February 2016, Conley's lawyer indicated they would seek a mental disability defense. On October 7, 2021, Conley was convicted in the shooting and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.


2015 Harris County shooting, Aftermath
Hours after the shooting, Conley was contacted by Jackson's brother, to whom he confessed to the familicide after being asked if he killed Jackson. However, during a jailhouse interview, he recanted his confession and then claimed he was "fed up" with how Valerie and Dewayne Jackson, Sr. were raising his son and their children, who he helped raise. He also claimed the entire family was being disrespectful towards him. Conley allegedly began preparations for the familicide sometime after noticing the children's behavior problems. He purchased  the gun used in the shooting, three magazines of ammunition, and six handcuffs.


2015 Harris County shooting, Aftermath
On September 28, Conley requested for a visit by New Black Panther Party leader Quanell X, which was granted. During the meeting, he reportedly confessed to Quanell X and shared details of the familicide to him. Quanell X allegedly became disgusted and cut the meeting short in anger.


2015 Harrisburg City Islanders season
The 2015 season is the Harrisburg City Islanders's 12th season of competitive soccer - its twelfth season in the third division of American soccer and its fifth season in United Soccer League since the league was first created with the City Islanders as one of the original 10 founder-members.


2015 Harrisburg City Islanders season, Anniversary Logo
For the 2015 season, a new logo was developed to commemoration of the Islanders' 12th anniversary. According to the press release: "The design was developed to encompass the iconic Pennsylvania keystone; the Harrisburg Capitol building, which serves as the backdrop to the Skyline Sports Complex, and 12 stars, representing 12 seasons as a club and the 12th man on the field [the fans]." Club President, Tiago Lopes believes, “The 12th season of franchise history is a big milestone. This will be a season entirely dedicated to our fans.


2015 Harrisburg City Islanders season, Anniversary Logo
We wanted to do something to acknowledge and praise them for all the support. This season will be themed “11 and you,” acknowledging what it takes to accomplish wins and titles is the 12th element on the field; the importance of having the fans, partners and the community in support of our team.”


2015 Harrisburg City Islanders season, Roster
Updated as of August 19, 2015. Roster listed here represents all players who are on the official roster and have made appearances for Harrisburg during the 2015 season.


2015 Harrisburg City Islanders season, Competitions, USL, Results summary
Last updated: September 20, 2015Source: 2015 USL seasonPld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2015 Harrisburg City Islanders season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
The City Islanders competed in the 2015 edition of the U.S. Open Cup. They were eliminated in the third round of competition after conceding three goals in extra time to the Rochester Rhinos.


2015 Harrisburg City Islanders season, Competitions, Friendlies
The 2015 annual friendly with the Philadelphia Union was the final friendly match of the two clubs MLS-USL affiliation. The match was held in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and drew a record crowd for an Islanders home match of 6,546 attendees.


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


2015 Hart District Council election
The 2015 Hart District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Hart District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. Prior to this elections, the Conservatives held a plurality with 14 seats but did not hold a majority, whilst the Liberal Democrats and Community Campaign (Hart) both had 8 seats. The remaining seat was held by an independent.


2015 Hart District Council election, Results
These were the second elections to be held with the new boundaries after the 2014 elections, which saw the Conservatives elected the largest party but without a majority, while Community Campaign (Hart) and the Liberal Democrats won nine seats each alongside won independent candidate. As such, the council remained under no overall control. In the 2015 election, the Conservatives were the only party to make gains, winning two new seats, one each from the Liberal Democrats and Community Campaign Hart, with no other changes. The council remained under no overall control. As well as the three party groups on the council, one independent from Hook Ward remained but was not up for election until 2018.


2015 Hart District Council election, Results
The table below only tallies the votes of the highest polling candidate for each party within each ward. This is known as the top candidate method and is often used for multi-member plurality elections. Most wards only had one seat up for election, but several had two.


2015 Hartford Hawks baseball team
The 2015 Hartford Hawks baseball team will represent the University of Hartford during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Hawks will play their home games at Fiondella Field as a member of the America East Conference. They will be led by head coach Justin Blood, in his 4th season at Hartford.


2015 Hartford Hawks baseball team, Previous Season
In 2014, the Hawks finished the season 2nd in the America East with a record of 31–23, 16–7 in conference play. They qualified for the 2014 America East Conference Baseball Tournament and were eliminated in the semifinals. They failed to qualify for the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


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


2015 Harvard Crimson football team
The 2015 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University during the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 22nd-year head coach Tim Murphy and played their home games at Harvard Stadium. They were a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 9–1 overall 6–1 in Ivy League play to place in a three-way tie for the Ivy League title with Dartmouth and Penn.


