2015 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Results, Men, Short program
In the Short Program, the Program Component Score (PCS) is calculated by adding the averaged score of each of the five different components (each component is originally out of 10 marks)- Skating Skills (SS), Transitions & Linking Footwork (TR), Performance & Execution (PE), Choreography & Composition (CH) and Interpretation (IN). That total is then multiplied by 1.00. In other words, the Program Component Score is marked out of 50 points.


2015 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Results, Men, Free skating
In the Free Skating, the Program Component Score (PCS) is calculated by adding the averaged score of each of the five different components (each component is originally out of 10 marks)- Skating Skills (SS), Transitions & Linking Footwork (TR), Performance & Execution (PE), Choreography & Composition (CH) and Interpretation (IN). That total is then multiplied by 2.00. In other words, the Program Component Score is marked out of 100 points.


2015 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Results, Ladies, Short program
In the Short Program, the Program Component Score (PCS) is calculated by adding the averaged score of each of the five different components (each component is originally out of 10 marks)- Skating Skills (SS), Transitions & Linking Footwork (TR), Performance & Execution (PE), Choreography & Composition (CH) and Interpretation (IN). That total is then multiplied by 0.80. In other words, the Program Component Score is marked out of 40 points.


2015 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Results, Ladies, Free skating
In the Free Skating, the Program Component Score (PCS) is calculated by adding the averaged score of each of the five different components (each component is originally out of 10 marks)- Skating Skills (SS), Transitions & Linking Footwork (TR), Performance & Execution (PE), Choreography & Composition (CH) and Interpretation (IN). That total is then multiplied by 1.60. In other words, the Program Component Score is marked out of 80 points.


2015 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Results, Pairs, Short program
In the Short Program, the Program Component Score (PCS) is calculated by adding the averaged score of each of the five different components (each component is originally out of 10 marks)- Skating Skills (SS), Transitions & Linking Footwork (TR), Performance & Execution (PE), Choreography & Composition (CH) and Interpretation (IN). That total is then multiplied by 0.80. In other words, the Program Component Score is marked out of 40 points.


2015 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Results, Pairs, Free skating
In the Free Skating, the Program Component Score (PCS) is calculated by adding the averaged score of each of the five different components (each component is originally out of 10 marks)- Skating Skills (SS), Transitions & Linking Footwork (TR), Performance & Execution (PE), Choreography & Composition (CH) and Interpretation (IN). That total is then multiplied by 1.60. In other words, the Program Component Score is marked out of 80 points.


2015 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Results, Ice dancing, Short dance
In the Short Dance, the Program Component Score (PCS) is calculated by adding the averaged score of each of the five different components (each component is originally out of 10 marks)- Skating Skills (SS), Transitions & Linking Footwork (TR), Performance & Execution (PE), Choreography & Composition (CC) and Interpretation & Timing (IT). That total is then multiplied by 0.80. In other words, the Program Component Score is marked out of 40 points.


2015 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Results, Ice dancing, Free dance
In the Free Dance, the Program Component Score (PCS) is calculated by adding the averaged score of each of the five different components (each component is originally out of 10 marks)- Skating Skills (SS), Transitions & Linking Footwork (TR), Performance & Execution (PE), Choreography & Composition (CC) and Interpretation & Timing (IT). That total is then multiplied by 1.20. In other words, the Program Component Score is marked out of 60 points.


2015 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, Medals by country
Table of small medals for placement in the short segment:


2015 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, Medals by country
Table of small medals for placement in the free segment:


2015 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Prize money
Prize money is awarded to skaters who achieve a top 12 placement in each discipline as follows:


2015 Four Days of Dunkirk
The 2015 Four Days of Dunkirk (French: Quatre Jours de Dunkerque 2015) was the 61st edition of the Four Days of Dunkirk cycling stage race. It started on 6 May in Dunkirk and ended on 10 May again in Dunkirk.


2015 Four Days of Dunkirk, Teams
The start list includes 16 teams (2 UCI WorldTeams, 10 Professional Continental Teams, and 4 Continental Teams).


2015 Four National Figure Skating Championships
The 2015 Four National Figure Skating Championships included the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, and Hungary. The event was held in December 2014 in Budapest, Hungary. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


2015 Four National Figure Skating Championships
The three highest-placing skaters from each country formed their national podiums. The results were among the criteria used to determine international assignments. It was the seventh consecutive season that the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland held their national championships together and the second season that Hungary participated.


2015 Four Nations Tournament
The 2015 Four Nations Tournament (Torneio Quatro Nações) in Portuguese, was the second edition of the Four Nations Tournament held in João Pessoa, Brazil between 10–13 June as a Men's friendly handball tournament organised by the Brazilian Handball Confederation.


2015 Four Nations Tournament (women's football)
The 2015 Four Nations Tournament was the fourteenth edition of the Four Nations Tournament, an invitational women's football tournament held in China. The tournament was won by Canada.


2015 Fox Glacier helicopter crash
On 21 November 2015, a Eurocopter AS350 Astar helicopter, operated by Alpine Adventures on a sightseeing flight, crashed on Fox Glacier in the South Island of New Zealand. All seven people on board died.


2015 Fox Glacier helicopter crash, Alpine Adventures
Alpine Adventures was the owner and operator of the former Christchurch Helicopters AS-350D Astar helicopter. James Patrick Scott was the company's owner and had over 30 years of experience operating helicopters, and the company was a member of the Aviation Industry Association and the Mt Cook & Westland National Parks User Aviation Group.


2015 Fox Glacier helicopter crash, Alpine Adventures
A few months before the Fox Glacier crash on 27 June 2015, another Alpine Adventures helicopter, a Hughes 369 carrying two hunters and piloted by Brad Maclachlan, crashed near Hari Hari. Maclachlan was seriously injured and the two hunters on board had minor injuries.


2015 Fox Glacier helicopter crash, Previous history
The Eurocopter AS350D Astar (CN 1132) was built in 1979. Registered as N3598F, it had been based in the United States from its construction until 1995 when it was sold to a New Zealand company by RTS Aircraft Services Corp of Montvale, New Jersey.


2015 Fox Glacier helicopter crash, Previous history
While flown in the United States, on 21 July 1990 ZK-HKU struck telephone lines while hovering about a meter above the ground. The main rotor blades severed the lines which then became entangled in the tail rotor causing its blade to snap and separating the rotor gearbox and tail boom from the helicopter.


2015 Fox Glacier helicopter crash, Previous history
On 19 April 1998 ZK-HKU had been involved in an emergency landing at Rotorua. It had suffered an engine failure. According to the air accident report the pilot made an autorotational landing onto uneven terrain. No one was injured but during the heavy landing its skid landing gear, tail boom and main rotor blades were damaged.


2015 Fox Glacier helicopter crash, Previous history
Before being sold to Alpine Helicopters it had been owned by Christchurch Helicopters


2015 Fox Glacier helicopter crash, Accident
At the time of the crash (about 11 am NZDT), the weather was reported to be heavily overcast and raining. The aircraft crashed into a crevasse approximately 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) up Fox Glacier. According to Alpine Adventures' quality assurance manager, Barry Waterland, the helicopter crashed just after taking off from the glacier at a designated spot called The Chancellor. When the helicopter was reported as being overdue the pilot's flatmate, Thomas Darling, took another helicopter up to try to find them.


2015 Fox Glacier helicopter crash, Accident
On finding the crash site, Darling alerted the rescue coordination centre and an emergency service helicopter flew up to the crash site. Police Inspector John Canning told the media that the emergency service helicopter crews saw no sign of life, They had to return to Fox Glacier village as the weather was too bad for them to land.


2015 Fox Glacier helicopter crash, Accident
Early reports based on the size of the debris field and scorch marks in the hillside above the crash site were thought to indicate that the helicopter had crashed before falling into the glacier. The helicopter did not have a transponder or black box. No mayday call was made suggesting a sudden catastrophic event.


2015 Fox Glacier helicopter crash, Accident
There were six passengers, all tourists, on board, four British and two Australians. In 2017, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, England named a Radiosurgery Suite at the hospital after  one of the victims.


2015 Fox Glacier helicopter crash, Pilot
The pilot, 28-year-old New Zealand citizen Mitchell Paul Gameren, was described as "experienced" with over 3,000 hours of flying. He had had flying experience in both Malaysia and Botswana. Gameren's interest in flying began when he was five, when his mother worked at Southern Lakes Helicopters. He was able to fly fixed-wing aircraft by the time he was 17 and then began flying helicopters. From 2011 to 2014, he flew helicopters in Botswana.


2015 Fox Glacier helicopter crash, Recovery operations
The day following the crash four bodies were recovered from the site, but operations were suspended due to worsening weather conditions. The police announced that a further attempt would be made on Wednesday that week. The area where the helicopter crashed was described as highly treacherous, uneven, and moving ice, with 20-metre crevasses. The blocks of ice were described as bigger than buildings. On 24 November police announced that post-mortem procedures on the four recovered victims had been completed and that they consisted of three women and a man.


2015 Fox Glacier helicopter crash, Recovery operations
The weather cleared for an hour on 25 November allowing recovery teams consisting of Police, Alpine Cliff Rescue, and drone operators to land on the glacier. The drone then filmed the site before the weather again closed in. The remaining three bodies and most of the wreckage were recovered from the crash site on 26 November.


2015 Fox Glacier helicopter crash, Recovery operations
In late March 2016 more helicopter parts were recovered from the crash site by professional mountaineers employed by the Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC). The parts had become visible due to snow melt during the summer months.


2015 Fox Glacier helicopter crash, Recovery operations
The body of one of the British women was found on the glacier on 2 March 2017 and formally identified on 15 March 2017.


2015 Fox Glacier helicopter crash, Crash investigation
In November 2015 TAIC advised that it could take until May 2017 for its Chief investigator of accidents Captain Tim Burfoot to complete the investigation into the cause of the crash. The recovered wreckage of the helicopter was taken to TAIC's Wellington site for evaluation. The father of one of the victims of the 2010 New Zealand Fletcher FU24 crash expressed a lack of confidence in TAIC's ability to properly investigate the crash based on destruction of evidence from that crash and New Zealand's lax approach to air safety.


