2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Investigations, AAIB
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB), responsible for investigating civil aviation accidents and incidents in the United Kingdom, sent a team to Shoreham. As a part of the investigation, the AAIB appealed for members of the public to contact them if they had photographs or video of the accident, and received a large number of such recordings from a variety of locations around the airport. The aircraft was not equipped with a cockpit voice recorder or a flight data recorder. The AAIB published an interim report on 4 September. The report stated that "To date, no abnormal indications have been identified. Throughout the flight, the aircraft appeared to be responding to the pilot's control inputs".


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Investigations, AAIB
A second Special Bulletin was published by the AAIB on 21 December 2015. It revealed that the aircraft was not compliant with its Permit to Fly insofar as the ejection seat cartridges installed in the aircraft had passed their expiry date. The maintenance organisation had ordered new cartridges in January 2014, but they did not arrive until June 2015 (two months before the accident) and the maintainer decided to fit them at the aircraft's next annual inspection in February 2016. The maintainer stated it was acting under the privileges of its maintenance approvals. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) was reported to be of the view that the maintainer did not have such privilege.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Investigations, AAIB
An issue of compliance with a Mandatory Permit Directive (MPD) in relation to time between engine overhauls raised questions as to whether the aircraft's Permit to Fly was valid on the day that it was issued. The CAA stated that it was unclear whether an Alternative Means of Compliance (AMOC) was in effect at the time for the accident aircraft, which would mean the Permit to Fly was valid. According to the AAIB's second interim report, "On this basis [the CAA] could not determine if the aircraft met the requirements of its Permit to Fly from December 2014 onwards." The second Special Bulletin made seven safety recommendations.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Investigations, AAIB
A third update was published on 10 March 2016. This Special Bulletin covered the organisation of the airshow at Shoreham, and airshows in the United Kingdom in general, with particular attention to risk management. Comparison was made with how airshows are organised in Australia, Canada and the United States. British civil and military rules were examined separately. It was reported that at the 2014 Shoreham Airshow, G-BXFI had overflown Lancing with a bank angle in excess of 90°. The pilot had not been instructed to stop his display.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Investigations, AAIB
The AAIB did not name the pilot of G-BXFI who flew the 2014 display. It was also reported that the Flying Display Director at both displays did not have prior knowledge of the display intended to be flown. The issue of low flying during air displays was investigated. A previous accident involving glider BGA 4665 at an air race in Leicestershire in August 2005 had resulted in a recommendation to the CAA to remove the exemption, enjoyed by aircraft participating in an airshow, from normal low flying rules. This had not been done, despite the CAA agreeing with the recommendation.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Investigations, AAIB
It was noted that the police had no powers to prevent people from watching an airshow from outside the boundaries of the venue where it was taking place. In the case of Shoreham, neither Sussex Police nor the organisers had asked for such powers. Signs had been put out on the A27 by the airshow organisers stating that "viewing was prohibited and that offenders may be prosecuted". Another issue considered was how often CAA Flight Standards Officers attended airshows: only 1.4% of airshows in 2014 and 7.1% of airshows in 2015 had been attended. Fourteen recommendations were made. In January 2017, the CAA stated that it accepted all the recommendations made by the AAIB.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Investigations, AAIB
The final report of the investigation of the accident was published on 3 March 2017. The cause of the accident was found to be pilot error: the pilot failed to recognise that the aircraft was too low to perform the loop. In December 2019, the AAIB issued a supplement to its final report, following additional analysis of the pilot's actions. Additional evidence as to how G-forces may have affected the pilot was examined. The AAIB concluded that the findings in the final report were correct.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Investigations, Sussex Police
Sussex Police opened a separate investigation into the accident. Hill was released from hospital in early September 2015 and was interviewed by police in December. In February 2016, it was announced that the police investigation was being extended to cover an incident at an airshow in Southport, Merseyside, in August 2014. That incident involved a BAC Jet Provost aircraft which had descended too low and got too close to the crowd line whilst being displayed by Hill; he was ordered to cease flying the display by the airshow's Flying Display Director. A CAA Flight Standards Officer did not attend that airshow.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Investigations, Sussex Police
Sussex Police applied to the High Court for a disclosure of records order in respect of certain evidence gathered by the AAIB, which they wanted to be released to them. They wanted copies of interviews between the AAIB and Hill, the results of tests carried out by the AAIB and video evidence filmed from inside the aircraft during its display. At the High Court on 28 September 2016, an order was made that the onboard video evidence would be released, but not copies of the interview or the results of tests.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Investigations, Sussex Police
Following the publication of the AAIB's final report, Sussex Police stated that they would look into the report in detail. They intended to present a file to the CPS before the pre-inquest review on 20 June 2017, but stated then that their investigation was not quite complete. Hill was interviewed again under caution on 1 June 2017. It was reported on 30 November that Sussex Police had sent a file to the CPS, who would decide whether or not any criminal charges would be laid.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Investigations, Sussex Police
On 21 March 2018, the CPS announced that Hill had been charged with eleven counts of manslaughter by gross negligence and one count of endangering an aircraft contrary to Article 137 of the Air Navigation Order 2009. Owing to the prosecution, the inquest was postponed until after the trial had concluded.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Prosecution
Proceedings against Hill began at Westminster Magistrates' Court, London, on 19 April 2018. Hill indicated that he would enter pleas of not guilty and was bailed to appear at the Old Bailey on 17 May. The trial there started on 15 May, when Hill pleaded not guilty, and was adjourned until 14 January 2019. Hill was granted bail. A pre-trial review took place on 8 January 2019. Hill indicated that his defence was to be that he had been disabled by g-forces during the flight.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Prosecution
The trial at the Old Bailey resumed as scheduled on 14 January before Mr Justice Edis. On 15 January, a jury of eight women and four men was selected from 56 members of the public, who had passed initial screening. On 17 January, the jury were shown video of the accident that had not been previously released to the media. The prosecution alleged that previous incidents Hill had been involved in showed that he appeared to have a "cavalier attitude" to safety and played "fast and loose" with the rules.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Prosecution
On 4 February, the court decamped to Gatwick Aviation Museum, Charlwood, Surrey, which has a Hawker Hunter on display. Jurors were shown the aircraft's controls and the instruments were explained to them. They were given the opportunity to sit in the cockpit of the aircraft and touch the flying controls. Both prosecution and defence provided an expert witness to assist the jury. Hill did not attend the museum.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Prosecution
On 8 March 2019, Hill was found not guilty on each of the 11 counts of manslaughter by gross negligence. The jury reached unanimous decisions on each of the counts following seven hours of deliberation. The judge also formally acquitted Hill on the count of negligently or recklessly endangering the safety of an aircraft, which had not been put to the jury. At the conclusion of the trial, Edis commended the relatives of the victims on the very dignified way they had behaved. Relatives of the victims stated that they were devastated by the verdict.