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


2015 Havant Borough Council election, Election result
With 51% of the vote, the Conservatives won all seats up for election this year, which all had incumbent Conservative councillors. As such, the composition of the council did not change in the course of the election.


2015 Hawaii Bowl
The 2015 Hawaii Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 24, 2015 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. The fourteenth edition of the Hawaii Bowl featured the Cincinnati Bearcats of the American Athletic Conference against the San Diego State Aztecs from the Mountain West Conference. It began at 3:15 p.m. HST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season.


2015 Hawaii Bowl, Teams
The game featured the Cincinnati Bearcats with a record of 7–5 against San Diego State which had a 9-game winning streak going into the game. The Aztecs defeated the Bearcats by a score of 42-7.


2015 Hawaii Bowl, Teams, Cincinnati Bearcats
This was the Bearcats' 17th bowl game (they were 8–8 all-time in bowl games), their fifth consecutive bowl appearance, and their first bowl game in Hawaii.


2015 Hawaii Bowl, Teams, San Diego State Aztecs
San Diego State, playing its sixth straight bowl game, had won all of its eight regular conference games this year. They then defeated Air Force, 27-24 in the title game for the school's 20th football conference championship. Head coach Rocky Long is among 13 active coaches to have guided his current team to a bowl game during his first five seasons as the head man. This was also the Aztecs' first bowl game in Hawaii since 1952.


2015 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team
The 2015 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team represented the University of Hawaii at Mānoa in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by head coach Norm Chow, who was fired after week 10 and replaced by Chris Naeole on an interim basis. They played their home games at Aloha Stadium. They were members of the Mountain West Conference in the West Division. They finished the season 3–10, 0–8 in Mountain West play to finish in last place in the West Division.


2015 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team
On November 27, 2015, Nick Rolovich was hired as the new head football coach at the University of Hawaii replacing Norm Chow.


2015 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Game summaries, at Ohio State
The 107,145 in attendance is the largest crowd to ever attend a University of Hawaii football game.


2015 Hawke's Bay Cup
The 2015 Hawke's Bay Cup was the second edition of the invitational Hawke's Bay Cup field hockey competition. It took place between 11–19 April 2015 in Hastings,  New Zealand. A total of eight teams competed for the title.


2015 Hawke's Bay Cup
Australia won the tournament for the first time after defeating New Zealand 3–2 in the final. China won the third place match by defeating South Korea 3–1.


2015 Hawke's Bay Cup, Teams
Including New Zealand, 8 teams were invited by the New Zealand Hockey Federation to participate in the tournament.


2015 Hawke's Bay Cup, Statistics, Final Standings
As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.


2015 Hawke's Bay Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 82 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 3.42 goals per match.


2015 Hawthorn Football Club season
The 2015 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 91st season in the Australian Football League and 114th overall. Hawthorn entered the season as the two-time defending AFL premiers, having won back-to-back AFL premierships. Hawthorn won their third consecutive AFL premiership, fifth AFL premiership, and thirteenth premiership overall, defeating West Coast 107–61 in the Grand Final. Hawthorn became the first team to win five premierships in the AFL era.


2015 Hawthorn Football Club season
Hawthorn became just the second team in the AFL era to win three-consecutive premierships; joining the Brisbane Lions (2001–2003); and the sixth team in VFL/AFL history to win three consecutive premierships; joining Carlton (1906–1908), Collingwood (1927–1930), and Melbourne (twice; 1939–1941, 1955–1957). Alastair Clarkson won his fourth premiership as coach, tying with Leigh Matthews for most premierships won in the AFL era. Clarkson also surpassed John Kennedy Sr. and Allan Jeans (3) for most premierships won as coach of Hawthorn. Luke Hodge joined Michael Voss as the only players to captain three premierships in the AFL era.


2015 Hawthorn Football Club season
Grant Birchall, Shaun Burgoyne, Luke Hodge, Jordan Lewis, Sam Mitchell, Cyril Rioli, and Jarryd Roughead all won their fourth premierships, tying with Martin Pike for the most in the AFL era. Shaun Burgoyne played in his sixth AFL Grand Final, tying with Martin Pike for the most appearances in the AFL era. As of 2021, this was the last time Hawthorn won a final.


