2015 Camellia Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
Appalachian State won the pregame coin toss and opted to defer to the second half; Ohio chose to receive the ball and returned the kickoff to their 29-yard line. Ohio was held to a three and out and punted the ball to Appalachian State, who fair caught the ball at their 35-yard line. Appalachian State began a 10-play, 43-yard drive and reached as far as Ohio's 15-yard line. However, they were forced back to the Ohio 22-yard line, where kicker Zac Matics missed a 39-yard field goal attempt.


2015 Camellia Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
On the ensuing drive, Ohio was again held to a three and out and was forced to punt. Although Appalachian State fair caught the punt at their 35-yard line, an unnecessary roughness penalty on Ohio moved the ball to the 49-yard line. The Mountaineers proceeded to score in a four play drive that culminated in a 21-yard touchdown run by quarterback Taylor Lamb; the extra point attempt by Matics put the Mountaineers up 7–0.


2015 Camellia Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
Ohio returned the ensuing kickoff to their 26-yard line, but two 15-yard penalties on the Mountaineers moved the ball to the Appalachian State 44-yard line. Despite the favorable field position, Ohio was again held to a three and out and punted the ball, which landed in the end zone for a touchback. On the first play of the drive, running back Jalin Moore ran the ball 55 yards to the Ohio 25-yard line, but the Mountaineers were stopped from advancing the ball further by Ohio and Matics subsequently missed a 42-yard field goal attempt.


2015 Camellia Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
Ohio was held to another three and out on their next drive and punted the ball to Appalachian State, who fair caught the ball at the 32 yard line. On the subsequent drive, the Mountaineers were apparently held to a three and out, but a pass interference penalty on Ohio gave the Mountaineers a new set a downs. A Jalin Moore run for a loss of four yards closed out the first quarter with the Mountaineers up 7–0.


2015 Camellia Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
On second down, Lamb completed a 12-yard pass to Simms McElfresh, but a Jalin Moore run on third and two failed to gain any yards. Bentley Critcher punted the ball to Ohio returner Papi White, who fair caught it at the Ohio 19-yard line. On the subsequent drive, Ohio recorded their first first down of the game on a 12-yard pass by JD Sprague to Papi White and gained a second on an 11-yard pass to Daz'mond Patterson. However, Ohio's offense stalled and the Bobcats were forced to punt to the Mountaineers, who fair caught the ball at their 17-yard line.


2015 Camellia Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
On the ensuing drive, Appalachian State converted a 3rd and 2 with a seven-yard completion to Barrett Burns and followed it up with a 25-yard run from Marcus Cox. At the Ohio 43-yard line, the Mountaineers advanced to a 3rd and 2 but were forced into a 4th and 5 after Cox lost five yards on a run. The Mountaineers went for it on fourth down but were stopped by Ohio after only a two-yard gain.


2015 Camellia Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
On the following drive, Ohio was immediately forced into a 1st and 20 following a holding penalty, but were able to convert a 3rd and 16 on an 18-yard run by Sprague, and then converted another first down on a 10-yard run by Papi White. The Bobcats were able to advance to the Appalachian State 18-yard line but were held, and kicker Josiah Yazdani converted a 36-yard field goal to cut the Appalachian State lead to 7–3 with 1:31 left in the quarter.


2015 Camellia Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
On the first play of the Mountaineers' ensuing drive, Lamb threw an interception to Quenting Polling, who returned it for a touchdown, making the score 10–7 following Yazdani's extra point. Appalachian State received the ball on the kickoff but fumbled the ball after five plays, giving Ohio the ball at the Appalachian State 23-yard line. A. J. Ouellette ran for a seven-yard touchdown on Ohio's second play, and Yazdani's extra point made the score 17–7 with 0:20 left in the quarter; following the kickoff, the Mountaineers ran the ball once for no yards, taking the game to half.


2015 Camellia Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter
Appalachian State received the kickoff to start the second half but were held to a three and out on their opening drive, leading to a punt that was fair caught at the Ohio 34-yard line. The Bobcats gained a first down following a three-yard run by Ouellette and a seven-yard pass from Sprague to Brendan Cope, but were held on the next set of downs and punted the ball to Appalachian State, who fair caught the ball at their 16-yard line. The Mountaineers were again held to a three and out and punted the ball to Ohio, who fair caught it at the 50-yard line.


2015 Camellia Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter
Although a 39-yard pass from Sprague to Cope brought the ball to the Mountaineer 11-yard line, Appalachian State defensive lineman Ronald Blair forced and recovered a fumble, returning it to the Appalachian State 33-yard line. The Mountaineers were able to advance the ball nine yards before Ohio linebacker Jovon Johnson forced an Ike Lewis fumble and returned it for a touchdown. Ohio took a 24–7 lead with 8:06 left in the quarter following the Yazdani extra point.


2015 Camellia Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter
The teams traded punts on their next two drives, with Appalachian State taking control of the ball at their own three yard line with 2:50 left in the quarter. The Mountaineers ran eight plays to close out the quarter, advancing the ball to the Ohio 26-yard line as the quarter ended.


2015 Camellia Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter
Appalachian State ran three more plays culminating in a 17-yard touchdown pass from Lamb to Burns, and the extra point from Matics made the score 24–14. The following Ohio drive ended with an interception after only two plays, followed immediately by a 26-yard touchdown run by Cox to cut the Bobcats lead to three. Ohio threw another interception on their next drive, giving Appalachian State possession of the ball at the Ohio 47-yard line.


2015 Camellia Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter
A 36-yard run by Cox was followed up three plays later with an eight-yard touchdown pass from Lamb to Burns, and the Matics extra point gave the Mountaineers a 28–24 lead. Following the kickoff, Ohio started their drive at their own 24-yard line. Although the Bobcats were able to advance 42 yards in 11 plays, they were forced into a 4th and 9 from the Appalachian State 34-yard line. Ohio opted to punt, and the Mitch Bonnstetter punt was downed at the Appalachian State three-yard line. Cox attempted to run on first down but was tackled by Jovon Johnson in the end zone for a safety, cutting the Mountaineer lead to 28–26 with 6:06 left in the quarter.


2015 Camellia Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter
Ohio returned the safety kickoff to their over 45-yard line. Although the Bobcats were forced into a 4th and 1 on their opening set of downs, they were able to convert on a 33-yard completion from backup quarterback Greg Windham to Kawmae Sawyer; Windham had entered the game in relief of Sprague, who was injured earlier in the quarter. Three runs from Ouellette gave the Bobcats a 4th and 1 from the four-yard line; Ohio opted to kick, and Yazdani's 21-yard field goal attempt was good, giving the Bobcats a 29–28 lead with 1:47 left in the quarter.


2015 Camellia Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter
Appalachian State began the final drive of the game at their 21-yard line, gaining a first down a 14-yard completion from Lamb to McElfresh and then another on a 32-yard run by Lamb that advanced the ball to Ohio's 27-yard line. A 15-yard run by Moore moved the ball to the Ohio 11-yard line, and the Mountaineers were able to advance the ball to Ohio's 6-yard line with 0:02 left. A 23-yard game-winning field goal attempt by Matics was good, giving the Mountaineers a 31–29 win.


2015 Camellia Bowl, Statistical summary
Appalachian State running back Marcus Cox was awarded the game's Bart Starr Most Valuable Player Award, named for Bart Starr, a native of Montgomery and a former Alabama Crimson Tide and Green Bay Packers quarterback. Cox recorded 162 yards rushing and one touchdown on 24 carries, averaging 6.8 yards per carry. Jalin Moore recorded an additional 96 yards on 13 carries for the Mountaineers, while quarterback Taylor Lamb rushed for 51 yards and a touchdown. The Mountaineers outrushed Ohio 303–107 in total; A.J. Ouellette was the leading rushing for Ohio, rushing for 45 yards and one touchdown on 14 attempts, while quarterback JD Sprague added an additional 35 yards on 10 carries.


2015 Camellia Bowl, Statistical summary
Lamb completed 13 of 26 passing attempts for 124 yards, throwing for two touchdowns and one interception. Sprague completed 14 of 28 attempts for 132 yards with no touchdowns and two interceptions; Ohio's backup quarterback, Greg Windham, attempted and completed one pass for 33 yards. Wide receiver Simms McElfresh was the leading receiver for the Mountaineers with five receptions for 42 yards, while tight end Barrett Burns caught three passes for 32 yards and two touchdowns. The leading receiver for the Bobcats was wide receiver Brendan Cope, who caught two passes for 46 yards, while wide receiver Papi White had the most receptions, catching four passes for 32 yards.


2015 Camellia Bowl, Statistical summary
Ohio linebacker Jovon Johnson recorded two scoring plays in the game, a 45-yard fumble return in the third quarter and a safety in the fourth. Toran Davis, a safety, led the Bobcats with 14 tackles while linebacker Quentin Polling recorded 11 tackles as well as an interception return for a touchdown. Linebacker Devan Stringer was the leading tackler for the Mountaineers, recording 10 tackles, while linebacker Eric Boggs added an additional 9 tackles as well as a sack.


2015 Camellia Bowl, Aftermath
According to Sports Media Watch, the 2015 Camellia Bowl had a television audience of 1.9 million viewers, an increase of 73% from the inaugural game the year before. Of the six bowl games played on the day, the Camellia Bowl ranked second behind only the 2015 Boca Raton Bowl, which drew a television audience of 2 million.


2015 Camellia Bowl, Aftermath
Tom Fornelli of CBS Sports ranked it as the 11th-best bowl of the 2015 season and remarked that "I'm guessing a lot of people skipped past this one, and that's too bad for them", while Kevin Trahan of SB Nation called the game "awesome" and felt it was proof that there aren't too many bowl games.