2015 Fox Glacier helicopter crash, Crash investigation
The helicopter engine was sent to its United States manufacturer for inspection under TAIC's investigators supervision. Flight control components were sent to Australia for testing and inspecting and a team from the helicopters French manufacturer have also inspected the wreckage held in Wellington. A draft report was being prepared in March 2017.


2015 Fox Glacier helicopter crash, Crash investigation
Local news reports stated that the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand (CAA) had received a complaint a few days prior to the crash about the lack of landing markers on the glacier.


2015 Fox Glacier helicopter crash, Crash investigation
The TIAC report into the crash was released on 23 May 2019. The investigation determined that there was no apparent fault with the helicopter and cited the operator's pilot training system as not fully prepare the pilot for his role. TIAC also found that the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) identified significant non-compliances with the operator's training system and with managerial oversight prior to the accident but did not intervene and the operator was allowed to continue providing helicopter air operations.


2015 Fox Glacier helicopter crash, Health and safety concerns
At 4:30pm on Friday, 28 May 2016 the CAA suspended the Air operator's certificate of James Patrick Scott of Alpine Adventures over operational safety concerns. CAA Director Graeme Harris said, "The action taken did not in any way pre-determine the outcome of the investigation [into the 2015 helicopter crash] to be carried out". Scott operated Fox and Franz Heliservices, Tekapo Helicopters, and Makarora Helicopters. TAIC advised that its investigation into the crash was now up to analyzing the environment and Alpine Adventures. The Air Operating Certificate was issued by CAA to the renamed entity, Fox-Franz Heliservices in September.


2015 Fox Glacier helicopter crash, Health and safety concerns
Scott and his Organisational System Manager Barry Waterland had been charged by CAA on 3 June 2016 under Health and Safety legislation at the Greymouth District Court. The case was to be called on 12 July, but was adjourned until early September. By 6 July the CAA advised that the operating licence of James Patrick Scott had been surrendered. Scott and Waterland plead not guilty to the Health and Safety charges, with them being remanded until 30 September. The case was still to be heard when a further body was found in March 2017.


2015 Fox Glacier helicopter crash, Health and safety concerns
In July 2017 the General Aviation Advocacy Group of New Zealand (GAA) raised concerns about the CAA flight operations inspector, Paul Mitchell Jones, who was involved in the investigation into the crash. Jones had overstated his qualifications in his CV and there were serious concerns about his work. In October 2017 TAIC advised the new Minister of Transport that they were now writing up the report on the accident.


2015 Fox Glacier helicopter crash, Health and safety concerns
Over two years after the initial Health and Safety charges were brought against Scott and Waterland, in September 2018, CAA and the Greymouth District Court advised that a hearing was scheduled for 28 November to set pre-trial and trial dates. On 17 May 2019 a $64,000 fine was imposed on the pair by the Court. The paper also noted that Scott had paid $125,000 to each of the families whose members had died in the crash. The judge said that the health and safety failings did not cause the crash.


2015 Franken Challenge
The 2015 Franken Challenge was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 28th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Fürth, Germany between 1 and 7 June 2015.


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


2015 Franken Challenge, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry as an alternate into the singles main draw:


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


2015 Franken Challenge, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry as an alternate into the singles main draw:


2015 Franken Challenge – Doubles
Gerard Granollers and Jordi Samper-Montaña were the defending champions, but decided not to compete.


2015 Franken Challenge – Singles
Tobias Kamke was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Christian Lindell.


2015 Franken Challenge – Singles
Taro Daniel won the tournament defeating Albert Montañés in the final, 6–3, 6–0.


2015 Freedom and Direct Democracy leadership election
The Freedom and Direct Democracy leadership election of 2015 was held on 4 August 2015. Tomio Okamura was elected the first leader of the party.


2015 Freedom and Direct Democracy leadership election, Background
Tomio Okamura was the leader of Dawn of Direct Democracy but had to leave the party in early 2015 due to conflicts. Okamura then decided to form new party called Freedom and Direct Democracy. Leadership election was scheduled for August 2015.


2015 Freedom and Direct Democracy leadership election, Voting
Voting took place on 4 August 2015. Okamura was the only candidate. He was reportedly elected the new leader but no reports of vote count were made public.


2015 Fremantle Football Club season
The Fremantle Football Club's 2015 season is their 21st season in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club set a number of records during the year including winning their first McClelland Trophy for finishing first on the ladder after the completion of the home-and-away season and a club record of 17 wins during the home–and–away season.


2015 Fremantle Football Club season, Playing list
Between the conclusion of the 2014 season and the commencement of the 2015 season, Fremantle did not complete any trades nor recruit any free agents in the AFL trade period, despite being reported to have attempted to recruit key position players James Frawley and Aaron Black.


2015 Fremantle Football Club season, Playing list
Key defender Luke McPharlin signed a one-year contract extension during the trade period.


2015 Fremantle Football Club season, Playing list, Recruits and departures
At the national draft, Fremantle was expected to recruit a tall player, but instead drafted four smaller midfield or forward line players. Two of the drafted players, Lachie Weller and Ed Langdon are younger brothers of current AFL players, St Kilda's Maverick Weller and Collingwood's Tom Langdon. In the rookie draft, Fremantle selected Ethan Hughes, a half-back flanker originally from Bunbury, before redrafting Tanner Smith. With their final selection they selected Irishman Sean Hurley, the club's first ever international recruit.


2015 Fremantle Football Club season, Playing list, Ryan Crowley positive drugs test
In March 2015, Crowley was not chosen to play in any of Fremantle's pre-season games. After being left out of the team that would travel to Sydney for the second game, it was announced that he was unavailable for selection due to undisclosed personal issues. Three days later it was revealed that Crowley had tested position to a banned substance during the 2014 AFL season and had been serving a provisional suspension since September 2014.


2015 Fremantle Football Club season, Playing list, Ryan Crowley positive drugs test
The sample was taken after Fremantle's Round 17 win over Greater Western Sydney and the commencement of the provisional suspension commenced after the confirmation tests (also known as B-sample) was completed in mid September. The banned substance has not been named, but was confirmed to have come from a painkiller that was not prescribed by the club doctor. He appeared before the AFL Tribunal in May 2015, and was found guilty and suspended for twelve months, backdated to the beginning of his provisional suspension. He became eligible to play again on 25 September 2015.


2015 Fremantle Football Club season, Season summary, Premiership Season
When the 2015 AFL season fixtures were released in October 2014, Fremantle were drawn to play Port Adelaide in the opening round, a repeat of the semi-final that ended their 2014 season. The opening month was considered very difficult, with an away game against Geelong, an away Western Derby and a home game on Anzac Day against the other team that beat Fremantle in last year's finals, Sydney. Fremantle's game against Hawthorn was again to be played at Aurora Stadium in Launceston, Tasmania.


2015 French Athletics Championships
The 2015 French Athletics Championships was the 127th edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for France. It was held on 10–12 July at the Stadium Lille Métropole in Villeneuve-d'Ascq. A total of 38 events (divided evenly between the sexes) were contested over the three-day competition.


2015 French F4 Championship
The 2015 French F4 Championship season is the 23rd season of the series for 1600cc Formula Renault machinery, and the fifth season to run under the guise of the French F4 Championship. The series will begin on 19 April at Lédenon and ends on 25 October at Le Castellet, after seven rounds and twenty-one races.


2015 French F4 Championship, Race calendar and results
A seven-round calendar was published on 4 December 2014. The championship will drop Val de Vienne, Nogaro and Jerez events, while Lédenon, Hungaroring and Navarra will take their place in the series' schedule.


2015 French F4 Championship, Championship standings, French F4 Championship
The third race at Lédenon was red-flagged after less than half of the distance had been completed due to torrential rain. As a result, series organisers awarded half points to each of the classified finishers eligible to score points.


2015 French F4 Championship, Championship standings, French F4 Championship
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.


2015 French Indoor Athletics Championships
The 2015 French Indoor Athletics Championships was the 44th edition of the national championship in indoor track and field for France, organised by the French Athletics Federation. It was held on 21–22 February at the Jean-Pellez Stadium in Aubière. A total of 28 events (divided evenly between the sexes) were contested over the two-day competition. An indoor 400 metres hurdles was also held as a non-championship demonstration event.


2015 French Open
The 2015 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 119th edition of the French Open and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros from 24 May to 7 June and consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players also took part in singles and doubles events.


2015 French Open
Rafael Nadal was the five-time defending champion in the Men's Singles, but lost to Novak Djokovic in the quarter finals. Stan Wawrinka won his first French Open title, defeating Djokovic in the final. Maria Sharapova was defending the Women's Singles title, but lost to Lucie Šafářová in the fourth round. Serena Williams defeated Šafářová in the final and won her third French Open title, 20th Grand Slam Singles title, and third Career Grand Slam.


2015 French Open, Tournament
The 2015 French Open was the 114th edition of the French Open and was held at Stade Roland Garros in Paris.


2015 French Open, Tournament
The tournament is an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the 2015 ATP World Tour and the 2015 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consists of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event.


2015 French Open, Tournament
There is a singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which is part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and singles and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the UNIQLO tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament was played on clay courts and took place over a series of 22 courts, including the three main showcourts, Court Philippe Chatrier, Court Suzanne Lenglen and Court 1.


2015 French Open, Points and prize money, Points distribution
Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.


2015 French Open, Points and prize money, Prize money
The total prize money for the tournament was €28,028,600, an increase of €3 million compared to the previous edition. The winners of the men's and women's singles title receive €1,800,000, an increase of 9% compared to 2014.


2015 French Open, Singles seeds
The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings are based on ATP and WTA rankings as of 18 May 2015. Rank and points before are as of 25 May 2015.


2015 French Open, Singles seeds, Men's Singles
† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2014. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead.


2015 French Open, Main draw wildcard entries
The following players were given wildcards to the main draw based on internal selection and recent performances.


2015 French Open, Protected ranking
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:


2015 French Open, Champions, Seniors, Men's singles
Stan Wawrinka and Novak Djokovic got off to an even start at 3–3 in the first set, when Wawrinka's serve broke down, allowing Djokovic to win the set 6–4. In the second set, Wawrinka's form improved, and he eventually broke Djokovic on his fifth opportunity, which was set point, taking the set 6–4. Although Wawrinka earned three break points on Djokovic's first service game in the third set, at 1–0, Djokovic saved them all and held serve.