2015 Shoreham Airshow crash, Prosecution
Sussex Police paid tribute to their dignity, adding that they respected the jury's decision. Outside the court after the trial Hill read out the names of all those killed in the incident and said "I am truly sorry for the part I played in their deaths, and it is all I will remember for the rest of my life."


2015 Shutdown Sungai Besi rally
The Shutdown Sungai Besi rally (known before as Shutdown Jalan Duta) was a rally that took place on 31 December 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The rally was organised by National Trust Party, a political party in Malaysia. The rally aimed to protest the rising cost of living.


2015 Shutdown Sungai Besi rally, Background
The rally were initially planned to be held at Dataran Merdeka before changed to Jalan Duta Toll Plaza. It were again changed to Sungai Besi Toll Plaza after receiving 'hard response' from the police. Serdang district police chief Assistant Commissioner, Razimi Ahmad declared the rally as illegal as it failed to obtain rally permit. However, Amanah Youth Vice-President, Mohd Fakhrulrazi Mohd Mokhtar insisted the rally will go on. Another Amanah Youth Vice-President, predicted the rally would attract 50,000 people. 17,000 have pledged to attend the rally.


2015 Shutdown Sungai Besi rally, Rally
The rally was supposed to start at 9 pm, but started two hours later. The rally managed to attract 30 to 100 participants and lasted for 20–49 minutes. The crowd gathered first at a Shell station before proceed to the Toll Plaza. It was led by Amanah Deputy President, Salahuddin Ayub, which arrived only at 11 pm. Among other politician that present were Syefura Othman, DAP Woman's wing assistant secretary and Sepang MP, Hanipa Maidin. Rallygoers try to block the flow of the traffic but failed, due to the Police presence. Them then hold a small gathering just past the Kuala Lumpur-bound section of the toll gate. Salahuddin and several party members giving short speeches that were laced with criticism against the government, which they alleged as responsible behind the increase in cost of living. After midnight, the crowd dispersed peacefully.


2015 Shvut Rachel shooting
On 29 June 2015, Hamas gunmen opened fire on a civilian vehicle moving along Israeli Route 60 near Shvut Rachel in the West Bank. Four Israelis in the car were wounded and rushed to hospital, where one died. The suspects were later arrested.