2015 Camellia Bowl, Aftermath
As a result of the game, Appalachian State improved to 11–2 and Ohio dropped to 8–5. Ohio's all-time bowl record dropped from 2–6 to 2–7 following the loss. The Mountaineers became the first team to win a bowl game in their first year of bowl eligibility and their 11 wins marked the most of any team in Sun Belt history as well as the most wins by a team in their first year of bowl eligibility. Following the game, the Mountaineers received seven votes in the final AP Poll and nine votes in the final Coaches Poll, ranking 33rd and 34th in overall voting, respectively.


2015 Camp Badaber attack
The 2015 Camp Badaber attack occurred on 18 September 2015, when 14 Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants attempted to storm Camp Badaber, a Pakistan Air Force base located in Badaber, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The attack killed 25–29 security personnel, including Captain Asfandyar Bukhari of the Pakistan Army, who was responding to the attack as part of a quick-reaction force. All 14 militants were killed in combat with Pakistani forces, according to claims by security officials.


2015 Camp Badaber attack
The attack, claimed by the TTP to be in retaliation for the Pakistan Armed Forces' Operation Zarb-e-Azb, was the first of its kind in its intensity, and the well-armed TTP militants engaged Pakistani forces at Camp Badaber in a protracted battle that resulted in heavier losses than those inflicted in previous attacks on military installations. PAF Camp Badaber is located about 48 kilometres (30 mi) east of the Afghanistan–Pakistan border.


2015 Camp Badaber attack, Background
In June 2014, a joint military offensive was conducted by the Pakistan Armed Forces against militant groups operating in North Waziristan, then part of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, both of which had seen extensive violence in the wake of the War in Afghanistan (post-9/11). The offensive, codenamed Operation Zarb-e-Azb, was launched in the wake of the 2014 Jinnah International Airport attack in Karachi, Sindh, for which the Tehrik-i-Taliban claimed responsibility. The operation is part of the ongoing War in North-West Pakistan, in which more than 42,000 people have been killed.


2015 Camp Badaber attack, Air base
PAF Camp Badaber, formerly known as the Peshawar Air Station, is a non-flying airbase of the Pakistan Air Force located in Badaber, a remote area about 6.4 kilometres (4 mi) south of the city of Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The base served as a former Central Intelligence Agency–United States Air Force Security Service listening post in Western Bloc-allied Pakistan during the Cold War, used by the 6937 Communications Group from 17 July 1959 to 7 January 1970, when the facility was formally closed. Peshawar Air Station served as the launching point for the United States' notoriously ill-fated 1960 U-2 reconnaissance mission into the Soviet Union.


2015 Camp Badaber attack, Attack
According to the then director-general of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Asim Bajwa, the attack began in the early hours of 18 September 2015, when 14 Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants, armed with automatic weapons and RPGs arrived on Inqalab Road, and after dismounting from their vehicle near PAF Base Badaber, breached the gates and gained entry into the base. Pakistani security forces stationed inside the airbase engaged the terrorists immediately after their infiltration.


2015 Camp Badaber attack, Attack
Following their breach, the militants split into two groups, with one group heading towards the administrative areas in the base while the other group targeted technical military assets. Heavy contingents of military reinforcements were called after an intense gunfight erupted between the terrorists and Pakistani security forces inside the base. A major firefight also took place within the small area of the base which housed its mosque; the militants attacked and opened fire on the personnel inside the mosque for morning prayers, inflicting heavy losses on the Pakistani military. Here, at least 29 people, including 23 airmen, three soldiers and three civilian workers were killed. Captain Asfandyar Bukhari of the Pakistan Army, who was responding to the attack as part of a quick reaction force, was also killed during the attack.


2015 Camp Badaber attack, Aftermath
Following the attack, a search operation and aerial surveillance of the base and its surroundings for terrorists were conducted, following which around 15 people were arrested by security forces. General Raheel Sharif, then Chief of Army Staff, visited the wounded Pakistani personnel at the Combined Military Hospital–Peshawar and held meetings with Pakistan Army Corps Commander Lieutenant-General Hidayatur Rehman and Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman to discuss the attack.


2015 Camp Badaber attack, Responsibility
The attack's responsibility was claimed by the Khorasani wing of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The attack was allegedly executed and coordinated from neighbouring Afghanistan—which further increased existing tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The militants involved in the attack had also reportedly come from Afghanistan per statements made by the director-general of the Inter-Services Public Relations, Asim Bajwa: "The attackers came from Afghanistan and the whole foul play was planned in the neighbouring country. This attack was being executed through direct coordination from Afghanistan as well."


2015 Campania regional election
The Campania regional election of 2015 took place on 31 May 2015. The centre-left candidate Vincenzo De Luca defeated incumbent governor Stefano Caldoro and became the new President of Campania.


2015 Campbell Fighting Camels football team
The 2015 Campbell Fighting Camels football team represented Campbell University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Mike Minter and played their home games at Barker–Lane Stadium. They were a member of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 5–6, 3–5 in PFL play to finish in seventh place.


2015 Campeonato Acreano
The 2015 Campeonato Acriano de Futebol was the 69th edition of the Acre's top professional football league. The competition began on 1 March and ended on 27 June. Rio Branco won the championship for the 45th time.


2015 Campeonato Amapaense
The 2015 Campeonato Amapaense de Futebol was the 25th edition of Amapá's top professional football league. The competition began on 4 July and ended on 26 September.


2015 Campeonato Amapaense, Format
9 teams  play each other once each. The four best teams advance to the semifinals, and the two winners of the semifinals will go to the Final where they will decide the title. The champion qualify to the 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, 2016 Copa Verde and 2016 Copa do Brasil.


2015 Campeonato Amazonense
The 2015 Campeonato Amazonense de Futebol was the 99th edition of Amazonas's top professional football league. The competition began on 21 February and ended on 20 June. Nacional won the championship by the 43rd time.


2015 Campeonato Amazonense, Format
In the first stage all participating teams play each other. The first four teams placed at the end of this first stage will be classified for the semifinals.


2015 Campeonato Amazonense, Format
In the semifinals, the first place will face the fourth while the second place will face the third. They will be played two games, and both the first and second place will have the advantage of getting two results equal to advance to the final.


2015 Campeonato Amazonense, Format
In the final two games will be played, and the team from the two involved in the dispute, with the best record in the first stage, will have the advantage of getting two results equal to be the champion.


2015 Campeonato Baiano
The 2015 Campeonato Baiano de Futebol was the 111th edition of Bahia's top professional football league. The competition began on 31 January and ended on 3 May. Bahia won the championship for the 46th time.


2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the Brasileirão Chevrolet 2015 for sponsorship reasons) was the 59th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top-level of professional football in Brazil. After winning twice in a row in the 2013 and 2014 seasons, Cruzeiro came in defending their title as the  Brazilian football champions. Corinthians won the title, their sixth overall and third since the introduction of the double round-robin in 2003.


2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Format
For the thirteenth consecutive season, the tournament was played in a double round-robin system. The team with the highest number of points at the end of the season was declared champion. The bottom four teams were relegated and will play in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B in the 2016 season.


2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Format, International qualification
The Série A served as a qualifier to CONMEBOL's 2016 Copa Libertadores. The top-three teams in the standings qualified to the Second Stage of the competition, while the fourth place in the standings qualified to the First Stage.


2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Teams
Despite Criciúma's relegation in the previous championship, it marked the first time four clubs from Santa Catarina took part of the same Brasileirão, at least in its current format; last time it happened, in 1979, the championship had more than 90 teams.


2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
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2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
The Serie B of the Brazilian Championship 2015 is a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the second division. It is contested by 20 clubs, between May 9 and November 28. The top four teams will have access to Série A in 2016 and the last four will be relegated to Série C in 2016. recently promoted Mogi Mirim was the first team to have its relegation confirmed, after losing to Ceará in October 31.After a defeat to Luverdense in November 6, Boa Esporte also was relegated. ABC also was relegated, after a tie against Bahia in November 10.


2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Botafogo was promoted that same day, after a victory against Luverdense. In November 14, Vitória, Santa Cruz and América-MG confirmed their promotions. Ceará, that had spent most of the championship in the relegation zone, managed to escape relegation after a victory against Macaé in the last round, with this result, combined with Oeste's draw against Paysandu, relegating the Fluminense team.


2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
The Serie C of the Brazilian Championship 2015 is a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the third division. It is contested by 20 clubs.


2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
The 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, the fourth level of the Brazilian League, was contested by 40 clubs, and started on July 12 and ended on November 15, 2015. The four teams in the semifinals were promoted to the 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C.


2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, Competition format
The 40 teams are divided in eight groups of 5, playing within them in a double round-robin format. The two best ranked in each group at the end of 8 rounds will qualify to the Second Stage, which will be played in home-and-away system. Winners advance to Third Stage. The quarterfinal winners will be promoted to the 2016 Série C. As there is no Série E, or fifth division, technically there will be no relegation. However, teams who were not promoted will have to re-qualify for 2016 Série D through their respective state leagues.


2015 Campeonato Brasileiro de Turismo season
The 2015 Bravar Campeonato Brasileiro de Turismo (Brazilian Touring Championship), also known as Stock Car Brasil Light, was the third season of the Campeonato Brasileiro de Turismo, a second-tier series to Stock Car Brasil.


2015 Campeonato Brasileiro de Turismo season
With a fourteenth-place finish in the final race at Interlagos, Márcio Campos clinched the championship title for the Motortech Competições team. Campos was the season's most prolific winner, winning six of the twelve races, including a run of four successive victories in the first half of the season. Despite this, Campos won the championship by only four points ahead of his closest challenger Dennis Dirani (Voxx Racing), who won races at Santa Cruz do Sul and Goiânia. Third place in the championship went to Edson Coelho Júnior from the J. Star Racing team.


2015 Campeonato Brasileiro de Turismo season
Three other drivers won races during the season; Marco Cozzi (W2 Racing) won the season-opening race at Goiânia, his team-mate Felipe Guimarães won at Interlagos, while the winner of the Cascavel race was Bravar Motorsport's Danilo Dirani. The trio finished sixth, seventh and eighth in the championship respectively. In the teams' championship, Motortech Competições won the championship by 24 points ahead of Voxx Racing.