2015 French Open, Champions, Seniors, Men's singles
However, Wawrinka broke serve four games later, firing "a brilliant forehand winner" and "an equally breathtaking backhand" to earn three break points and converting the first, and went on to take the set 6–3. In the fourth set, Djokovic quickly broke Wawrinka's serve and took a 3–0 lead, but Wawrinka broke back to level the set. When Wawrinka pressed on Djokovic's serve to earn two break points at 3–3, Djokovic rebounded with a succession of points to win the game and threaten Wawrinka's own serve at 0–40.


2015 French Open, Champions, Seniors, Men's singles
Wawrinka then mounted his own comeback to hold serve before breaking Djokovic in the next game for a 5–4 lead. After earning a championship point at 40–30, Wawrinka fired a serve that appeared as though it may have been an ace, but the chair umpire checked the mark and confirmed that the ball was out. Djokovic rallied to earn a break point, but Wawrinka held his nerve and reeled off three points in a row to claim the fourth set and match.


2015 French Open, Champions, Seniors, Women's singles
Serena Williams and Lucie Šafářová contested the finals of the women's singles championship. Williams won the first set 6–3 over Šafářová and started strong in the second set, going up 4–1 and appearing to be cruising toward her 20th major title. However, Šafářová fought back to even the set and take it into a tiebreaker, which she won easily. Momentum on her side, Šafářová won the first two games of the third set, but Williams managed to break her serve with a "heavy return". Williams did not allow Šafářová a single game for the remainder of the deciding set, winning it with the seventh break of the match.


2015 French Open, Withdrawals
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament but withdrew.


2015 French Open – Boys' Doubles
Benjamin Bonzi and Quentin Halys were the defending champions, but were not eligible to compete this year.


2015 French Open – Boys' Doubles
Álvaro López San Martín and Jaume Munar won the title, defeating William Blumberg and Tommy Paul in the final, 6–4, 6–2.


2015 French Open – Boys' Singles
Andrey Rublev was the defending champion, but he chose not to participate this year.


2015 French Open – Boys' Singles
Tommy Paul won the title, defeating Taylor Harry Fritz in an all-American final, 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–2.


2015 French Open – Day-by-day summaries
The 2015 French Open described below in detail, in the form of day-by-day summaries.


2015 French Open – Girls' Doubles
Ioana Ducu and Ioana Loredana Roșca were the defending champions, but were not eligible to participate this year.


2015 French Open – Girls' Doubles
Miriam Kolodziejová and Markéta Vondroušová won the title, defeating Caroline Dolehide and Katerina Stewart in the final, 6–0, 6–3.


2015 French Open – Girls' Singles
Darya Kasatkina was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.


2015 French Open – Girls' Singles
Paula Badosa Gibert won the title, defeating Anna Kalinskaya in the final, 6–3, 6–3.


2015 French Open – Legends Over 45 Doubles
In 2015 John McEnroe and Patrick McEnroe were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the round-robin stage.


2015 French Open – Legends Over 45 Doubles
Guy Forget and Henri Leconte won the title, defeating Cédric Pioline and Mark Woodforde in the final, 4–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–3].


2015 French Open – Legends Over 45 Doubles, Draw, Group C
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 4) Steering Committee decision.


2015 French Open – Legends Over 45 Doubles, Draw, Group D
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 4) Steering Committee decision.


2015 French Open – Legends Under 45 Doubles
Mansour Bahrami and Fabrice Santoro were the defending champions, but Bahrami competed in the Legends Over 45 Doubles event. Santoro played alongside Sébastien Grosjean, but they were eliminated in the round-robin stage.


2015 French Open – Legends Under 45 Doubles
Juan Carlos Ferrero and Carlos Moyá won the title, defeating Arnaud Clément and Nicolas Escudé in the final, 6–3, 6–3.


2015 French Open – Legends Under 45 Doubles, Draw, Group A
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 4) Steering Committee decision.


2015 French Open – Legends Under 45 Doubles, Draw, Group B
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 4) Steering Committee decision.


2015 French Open – Men's Doubles
Julien Benneteau and Édouard Roger-Vasselin were the defending champions, but Benneteau withdrew from the tournament because of a sports hernia. Roger-Vasselin played alongside Guillermo García-López, but lost in the third round to Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo.


2015 French Open – Men's Doubles
Dodig and Melo went on to win the title, defeating Bob and Mike Bryan in the final, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 7–5.


2015 French Open – Men's Singles
Stan Wawrinka defeated Novak Djokovic in the final, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4, to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 2015 French Open. It was Wawrinka's second major title. As he did when he won the 2014 Australian Open, Wawrinka defeated the world No. 1 and world No. 2 on his way to the title. Djokovic was attempting to complete the career Grand Slam.


2015 French Open – Men's Singles
Rafael Nadal was the five-time defending champion, but he was defeated by Djokovic in the quarterfinals. This was just Nadal's second career defeat at the French Open (the previous one being in 2009 to Robin Söderling) and ended his record win streak at the tournament of 39 matches. Nadal had won all six of his prior matches against Djokovic at the French Open. Nadal fell to world No. 10 in rankings after the loss, his lowest since April 18, 2005.


2015 French Open – Men's Singles
2009 champion Roger Federer was attempting to become the first male player in the Open Era to achieve a double career Grand Slam, but he was defeated by Wawrinka in the quarterfinals.


2015 French Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2015 French Open – Men's Singles Qualifying
This article displays the qualifying draw for men's singles at the 2015 French Open.


2015 French Open – Mixed Doubles
Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Jean-Julien Rojer were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Chan Yung-jan and John Peers.


2015 French Open – Mixed Doubles
Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Mike Bryan won the title, defeating Lucie Hradecká and Marcin Matkowski in the final, 7–6(7–3), 6–1.


2015 French Open – Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Joachim Gérard and Stéphane Houdet were the defending champions, but lost to Gustavo Fernández and Nicolas Peifer in the semifinals. Shingo Kunieda and Gordon Reid won the title, defeating Fernández and Peifer in the final, 6–1, 7–6(7–1).


2015 French Open – Wheelchair Men's Singles
Shingo Kunieda was the defending champion and successfully defended his title, defeating Stéphane Houdet in the final 6–1, 6–0.


2015 French Open – Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Yui Kamiji and Jordanne Whiley were the defending champions, but lost to Jiske Griffioen and Aniek van Koot in the final, 6–7(1–7), 6–3, [8–10].


2015 French Open – Wheelchair Women's Singles
Yui Kamiji was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Aniek van Koot.


2015 French Open – Wheelchair Women's Singles
Jiske Griffioen won the title, defeating van Koot in the final, 6–0, 6–2.


2015 French Open – Women's Doubles
Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai were the defending champions, but Peng chose not to participate this year. Hsieh played alongside Flavia Pennetta, but lost in the quarterfinals to Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká.


2015 French Open – Women's Doubles
Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová won their second consecutive Grand Slam title, defeating Casey Dellacqua and Yaroslava Shvedova in the final, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2.


2015 French Open – Women's Legends Doubles
Kim Clijsters and Martina Navratilova were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Lindsay Davenport and Mary Joe Fernández in the final, 2–6, 6–2, [11–9].


2015 French Open – Women's Legends Doubles, Draw, Group A
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 4) Steering Committee decision.


2015 French Open – Women's Legends Doubles, Draw, Group B
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 4) Steering Committee decision.


2015 French Open – Women's Singles
Serena Williams defeated Lucie Šafářová in the final, 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 6–2 to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2015 French Open. This was Williams' third French Open title and 20th singles major title overall. With the win, Williams completed her third career Grand Slam. Williams also became the first woman since Jennifer Capriati in 2001 to win the Australian Open and the French Open in the same year, and the first to win the US Open, Australian Open and French Open titles consecutively since Monica Seles (1991–92). It was Šafářová's maiden major final.


2015 French Open – Women's Singles
Maria Sharapova was the defending champion, but was defeated in the fourth round by Šafářová.


2015 French Open – Women's Singles
2008 champion Ana Ivanovic reached her first Major semifinal since winning the title seven years previously. It was also her last Major semi-final before retiring at the end of 2016.


2015 French Open – Women's Singles
Šafářová became the first Czech woman to reach the French Open final since Hana Mandlíková in 1981.


2015 French Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
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2015 French Road Cycling Cup
The 2015 French Road Cycling Cup was the 24th edition of the French Road Cycling Cup and was won by Nacer Bouhanni.


2015 French Road Cycling Cup
Compared to the previous edition, the Châteauroux Classic and the Tour de la Somme had been replaced by the Grand Prix de Fourmies and La Roue Tourangelle. The defending champion from the last season was Julien Simon.


2015 French Road Cycling Cup, Final Points standings, Individual
In order to be eligible for the classification, riders either had to be French or competed for a French-licensed team.


2015 French Road Cycling Cup, Final Points standings, Young rider classification
In order to be eligible for the classification, riders had to be younger than 25 and either had to be French or competed for a French-licensed team.


2015 French Road Cycling Cup, Final Points standings, Teams
Only French teams are eligible to be classified in the teams classification.


2015 French Super Series
The 2015 French Super Series will be the tenth Super Series badminton tournament of the 2015 BWF Super Series. The tournament will be contested in Paris, France from October 20–25, 2015 and had a total purse of $275,000. A qualification will be held to fill four places in all five disciplines of the main draws.


2015 French departmental elections
Departmental elections to elect the membership of the Departmental Councils of France's 100 departments were held on 22 and 29 March 2015 (first and second round). In 2015 for the first time, the term "departmental elections" replaced "cantonal elections", and the term "Departmental Council" replaced "General Council".


2015 French departmental elections
The Union for a Popular Movement won 27 new departments and lost one, resulting in it holding a majority in 67 Departmental Councils. 62 candidates were elected for the National Front nationwide but the party won no departments.


2015 French departmental elections, Electoral system
Like the previous cantonal elections, the departmental elections used a two-round system similar to that employed in the country's legislative elections. One change was that the election adopted paired voting.


2015 French departmental elections, Electoral system
Neither the city of Paris, the Lyon Metropolis, nor Martinique and French Guiana took part in this election due to their particular statuses.