2015 Shvut Rachel shooting, Shootings
The shooting took place after dark on Monday, 29 June 2015, on the Allon Road, south of Duma. The victims attempted to escape, but the assailants' automatic weapons had disabled the car they were driving.


2015 Shvut Rachel shooting, Shootings
According to Israeli security services, the same Hamas militant cell that carried out this attack, had fired, two days prior, at several vehicles including an ambulance on a road near Beitin, without causing casualties. News accounts frequently pair this attack with the Shooting of Danny Gonen.


2015 Shvut Rachel shooting, Shootings, Claims of responsibility
The Palestinian militant groups Fatah al-Intifada, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades (the military wing of Hamas) each claimed to have carried out the shooting.


2015 Shvut Rachel shooting, Shootings, Victims
Malachi Rosenfeld (Malakhi Rosenfeld, Malachy Rosenfeld) died of his wounds at the Shaare Zedek Medical Center. Rosenfeld was a student, enrolled in the joint philosophy and economics program at the Hebrew University. Yair Hooper, sustained injuries to his torso and lower body. The two other Israelis of the car were also injured. All four were taken to Hadassah Hospital, Ein Kerem for treatment.


2015 Shvut Rachel shooting, Shootings, Victims
All four victims lived in Kokhav HaShahar. The four were recreational basketball players, driving home after a game. Rosenfeld was buried in Kohav HaSharar on July 1, 2015.


2015 Shvut Rachel shooting, Suspects
Seven Palestinians were arrested on suspicion of being members of the Hamas militant network involved in the attack. Six of the seven were from Silwad, and the seventh was from Qusra. Some of the arrests were made by the security forces of the Palestinian Authority.


2015 Shvut Rachel shooting, Suspects
Among those arrested were Amjad Najar, Maad Hamad (who authorities suspected of being the shooter), Abdallah Atzhak (a former prisoner and suspected driver of the get-away car), Faaz Hamad (a known Hamas operative, who confessed), and Jamal Younes (who confessed to having the car used by the cell to a wrecking yard and to and helping the group acquire weapons). This so-called "Silwad cell" is known to have carried out  three shooting attacks in the Binyamin region.


2015 Shvut Rachel shooting, Suspects
Security officials stated that Ahmed Najar wired funds to the group through his brother Amjad Najar, who lived in Silwad. Black market prices for weapons and ammunition in the Palestinian Authority-controlled areas have been rising, necessitating outside funding for the operation. A Kalashnikov rifle sold at the time for $6,400 (24,000 shekels) and bullets sold for 12 shekels each.


2015 Shvut Rachel shooting, Suspects, Hamas militant cell operated from Jordan
Among the suspected perpetrators were Ahmed Najar (b. 1976) (Ahmed Mustafa Saleh Hamed al-Najar), a Hamas militant accused of funding and masterminding the shooting. Najar (b. 1976), of Silwad, a resident of Jordan, was previously convicted of murdering six Israelis. He served multiple terms in Israeli prisons, most recently from December 2003 to October 2011, before being released in the 2011 Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange. Najar was released into Hamas-ruled Gaza, but he had moved from Gaza to Jordan, and is alleged to have planned and supported the attack from Jordan. The cell was one among "no fewer than (150) cells in the West Bank," remotely operated from either Gaza or Turkey.


2015 Shvut Rachel shooting, Suspects, Hamas militant cell operated from Jordan
The fact that this raid was directed by a Hamas operative in Jordan raised concerns within the Israeli security establishment that Jordan might have softened its opposition to allowing Hamas to operate in Jordanian territory.


2015 Shvut Rachel shooting, Suspects, Hamas militant network operated from Turkey
Hamas operative Saleh al-Arouri, a Palestinian resident of Turkey, is accused of being the overall mastermind of this attack. He "coordinated" the terror slaying of Malachi Rosenberg.


2015 Shvut Rachel shooting, Legal proceedings, Indictments
Abdallah As’hak and Faiz Ahmed were indicted for the murder.


2015 Shvut Rachel shooting, Legal proceedings, Indictments
In September, Palestinian Authority officials were known to be holding two suspects charges with Rosenfeld's murder, this is part of a broad Palestinian Authority crackdown on Hamas activity in Palestinian Authority controlled territory.


2015 Shvut Rachel shooting, Legal proceedings, Indictments
Palestinian Arab Amjad Hamad was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for being the leader of the four-man Hamas terrorist cell that carried out the shooting.


2015 Shvut Rachel shooting, Impact
In November 2015, the house of one of the killers, Maad Hamed of Kfar Silwad, was demolished under an Israeli court order.


2015 Shvut Rachel shooting, Impact
Following this attack, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon restricted Muslim access to the Temple Mount arguing that Palestinian leaders were exploiting the holy month of Ramadan to incite terror attacks.