2015 Campeonato Brasileiro de Turismo season, Championship standings
Points were awarded for each race at an event, to the driver/s of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race, up to a maximum of 40 points per event. Double points were awarded at the final race.


2015 Campeonato Brasiliense
The 2015 Campeonato Brasiliense de Futebol was the 40th edition of the Distrito Federal's top professional football league. The competition began on 25 January and ended on 2 May. Gama won the championship for the 11th time.


2015 Campeonato Capixaba
The 2015 Campeonato Capixaba was the 99th edition of the competition organized by the Federação de Futebol do Estado do Espírito Santo. Ten association football teams participated. The champions was Rio Branco, which won the 37th title.


2015 Campeonato Carioca
The 2015 Campeonato Carioca de Futebol (branded as 2015 Cariocão Guaraviton for sponsorship reasons) was the 114th edition of the top tier football of FFERJ (Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, or Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation). The top four teams competed in the 2016 Copa do Brasil.


2015 Campeonato Carioca
This edition was played as a single round-robin, Guanabara Cup, followed by a semifinal and final. After each of the 16 teams played each other once, the four best placed teams qualified to the semifinals.


2015 Campeonato Carioca Série B
The 2015 Campeonato Carioca de Futebol Série B was the 38th edition of the main division of football in Rio de Janeiro. The contest is organized by Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FERJ). The competition consisted of two stages: Taça Santos Dumont and Taça Corcovado. In the first, the times of a group face each other in turn single. In the second, they face within the key. The champions of each shift, plus the best raters in general, which have not yet been champions, are in the Triangular Final to decide the champion.


2015 Campeonato Carioca Série B
In this edition, there will be access to three times for the Serie A in 2016. Being the champion entering the main phase and the other participating  in a selective, that will be disputed even by the end of this year. The measure was approved in the Council of Arbitration on 30 January. The formula of dispute this Selective will be determined in subsequent meetings.


2015 Campeonato Cearense
The 2015 Campeonato Cearense de Futebol was the 101st season of top professional football league in the state of Ceará, Brazil. The competition began on January 14 and ended on May 3. Fortaleza won the championship for the 40th time, while Horizonte and São Benedito were relegated.


2015 Campeonato Cearense, Format
The ten teams are split in two groups, who play a double round robin against teams in the same group. The three best in each group advance to the second stage, while the two worst from each group are put in the loser's group.


2015 Campeonato Cearense, Format
In the loser's group, the four teams play against each other in a double round-robin, and the two worst are relegated.


2015 Campeonato Cearense, Format
In the second stage, the six teams are split in two groups, who play against the other teams in the same group twice. The two best in each group advance to the final stage.


2015 Campeonato Cearense, Format
The final stage are playoffs, where the teams are seeded by their performance in the whole championship.


2015 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A
The 2015 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol de la Serie A (officially known as the Copa Pilsener Serie A for sponsorship reasons) was the 57th season of the Serie A, Ecuador's premier football league.


2015 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A
Emelec successfully defended their title for their third in a row and 13th overall.


2015 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A, Teams
Twelve teams are competing in the 2015 Serie A season, ten of whom remain from the previous season. Manta and Olmedo were relegated from the Serie A after accumulating the fewest points during the 2014 season. They were replaced by Aucas and River Plate, the 2014 Serie B winner and runner-up, respectively. Aucas is making their 35th top-flight appearance and their first return to the Serie A since 2006, while River Ecuador is participating in their first top-flight appearance.


2015 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A, First stage
The first stage began on January 31 and ended on July 12.


2015 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A, Second stage
The second stage began on July 17 and ended on December 13.


2015 Campeonato Gaúcho
The 2015 Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF (2015 FGF First Division Professional Football Championship), better known as the 2015 Campeonato Gaúcho or  Gaúcho, was the 95th edition of the top flight football league of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The season began on 31 January and ended on 3 May, with the second leg of final. The 16 clubs contested in the Campeonato Gaúcho (Championship A1 Series). Internacional successfully defended its 2014 title.


2015 Campeonato Gaúcho
In the 2015 season finals, the two top ranked clubs in the state league (Grêmio and Internacional) qualified, reissuing the Grenal in the championship decision. In the opening match of the finals, the game ended in a 0–0 draw at Arena do Grêmio. Along with the two finalists, Brasil also qualified for the next season Copa do Brasil. Ypiranga-RS qualified for the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D at this season, for being the best placed team without national division. Meanwhile, Caxias, União Frederiquense and Avenida were the three bottom ranked teams and were relegated for the 2016 season to the Campeonato Gaúcho Série A2.


2015 Campeonato Gaúcho
Michel easily won the scoring title with 11 goals Passo Fundo failed to qualify for the knockout phase. The goalkeeper Carlão, of Ypiranga-RS, led the championship with 9 clean sheets, while Marcelo Grohe, of Grêmio, finished with 8.


2015 Campeonato Gaúcho, Format
The sixteen participating clubs plays each other in a single round. The top eight teams qualified to the play-offs. The bottom three teams in the overall standings were relegated.


2015 Campeonato Gaúcho, Clubs
The following 16 clubs contested in the 2015 Campeonato Gaúcho.


2015 Campeonato Gaúcho, Overall table
Unlike 2014, the overall table considers the matches played during all stages and the first criterion for the position is stage. In order to reduce the number of participants from 16 to 12 (14 in 2016) three teams that would be relegated to play Série A2 in 2016 and only one team would be promoted to the first division. The best placed team not playing in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (Grêmio and Internacional), Série B or Série C (Brasil (PE), Caxias and Juventude)  and the 2014 Super Copa Gaúcha champions Lajeadense will be "promoted" to Série D. The best three teams will qualify for 2016 Copa do Brasil.


2015 Campeonato Gaúcho, Records and statistics, Goalscorers
This is the list of goalscorers in the 2015 Campeonato Gaúcho. Players and teams in bold are still active in the competition.


2015 Campeonato Internacional de Tenis de Santos
The 2015 Campeonato Internacional de Tenis de Santos was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Santos, Brazil between 20 and 26 April 2015.


2015 Campeonato Internacional de Tenis de Santos, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Campeonato Internacional de Tenis de Santos, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received an entry as a lucky loser:


2015 Campeonato Internacional de Tenis de Santos – Doubles
Máximo González and Andrés Molteni were the defending champions, but decided not to compete together. González competed alongside Roberto Maytin, while Molteni played alongside Guido Pella.


2015 Campeonato Internacional de Tenis de Santos – Doubles
González and Maytín won the title, defeating Molteni and Pella in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–4).


2015 Campeonato Internacional de Tenis de Santos – Singles
Máximo González was the defending champion, but he lost in the second round.


2015 Campeonato Internacional de Tenis de Santos – Singles
Blaž Rola won the title, defeating Germain Gigounon in the final, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3.


2015 Campeonato Internacional de Tênis de Campinas
The 2015 Campeonato Internacional de Tênis de Campinas was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Campinas, Brazil between 21 and 27 September 2015.


2015 Campeonato Internacional de Tênis de Campinas, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Campeonato Internacional de Tênis de Campinas – Doubles
Facundo Bagnis and Diego Schwartzman were the defending champions, but chose not to compete together. Bagnis chose to partner with Guido Pella, but lost in the semifinals to Guilherme Clezar and Fabrício Neis. Schwartzman chose not to compete.


2015 Campeonato Internacional de Tênis de Campinas – Singles
Diego Schwartzman was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Facundo Argüello, 7–5, 6–3.


2015 Campeonato Mato-Grossense
The 2015 Campeonato Mato-Grossense de Futebol was the 73rd edition of the Mato Grosso's top professional football league. The competition began on 1 February and ended on 11 May. Cuiabá won the championship for the 6th time.


2015 Campeonato Mineiro
The Campeonato Mineiro de Futebol de 2015 - Módulo I (also known as the Mineiro UNICEF 2015) was the 101st edition of  the Campeonato Mineiro, Minas Gerais's top professional football league. The season started on 1 February 2015 and concluded on 3 May 2015.


2015 Campeonato Mineiro
A total of 12 teams competed in the league: 8 sides from the 2014 season and two promoted from the 2014 Módulo II. Cruzeiro were the defending champions. On 3 May 2015, Atlético Mineiro were crowned champions for the 43rd time.


2015 Campeonato Mineiro, Format, First stage
The 2015 Módulo I first stage was played by 12 clubs in single round-robin, with all teams playing each other once. The four best-placed teams qualified for the final stage and the last two teams were relegated to the 2016 Módulo II.


2015 Campeonato Mineiro, Format, First stage
The league also selected Minas Gerais's representatives in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D and the Copa do Brasil. The two best placed teams not already qualified to the 2015 seasons of the Série A, Série B or Série C, earned the spots to the 2015 Série D. The three best placed teams qualified to the 2016 Copa do Brasil.


2015 Campeonato Mineiro, Format, Knockout stage
The knockout stage was played between the 4 best placed teams from the previous stage, with semifinals and finals played in a two-legged tie. The best placed team in the first stage in each contest had the right to choose whether to play its home game in the first or second leg. The best placed team in the first stage in each contest could win it with two ties.


2015 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba
The 2016 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba was the 105th season of the competition. FC Camagüey were the champions.


2015 Campeonato Paraense
The 2015 Campeonato Paraense de Futebol was the 103rd edition of Pará's top professional football league. The competition began in November 9, 2014 and ended on May 3, 2015. Remo won the championship by the 44th time.


2015 Campeonato Paraense, Format
In the First Stage, 10 clubs are divided into two groups (A1 and A2) and play each other once each. The top two advance to the next phase (semi-finals) and qualify for the Second Stage (Main Stage).


2015 Campeonato Paraense, Format
In the Main Stage (first round) the clubs play each other within their group, with two from each group qualifying for the semi-finals of the first round. In the second round the clubs play against clubs from the other group, with two from each group qualifying for the semi-finals of the second round. If each stage has a separate winner there will be a match between the winners of each round to see who will be the champion.