2015 French motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2015 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans on 17 May 2015.


2015 French motorcycle Grand Prix
In the premier class, Marc Márquez took his third pole position of the season. However, it was Jorge Lorenzo who won his second consecutive race ahead of his teammate Valentino Rossi and Andrea Dovizioso completed the podium in third place. Fourth place was battled between Márquez, Andrea Iannone, and Bradley Smith, with Márquez eventually prevailing ahead of Iannone. Both Team LCR riders failed to finish the race; Cal Crutchlow crashed out at Turn 6 and Jack Miller crashed at the Dunlop chicane. Dani Pedrosa also crashed at the Dunlop chicane but remounted to finish in sixteenth.


2015 French motorcycle Grand Prix
In Moto3 Italian rider Francesco Bagnaia took his first ever podium, finishing the race in third place behind Romano Fenati and Enea Bastianini.


2015 French motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top six riders and constructors after round five has concluded.


2015 French regional elections
Regional elections were held in France on 6 and 13 December 2015. At stake were the regional councils in metropolitan and overseas France including the Corsican Assembly and inaugural seats in the Assembly of French Guiana and Assembly of Martinique, all for a six-year term. The Departmental Council of Mayotte, which also exercises the powers of a region, was the only region not participating in this election, having already been renewed on 2 April 2015. There were 18 regional presidencies at stake, with 13 in mainland France and Corsica, as well as 5 overseas. Though they do not have legislative autonomy, these territorial collectivities manage sizable budgets. Moreover, regional elections are often taken as a mid-term opinion poll.


2015 French regional elections
These elections were the first to be held for the redrawn regions: the 27 regions of France were amalgamated into 18, this went into effect on 1 January 2016.


2015 French regional elections, Voting system
The regional elections are held in direct universal suffrage using proportional representation lists. The election is held over two rounds, with majority bonus. The lists must be gender balanced by alternatively have a male candidate and a female candidate from the top to the bottom of the list. Only lists with as many candidates as available seats in every departement of the region may compete. Before 2004, lists could be presented only at the departement level, allowing smaller parties (e.g. Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition, Alsace d'abord, Lutte Ouvrière, Revolutionary Communist League) to be represented as such in the regional councils and thus forcing major parties to enter into negotiations to rule some regions.


2015 French regional elections, Voting system
Following the 1999 and 2003 electoral reforms, with a first implementation in 2004, a two-round runoff voting system is used to elect the regional presidents. If no party gets at least 50% of the vote in the first round, a second round is held, which any party who got at least 10% in the first round may enter. Lists that obtain at least 5% of the vote in the first round may merge in the second round with a 'qualified list', which includes candidates from each merged list.


2015 French regional elections, Voting system
At the decisive round (first round if a list won 50%, the second round if not), the leading list receives a premium of 25% of the seats while the remaining seats are distributed among all lists who received at least 5% of votes. Thus, the majority bonus allows a leading list to have an absolute majority of seats in the Regional Council from one-third of votes in the second round. The seats are distributed among the lists at the regional level but within each list, seats are allocated by departement branch in proportion to the number of votes in each department.


2015 French regional elections, National results
France uses a two-round runoff system to elect the regional presidencies, and as such not all seats contested will see a candidate elected in the first round.


2015 French regional elections, National results, First round
The first round election was held on 6 December 2015.


2015 French regional elections, National results, Second round
Runoff elections were held on 13 December 2015 in regions where no candidate was able to win outright in the first round.


2015 French regional elections, National results, Second round
After the first round, the Socialist Party withdrew its lists in the regions of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Hauts-de-France, where they finished in third place, in an attempt to block the Front National from winning seats in the second round due to split opposition from the centre-left and centre-right blocs. However, despite instructions from the party, the Socialist candidate chose to maintain his list in the region of Le Grand-Est, which similarly had them in third and the FN with a sizable lead after the first round.


2015 French regional elections, National results, Second round
The result was a disappointment for the Front National, which was unable to win any of the regional presidencies in the face of concerted tactical voting. However, in both the north and the south, they managed to increase their share of the vote from the first round. Of the 12 regions in mainland France, 7 were won by the Republicans and 5 were retained by the Socialists.


2015 French regional elections, National results, By region
The following table shows regional presidents before and after the elections, with merged regions shown alongside the region taking effect in 2016. The candidates on the left were the incumbents, whereas the candidates on the right were those elected (or re-elected) to the new regions. In the case of Corsica and Martinique, multiple presidencies were at stake.


2015 French regional elections, National results, By region
The following table shows each major party's performance by region. The bolded candidates received the most votes, and were thus elected president of their respective regions.


2015 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
The 2015 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented California State University, Fresno in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulldogs were led by fourth-year head coach Tim DeRuyter and played their home games at Bulldog Stadium. They were members of the Mountain West Conference in the West Division. They finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the West Division.


2015 Fukuoka International Women's Cup
The 2015 Fukuoka International Women's Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was 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 took place in Fukuoka, Japan, on 4–10 May 2015.


2015 Fukuoka International Women's Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Fukuoka International Women's Cup – Doubles
Shuko Aoyama and Eri Hozumi were the defending champions, but Aoyama chose not to participate. Hozumi partnered Junri Namigata, but lost in the final to Naomi Broady and Kristýna Plíšková, 6–3, 6–4.


2015 Fukuoka International Women's Cup – Singles
Naomi Broady was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Miharu Imanishi.


2015 Fukuoka International Women's Cup – Singles
Kristýna Plíšková won the title, defeating Nao Hibino in the final, 7–5, 6–4.


2015 Furman Paladins football team
The 2015 Furman Paladins football team represented Furman University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth year head coach Bruce Fowler and played their home games at Paladin Stadium. They were a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 4–7, 2–5 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for sixth place.


2015 Fusagasugá City Council election
The 2015 Fusagasugá City Council election was held on Sunday, 25 October 2015, to elect the fourth City Council since the 2002 reform (Legislative Act 2002). At stake were all 17 seats in the City Council. There are twenty polling stations authorized by the Registradury.


2015 Fuzhou Open
The 2015 Fuzhou Open was a men's and women's beach volleyball tournament played between 21 and 26 April 2015 in Fuzhou, China. The event is part of the 2015 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour.


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


2015 Fylkir season
The 2015 season is Fylkir's 19th season in Úrvalsdeild and their 16th consecutive season in top-flight of Icelandic Football.


2015 Fylkir season
To start the season, Fylkir was coached by Ásmundur Arnarsson for the fourth consecutive season after he signed a new three-year contract on 9 October 2014. He was assisted by Reynir Leósson.


2015 Fylkir season
Along with the Úrvalsdeild, the club also competed in the Lengjubikarinn and Borgunarbikarinn.


2015 Fylkir season
On 6 July Ásmundur Arnarsson, following the 4–0 defeat against ÍBV, left the club by mutual consent. He was replaced with Hermann Hreiðarsson.


2015 Fylkir season
On 20 July Albert Brynjar Ingason became the club's all-time top scorer in the Úrvalsdeild scoring his 42nd goal in a 1–0 win against Breiðablik.


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


2015 Fylkir season, Pre-Season, Reykjavík Cup
Fylkir took part in the 2015 Reykjavík Cup, a pre-season tournament for clubs from Reykjavík.


2015 Fylkir season, Pre-Season, Reykjavík Cup
The team played in group A along with Fjölnir, KR and Fram. Fylkir finished third in the group behind Fjölnir and KR with 1 point and did not go through to the semi-finals.


2015 Fylkir season, Lengjubikarinn
Fylkir were drawn in group 1 in the Icelandic league cup, Lengjubikarinn, along with FH, Breiðablik, ÍBV, Þróttur R, Víkingur Ó, BÍ/Bolungarvík and HK.


2015 Fylkir season, Lengjubikarinn
Fylkir finished top of the group with 16 points and went through to the quarter finals.


2015 Fylkir season, Lengjubikarinn
In the quarter finals Fylkir were defeated by KA 5–1 with Albert Brynjar scoring Fylkir's only goal.


2015 Fylkir season, Borgunarbikarinn
Fylkir came into the Icelandic cup, Borgunarbikarinn, in the 32nd-finals and were drawn against Njarðvík. Fylkir won the game 3–2 after being 0–2 down until the 84th minute. The equalising goal and the winning goal both came in stoppage time.


2015 Fylkir season, Borgunarbikarinn
In the 16th-finals the team was drawn against Stjarnan. Fylkir won the game 3–0.


2015 Fylkir season, Borgunarbikarinn
On 4 July Fylkir lost to ÍBV in the quarter finals. After a tight first half ÍBV found the net on the 34th minute and took a 1–0 lead to the second half were they dominated Fylkir scoring three more goals.


2015 Fórmula Truck season
The 2015 Fórmula Truck season was the 20th Fórmula Truck season. It began on March 1 at Caruaru and ended on December 6 at Londrina.


2015 Fórmula Truck season, Calendar and results
On December 7, 2014 – the day of the final race of the 2014 season – the 2015 calendar was announced. All races were held in Brazil.


2015 Fótbolti.net Tournament
In 2015 the Fótbolti.net Cup, a football competition in Iceland, was won by the Breiðablik UBK team from Kópavogur.


2015 G20 Antalya summit
The 2015 G20 Antalya summit was the tenth annual meeting of the G20 heads of government/heads of state. It was held in Belek, Antalya Province, Turkey on 15–16 November 2015. The venue for the Leaders Summit was Regnum Carya Hotel Convention Centre at the Regnum Carya Golf & Resort Spa.


2015 G20 Antalya summit
Turkey officially took over the presidency of the G20 from Australia on 1 December 2014, and China will preside over the summit in 2016.


2015 G20 Antalya summit, The Summit Conference, Background
The Antalya summit is the 10th edition of the G20 leaders' meeting. Together, the G20 represent around 90% of global GDP, 80% of global trade and two-thirds of the world’s population.