2015 Hawthorn Football Club season, Club summary
The 2015 AFL season was the 119th season of the VFL/AFL competition since its inception in 1897; having entered the competition in 1925, it was the 91st season contested by the Hawthorn Football Club. The Melbourne Cricket Ground once again acted as Hawthorn's primary home ground, hosting six of the club's eleven home games, with four games played at their secondary home ground, Aurora Stadium in Launceston, and one played at Etihad Stadium in Round 21.


2015 Hawthorn Football Club season, Club summary
The four matches at Aurora Stadium were against the Western Bulldogs, Gold Coast Suns, Fremantle and the Brisbane Lions in rounds 3, 9, 15 and 22 respectively, while the one home game at Etihad Stadium was against Port Adelaide in Round 21. The club played Geelong, Essendon, Port Adelaide, Sydney and Carlton twice during the regular season, and travelled interstate five times (twice each to Sydney and Adelaide, and once to Perth).


2015 Hawthorn Football Club season, Club summary
Major sponsors Tasmania and iiNet continued as the club's two major sponsors, while Adidas continued to manufacture the club's on-and-off field apparel.


2015 Hawthorn Football Club season, Senior Personnel
Alastair Clarkson continued as the club's head coach for the eleventh consecutive season, while Luke Hodge continued as the club's captain for the fifth consecutive season. Both have held their respective positions since 2005 and 2011, respectively.


2015 Hawthorn Football Club season, Playing list changes
During the 2014 off-season, the Hawks acquired the services of Melbourne's James Frawley via the free agency system, as well as those of Greater Western Sydney's Jonathan O'Rourke during the trade period. 200-gamer Brad Sewell announced his retirement shortly after the end of the club's 2014 season, in which the club won their 12th premiership but for which he was overlooked. In addition, Mitch Hallahan, Kyle Cheney and Luke Lowden were all traded away from the club, while Jordan Kelly, Derick Wanganeen and Ben Ross were all delisted.


2015 Hawthorn Football Club season, Playing list changes
The following lists all player changes between the conclusion of the 2014 season and the beginning of the 2015 season.


2015 Hawthorn Football Club season, Season summary, Pre-season matches
The club played three practice matches as part of the 2015 NAB Challenge, and were played under modified pre-season rules, including nine-point goals.


2015 Hazfi Cup Final
The 2015 Hazfi Cup Final was the 28th final since 1975. The match was contested by Zob Ahan and Naft Tehran at Takhti Stadium in Tehran. The match was played on 1 June 2015 and was the final match of the competition. Zob Ahan won 3–1 and won their third title in the competition. They also qualified for the group stages of the 2016 AFC Champions League.


2015 Hazfi Cup Final, Format
The tie was contested over one legs, simply to last edition. If the teams could still not be separated, then extra time would have been played with a penalty shootout (taking place if the teams were still level after that).


2015 Hazfi Cup Final, Pre-match, Match history
This was Zob Ahan's fourth Hazfi final and Naft Tehran's first appearance in the final match of the tournament. Zob Ahan lastly won the cup in 2002–03 and 2008–09. Their other final appearance was in 2000–01 season where they lost to Fajr Sepasi.


2015 Hazfi Cup Final, Pre-match, Ticketing
Ticket prices for the final was 2,000 toman. 50% of the stadium were belongs to the Zob Ahan's fans and others were belong to Naft Tehran's fans.


2015 Hazfi Cup Final, Pre-match, Venue
The final was decided with draw which 30,122 capacity Takhti Stadium (the Naft Tehran's home Stadium) was announced as the venue for the final.


2015 Hazfi Cup Final, Pre-match, Officials
FIFA listed referee, Mohsen Torky was announced as the final match referee by IRIFF's referees committee. Mohammad Reza Abolfazli and Hassan Zahiri assisted him. was also fourth official.


2015 Heart of Dallas Bowl
The 2015 Heart of Dallas Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 26, 2015 at the Cotton Bowl at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas. The sixth edition of the Heart of Dallas Bowl featured the Washington Huskies of the Pac-12 Conference against the Southern Miss Golden Eagles of Conference USA. It began at 1:20 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. Sponsored by chicken fast food restaurant Zaxby's, the game was officially known as the Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl. Washington Huskies defeated the University of Southern Mississippi 44–31.


2015 Heart of Dallas Bowl, Teams
The game featured the Washington Huskies against the Southern Miss Golden Eagles.


2015 Heart of Dallas Bowl, Teams, Washington Huskies
After finishing their regular season 6–6, bowl director Brant Ringler extended an invitation for the Huskies to play in the game, which they accepted.


2015 Heart of Dallas Bowl, Teams, Southern Miss Golden Eagles
After finishing their season 9–4, Olivas extended an invitation for the Golden Eagles to play in the game, which they accepted as well.