2015 Campeonato Paraense, Format
The champion, the runner-up and the 3rd-placed team qualify to the 2016 Copa Verde and 2016 Copa do Brasil. The best team who isn't on Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Série B or Série C qualifies to Série D.


2015 Campeonato Paraense Final
The 2015 Campeonato Paraense Final was the final that decided the 2015 Campeonato Paraense, the 103rd season of the Campeonato Paraense. The final were contested between Independente and Remo.


2015 Campeonato Paraense Final
Remo defeated Independente 2–0 to win their 44th Campeonato Paraense title.


2015 Campeonato Paraense Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:José Ricardo Guimarães Coimbra (Pará)Luís Diego Nascimento Lopes (Pará)Fourth official:Andrey da Silva e Silva (Pará)Fifth official:Olivaldo José Moraes (Pará)


2015 Campeonato Paraibano
The 2015 Campeonato Paraibano de Futebol was the 105th edition of Paraíba's top professional football league. The competition ran from 18 January to 13 June. The champions, for the 19th time, were Campinense.


2015 Campeonato Paraibano, Format
In the first stage, the ten teams faced each other home and away for a total of 18 games. The top four teams qualified to the second stage. The bottom two teams were relegated to the second division.


2015 Campeonato Paraibano, Format
In the second stage, the four qualifying teams faced each other home and away for a total of 6 games. The team winning the second stage was declared champion.


2015 Campeonato Paraibano, Format, Qualification
The champions qualified to participate in the 2016 Copa do Brasil. The best placed team (other than Botafogo-PB) qualified to participate in the 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D. The champions and vice champions qualified to participate in the 2016 Copa do Nordeste.


2015 Campeonato Paulista
The 2015 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 (officially the 2015 Paulistão Itaipava for sponsorship reasons) was the 114th season of São Paulo's top professional football league.


2015 Campeonato Paulista, Format, Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:


2015 Campeonato Paulista, Knockout stage, Bracket
Note: Semifinal bracket depended on the general table: 1 vs 4 ; 2 vs 3


2015 Campeonato Paulista, Awards, Team of the year
The Player of the Year was awarded to Ricardo Oliveira.


2015 Campeonato Paulista, Awards, Team of the year
The Young Player of the Year was awarded to Rafael Longuine.


2015 Campeonato Paulista, Awards, Team of the year
The Countryside Best Player of the Year was awarded to Crislan.


2015 Campeonato Paulista, Awards, Team of the year
The top scorer of the season was Ricardo Oliveira, who scored 11 goals.


2015 Campeonato Paulista knockout stage
The knockout stage of the 2015 Campeonato Paulista will begin on 11 April with the quarter-final and will be concluded on 3 May 2015 with the final. A total of eight teams compete in the knockout stage.


2015 Campeonato Paulista knockout stage, Round and draw dates
All draws held at Federação Paulista de Futebol headquarters in São Paulo, Brazil.


2015 Campeonato Paulista knockout stage, Format
With the exception of the final, which is played over two legs, each tie is played over a single leg, with the team with the best placing in the general table playing at home. The quarterfinals are played between the winners and runners-up of each group. In the semifinals the best team (first) will face the team with the worst campaign (fourth), while the second will face the team with the third best campaign.


2015 Campeonato Rondoniense
The 2015 Campeonato Rondoniense de Futebol was the 25th edition of Rondônia's top professional football league. The competition began on 5 April and ended on 4 July. Genus won the championship by the first time.


2015 Campeonato Rondoniense, Format
The five teams face off in two rounds. In the first round the teams face each other and the top two make the final. The champion ensures spot in the 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D. In the second round, the champion guaranteed spot in the 2016 Copa Verde.


2015 Campeonato Rondoniense, Format
After the two phases, the final of the competition with the champions of the two rounds if facing two games will be held. If the winner of the 1st and 2nd rounds is the same, it will be the league champion. The champion of the competition is up to berth in the 2016 Copa do Brasil.


2015 Campeonato Roraimense
The 2015 Campeonato Roraimense de Futebol was the 56th edition of Roraima's top professional football league. The competition began on 28 March and ended on 9 May. Náutico won the championship by the 3rd time.


2015 Campeonato Tocantinense
The 2015 Campeonato Tocantinense de Futebol was the 23rd edition of the Tocantins's top professional football league. The competition began on 7 March and ended on 7 June. Tocantinópolis won the championship for the 3rd time.


2015 Campeonato Tocantinense, Finals
Tocantinópolis won for having the best record in the league.


2015 Campeonato da 1ª Divisão do Futebol
The 2015 Liga de Elite started on 16 January 2015 and will ended on 21 June 2015.


2015 Campeón de Campeones
The 2015 Campeón de Campeones was the 43rd edition of the Campeón de Campeones and the first since 2006. The match was contested on July 20, 2015 between the 2014–15 Liga MX season Apertura and Clausura champions Club América (Apertura 2014 champions) and Santos Laguna (Clausura 2015 champions). Unlike previous editions, the match was played at a neutral venue, Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, United States.


2015 Campeón de Campeones
The 2015 Campeón de Campeones was part of a doubleheader, which also included the 2015 Supercopa MX, organized by Univision Deportes, Soccer United Marketing (SUM), FC Dallas and Liga MX.


2015 Campeón de Campeones, Match details
Assistant referees:Brian Dunn (United States)Kevin Klinger (United States)Fourth official:William Tomlinson (United States)


2015 CampingWorld.com 500
The 2015 CampingWorld.com 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race that was held on March 15, 2015, at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 312 laps on the 1 mile (1.6 km) asphalt oval, it was the fourth race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Kevin Harvick won the race, his second of the season, while Jamie McMurray finished second. Ryan Newman, Kasey Kahne and Kurt Busch rounded out the top five.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500
Harvick won the pole for the race and led a race high of 224 laps, en route to a 30th career victory and his seventh at Phoenix. The race had eight lead changes among four different drivers, as well as ten caution flag periods for 53 laps.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500
Recording the fourth win at the track for Stewart-Haas Racing, Harvick increased his points lead over Joey Logano to 22. Chevrolet increased their lead over Ford to 20 points in the manufacturers' standings.


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


2015 CampingWorld.com 500, Report, Background
Phoenix International Raceway, also known as PIR, is a one-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted the IndyCar Series, CART, USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series. The raceway is currently owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500, Report, Background
Kevin Harvick entered Phoenix with a nine-point lead over Dale Earnhardt, Jr. following his win the week before at Las Vegas. Joey Logano entered eleven points back of Harvick in third, with Martin Truex, Jr. a further five points back in fourth. A. J. Allmendinger entered 34 points back in fifth.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500, Report, Background, New inspection rule
Following the inspection issues during qualifying at Atlanta Motor Speedway two weeks prior, NASCAR implemented a new technical inspection rule from Phoenix onwards. Instead of teams rolling through the laser inspection platform multiple times until passing, they will now only get two attempts to pass without consequence. Should they fail both times, the car will be forced to sit on pit road for 15 minutes in the next practice session before being allowed to go on track. Also, if a car fails its first attempt, it must wait until all the other cars have gone through the station at least once.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500, Report, Background, Entry list
A statement released by NASCAR executive vice-president Steve O'Donnell, relating to Kurt Busch's reinstatement.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500, Report, Background, Entry list
The entry list for the CampingWorld.com 500 was released on Monday, March 9, 2015 at 10:16 a.m. Eastern time. Forty-seven drivers were entered for the race, but was reduced to 46 after Ron Hornaday, Jr. and The Motorsports Group withdrew from the event. This was further reduced to 45 after Reed Sorenson's RAB Racing Toyota withdrew. Team owner Robby Benton stated that the team had "no need to chase points" and that "after missing Las Vegas, it made sense to skip Phoenix and take the added time to better prepare for California".


2015 CampingWorld.com 500, Report, Background, Entry list
All 45 who were entered at Las Vegas, except for Ryan Blaney, Ty Dillon and Michael McDowell, were entered for Phoenix. The only car with a different driver was Tanner Berryhill – making his Sprint Cup début – driving in place of Mike Wallace in the No. 66 Premium Motorsports Chevrolet. Alex Kennedy was named the driver of the No. 33 Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet. On Wednesday, March 11, NASCAR reinstated Kurt Busch and cleared him to return to active driving.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500, Report, Background, Entry list
As a result, he retook his No. 41 Chevrolet that has been driven by Regan Smith the last three races. In a statement, Busch stated that he understood "why NASCAR needed to take the action that it did", while also stating that "the important factor is that what I was accused of was a complete fabrication, and I never wavered through this whole process because of the confidence in the truth, and I had the support from Gene Haas and everybody at SHR, and that's where my focus has been".


2015 CampingWorld.com 500, First practice
Joey Logano was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 25.942 and a speed of 138.771 mph (223.330 km/h). Kurt Busch making his first start since returning from a three-week suspension, was 17th fastest with a time of 26.222 and a speed 137.289 mph (220.945 km/h).


2015 CampingWorld.com 500, Qualifying
Kevin Harvick won the pole with a time of 25.577 and a speed of 140.751 mph (226.517 km/h). He commented that he felt Phoenix International Raceway "is a pretty special place [...] for the fact that [he and his family] used to bring [their] Southwest Tour cars here and [their] Winston West cars" and that it was "pretty special to be a part of a group of guys like this". Third place qualifier Jamie McMurray felt that he did "everything perfect, but ended up 0.060 seconds behind Harvick". In his first race coming off a three-week suspension, Kurt Busch qualified eighth with a time of 25.776 and a speed of 139.665 mph (224.769 km/h). He was delighted to "get back in the seat and shake hands with all the guys" and that "the car seems fast".


2015 CampingWorld.com 500, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice
Kurt Busch was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 26.322 and a speed of 136.768 mph (220.107 km/h).