2015 G20 Antalya summit, The Summit Conference, Background
This year, Turkey holds the rotating Presidency of the G20. The G20 members are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Republic of Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union. The European Union thus is a full member of the G20 and is represented at G20 summits by the President of the European Commission and the President of the European Council. The G20 members have invited Spain as a permanent invitee. Additionally, Zimbabwe was invited as they are the 2015 chair of the African Union, Malaysia was invited as they are the 2015 Chair of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN), Senegal was representing the New Partnership for Africa's Development, and Azerbaijan and Singapore were also invited.


2015 G20 Antalya summit, The Summit Conference, Background
The 11th edition of the G20 summit will be hosted by China in Hangzhou, in 2016.


2015 G20 Antalya summit, The Summit Conference, Agenda
To discuss the world's biggest political and security crises, including Syria and the mass migration of refugees.


2015 G20 Antalya summit, The Summit Conference, Preparatory meetings
In September 2015, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew planned to visit Turkey, as did his Chinese and other G20 finance minister counterparts and central bankers. Throughout the year leading up to the November summit, preparatory and regular meetings, many in locations in Turkey this year, on Women-20, Youth-20, Energy in Sub-Saharan Africa, The silver economy, Islamic finance, tourism, agriculture and other subjects have convened or, as of September, were planned.


2015 G20 Antalya summit, The Summit Conference, Results
The G20 summit was mostly focused on political rather than economic issues due to the terrorist attacks in Paris, in which 130 people were killed. As an organization dealing with global issues of financial and economic cooperation, the G20 decided to change the format of the session. Nevertheless, the format has always been efficient enough so we can expect success in the implementation of the decisions, taken during the summit.


2015 G20 Antalya summit, The Summit Conference, Results
According to the summit results, in addition to the pre-planned communiqué, the parties adopted a declaration on fighting terrorism. "We condemn in the most serious way the heinous terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13 and in Ankara on October 10th. They are unacceptable insults to all humanity," read a joint G20 statement. The heads of state expressed their readiness to fight terrorism in all its forms, including taking steps to resist economic terrorism.


2015 G20 Antalya summit, The Summit Conference, Results
"The fight against terrorism is a major priority for all of our countries and we reiterate our resolve to work together to prevent and suppress terrorist acts through increased international solidarity and cooperation," read the joint statement. "We extend our deepest condolences to the victims of terrorist attacks and their families. We reaffirm our solidarity and resolve in the fight against terrorism in all its forms and wherever it occurs."


2015 G20 Antalya summit, The Summit Conference, Results
Some other issues, such as how the world working together to boost the world economy were also discussed during the conference.


2015 G20 Antalya summit, Participating leaders, Absent leaders
French President François Hollande did not attend the event due to the November 2015 Paris attacks and sent Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius as his representative. This meeting was the second time Argentine President could not be in attendance, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner being represented by Economy Minister Axel Kicillof, owing to the timing of a general election on 22 November.


2015 GAA Interprovincial Championships
Due to adverse weather conditions, the 2015 inter-provincials did not take place.


2015 GAA Interprovincial Championships
The 2015 GAA Interprovincial Championships (known also as the Railway Cup) was a senior GAA competition in which all 4 provinces of Ireland compete in Gaelic football and hurling tournaments. The provincial squads are made up of players from county panels in each respective province.


2015 GAA Interprovincial Championships
Connacht were the reigning football champions whilst Leinster were  the reigning hurling champions.


2015 GCC Champions League
The GCC Champions League (Arabic: دوري أبطال الخليج للأندية), is an annually organized football league tournament for club of the Arabian peninsula.


2015 GCC Champions League
The 2015 edition was the 30th edition and will start in February and finished with the final on 27 May.


2015 GCC Champions League, Group stage
Group stage is played as a double round-robin, thus each team plays four matches. After that the top two teams advance to the quarter-finals.


2015 GCC U-23 Championship
The 2015 GCC U-23 Championship took place in Manama, Bahrain. It was initially going to be hosted by Qatar in September, but later moved to Bahrain and scheduled for January 2015 It is the 6th edition of the tournament and used as preparation for the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification rounds. The semi final and final were delayed by a number of days due to the death of Saudi Arabia King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.


2015 GEICO 500
The 2015 GEICO 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on May 3, 2015 at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama. Contested over 188 laps on the 2.66 mile (4.28 km) asphalt superspeedway, it was the tenth race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the race, his first win of the season and his sixth at Talladega Superspeedway and first at the racetrack since 2004. His teammate Jimmie Johnson finished second, while Paul Menard, Ryan Blaney and Martin Truex Jr. rounded out the Top five.


2015 GEICO 500
Jeff Gordon won the pole for the race, the 80th of his career and fourth at the track. He led 47 laps before getting caught in a last lap wreck on his way to a 31st-place finish. Teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. led a race high of 67 laps. The race had 27 lead changes among 15 different drivers, as well as six cautions for 23 laps. There was one red flag period for eleven minutes and 32 seconds.


2015 GEICO 500
This was the 24th career victory for Dale Earnhardt Jr., sixth at Talladega Superspeedway and twelfth at the track for Hendrick Motorsports. The win moved Junior up to fifth in the points standings. Chevrolet left Talladega with a 37-point lead over Ford in the manufacturer standings.


2015 GEICO 500
The GEICO 500 was carried by Fox Sports on the broadcast Fox network for the American television audience. The radio broadcast for the race was carried by the Motor Racing Network and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.


2015 GEICO 500, Report, Background
Talladega Superspeedway, originally known as Alabama International Motor Superspeedway (AIMS), is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base in the small city of Lincoln. The track is a Tri-oval and was constructed by International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France Family, in the 1960s. Talladega is most known for its steep banking and the unique location of the start/finish line - located just past the exit to pit road.


2015 GEICO 500, Report, Background
The track currently hosts the NASCAR series such as the Sprint Cup Series, Xfinity Series, and the Camping World Truck Series. Talladega Superspeedway is the longest NASCAR oval with a length of 2.66 miles (4.28 km), and the track at its peak had a seating capacity of 175,000 spectators, although the current capacity is 80,000 seats.


2015 GEICO 500, Report, Background
Kevin Harvick entered Talladega with a 33-point lead over Joey Logano following his runner-up finish the week before at Richmond. Martin Truex Jr. entered 42 back. Jimmie Johnson entered 58 back. Brad Keselowski entered 74 back.


2015 GEICO 500, Report, Background, Changes to qualifying
On March 30, 2015, in response to a series of accidents that happened during pole qualifying at the Daytona 500, NASCAR made changes to the qualifying format for all three national series at the restrictor plate tracks. Qualifying for both the spring and fall Talladega races, as well as the July events at Daytona International Speedway, will consist of the following:


2015 GEICO 500, Report, Background, Changes to qualifying
* Two rounds of qualifying, with the top twelve posted lap speeds advancing to the second round* Race vehicles taking one, timed lap in each round of qualifying* Each race vehicle will be released in a predetermined timed interval as determined by NASCAR, with the sanctioning body reserving the right to have more than one vehicle engaging in qualifying runs at the same time* Qualifying order for the first round will be determined by a random draw; final round qualifying order is determined by slowest to fastest speeds from the first round* A ten-minute break will occur between the first qualifying round and the final round* Upon completion of the first qualifying round, the field will be set with positions 13 and beyond determined from first round qualifying speed* The twelve fastest vehicles from the first round will have their speeds reset for the final round with starting positions 1-12 determined by the fastest laps in the final round* NASCAR will impound race vehicles following each qualifying lap; vehicles advancing to the final round will be allowed to adjust tape and utilize a cool-down unit during the ten minute break only


2015 GEICO 500, Report, Background, Changes to qualifying
NASCAR Executive Vice-President Steve O'Donnell speaking on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.


2015 GEICO 500, Report, Background, Changes to qualifying
While no official announcement was made on how many cars would be on track at once, Steve O'Donnell, NASCAR's executive vice president and chief racing development officer, said they would likely do two cars at a time to Mike Bagley and Pete Pistone in his weekly Monday appearance on the Sirius XM NASCAR Radio program "The Morning Drive." He also discussed with the show's hosts why NASCAR made the change.


2015 GEICO 500, Report, Background, Entry list
The entry list for the GEICO 500 was released on Sunday, April 26, 2015 at 2:35 p.m. Eastern time. Forty-five cars were entered for the race. David Ragan drove his final race in the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. He took over the No. 55 Toyota at Michael Waltrip Racing as a season replacement for Brian Vickers the following race at Kansas Speedway. The No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford, driven by Ryan Blaney, entered its first race since the Duck Commander 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.


2015 GEICO 500, Report, Background, Entry list
After giving his seat to Jeb Burton the previous race at Richmond International Raceway, J. J. Yeley returned to the No. 23 BK Racing Toyota. Bobby Labonte made his second start of the season driving the No. 32 Go FAS Racing Ford. The No. 33 Hillman-Circle Sport LLC that had been driven by Alex Kennedy was driven by Brian Scott. Chris Buescher returned to the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford that had been driven by Reed Sorenson. Michael Waltrip drove the No. 55 Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota that had been driven by Brett Moffitt. The No. 95 Leavine Family Racing Ford, driven by Michael McDowell, entered its first race since the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.


2015 GEICO 500, Practice, First practice
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 47.694 and a speed of 200.780 mph (323.124 km/h).


2015 GEICO 500, Practice, Final practice
Greg Biffle was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 48.381 and a speed of 197.929 mph (318.536 km/h).


2015 GEICO 500, Qualifying
Jeff Gordon won the pole with a time of 49.160 and a speed of 194.793 mph (313.489 km/h). This was the 80th pole in Gordon's career. "I am so proud of this pole because we got the pole in Daytona, but it was a totally different format," Gordon said. "I knew the car was fast there. For this team to bring another car, a different car here, and all the hard work from the engine shop and what they do with the bodies, and chassis and prep."


2015 GEICO 500, Qualifying
"The Hendrick cars are really strong, and the engines are running great," Kasey Kahne said after qualifying second. "Our Farmers Insurance Chevy was fast right there. I told Jeff I was coming to the front row. I knew I wouldn't beat him because he is really quick, but I knew we could get up to second. I was really happy with that. It is a good starting spot. Hopefully tomorrow we stay out of trouble and we are there at the end and have a shot."