2015 Shvut Rachel shooting, Impact
Following the event MK Nissan Slomiansky requested that the government respond to the attack by granting regional TABA (land designation)s to allow the construction of new housing units in Shvut Rachel. MK Yoel Hasson argued against granting the new building permits.


2015 Shvut Rachel shooting, Impact
There was speculation that the Duma village arson attack might have been undertaken in revenge for the murder of Malachi Rosenberg.


2015 Shvut Rachel shooting, Impact
The incident has raised concern in Israel about the extent to which the policies of the Abbas government actually incite terrorism and violence.


2015 Shvut Rachel shooting, Impact
An illegal settlement named "Malachei Shalom" (Hebrew for Angels of Peace) in memory of the murdered man, Malachi Rosenfeld, was created,  but rapidly evacuated by Israeli security forces.


2015 Shvut Rachel shooting, Impact, Prisoner exchanges
The shooting has figured largely in the ongoing Israeli political debate over the release of convicted militants. Rosenfeld was the sixth Israeli to be killed in 2014 and 2015 by convicted militants released in the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange. Hamas militant attacks in the Palestinian Authority controlled areas of the West Bank are said to be operated by former prisoners now living in Gaza.


2015 Sibiu Cycling Tour
The 2015 Tour of Sibiu took place between 1 July and 5 July. For the first time it was raced over 5 days, and moved forward in the calendar by nearly three weeks. It was expected that the teams of all the jersey winners and stage winners from 2014, Adria Mobil, CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice, Verandas Willems and Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team, would compete again in 2015. Adria Mobil later withdrew to be replaced by Southeast Pro Cycling taking the number of pro-continental teams in the race to four. The race was wn by Mauro Finetto who won the mountain stage to Paltanis and was able to retain his jersey through to the finale.


2015 Sibiu Open
The 2015 Sibiu Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Sibiu, Romania between 21 and 27 September 2015.


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


2015 Sibiu Open – Doubles
Potito Starace and Adrian Ungur were the defending champions, but Starace did not defend his title while Ungur partnering Victor Vlad Cornea lost in the first round. Victor Crivoi and Petru-Alexandru Luncanu won the title beating Ilija Bozoljac and Dušan Lajović in the final 6–4, 6–3.


2015 Sibiu Open – Singles
Jason Kubler was the defending champion but chose not to compete this year.


2015 Sidecarcross World Championship
The 2015 FIM Sidecarcross World Championship, the 36th edition of the competition, started on 6 April and finished after fifteen events on 20 September 2015.


2015 Sidecarcross World Championship
The defending champions were Ben Adriaenssen from Belgium and his Dutch passenger Ben van den Bogaart, who won the 2013 and 2014 World championships together. Adriaenssen suffered a foot injury during the fourth Grand Prix of the season, at the time sitting in second place of the World Championship, and was forced to miss the remainder of the season. Van den Bogaart later rejoined the series at the seventh round, partnering Belgian rider Jan Hendrickx.


2015 Sidecarcross World Championship
The 2015 World Championship was won by Etienne Bax and Kaspars Stupelis. Second placed, 96 points behind, was French rider Valentin Giraud, who was partnered by compatriot Nicolas Musset for most of the season; however, Latvia's Elvijs Mucenieks partnered Giraud at the final three events of the season as Musset suffered a foot injury. Third place – on equal points with Giraud and his partners – went to Hendrickx, who was partnered by Mucenieks for the first six races and van den Bogaart for the remainder of the season.


2015 Sidecarcross World Championship
The Sidecarcross World Championship, first held in 1980 and organised by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, is an annual competition. All races, manufacturers and the vast majority of riders in the competition being in and from Europe. Sidecarcross is similar to motocross except that the teams consist of two riders, a driver and a passenger. Races are held on the same tracks as solo motocross but the handling of the machines differs as sidecars do not lean. The majority of physical work in the sport is carried out by the passenger, who speeds up the sidecarcross in corners by leaning out. The coordination between the driver and the passenger are therefore of highest importance.


2015 Sidecarcross World Championship, Overview
The fifteen Grands Prix of the season were held in nine countries; Germany and France held three events, Switzerland and Latvia held two events), while the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Belgium, Estonia and Spain all hosted one event. In comparison to the 2014 season five extra Grands Prix were added. Germany increased its number of Grands Prix from two to three while Latvia increased theirs from one to two. The Belgian Grand Prix was re-added to the season after having been cancelled in 2014 because of bad weather.