2015 CampingWorld.com 500, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice
Kevin Harvick was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 26.363 and a speed of 136.555 mph (219.764 km/h). A. J. Allmendinger changed engines during this session and was forced to start from the rear. Allmendinger commented that his JTG Daugherty Racing team "saw something they didn't like" and that they "have just got to make the Kingsford Chevy better".


2015 CampingWorld.com 500, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice
Allmendinger's crew chief, Brian Burns, stated that the team "didn't qualify as well as we wanted to anyway, so we decided to take the opportunity to change it now and eliminate any doubts" and that they were "just taking some precautionary measures to make sure we are good to go to the end".


2015 CampingWorld.com 500, Race, First-half
The race was scheduled to start at 3:45 p.m. but started three minutes later and Kevin Harvick led the field to the green. However, he did not lead the first lap as Joey Logano, on the inside line, passed him to lead the first lap. Coming to the line, Brian Vickers was turned into the wall by Jimmie Johnson, destroying the wheel axle of Vickers' car and he hit the wall in turn 1, bringing out the race's first caution period.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500, Race, First-half
Upon exiting his car in the garage, Vickers stated that it was "a shame" to hit the wall, and pointed out that, in his opinion, it was "kind of early to be using the bumper". The race restarted on lap six with Logano leading the way. It ran green for another ten laps before the second caution of the race flew for Alex Kennedy cutting down a tire and spinning in turn 4.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500, Race, First-half
The race restarted on lap 20, with Logano and Harvick battling for the lead. Logano held the lead until lap 25, when Harvick re-assumed first place. Harvick led the next segment of the race, and on lap 49, he led his one-thousandth lap in races at Phoenix International Raceway, the most of any driver. Debris in turn 1 brought out the third caution on lap 67. Denny Hamlin was forced to drop to the tail end of the field for his crew being over the wall too soon.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500, Race, First-half
The race restarted on lap 72, and over the course of the following 30 laps, Harvick pulled out to a 2.5-second lead over Logano. The fourth caution of the race flew on lap 117 after Sam Hornish, Jr. had a right-rear tire blowout and spun out on the backstretch. Brad Keselowski took just two tires and exited pit road with the lead, while Dale Earnhardt, Jr. dropped to the tail end of the field, after he was caught speeding on pit road. The race restarted on lap 126. Kevin Harvick restarted the race eighth and drove his way back to second by lap 157.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500, Race, Second-half, Restart after Caution 4
Harvick finally caught Keselowski and passed him for the lead on lap 172. The fifth caution of the race flew on lap 181 when Earnhardt Jr. blew his right-rear tire and backed into the wall in turn 2. Earnhardt stated that his car was "really, really loose today and just wore the right rear tire out, and blew the tire". He drove his car to his pit stall while leaving a trail of fuel along the way, keeping pit road closed for six laps for clean up.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500, Race, Second-half, Restart after Caution 4
Logano exited pit road with the lead thanks to taking two tires, while Matt Kenseth dropped to the rear of the field, after he was caught speeding. The race restarted on lap 192, and once again, Logano and Harvick duked it out for the race lead. Logano maintained the lead until lap 199, when Harvick's four-tire pit strategy allowed him to take the lead, just before the sixth caution of the race flew for debris on the front stretch. The race restarted on lap 205, before debris in the dogleg brought out the seventh caution of the race with 86 laps to go.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500, Race, Second-half, Trouble for Tony Stewart
The race restarted with 79 laps to go, but just as the field headed into turn 4, Tony Stewart spun out and hit the wall, bringing out the eighth caution. The race restarted with 71 laps to go, and Kurt Busch tried to keep with Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Harvick, but Harvick maintained station at the head of the race. The ninth caution of the race flew with 24 laps to go when Stewart had a right-front tire blowout and hit the wall exiting turn 4, and collected Hornish.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500, Race, Second-half, Trouble for Tony Stewart
Nine drivers – including Harvick – opted not to pit while Busch and Jeff Gordon did. The race restarted with 17 laps to go, but the yellow flag flew – for the tenth time – before a lap could be completed, when Danica Patrick came down on David Ragan and got turned in turn 4.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500, Race, Second-half, Finish
The race restarted with twelve laps to go and Harvick drove away from the field to score his seventh victory at the track.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Harvick stated that Phoenix "is a really special place of all these West Coast races for us to win" while stating that his car was "incredible and really fun to drive". Kurt Busch scored a top five finish in his first start of the season, stating he has "a strong team, and personally, it's great to get back to them", while also expressing that "the way we raced today was with heart".


2015 CampingWorld.com 500, Media, Television
Fox Sports covered their eleventh race at the Phoenix International Raceway. Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds, and Darrell Waltrip had the call in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Chris Neville, and Matt Yocum handled the pit road duties for the television side.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500, Media, Radio
MRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle, and 1998 race winner Rusty Wallace called the race in the booth when the field was racing down the front stretch.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500, Media, Radio
Dan Hubbard called the race from atop the suites that line the turn 1 grandstands when the field was racing through turns 1 and 2. Buddy Long called the race from a scaffold outside turn 4 when the field was racing through turns 3 and 4. Woody Cain, Alex Hayden, Glenn Jarrett, and Kyle Rickey worked pit road for MRN.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega
The 2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on October 25, 2015, at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama. Contested over 196 laps – extended from 188 laps due to a green-white-checker finish – on the 2.66 mile (4.2 km)  superspeedway, it was the 32nd race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, sixth race of the Chase and final race of the Contender Round. Joey Logano won the race, his sixth of the season and third in a row, thus sweeping the entire Contender Round. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. finished second. Jeff Gordon, Brad Keselowski and Carl Edwards rounded out the top-five.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega
Gordon won the pole for the race and led eight laps on his way to a third-place finish. Earnhardt lead a race high of 61 laps on his way to a runner-up finish. The race had 30 lead changes among 18 different drivers, as well as three caution flag periods for 18 laps.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega
This was the 14th career victory for Logano, sixth of the season, third consecutive, first at Talladega Superspeedway and third at the track for Team Penske. He left Talladega with the points lead. Despite being the winning manufacturer, Ford left Talladega trailing Chevrolet by 63-points in the manufacturer standings.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega
The CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega was carried by NBC Sports on the cable/satellite NBCSN 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 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega, 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 in the 1960s by the International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France Family. Talladega is most known for its steep banking and the unique location of the start/finish line that's located just past the exit to pit road.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega, Report, Background
The track currently hosts the NASCAR series such as the Sprint Cup Series, Xfinity Series and the Camping World Truck Series. Talladega is the longest NASCAR oval with a length of 2.66-mile-long (4 km) tri-oval like the Daytona International Speedway, which also is a 2.5-mile-long (4 km) tri-oval. At its peak, Talladega had a seating capacity of 175,000 spectators. The current capacity is 80,000 seats.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega, Report, Background
Joey Logano entered with a 13–point lead over Denny Hamlin. Kurt Busch entered third 18–points back. Carl Edwards entered fourth 19–points back. Kevin Harvick, Jeff Gordon and Brad Keselowski entered fifth 24–points back. Martin Truex, Jr. entered eighth 25–points back. Kyle Busch entered ninth 31–points back. Ryan Newman entered 10th 33–points back. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. entered 11th 56–points back. Matt Kenseth entered 12th 60–points back.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega, Report, Background, Race procedure adjustment
On Tuesday, October 20, NASCAR announced that the number of green-white-checker attempts would be reduced to just a single-attempt for the weekend's race. NASCAR Executive Vice-President and Chief Racing Development Officer Steve O'Donnell said that after "extensive dialogue with the industry, we have decided to make a procedural change at Talladega Superspeedway this weekend. In the event the race goes beyond the advertised distance due to a caution, we will use a single attempt at a green-white-checker finish. We take very seriously the responsibility of balancing exciting finishes and safety. We’re confident that this is a positive direction for both.”


2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega, Report, Background, Chase-clinching scenarios
The following Chase-clinching scenarios were in play for the weekend's race.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega, Report, Background, Chase-clinching scenarios
Denny Hamlin would've clinched a spot in the Eliminator Round with a finish of 14th or better, 15th if he led a lap or 16th if he led the most laps. Kurt Busch would've clinched with a finish of eighth or better, ninth if he led a lap or 10th if he led the most laps. Carl Edwards would've clinched with a finish of seventh or better, eighth if he led a lap or ninth if he led the most laps.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega, Report, Background, Chase-clinching scenarios
Kevin Harvick, Jeff Gordon and Brad Keselowski would've clinched if any of them finished second or better, third if any of them led a lap or fourth if any of them led the most laps. Martin Truex, Jr. would've clinched with a finish of second or better or third if he led the most laps.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega, Report, Background, Chase-clinching scenarios
Kyle Busch, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Matt Kenseth and Ryan Newman only controlled their destinies with a win.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega, Report, Background, Entry list
The entry list for the CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega was released on Monday, October 19 at 9:43 a.m. Eastern time. Forty-five cars were entered for the race. All but Michael McDowell were entered in the previous week's race at Kansas. There were several driver changes for this weekend's race. Bobby Labonte returned to the seat of the No. 32 Go FAS Racing Ford. Travis Kvapil returned to the seat of the No. 33 Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet. Josh Wise drove the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford. Michael Waltrip drove the No. 98 Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega, Practice, First practice
Greg Biffle was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 47.597 and a speed of 201.189 mph (323.782 km/h).


2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega, Practice, Final practice
Brad Keselowski was the fastest in the final practice with a time of 48.752 and a speed of 196.423 mph (316.112 km/h).


2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega, Qualifying
Jeff Gordon won the pole with a time of 49.234 and a speed of 194.500 mph (313.017 km/h). Gordon said he knew he "had a fast car, but I wasn’t sure. This is a different car than what we had here earlier this year. I mean everybody felt confident in the car and it was really fast in the drafting sessions, but we weren’t exactly sure when we made a mock qualifying run if we had what it took for the pole, but after that first run I knew the boys did what they do."