2015 GEICO 500, Qualifying
"We’ve got pretty good speed in our Ford and it’s just nice to be back with this Wood Brothers team," Ryan Blaney said after qualifying third. "I’ve definitely been itching to get back to the track and it’s cool to finally be back here and have a good car, too. This team really needs a good finish. After having a good car at Texas and blowing up early that really kind of brought us down, so we’ll try to run all the laps tomorrow and see if we can pick this team up a little bit before Charlotte.”


2015 GEICO 500, Qualifying
Defending race winner Denny Hamlin qualified 17th. “I think it’s good. It goes faster," Hamlin said. "Definitely rewards the guys that worked hard in the shop. I think that we’re a little faster than what we usually are, but definitely disappointed. I thought we would have made it to the final round, but some of our teammates did, some of them didn’t. It’s just all on what you’ve got, but I think we’ll be okay in the race.” Jeb Burton and Michael McDowell failed to qualify for the race.


2015 GEICO 500, Race, First half, Start
The race was scheduled to start at 1:20 p.m., but started a minute late at 1:21 p.m. when Jeff Gordon led the field to the green flag. He led the first three laps before giving the lead to teammate Kasey Kahne on the fourth circuit. Tony Stewart pulled out on front of Kahne take the lead 8. Dale Earnhardt Jr. used the outside lane to pass Stewart for the lead on lap 13. Going down the Alabama Gang Superstretch (backstretch), Jeff Gordon used a slingshot move to pass his teammate for the lead on lap 17.


2015 GEICO 500, Race, First half, Start
The first caution of the race flew on lap 19 for a two car wreck in turn 1 involving Brian Scott and Michael Waltrip. Coming across the start/finish line, Scott's engine expired and spun out in turn 1. Joey Logano was able to avoid t-boning the No. 33 car, but Waltrip was not so lucky. Kevin Harvick opted not to pit and took over the lead. He would end up pitting the next lap and Justin Allgaier assumed the lead. He too would pit and Bobby Labonte took the lead. Finally, Labonte pitted and Jeff Gordon cycled back to the lead.


2015 GEICO 500, Race, First half, First restart and the "Big One"
The race restarted on lap 25. Gordon got a push from teammate Jimmie Johnson to jump ahead of teammate Dale Earnhardt, Jr. After five laps, the field bunched up to form a single file train riding the top line around the track. That didn't last for long as all the cars behind fifth place Ricky Stenhouse Jr. formed a second line on the bottom, That grew a third line in the middle lane. The second caution of the race flew on lap 47 for a huge crash that began in turn 2 and continued down the backstretch.


2015 GEICO 500, Race, First half, First restart and the "Big One"
Paul Menard and Kurt Busch went to the outside and inside of Trevor Bayne that got his car aero loose exiting turn 2 and turned up into the wall. Joey Logano, trying to avoid hitting Bayne, got rear-ended and turned by Kasey Kahne. He turned down into Landon Cassill who came up right in front of Kyle Larson and destroyed the front of the No. 42 car. He hit him again going backwards riding the wall. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. hooked Larson into the wall turning down the track trying to avoid him.


2015 GEICO 500, Race, First half, First restart and the "Big One"
Greg Biffle turned down onto the apron to avoid hitting Logano, but he overcorrected and turned up into the outside wall. He came across the nose of Kevin Harvick and dented the nose of his car. Biffle's car turned back down towards the runoff area and got t-boned by David Ragan. Danica Patrick was hit by the unyielding Almirola No. 43 car and spun out at the start of the wreck trying to avoid Bayne. She suffered minimal if any damage due to her incredible car control and continued onward.


2015 GEICO 500, Race, First half, First restart and the "Big One"
Matt DiBenedetto drove through the center of the wreck and spun out trying to avoid hitting Larson. He too suffered minimal if any damage and continued the race. The 15 cars caught up were Justin Allgaier, Aric Almirola, Trevor Bayne, Greg Biffle, Alex Bowman, Kurt Busch, Landon Cassill, Matt DiBenedetto, Brendan Gaughan, Kevin Harvick, Kasey Kahne, Joey Logano, Danica Patrick, David Ragan, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Tony Stewart and Josh Wise. "It felt like the 27 (Menard) was really tight on our door and it sucked us around," Bayne said.


2015 GEICO 500, Race, First half, First restart and the "Big One"
"Our car was a little loose, but we had a fast racecar today. I hate that a lot of cars got torn up. Maybe I could have got down a little bit before the 27 (Menard) came by, but it all happened so fast." "I didn't see a whole lot," said Larson. "I saw the No. 6 (Bayne) get sideways in front of me. I don't know if somebody got in to him or not, or if he just got the air taken off of him.


2015 GEICO 500, Race, First half, First restart and the "Big One"
From there just trying to miss the wrecks and I thought I was going to clear it all then the No. 40 (Cassill) started coming back up the track and I clipped him. It's tough. We haven't had many very good runs this year and then I missed that race in Martinsville, so these bad finishes aren't really helping us out for points."


2015 GEICO 500, Race, First half, First restart and the "Big One"
"Just one of those things at Talladega – if you’re not up in the top-two or three or if you’re not running 38th to 40th then you’re very subject to being involved in some accidents like that," Ragan said. "Just in the wrong place at the wrong time, but had a good run with the 18 guys. Have to thank everybody at Joe Gibbs Racing for the opportunity and wish it would have worked out a little bit better.” David Gilliland opted not to pit under the caution, The field was stopped down the back stretch as the race was red-flagged.


2015 GEICO 500, Race, First half, Green flag run
After an 11-minute 15 second delay, the field was running 4 laps under caution, The race restarted on lap 52. The field formed up three lines of racing. A piece of sheet metal on the backstretch brought out the third caution of the race on lap 55.


2015 GEICO 500, Race, First half, Green flag run
The race restarted on lap 59. By lap 70, the first seven cars broke away from the rest of the field. This didn't last for long as the field reeled in the breakaway group and formed a line on the outside to pull up to the leader. Despite most of the cars running the outer line, they couldn't pull up past the seventh place car of Denny Hamlin. Eventually though, the outside line led by Matt Kenseth started pulling up towards the fourth place car of Brad Keselowski.


2015 GEICO 500, Race, First half, Green flag run
Jimmie Johnson and the first three jumped up to the top line and the bottom lane eventually began breaking up. The fourth caution of the race flew on lap 91 when Brendan Gaughan slammed the wall in turn 2. He had a right-front tire blowout that sent his car straight into the wall. The leaders then came to the pits and Jeff Gordon exited pit road in the lead. Casey Mears was penalized for an uncontrolled tire and restarted the race from the tail-end of the field.


2015 GEICO 500, Race, Second half, Halfway
The race restarted on lap 96. Jimmie Johnson used the outside line to take the lead on lap 97. Gordon used the inside line to take the lead on lap 98. Exiting turn 4, Dale Earnhardt Jr. left teammate Gordon hanging, moved to the top line and pushed other teammate Johnson to the lead on lap 99. He was left hanging when Denny Hamlin and Dale Earnhardt Jr. went to both sides and sent him backwards. Hamlin would take the lead on lap 105. Going underneath Hamlin in turn 2, Dale Earnhardt Jr. took the lead on lap 108.


2015 GEICO 500, Race, Second half, Halfway
J. J. Yeley was blacked flagged for his window net being down. Compounding this, he was tagged for speeding on pit road and forced to serve a drive-through penalty. Jeff Gordon went outside of Earnhardt in the tri-oval and took the lead on lap 111. Debris in turn 3 brought out the fifth caution of the race on lap 115. Kevin Harvick was tagged for his crew being over the wall too soon and restarted from the tail-end of the field.


2015 GEICO 500, Race, Second half, Halfway
The race restarted on lap 119. The field fanned out and formed three lanes of racing. Dale Earnhardt Jr. went underneath Jeff Gordon exiting turn 4 and took the lead with 64 laps to go. Tony Stewart went under Earnhardt in turn 4 to take the lead with 40 laps to go. Dale powered ahead to take it back with 39 laps to go. He gave up the lead to make his final stop with 33 laps to go and handed the lead to Denny Hamlin.


2015 GEICO 500, Race, Second half, Halfway
The sixth caution of the race flew with 31 laps to go when Austin Dillon's car caught fire in the tri-oval. The fire was coming from the right-front tire area and he brought his car to a stop near the start/finish line. Jeff Gordon and Josh Wise were tagged for speeding on pit road and restarted the race from the tail-end of the field. Greg Biffle was tagged for speeding and restarted the race from the tail-end of the field. Cole Whitt opted not to pit and restarted the race as the leader.


2015 GEICO 500, Race, Second half, Final laps
The race restarted with 26 laps to go. Whitt was no match for Dale Earnhardt Jr. who passed him with ease and took the lead with 25 laps to go. In the closing 20 laps, the top ten cars broke away from the rest of the field. With two laps to go, Denny Hamlin broke out of line to go for the win. Carl Edwards got bumped in turn 1. The race stayed green after that and a wreck on the backstretch that collected Jeff Gordon, Casey Mears, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and J.J. Yeley.


2015 GEICO 500, Race, Second half, Final laps
Dale Earnhardt Jr. took home the checked flag. "I didn't know what he had up his sleeve,” Earnhardt Jr. said. “Maybe they got busy behind him and he couldn't form a charge. We had a real strong car. I didn't know if the engine was going to last. I had faith in it that it would because we build fast cars and they are tough. Just real emotional man. Everything is just so good for me now. My personal life. My racing. The team I am with. I don't know why. I don't feel like I deserve it. I just feel overcome with a lot of emotion. It has been a long time since I won here. I've run so good here, and not to win here in so many races has bothered me.”


2015 GEICO 500, Race, Post-race
NASCAR executive vice-president Steve O'Donnell speaking on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.


2015 GEICO 500, Race, Post-race
Following the race, Carl Edwards and Matt Kenseth expressed their displeasure over NASCAR not throwing a caution on the final lap. "There's people going by at 100-plus miles per hour," Edwards said of the accident scene. "They never checked up. I think that's the most dangerous thing in the sport right now at these places. When there's a wreck, guys got to get on the brake, or we're going to have a lot of problems. That's not the way I try to race these guys when there's a wreck. That's very frustrating.