2015 Heartland Championship
The 2015 Heartland Championship, the tenth edition of the Heartland Championship since the 2006 reconstruction of the National Provincial Championship, was a rugby union competition involving the twelve semi-professional rugby unions in New Zealand. The tournament involved a round-robin stage in which the twelve teams played eight games each and then the top four advanced to the Meads Cup semifinals, while fifth to eighth advanced to the Lochore Cup semifinals.


2015 Heartland Championship
In both of these knockout stages the top seeds (first and fifth) played at home against the lowest seeds (fourth and eighth), the second highest seeds (second and sixth) played at home against the third highest seeds (third and seventh) and the final had the higher seed playing at home against the lower seed.


2015 Heartland Championship, Teams
The 2015 Heartland Championship was contested by the following teams.


2015 Heartland Championship, Standings
In the case of a two-team tie on points the ranking of teams is decided by:


2015 Heartland Championship, Standings
In the caseof a three-team or more tie on points the ranking of teams is decided by:


2015 Heilbronner Neckarcup
The 2015 Heilbronner Neckarcup was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Heilbronn, Germany between 11 and 17 May 2015.


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


2015 Heilbronner Neckarcup, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2015 Heilbronner Neckarcup – Doubles
Andre Begemann and Tim Pütz were the defending champion, but Begemann decided not to compete this year. Pütz played alongside Dominik Meffert and reached the final.


2015 Heilbronner Neckarcup – Doubles
Mateusz Kowalczyk and Igor Zelenay won the title, defeating Pütz and Meffert in the final, 6–4, 6–3.


2015 Heilbronner Neckarcup – Singles
Jan-Lennard Struff was the defending champion, but he lost in the semifinals to Alexander Zverev.


2015 Heilbronner Neckarcup – Singles
Zverev went on to win the title, defeating Guido Pella in the final, 6–1, 7–6(9–7).


2015 Heineken Open
The 2015 Heineken Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 39th edition of the Heineken Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2014 ATP World Tour. It took place at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, from January 12 to 17, 2015.


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


2015 Heineken Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2015 Heineken Open – Doubles
Julian Knowle and Marcelo Melo were the defending champions, but Knowle chose not to participate. Melo played alongside Max Mirnyi, but lost in the semifinals to Dominic Inglot and Florin Mergea. Raven Klaasen and Leander Paes won the title, defeating Inglot and Mergea in the final, 7–6(7–1), 6–4.


2015 Heineken Open – Singles
John Isner was the defending champion, but withdrew to concentrate on preparing for the Australian Open. Jiří Veselý won the title, defeating Adrian Mannarino in the final, 6–3, 6–2.


2015 Heineken Open – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2015 Heineken Open – Singles, Qualifying, Seeds
The top seven seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2015 Heiwadai Bowl
The 2015 Heiwadai Bowl is a college football bowl game that was played on Sunday, November 1, 2015 at Heiwadai Athletics Stadium in Japan. Seinan Gakuin University representing the Kyūshū Collegiate American Football Association and Hiroshima University representing the Chushikoku Collegiate American Football Association. Seinan Gakuin beat Hiroshima by a score of 17-7.


2015 Henrico County Commonwealth's Attorney election
The 2015 Henrico County Commonwealth's Attorney election was held on November 3, 2015, to elect the Commonwealth's Attorney of Henrico County, Virginia, concurrently with elections to the Senate of Virginia and Virginia House of Delegates. Incumbent Democratic Commonwealth's Attorney Shannon Taylor won reelection to a second term against Republican nominee Tony Pham by a wide margin.


2015 Henrico County Commonwealth's Attorney election, Background
Attorney Shannon Taylor, who had been serving as the incumbent Commonwealth's Attorney having won the previous election against Matthew Geary and Bill Janis, announced her campaign for reelection. On February 23, 2015, Pham announced his candidacy for the Henrico County Commonwealth's Attorney, being the fourth and last Republican to do so.


2015 Henrico County Commonwealth's Attorney election, Republican primary
The Republican primary took place in June 2015 with three candidates, as Tom Shaia had withdrawn from the race. Jeffrey Lee Everhart was predicted to win the primary, leading the primary by a small margin between him and Pham, but after a faulty report from the Pinchbeck Precinct was fixed, Pham lead the primary by 67 points. Pham was later declared the Republican nominee.


2015 Herald Sun Tour
The 2015 Jayco Herald Sun Tour was the 62nd edition of the Herald Sun Tour road cycling stage race. The race was rated as 2.1 and was part of the 2015 UCI Oceania Tour. The 2015 race consisted of five stages in Victoria, starting in Melbourne on 4 February and finished at the summit finish on Arthurs Seat on 8 February.