2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega, Qualifying
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. said that his teammates "had a little more speed, but we feel like our car is going to race really well and just ready to go,” Martin Truex, Jr.'s time was disallowed after he went below the yellow line during his qualifying laps, which is forbidden on superspeedways. Justin Allgaier started from the rear after his car was damaged on pit road during qualifying. Michael Annett and Jeb Burton failed to make the race.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega, Race, Start, First half
Under overcast Alabama skies, Jeff Gordon led the field to the green flag at 2:34 p.m. Eastern time. He would lead the first nine laps before Dale Earnhardt, Jr. used the middle line to drive by him and take the lead on lap 10. Denny Hamlin used a push on the top line to take the lead on lap 12. Earnhardt used the bottom line to pass and jump in front of him to take the lead on lap 16. Hamlin used the middle line to retake the lead on lap 17.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega, Race, Start, First half
Earnhardt hugged the yellow line and took the lead on lap 18. Gordon rode the middle line to retake the lead on lap 19. Earnhardt powered ahead on the bottom to take back the lead on lap 20. Five laps later, the first seven cars broke away from the rest of the pack. When Trevor Bayne caught his bumper, Matt Kenseth broke out of line and drove past teammate Hamlin. He, however, was shuffled out of line and fell back towards the middle of the pack. Green flag pit stops began on lap 38.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega, Race, Start, First half
Earnhardt hit pit road on lap 40 and handed the lead to Michael Waltrip. He pitted the next lap and the lead cycled to Jimmie Johnson. Austin Dillon was tagged for a tire violation and was forced to serve a drive-through penalty. Aric Almirola was tagged for speeding on pit road and was forced to serve a drive-through penalty.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega, Race, Start, Second quarter
For the next 20 laps, the No. 48 Chevrolet headed the field in a single-file line riding around the top lane of Talladega. By lap 56, he had two big pieces of paper on the grill of his car that caused some concern. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. used the bottom line to retake the lead on lap 65. The second round of green flag stops began on lap 78. Earnhardt ducked onto pit road on lap 80 and handed the lead to Michael Waltrip. He pitted the next lap and handed the lead to David Ragan.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega, Race, Start, Second quarter
He pitted the next lap and the lead cycled to Paul Menard. Michael McDowell was tagged for speeding on pit road and was forced to serve a drive-through penalty. Travis Kvapil was tagged for his crew being over the wall too soon and was forced to serve a drive-through penalty. Joey Logano passed to the outside of Menard at the start/finish line to take the lead on lap 84. The escape roof hatch on Denny Hamlin's car came loose on lap 84 and he was forced to make an unscheduled stop to tape down the hatch. After five laps of running behind the No. 33 car, it began to come up again.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega, Race, Second half, Halfway
Clint Bowyer used the outside line to pass for the lead on lap 96. Kevin Harvick used a push from the middle line to take the lead on lap 98. Kasey Kahne used the bottom line to take the lead on lap 102. Casey Mears couldn't get his car slowed down enough while pitting and ran through the tri-oval grass on lap 118. Kahne hit pit road the next lap and handed the lead to Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega, Race, Second half, Halfway
The lead cycled to Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Unfortunately, he was tagged for his crew being over the wall too soon and was forced to serve a drive-through penalty. The lead then went to teammate Jimmie Johnson. Justin Allgaier was tagged for his crew being over the wall too soon and was forced to serve a drive-through penalty.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega, Race, Second half, Halfway
Earnhardt was saved from going a lap down when the first caution of the race flew with 57 laps to go after Allgaier's engine let go exiting turn 2. Ryan Newman opted not to pit and assumed the lead. He pitted the next lap and handed the lead to Kurt Busch. He pitted the next lap and gave the lead to David Gilliland. He pitted the next lap and the lead cycled to Matt Kenseth.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
The race restarted with 49 laps to go. Kyle Busch jumped ahead of his teammate to take the lead with 48 laps to go. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. dove underneath Kyle Busch on the backstretch to retake the lead with 37 laps to go. A few cars began making their final stop with 20 laps to go. Earnhardt hit pit road with 19 laps to go and handed the lead to Paul Menard. He pitted the next lap and handed the lead to David Gilliland. He pitted the next laps and the lead cycled to Greg Biffle who was on a different pit cycle.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
As the field began to bunch up in the closing 15 laps, Biffle enjoyed a lead of nearly a full lap ahead of Joey Logano. The lead was so great, in fact, that he caught the tail-end of the lead pack of cars. With 10 laps to go, Earnhardt and a number of other cars broke the single-file train and began making his move towards the front of the line. The next two laps saw the line go from single to double and even triple-file. Unfortunately for Biffle, Jamie McMurray's engine let go on the backstretch and brought out the second caution of the race with five laps to go.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
The race restarted with two laps to go at a scheduled Green-white-checker finish though a first attempt at a restart failed when Jimmie Johnson spun out after being tagged from behind by Kyle Larson. On the second attempt, the third caution of the race flew  for a huge crash exiting pit road. That happened as Kevin Harvick's car was unable to accelerate when the green flag was waived and collided with Trevor Bayne before the start line. A total of ten cars were involved in the melee, Denny Hamlin, Michael McDowell, Tony Stewart, Matt Kenseth, David Gilliland, Kevin Harvick, Danica Patrick, Sam Hornish Jr., Trevor Bayne and Austin Dillon.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
Logano was ahead of Earnhardt when the caution came out and scored his sixth race of the season and first at Talladega. During the burnout celebration, fans hurled debris including beer cans at Logano as a protest to the green-white checkered rule and the fact that the yellow flag was immediately displayed when the crash occurred and not letting the cars race back to the finish line. While at victory lane and during the interview, the crowd booed Logano loudly. The crowd reaction  was similar to the 2004 Spring race. In both, Earnhardt  Jr was ahead, but was second when at the time line before the caution, as the time line decides races.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Following the race, Logano said that his team was "going on all eight right now. It’s amazing — all these different types of racetracks we’ve been able to win at this season and how hard everyone keeps fighting. We want the big trophy at the end of the year. We want to win every trophy in between, but we want the big one at the end of the season. What we’ve shown in this latest round is a big deal, but the fact of the matter is that we’re back to zero again. What we do have going for us that other teams don’t have is a lot of confidence. We’ve got momentum, and we’re relaxed. We’ve shown that we know how to do it. We’ve just got to keep going out there and do what we know how to do.”


2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. said after the race that if they went another 100 yards, he would've "been in the lead, but NASCAR makes the calls. They are the governing body, and I have 100 percent faith in the choices that they make. I'm not going to be too upset about it. I did everything I could. I'm proud of myself. I'm proud of my team. We can sit here and pout about this day, but we didn't do good enough in the first two races of this round," he said. "If we had done better in those first two races of this round, we would not be worried about losing by a splitter. We didn't do a good job in those first two races. We've got to try to win another race before the year is out, have some fun."


2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Following a third–place finish in his final restrictor plate race, Jeff Gordon said that it was "intense. That was wild. That was crazy. I hate it that I didn't have Dale Jr. in front of me on that last restart. I got kind of excited about pushing him there at the end and get both him and me in the next round. That was pretty smart of the Penske guys to split themselves up. It is unfortunate that we had those two wrecks on those restarts. The restarts are so crucial. Everybody is trying to get all that they can and banging one another. I loved my race car today. My 3M Chevrolet was awesome. I would have loved to have a shot at them there and finish this thing out.”


2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Several drivers had expressed criticisms over Kevin Harvick during the final restart attempt including Trevor Bayne who've accused Harvick of deliberately wrecking him in order to secure his position for the Elimination 8 Round. "I timed the restart and got to his bumper and when I realized there was no chance he was going to go, I pulled to the high side, he was still in line, I got to his door, he started coming up, I went all the way out, and then he just hooked us. After first it was like, 'How did that just happen?'


2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
At first I didn't know if somebody had piled into the back of him and run him up into me, or what had happened. But then after going back and watching, it wasn't that complicated" said Bayne in an interview with Fox Sports prior to the race at Martinsville Speedway. Harvick responded "I was just trying to get out of the way once I got going there. I thought I could get going better than I did the first time and I just didn't get going.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
So as I was pulling up, I was looking to the inside waiting for them to shoot the gap and I hit the 6. Crew Chief Rodney Childers indicated that the motor on Harvick's car was blowing up. Nascar did not sanction Harvick for the incident and kept his spot in the next round of the Chase


2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega, Media, Television
NBCSN will cover the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte will have the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Mike Massaro, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast will handle pit road on the television side.


2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega, Media, Radio
MRN will have the radio call for the race, which will be simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace will call the race from the booth when the field is racing through the tri-oval. Dave Moody will call the race from the Sunoco tower outside turn 2 when the field is racing through turns 1 and 2. Mike Bagley will call the race from a platform on the inside of the track when the field is racing through down the backstretch. Kyle Rickey will call the race from the Sunoco tower outside turn 4 when the field is racing through turns 3 and 4. Alex Hayden, Winston Kelley and Steve Post will handle pit road on the radio side.


2015 Can-Am League season
The 2015 Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball season began on May 21, 2015 and ended on September 7, 2015. Following the regular season, the playoffs were held. It was the 11th season of operations for this professional independent baseball league. The Trois-Rivières Aigles won their first championship title in just their third season, defeating the New Jersey Jackals in the fifth and deciding game of the league championships, played on September 20, 2015.


2015 Can-Am League season
In particular, this season was notable for the tours of the traveling Garden State Grays and the Japanese team, Shikoku Island All-Stars. This season was also the first time since 2011 that the league playoff bracket had both a semifinals round and a championship round. From 2012-2014, since there were very few teams in the league and only the top two made the playoffs, there was only a championship round played.