2015 GEICO 500, Race, Post-race
I guess some people would say, 'Well, hell, your job is to stay on the throttle and go race,' but we're all out there and are human beings. You get a guy wrecking — you can't just lay into his door. That's pretty dangerous." "There was that wreck at the end, and I had to lift so I didn't send Carl to the hospital," Kenseth said. "I'm just dumbfounded NASCAR didn't throw a caution. We were driving past wrecked cars for half a lap at 180 miles per hour."


2015 GEICO 500, Race, Post-race
In his weekly Monday appearance on the Sirius XM NASCAR Radio program The Morning Drive, Steve O'Donnell - NASCAR executive vice-president and chief racing development officer - explained to Mike Bagley and Pete Pistone on why NASCAR made the call to not throw the caution flag on the final lap.


2015 GEICO 500, Media, Television
Fox Sports covered their 15th race at Talladega Superspeedway. Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds and four-time Talladega winner Darrell Waltrip had the call in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Chris Neville, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum handled the pit road duties for the television side. Fox NASCAR rules analyst Andy Petree was also involved in coverage.


2015 GEICO 500, Media, Radio
MRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace called the race in the booth when the field was racing through the tri-oval. Dave Moody called the race from the Sunoco tower outside of turn 2 when the field was racing through turns 1 and 2. Mike Bagley called the race from a platform on the inside of the track over towards turn 3 when the field was racing down the Alabama Gang Superstretch (backstretch). Kyle Rickey called the race from the fan deck area outside of turn 4 when the field was racing through turns 3 and 4. Alex Hayden, Winston Kelley and Steve Post worked pit road for MRN.


2015 GFA Premier Division
The 2015 GFA Premier Division was the 33rd season of top-division football in Grenada. The competition began on 23 May 2015 and concluded on 24 October 2015. The league title was won by Carib Hurricane who achieved a record-tying fourth title. It was also their first title since 2008.


2015 GFA Premier Division, Teams
A total of 10 teams are taking part in the league. The three newcomers were New Hampshire United, Chantimelle, and Boca Juniors, who finished atop the 2014 GFA First Division table. These clubs replaced the relegated Mount Rich, Happy Hill and Five Stars. Half of the clubs were located in the capital area (St. George's) while the rest were dispersed among the northern tracts of the main island.


2015 GFA Premier Division, Results, Relegation playoffs
The relegation/promotion playoffs took place between the 8th placed GFA Premier Division club, and the 3rd placed GFA First Division club.


2015 GP Miguel Induráin
The 2015 GP Miguel Induráin was the 62nd edition of the GP Miguel Induráin cycle race and was held on 4 April 2015. The race started and finished in Estella. The race was won by Ángel Vicioso.


2015 GP Ouest–France
The 2015 GP Ouest-France was a one-day classic cycle race that took place in Plouay on 30 August 2015. The race was the 79th edition of the GP Ouest-France and was the twenty-fourth race of the 2015 UCI World Tour.


2015 GP Ouest–France
The race came down to a bunch sprint of 69 riders. The winner was Alexander Kristoff (Team Katusha), who won his twentieth race of the season. Simone Ponzi (Southeast Pro Cycling) was second, with Ramūnas Navardauskas (Cannondale–Garmin) third.


2015 GP de Plouay
The 2015 GP de Plouay featured as the tenth and final round of the 2015 UCI Women's Road World Cup. It was held on 29 August 2015, in Plouay, France. Lizzie Armitstead (Boels–Dolmans) won, beating Emma Johansson (Orica–AIS) and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Rabo–Liv).


2015 GP2 Series
The 2015 GP2 Series season was the forty-ninth season of the second-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also eleventh season under the GP2 Series moniker, a championship for open-wheel racing cars run as a support series to the 2015 Formula One World Championship. Twenty-six drivers representing thirteen teams raced over eleven rounds, starting in Bahrain on 18 April and finishing in Abu Dhabi on 29 November.


2015 GP2 Series, Calendar
In December 2014, the full 2015 calendar was revealed with eleven events.


2015 GP2 Series, Championship standings
Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in the Feature race, and to the top 8 classified finishers in the Sprint race. The pole-sitter in the feature race also received four points, and two points were given to the driver who set the fastest lap inside the top ten in both the feature and sprint races. No extra points were awarded to the pole-sitter in the sprint race.


2015 GP2 Series, Championship standings, Drivers' championship
Due to a first lap accident resulting in barriers needing to be repaired, the first race at Sochi was shortened to 15 laps instead of the 28 originally scheduled, and as a result half points were awarded.


2015 GP2 Series, Championship standings, Drivers' championship
The second race at Yas Marina was cancelled after a first lap accident, during which four cars made contact with the barriers on the outside of turn 3. The race was red-flagged, then abandoned as the barriers were not sufficiently repaired in time to restart the race. As less than 2 laps were completed, no result was reached and no points were awarded.


2015 GP3 Series
The 2015 GP3 Series was the sixth season of the third-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also sixth season under the moniker of GP3 Series, a motor racing feeder series that was run in support of the 2015 FIA Formula One World Championship and sister series GP2. Thirty-one drivers represented eight teams over the course of the season's nine rounds, starting in Spain on 9 May and ending in Abu Dhabi on 29 November. It was the final season for the Dallara GP3/13-AER P57 V6 chassis and engine package that debuted in 2013. A new Dallara-built chassis was introduced for 2016 along with a Mecachrome normally-aspirated V6 engine.


2015 GP3 Series
French driver Esteban Ocon (ART Grand Prix) finished the campaign as the drivers' champion after a season-long battle with Trident driver Luca Ghiotto. Despite winning only one race in 2015 – the first race in Barcelona – Ocon took fourteen podium finishes, including a run of nine successive runner-up placings over the mid-course of the season. Ocon ultimately finished eight points clear of Ghiotto, who won a season-high five races. Another five-time winner, Marvin Kirchhöfer, completed the championship top three, some fifty-three points behind team-mate Ocon.


2015 GP3 Series
The performances of Ocon and Kirchhöfer were more than enough for ART Grand Prix to regain the teams' championship title they had missed out on for the first time in 2014. Five other drivers took race victories during the 2015 season; Arden International pairing Emil Bernstorff and Kevin Ceccon each took two victories, while Jimmy Eriksson, Álex Palou and Óscar Tunjo each took sprint race victories, which were held with partially-reversed grids – an inversion of the top eight finishers in the previous day's feature race.


2015 GP3 Series, Calendar
In December 2014, the full 2015 calendar was revealed with nine events.


2015 GP3 Series, Championship standings
Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in the race 1, and to the top 8 classified finishers in the race 2. The pole-sitter in the race 1 also received four points, and two points were given to the driver who set the fastest lap inside the top ten in both the race 1 and race 2. No extra points were awarded to the pole-sitter in the race 2.


2015 GPL Spring
The 2015 GPL Spring was the seventh edition of the Garena Premier League, a Riot Games-organised tournament for League of Legends, the multiplayer online battle arena video game. The 2015 GPL Spring  is a fully professional League of Legends league over all of the Southeast Asia region, with 16 teams from 5 countries/areas to determine which team is the best in the region.


2015 GPL Summer
The 2015 GPL Summer was the eighth edition of the Garena Premier League, a Riot Games-organised tournament for League of Legends, the multiplayer online battle arena video game. The 2015 GPL Summer  is a fully professional League of Legends league over all of the Southeast Asia region, with 16 teams from 5 countries/areas to determine which team is the best in the region.


2015 GPL Summer, Results, Group Stage
Double Round Robin. Top 4 teams advance to Knock-out stage.


2015 GSOC Tour Challenge
The 2015 GSOC Tour Challenge was held from September 8 to 13 at the Paradise Double Ice Complex in Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador. It was the first Grand Slam event of the 2015–16 curling season for both the men's and women's World Curling Tour.


2015 GSOC Tour Challenge
In the tier 1 events, Kevin Koe defeated Brad Gushue on the men's side, Koe's fourth slam title. On the women's side, Silvana Tirinzoni won her first slam by upsetting Rachel Homan in the final.


2015 GSOC Tour Challenge
the tier 2 winners Jim Cotter and Kerri Einarson both qualified for the 2015 The Masters Grand Slam of Curling.


2015 GT Asia Series
The 2015 GT Asia Series was the sixth season of the GT Asia Series championship. It began on 16 May at the Korea International Circuit and ended on 2 November at the Guia Circuit after 11 championship races and a non-championship event.


2015 GT Asia Series
The series will change tyre supplier from Yokohama to Michelin.


2015 GT Asia Series, Race calendar and results
The full calendar for the 2015 season was released on 28 February 2015. The Sepang International Circuit round will be a 3-hour endurance race and held at Saturday.


2015 GT Sports Club
The 2015 GT Sports Club is the first season of the SRO Group's GT Sports Club, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars. The GT Sports Club is a championship for Bronze and Iron drivers only. Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze indicate how professional a driver is. The SRO introduced the new "Iron" categorisation within the Bronze category, for drivers over the age of 60. All drivers must participate with GT3-spec cars, RACB G3 cars or GTE-spec cars. The series maiden race weekend was from 17 to 19 April during the Espíritu de Montjuïc event at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Max Bianchi won the first overall championship and Martin Lanting won the Iron Cup after the last race of the championship at Misano.


2015 GT Sports Club, Championship standings
Championship points were awarded for the first six positions in each Qualifying Race and for the first ten positions in each Championship Race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning driver's race distance in order to be classified and earn points.


2015 GT4 European Series
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2015 GT4 European Series
The 2015 Competition102 GT4 European Series season was the eighth season of the GT4 European Series, a sports car championship created and organised by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO). The season began on 5 April at Circuit Paul Armagnac, and finished on 4 October at Misano World Circuit after six race weekends.


2015 GT4 European Series
V8 Racing duo Marcel Nooren and Jelle Beelen won the GT4 Pro championship by 24 points ahead of their nearest competitor, Duncan Huisman. Nooren and Beelen won races at Nogaro and the Red Bull Ring, as well as taking a total of ten podium finishes from the twelve races. Huisman was a three-time race winner, sharing one victory with Luc Braams and two with Sandor van Es. Third place in the Pro championship standings went to Peter Ebner and Sascha Halek, who also won three races during the season.