2015 Herald Sun Tour
The race was won by Australian Cameron Meyer of the Orica–GreenEDGE cycling team. Meyer succeeded his teammate Simon Clarke, who won the 2014 edition of the race and finished fourth in the 2015 race. Meyer had taken over the overall lead following a victory in the first road stage of the race and was able to defend his lead through the remaining stages. The other riders to finish on the overall podium were Patrick Bevin and Joseph Cooper (both Avanti Racing Team).


2015 Herald Sun Tour
Meyer also won the points classification, while Cameron Bayly (Search2retain–Health.com.au) won the mountains classification and Robert Power (Jayco–AIS Australia U23) won the young rider classification. Orica–GreenEDGE won the teams classification.


2015 Herald Sun Tour, Teams
16 teams entered the 2015 Herald Sun Tour, of which one (Orica–GreenEDGE) was a UCI World Tour team and three were national teams.


2015 Herald Sun Tour, Classification leadership table
In the 2015 Herald Sun Tour, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers at intermediate sprints and at the finish of mass-start stages, the leader received a yellow jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2015 Herald Sun Tour, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.


2015 Herald Sun Tour, Classification leadership table
Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a green jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 4 in a mass-start stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 10 points, with 8 for second, 6 for third and 4 for fourth. Points towards the classification could also be accrued at intermediate sprint points during each stage; these intermediate sprints also offered bonus seconds towards the general classification. There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a yellow-and-black jersey. In the mountains classification, points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs.


2015 Herald Sun Tour, Classification leadership table
The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white-and-blue jersey. This was decided in the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1992 were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time, and its team members were given a white jersey on the final podium.


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


2015 Heroes of the Storm World Championship
The 2015 Heroes of the Storm World Championship was first annual world championship for Heroes of the Storm, and was held at BlizzCon from October 28 to November 7, 2015. Cloud9 won the tournament with a roster of DunkTrain, Fan, iDream, k1pro, and KingCaffeine. There was a total of US$1.2 million given out as prize money.


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


2015 High Peak Borough Council election
Elections to High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire, England were held on 7 May 2015, at the same time as the 2015 UK General Election. All of the council falls up for election every four years and the control of the council changed from no overall control to Conservative councillor control.


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


2015 Ho Chi Minh City International Women Football Tournament
The 2015 Ho Chi Minh City International Women Football Tournament is an invitational women's football tournament hosted in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. This will be the first time that Vietnam will host an international women's football tournament.


2015 Ho Chi Minh City International Women Football Tournament
Ho Chi Minh City F.C. won the round-robin tournament, Myanmar U-21 finished second place, Hong Kong settled for third place and the FEU Lady Tamaraws of Philippine-based Far Eastern University finished last.


2015 Hobart International
The 2015 Hobart International was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 22nd edition of the event and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, Australia from 11 through 17 January 2015.


2015 Hobart International, Points and prize money, Prize money
1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money* per team


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


2015 Hobart International – Doubles
Monica Niculescu and Klára Koukalová were the defending champions, but Koukalová chose not to participate. Niculescu partnered Vitalia Diatchenko, but lost in the final to Kiki Bertens and Johanna Larsson, 5–7, 3–6.


2015 Hobart International – Singles
Garbiñe Muguruza was the defending champion heading into the tournament but chose to compete at the Sydney tennis event instead of Hobart. In the final, it was unseeded Brit Heather Watson who defeated the American qualifier in Madison Brengle, 6–3, 6–4 to record her second WTA title.


2015 Hockey City Classic
The 2015 Hockey City Classic was a doubleheader of two outdoor ice hockey games played on February 7, 2015 at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois. This was the third edition of the Hockey City Classic. The first game was played between Miami (OH) and Western Michigan and the second game was played between in-state rivals, Michigan and Michigan State.


2015 Hockey City Classic, Game 1: Miami (OH) vs. Western Michigan
The first game of the 2015 Hockey City Classic was played between the Miami RedHawks and the Western Michigan Broncos.


2015 Hockey City Classic, Game 2: Michigan State vs. Michigan
The second game of the Hockey City Classic was played between the Michigan State Spartans and the Michigan Wolverines. This was Michigan's seventh outdoor Hockey Game since the Cold War as well as their fourth against Michigan State. Michigan was 2–3–1 in outdoor hockey games entering the Hockey City Classic, including 1–1–1 in outdoor games against Michigan State.