2015 Can-Am League season, Season summary, Shikoku Island League all-star team
The Shikoku Island All-Stars played 16 games in June 2015 against all of the Can-Am League teams, finishing 6-10.


2015 Can-Am League season, Season summary, Garden State Grays
This was the first time since the 2007 season that the Grays played in the Can-Am League. The other time that the Grays played was in the Can-Am League's inaugural year in 2005. Unfortunately, the Grays finished with an appalling 13-47 record. Since then, they never returned to the Can-Am League.


2015 Canad Inns Women's Classic
The 2015 Canad Inns Women's Classic was held from October 22 to 25 at the Portage Curling Club in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba as part of the World Curling Tour. The event was held in a triple-knockout format with a purse of $60,000.


2015 Canad Inns Women's Classic
In the final, 2018 Olympic silver medalist Kim Eun-jung of South Korea defeated 2014 Olympic gold medalist Jennifer Jones team from Manitoba to win the event. Kim took home the $15,400 winners purse while Jones settled for $10,400.


2015 Canada Cup of Curling
The 2015 Canada Cup of Curling was held from December 3 to 7 at Revolution Place in Grande Prairie, Alberta. This was the first time that Grande Prairie hosted the Canada Cup, and the third time that Alberta hosted the Canada Cup, which was also held in Medicine Hat in 2010 and in Camrose in 2014.


2015 Canada Cup of Curling, Men, Teams
The teams are listed as follows: Due to a tie in CTRS points between the Reid Carruthers rink and the John Epping rink, both teams were invited to the event, expanding the field to eight teams.


2015 Canada Cup of Curling, Men, Round Robin Results
All draw times listed are in Mountain Standard Time (UTC−7).


2015 Canada Cup of Curling, Women, Round Robin Results
All draw times listed are in Mountain Standard Time (UTC−7).


2015 Canada Open Grand Prix
The 2015 Canada Open Grand Prix was the eighth grand prix and grand prix gold tournament of the 2015 BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. The tournament was held at the Markin MacPhail Centre in Calgary, Canada June 23 until June 28, 2015 and had a total purse of $50,000.


2015 Canada Winter Games
The 2015 Canada Winter Games, officially known as the XXV Canada Games, is a Canadian multi-sport event that was held from February 12 to March 1, 2015, in Prince George, British Columbia.


2015 Canada Winter Games, Medal table
The following is the medal table for the 2015 Canada Winter Games.


2015 Canada Women's Sevens
The 2015 Canada Women's Sevens was the fourth tournament within the 2014–15 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. It was held over the weekend of 18 – 19 April 2015 at Westhills Stadium in the Victoria suburb of Langford, British Columbia.


2015 Canada Women's Sevens, Format
The teams were drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team played the others teams in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets along with the top two third place teams. The rest of the teams played off in the Bowl bracket.


2015 Canadian Championship
The 2015 Canadian Championship (officially the Amway Canadian Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a soccer tournament hosted and organized by the Canadian Soccer Association. It was the eighth edition of the annual Canadian Championship, and took place in the cities of Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver in 2015. The participating teams were Ottawa Fury FC and FC Edmonton of the North American Soccer League, the second-level of the Canadian Soccer Pyramid, and Montreal Impact, Toronto FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer, the first-level of Canadian club soccer. Montreal Impact were the two-time defending champions.


2015 Canadian Championship
The winner, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, were awarded the Voyageurs Cup and will become Canada's entry into the Group Stage of the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League. This is a permanent change from procedure used in the past, where the Canadian Champion qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League beginning the same year (in this case, 2015–16).


2015 Canadian Championship
The tournament moved to an April–August timeframe from its usual April–June timeframe to accommodate the schedule of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup held in Canada. It was permanently moved to a June/July timeframe in 2016.


2015 Canadian Championship, Matches, Bracket
The three Major League Soccer and two NASL Canadian clubs are seeded according to their final position in 2014 league play, with both NASL clubs playing in the preliminary round, the winner of which advance to the semifinals.


2015 Canadian Championship, Matches, Bracket
All rounds of the competition are played via a two-leg home-and-away knock-out format. The higher seeded team has the option of deciding which leg it played at home. The team that scores the greater aggregate of goals in the two matches advances. Vancouver Whitecaps FC, was declared champion and earned the right to represent Canada in the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League.


2015 Canadian Championship, Matches, Bracket
Each series is a two-game aggregate goal series with the away goals rule.


2015 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship
The 2015 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship was held from February 3 to 8 at the Vernon Curling Club in Vernon, British Columbia. The winning Jim Cotter team represented British Columbia at the 2015 Tim Hortons Brier in Calgary.


2015 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship, Qualification process
Sixteen teams will qualify for the provincial tournament through several methods. The qualification process is as follows:


2015 Canadian Figure Skating Championships
The 2015 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships were held January 19–25, 2015 in Kingston, Ontario. Organized by Skate Canada and sponsored by Canadian Tire, the event determined the national champions of Canada. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior, junior, and novice levels. Although the official International Skating Union terminology for female skaters in the singles category is ladies, Skate Canada uses women officially. The results of this competition were among the selection criteria for the 2015 World Championships, 2015 Four Continents Championships, and the 2015 World Junior Championships.


2015 Canadian Figure Skating Championships
Kingston, Ontario was named as the host in May 2014. Competitors qualified at the Skate Canada Challenge, held in December 2014, or earned a bye.


2015 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, World Championships
The team for the 2015 World Championships was announced on January 25, 2015, as follows:


2015 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, Four Continents Championships
The team for the 2015 Four Continents Championships was announced on January 25, 2015, as follows:


2015 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, World Junior Championships
The team for the 2015 World Junior Championships was announced on January 25, 2015, as follows:


2015 Canadian Grand Prix
The 2015 Canadian Grand Prix, formally known as the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2015, was a Formula One motor race held on 7 June 2015 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The race was the seventh round of the 2015 season, and marked the 52nd running of the Canadian Grand Prix. Daniel Ricciardo was the defending race winner, having won his first ever grand prix the year before.


2015 Canadian Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton of the Mercedes team won the race from pole position, leading for all but one lap of the race. He extended his championship lead over teammate Nico Rosberg, who finished second, to 17 points.


2015 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Background
The pit-stop decision that seemingly cost Lewis Hamilton a victory at the previous race in Monaco was still a talking point when the paddock arrived in Canada. In Thursday's press conference however, Hamilton insisted that he "couldn't care less" about the incident, saying: "I can't do anything about the past so there's honestly no point in thinking about it, it is about trying to shape the future."


2015 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Background
Max Verstappen received a five-place grid penalty for the Canadian Grand Prix after causing a collision with Romain Grosjean in Monaco. During the final practice session, Toro Rosso had to equip his car with the fifth internal combustion engine of the season. As he exceeded the limit of four units per power unit element per season, he received an additional ten-place grid penalty.


2015 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Background
Minor changes were made to the last right-left chicane of the track. Prior to the first session of the weekend, the stewards placed a bollard in the run-off area to keep the drivers from re-entering the track too early. Ahead of the third practice session on Saturday, an additional orange-coloured kerb was added on the apex of turn 14. The stewards stated that "any driver who fails to negotiate turn 14 by using the track, and who makes contact with any part of the new kerb element, will not be required to keep to the left of the red and white polystyrene block, but must re-join the track safely."


2015 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Background
Going into the race, Hamilton was leading the World Drivers' Championship by ten points from teammate Nico Rosberg, who had won the two previous rounds in Spain and Monaco. Sebastian Vettel was third, a further 18 points behind Rosberg. In the Constructors' Championship, Mercedes was leading Ferrari by 84 points, with Williams down in third.


2015 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
Per the regulations for the 2015 season, three practice sessions were held, two 1.5-hour sessions on Friday and another one-hour session before qualifying on Saturday. During first practice on Friday morning, Lewis Hamilton posted the fastest time – over a second quicker than the fastest time set in first practice in 2014 – and four-tenths of a second ahead of his teammate Nico Rosberg in second. Both Lotus and Force India showed good pace with Romain Grosjean and Nico Hülkenberg being third and fourth fastest respectively, though over 1.5 seconds behind Hamilton. Incidents during the session included Hamilton spinning out when his brakes locked up and Carlos Sainz Jr. stopping at the end of pit lane when he set out to post a timed lap towards the end of the session.


2015 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
In second practice, Hamilton was again quickest but was also caught out again. He went off at the turn ten hairpin and crashed his car while he was doing a run on intermediate tyres in wet conditions – a downpour of rain affected the second half of the session. Most teams sent their drivers out only in the dry first half, setting times on the super-soft tyre compound. Ferrari looked to be significantly closer to Mercedes, with Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen finishing second and third respectively, less than 0.4 seconds behind Hamilton. Lotus confirmed their good pace from the first session when Pastor Maldonado was fifth fastest, behind Rosberg.


2015 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
The third practice session on Saturday morning was disrupted by two red flag periods. Twenty minutes into practice, Felipe Nasr lost control of his car when he weaved from side to side on track to increase his tyre temperatures while his drag reduction system (DRS) was open on the first part of the Casino straight, and crashed into the barrier at the inside of the track. After the red flag was lifted, only twelve minutes of the session remained and all drivers took to the track to try out the super-soft compound.


2015 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
This did not last long however, as Jenson Button had to park his car at turn seven, reporting a problem with his power unit. This brought out the red flag once again, effectively ending the session. Nico Rosberg was fastest, half a second ahead of Räikkönen, while Hamilton drove just nine laps, ending the practice with the slowest time set.


2015 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Qualifying consisted of three parts, 18, 15 and 12 minutes in length respectively, with five drivers eliminated from competing after each of the first two sessions. The 45 minutes of qualifying were split into parts of eighteen, fifteen and twelve minutes of running respectively. While Sauber were able to place Felipe Nasr in a new car in time for qualifying following his accident in practice, Jenson Button's problems could not be sorted out and he missed the session, meaning that his participation in the race would be left to a decision by the race stewards.