2015 GT4 European Series
The other Pro class wins were shared between Carsten Struwe and Peter Terting (sweeping the Nürburgring round), while the pairings of Bernhard van Oranje and Ricardo van der Ende (Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport), and Marcus Clutton and Jordan Witt (Chevron Cars) each took one victory. The GT4 Amateur class title was taken by ZaWotec driver Daniel Uckermann by 19 points ahead of Pavel Lefterov for ASC Bulavto Racing. Uckermann and Lefterov each took four victories, with Liesette Braams, André Grammatico, Håkan Ricknäs and Patrick Zamparini and Barrie Baxter each taking one victory during 2015.


2015 GT4 European Series, Calendar
On 5 December 2014, a six-round calendar was announced for the 2015 season, with races in support of the Blancpain Sprint Series, the ADAC GT Masters and the Spa 24 Hours. On 27 February 2015, it was announced that the round, scheduled to support Spa 24 Hours, would be moved to June, and in support of the ADAC GT Masters.


2015 GT50
2015 GT50, previously known as o5p060, is a trans-Neptunian object orbiting in the Kuiper belt of the outermost Solar System. It was first observed by the Outer Solar System Origins Survey using the Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope at Mauna Kea on 13 April 2015.


2015 GT50, Description
It is one a small number of detached objects with perihelion distances of 30 AU or more, and semi-major axes of 250 AU or more. Such objects cannot reach such orbits without some perturbing object, which has led to the Planet Nine hypothesis, that a massive trans-Neptunian planet is the perturber. However 2015 GT50 is an interesting outlier of these trans-Neptunian objects that make one of the lines of evidence for Planet Nine.


2015 GT50, Description
Unlike the others, the shape of whose orbits (longitudes of perihelion) either cluster in anti-alignment with the modeled orbit of Planet Nine or cluster in alignment with it, 2015 GT50's major axis is almost at a right angle to that of the putative planet. Konstantin Batygin of Caltech suggests that this is only a cosmetic disagreement with his and Mike Brown's predictions for the positions of these bodies. In fact, he notes that without having to change the putative orbit of Planet Nine, 2015 GT50 falls into one of the predicted resonant orbits. This, he notes, may be a coincidence. This conclusion, however, is not unanimous, and others have instead suggested that the existence of a population of objects with orbital characteristics similar to those of 2015 GT50 may be at odds with the Planet Nine hypothesis.


2015 Gagarin Cup playoffs
The 2015 Gagarin Cup playoffs of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) began on February 27, 2015, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences, after the conclusion of the 2014–15 KHL regular season.


2015 Gagarin Cup playoffs, Playoff seeds
After the regular season, the standard 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The CSKA Moscow became the Western Conference regular season champions and Continental Cup winners with 139 points. The Ak Bars Kazan were the Eastern Conference regular season champions, finishing the season with 120 points. New addition Jokerit made the playoffs in its first season in the KHL.


2015 Gagarin Cup playoffs, Draw
The playoffs began on February 27, 2015, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences., and ended with the last game of the Gagarin Cup final.


2015 Gagarin Cup playoffs, Player statistics, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalty minutes


2015 Gagarin Cup playoffs, Player statistics, Leading goaltenders
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SOP = Shootouts played; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average


2015 Gagauzian gubernatorial election
Gubernatorial elections were held in Gagauzia on 22 March 2015. Irina Vlah was elected Governor (Başkan) with 51% of the vote. She subsequently resigned from parliament upon becoming Governor in April.


2015 Gagauzian gubernatorial election, Campaign
In 2014, before running for governor, Irina Vlah left the Communist faction in Parliament, protesting that the party's national leadership was betraying pro-Russian voters. She was also one of the initiators of a movement that led to the 2015 referendum for Gagauzia to join the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union. During the 2015 campaign Russian celebrities and deputies of the Russian State Duma publicly backed Vlah; in response the Moldovan government accused Russia of meddling in the election and threatened to ban those involved from entering the country. Ukraine reinforced its western border adjacent to Gagauzia upon the victory of Vlah, a pro-Russian candidate, only a year after the annexation of Crimea and amidst the ongoing war against Russian-backed forces in its eastern provinces.


2015 Gagauzian gubernatorial election, Campaign
Vlah herself claimed that she faced opposition due to her status as the only female gubernatorial candidate, and that her electoral triumph represented a victory against "patriarchal stereotypes".


2015 Gagauzian gubernatorial election, Campaign
All candidates ran as independents. However, Vlah ran with the support of the Party of Socialists. Valerii Ianioglo was supported by United Gagauzia, whilst Nicolai Dudoglo was backed by the Democratic Party, the Equality Movement and New Gagauzia.


2015 Gagauzian gubernatorial election, Campaign
Two candidates, Serghei Buzadji and Oleg Caici, withdrew from the elections. Buzadji subsequently gave his support to Vlah, whilst Caici supported Dudoglo.


2015 Galway Senior Football Championship
The 2015 Galway Senior Football Championship is the 120th edition of the Galway GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Galway, Ireland. The tournament consists of 21 teams (N.U.I.G. only enter at the Preliminary Quarter-Final Stage), with the winner going on to represent Galway in the Connacht Senior Club Football Championship. The championship has a back-door format for the first two rounds before proceeding to a knock-out format. Generally, any team to lose two matches will be knocked out of the championship.


2015 Galway Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland champions Corofin were the defending champions after they defeated St. Michael's in the previous years final, and they successfully defended their title and also claimed a three-in-a-row of titles when beating Mountbellew-Moylough in the final at Tuam Stadium on 11 October 2015 by 3-13 to 0-12.


2015 Galway Senior Football Championship
This was Killanin's first year back in the senior grade and they made it all the way to a Quarter-Final, losing narrowly to Salthill-Knocknacarra.


2015 Galway Senior Football Championship
Kilkerrin-Clonberne were relegated to the Intermediate grade after 18 years in the top flight.


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


2015 Galway Senior Football Championship, Round 1
All 20 teams enter the competition in this round. The 10 winners progress to Round 2A while the 10 losers progress to Round 2B.


2015 Galway Senior Football Championship, Round 2, Round 2A
The 10 winners from Round 1 enter this round. The 5 winners will enter the draw for the Preliminary Quarter Finals while the 5 losers will play in Round 3.


2015 Galway Senior Football Championship, Round 2, Round 2B
The 10 losers from Round 1 enter this round. The 5 winners will go into the Round 3 while the 5 losers will enter the Relegation Playoffs.


2015 Galway Senior Football Championship, Round 3
The 5 losers from Round 2A enter this round and they play the 5 winners from Round 2B. The 5 winners will go into the draw for the Preliminary Quarter-Finals while the 5 losers will enter the Relegation Playoffs.


2015 Galway Senior Football Championship, Preliminary Quarter-Finals
The 5 Round 2A winners, the 5 Round 3 winners and N.U.I.G. enter the competition at this stage. A draw was conducted to choose 6 of these teams to play in this round. The 3 winners (along with the 5 teams who receive byes) will proceed to the Quarter-Finals.


2015 Galway Senior Football Championship, Quarter-Finals
The 3 winners from the Preliminary Quarter-Finals (along with the 5 teams who received byes) enter the Quarter-Finals.


2015 Galway Senior Football Championship, Relegation Playoff
The 5 Round 2B losers and 5 Round 3 losers enter the Relegation Playoff.


2015 Galway Senior Football Championship, Relegation Playoff, Relegation Preliminary Round
A draw was conducted and 4 teams were chosen to play in the Relegation Preliminary Round. The 2 winners earn their place in the S.F.C. for 2016 while the losers enter the Relegation Quarter-Final along with the 6 clubs who received byes.


2015 Galway Senior Football Championship, Relegation Playoff, Relegation Quarter-Final
The 2 Relegation Preliminary Round losers enter the Relegation Quarter-Final along with the 6 clubs who received byes. The 4 winners will earn their place in the 2016 S.F.C. while the 2 losers will enter the Relegation Semi-Finals.


2015 Galway Senior Football Championship, Relegation Playoff, Relegation Semi-Final
The 4 Relegation Quarter-Final losers play against each other in this round. The 2 winners will earn their place in the 2016 S.F.C. while the 2 losers will enter the Relegation Final.


2015 Galway Senior Football Championship, Relegation Playoff, Relegation Final
The winner will earn their place in the 2016 S.F.C. while the  loser will be relegated to the Intermediate grade.


2015 Galway Senior Hurling Championship
The 2015 Galway Senior Hurling Championship was the  118th staging of the Galway Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment in 1887. Gort were the reigning champions. Cappataggle  participated in the senior championship having won the intermediate competition in 2014.


2015 Galway Senior Hurling Championship, Fixtures/Results, Group Stage
The Group Stage draw was made on 23 February 2015 in the Salthill Hotel and broadcast live on Galway Bay FM. The first round of games took place on the weekend of 25 April 2015.


2015 Galway Senior Hurling Championship, Fixtures/Results, Knockout stages, Quarter-finals
The top two teams from each group will contest the quarter-finals. All of the quarter-finalists will take part in the Senior A competition in 2016.


2015 Galway Senior Hurling Championship, Fixtures/Results, Senior A 2016 Qualifiers
The 14 teams who have not qualified for the quarter finals will be divided into 4 groups - two groups of four and two groups of three.


2015 Galway Senior Hurling Championship, Fixtures/Results, Senior A 2016 Qualifiers
The 4 group winners will take part in the Senior A competition in 2016. The remaining 10 teams will join the Intermediate finalists in the Senior B competition in 2016.


2015 Galway Senior Hurling Championship, Fixtures/Results, Shield Competition
The group winners from the Senior A Qualifiers will contest the shield semi finals.


2015 Gamba Osaka season
The 2015 Gamba Osaka season was Gamba Osaka's 22nd season in the J.League Division 1 and 28th overall in the Japanese top flight. It also includes the 2015 J.League Cup, 2015 Emperor's Cup, 2015 AFC Champions League, 2015 Japanese Super Cup and the 2015 Suruga Bank Championship.


2015 Gamba Osaka season, Japanese Super Cup
Gamba started their domestic season on 28 February 2015 with a 2-0 victory over the 2014 J.League runners-up, the Urawa Red Diamonds in Yokohama. Both Gamba's goals came in the second half and were scored by Takashi Usami and Patric.