2015 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
During the first part of qualifying (Q1), Mercedes was able to refrain from using the faster super-soft tyres, nevertheless setting times below 1:16. Fastest in the session was Romain Grosjean, who was narrowly quicker than the Mercedes drivers, but on the softer tyre compound. With Button not participating, four drivers were left to be eliminated. The two Manor drivers once more did not make the cut and took 18th and 19th on the grid, with Roberto Merhi out-qualifying his teammate Will Stevens for the first time in a qualifying that both drivers participated in. Joining them on the sidelines were two more prominent drivers: both Sebastian Vettel and Felipe Massa suffered from problems with their power units, finishing 16th and 17th respectively.


2015 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Lewis Hamilton was quickest in Q2, just 0.012 seconds ahead of his teammate Nico Rosberg. The Mercedes power unit proved its superiority on the high-speed Montreal track, with all remaining Mercedes-powered cars making it into Q3, leaving Kimi Räikkönen and the two Red Bull drivers to take the remaining three places. This was the first time in 2015 that Force India was able to get both cars into Q3 in qualifying, having last done so at the 2014 German Grand Prix.


2015 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
As the top ten took to the track for the final part of qualifying, Nico Rosberg was unable to beat his time set in Q2 with his first fast lap. Hamilton however improved on his time, being more than three-tenths of a second faster than Rosberg. When both drivers were unable to improve on their times with their second timed laps, Hamilton took the 44th pole position of his career. Row two was taken up by the two Finns, Räikkönen and Valtteri Bottas, who narrowly beat the two Lotuses of Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado. Both Lotus drivers had emerged from their pit boxes simultaneously for their final timed laps, entering the track side-by-side. The two Red Bulls finished eighth and ninth, splitting the two Force India cars of Nico Hülkenberg and Sergio Pérez.


2015 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Post-qualifying
In an interview following qualifying, Lewis Hamilton expressed that it was "very special" to get another pole in Canada, since Canada had been the scene of his first race win in 2007. Sebastian Vettel lamented his qualifying performance, telling German TV that a small part of the car was broken but that he was confident to be able to make up places during the race, pointing to Kimi Räikkönen's fast pace in qualifying.


2015 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Post-qualifying
Since he did not post a lap time within 107% of the fastest time during Q1, Jenson Button was required to apply to the race stewards to be allowed to the start the race; they granted him permission to do so. After qualifying, McLaren had to fit his car with a fifth heat motor generator unit (MGU-H) and a fifth turbo charger for the season. As this exceeded the limit of four units per power unit element, Button was later handed ten-place and five-place grid penalties. As he was already due to start from the back of the grid, the penalty was substituted with a drive-through penalty, to be served within the first three laps of the race.


2015 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Post-qualifying
Sebastian Vettel was handed a five-place grid penalty for overtaking Manor's Roberto Merhi under red flags during the third free practice session. After Max Verstappen qualified twelfth for the race, he was unable to be placed the full fifteen places back on the grid from both his penalties. As grid penalties were no longer carried over to subsequent races in 2015, he was instead handed a ten-second penalty, to be served with his first pit stop during the race.


2015 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Race
At the start of the race, all drivers at the front of the grid got away without incident and with no changes in position. On the outside of turn three, Nico Hülkenberg was able to get around Pastor Maldonado for sixth position. Sebastian Vettel and Felipe Massa, who both started from the rear end of the grid, made up places early in the race, running in twelfth and thirteenth by lap 9, when Vettel came into the pit lane for his first stop. The pit stop did not go well, as his car was stationary for about six seconds. Massa in turn went past Marcus Ericsson for eleventh two laps later in a wheel-to-wheel manoeuvre through turns one and two. Meanwhile, at the front, Lewis Hamilton had built a sufficient gap to second-placed Rosberg to deny Rosberg the chance to use DRS and try to overtake.


2015 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Race
By lap 14, Massa had passed 2014 race winner Daniel Ricciardo to move up into tenth position. The first pit stops at the front began by lap 18, when Maldonado made a pit stop from seventh. While Massa passed Daniil Kvyat for seventh place on lap 21, Sebastian Vettel was stuck in 16th behind the McLaren of Fernando Alonso, who was told to save fuel, a problem that also afflicted his teammate Jenson Button. By lap 23 however, Vettel had gone past Alonso and the two Toro Rosso cars of Verstappen and Sainz to move up into 13th.


2015 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Race
On lap 28, Kimi Räikkönen was the first of the top runners to pit, coming out in fourth, but spun at the hairpin in a repeat of an incident from 2014. The incident cost him twelve seconds and allowed Valtteri Bottas to stay ahead of him in third after he made a pit stop on lap 30. Hamilton made a pit stop on the same lap with Rosberg following suit two laps later, both without incident. At this point, Rosberg was about 1.5 seconds behind his teammate.


2015 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Another four laps later, Sebastian Vettel came in for his second and final stop of the race. Massa came in for his only stop on lap 38, putting on the super-soft tyres, and dropped from sixth to ninth. Räikkönen made a pit stop again on lap 42, staying in fourth position ahead of the Lotus of Romain Grosjean.


2015 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Race
On lap 46, Vettel went past Hülkenberg for eighth at the final chicane. There was no contact between the two drivers, but the Force India car spun in order to avoid the wall on the outside of the final corner. Two laps later, Fernando Alonso was the first driver to retire from the race, his third consecutive retirement. On lap 52, Romain Grosjean tried to lap Will Stevens, cutting his rear left tyre in the process. The incident also brought him a five-second time penalty.


2015 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Race
The other Lotus of Pastor Maldonado also lost a position when Vettel moved past him for fifth on lap 56. Jenson Button joined his teammate in retirement two laps later, being called into the pit lane by his team. Felipe Massa went up into sixth overtaking Maldonado on lap 64. For the remaining laps, Hamilton managed to control the lead and went on to win in Montreal for the fourth time, finishing 2.2 seconds ahead of Rosberg, with Bottas in third a further 38 seconds behind.


2015 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
During the podium interview, conducted by Ted Kravitz, a reporter for Sky Sports F1, Lewis Hamilton expressed delight at his victory, saying that he needed the victory after the disappointment of Monaco. While he stated that the car suffered from understeer throughout the race, he felt that he "always had it under control", saying: "I had a bit of time in my pocket to be able to pull it out when I needed to, so it was never too serious." In turn, Nico Rosberg felt that his qualifying performance on Saturday "[made] that big difference" and had cost him the chance at victory.


2015 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
Following the race, Kimi Räikkönen apologised to his team over the radio for his spin, which many felt cost him a podium finish. In post-race interviews, he explained that an issue with the torque map, triggered by the pit stop, had caused him to spin out at the hairpin. After finishing sixth from 15th on the grid, Felipe Massa was happy with a "good race", but lamented his problems in qualifying as he felt a podium finish would have been in reach, should he have started further up the order.


2015 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
For causing the collision with Will Stevens, Romain Grosjean was given two penalty points on his FIA Super Licence and said after the race: "I thought I was past the Manor, but it was soon clear that I wasn't. It was my fault entirely and I apologise for it. You never stop learning as a driver." Meanwhile, Sebastian Vettel insisted that "it was fairly clear [with Hülkenberg] [...] When I got close enough I went around the outside, braking later and still managing to get the corner.


2015 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
I was clearly ahead and then I saw him opening the brakes into the last part of the chicane, so I reacted and jumped the second part because if I started on the track, we would have crashed." Nico Hülkenberg in turn declared that Vettel "didn't leave me anywhere to go so to avoid contact I kept braking, lost the rear and spun". He did however voice satisfaction with his result, finishing eighth and taking four championship points.


2015 Canadian Junior Curling Championships
The 2015 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships were held from January 24 to February 1 at the Corner Brook Civic Centre and the Corner Brook Curling Club. The winners represented Canada at the 2015 World Junior Curling Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.


2015 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Newfoundland and Labrador
The Junior Provincials were held December 28–29 at the Re/Max CC in St. John's (women's) and January 3–6 at the Caribou Curling Club in Stephenville (men's). Junior Women's will be a best 3 of 5 series between the two teams qualified; Junior Men's will be a single round robin. For the playoffs, the Junior Men's division will have the top three teams advancing to the playoffs. If a team goes undefeated in the round robin, they must be beaten twice in the playoffs.


2015 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Newfoundland and Labrador
Women (Best 3-of-5): Sarah Hill (Re/Max) vs Megan Kearley (Re/Max)


2015 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Nova Scotia
The Mackie's NS Junior Provincials were held December 27–31 at the Lakeshore Curling Club in Sackville. The event is a modified triple knock-out qualifying three teams in a modified playoff.


2015 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Prince Edward Island
The Pepsi PEI Provincial Junior Curling Championships were held December 27–31 at the Charlottetown Curling Club in Charlottetown.


2015 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Prince Edward Island
The juniors will play a modified triple-knockout format, which will qualify three teams for a championship round.


2015 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, New Brunswick
The O'Leary Junior Provincial Championships are being held January 2–5 at the Beausejour Curling Club and Moncton Curling Association in Moncton. The event is a modified triple knockout, qualifying three teams in a modified playoff.


2015 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Quebec
The Championnat Provincial Junior Brosse Performance are being held from January 4–8 at the Club de curling Etchemin in Lévis, Quebec.


2015 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Ontario
The Pepsi Ontario Junior Curling Championships are being held January 7–11 at the Galt Curling Club in Cambridge, Ontario.


2015 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Northern Ontario
The Junior Provincial Championships are being held January 3–6 at the Soo Curlers Association in Sault Ste Marie.


2015 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Manitoba
The Canola Junior Provincial Championships are being held December 26–31 at the Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club in Winnipeg


2015 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Saskatchewan
The Junior Provincial Championships are being held January 1–5 at the Humboldt Curling Club in Humboldt.


2015 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Alberta
The Subway Junior Provincials are being held January 7–11 at the Grande Prairie Curling Club in Grande Prairie.