2015 Sidecarcross World Championship, Overview
Ukraine, who had its 2014 Grand Prix cancelled because of the political situation in the country, originally received a Grand Prix for 2015 but this event was removed from the calendar again. Switzerland also had its number of Grands Prix increased from one to two while Spain had not been on the calendar since 2005.


2015 Sidecarcross World Championship, Format
Every Grand Prix weekend was split into two races, both held on the same day. This meant that the 2015 season, with its fifteen Grands Prix had 30 races. Each race lasted for 30 minutes plus two laps. The points scored over the races were combined to determine an overall winner. In case of a tie, the results of the second race were used to determine the winner. While this overall winner received no extra world championship points, they usually were awarded a special trophy. Race start times were set at 13:30 and 16:00.


2015 Sidecarcross World Championship, Format
Events typically consisted of a qualifying competition, held in multiple stages on Saturdays of a race weekend while the two race events were typically held on Sundays. One exception to this rule was Easter weekends, when the races were held on Easter Monday. Race weekends could consist of additional motocross or quart support races as well, but the FIM stipulated that the World Championship races have priority. Riders had to be provided with at least one 30 minute free practice season, which was timed.


2015 Sidecarcross World Championship, Format
A race could consist of up to 30 starters and the qualifying modus was dependent on the number of entries. Up to 32 entries, it was held in one group split into two sessions of 30 minutes each. Above 32 entries, the starter field was sub-divided into two groups through ballot and the current standings. Each qualifying group could consist of up to 30 racers. Should there be more than 60 entries, a pre-qualifying had to be held. Of the riders in the two groups, the top-twelve directly qualified for the races. The remaining teams then go to a second-chance qualifying, in which the best six advanced. The riders placed seventh and eighth remained in reserve should one of the qualified teams be unable to participate.


2015 Sidecarcross World Championship, Format
The FIM stipulated that all drivers and passengers must be at least 16 years old to compete, with the minimum age of drivers having come down from 18 in previous seasons, but no older than 50. Riders older than 50 had to provide a certificate of medical fitness to be permitted to compete. The driver had the right to exchange his passenger under certain conditions.


2015 Sidecarcross World Championship, Format
The engines permitted in the competition in 2015 were 2-stroke from 350 to 750 cc or 4-stroke up to 1,000 cc.


2015 Sidecarcross World Championship, Format
Starting numbers for the season were awarded according to the previous season's overall finishing position of the driver. Current or former World Champions had however the right to pick any number they wished, except the number one which was reserved for the current World Champion.


2015 Sidecarcross World Championship, Format
The competition was open for motor cycles with two-stroke engines from between 350 and 750cc and four-stroke engines of up to 1,000cc. Each team was permitted the use of two motorcycles with the possibility of changing machines between races.


2015 Sidecarcross World Championship, Format
The FIM did not permit radio communication between riders and their teams. Outside assistance during the race on the course was not permitted unless it was through race marshals in the interest of safety. Limited repairs in the designated repair zone during the race were permitted.


2015 Sidecarcross World Championship, Format
The first twenty teams of each race scored competition points. The point system for the 2015 season was as follows:


2015 Sidecarcross World Championship, Prize money
In 2015 prize money was awarded to all riders scoring points, with €300 going to each race winner, €250 to the runners-up, gradually declining from there, with €50 going to all teams placed 12th to 20th. Additionally, every team qualified for the race plus the two reserve teams received €500 in travel compensation.


2015 Siirt bombing
2015 Siirt bombing was a bombing targeting an armoured vehicle with personnels of Turkish Gendarmerie in it in Şirvan - Pervari road of Siirt Province on 19 August 2015, around 14:10 with a bomb that was placed on the road several hours before the detonation. 8 people died and 1 was injured as a result of the attack. No one has claimed responsibility, but Turkish government has blamed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) for the attack.


2015 Silverstone 24 Hours
The 2015 Britcar 24 Hour Race Silverstone was the 10th running of the Silverstone 24 Hours endurance sports car race held on April 25-26, 2015 at the Silverstone Circuit.


2015 Silverstone 24 Hours
Victory overall and in Class 3 went to the No. 35 Beechdean AMR Aston Martin V8 Vantage driven by Andrew Howard, Jonathan Adam, Harry Whale, Jamie Chadwick, and Ross Gunn. Victory in Class 4 went to the No. 50 St. Bas Koeten Racing SEAT León Cup Racer driven by Karel Gijs Bessem, Harry Hilders, and Roger Grouwels. Class 1 was won by the No. 10 Radical Sportcars Radical RXC V8 driven by Laurence Wiltshire, Shahin Nouri, Martyn Smith, and Richard Roberts. Class 5 was won by the No. 62 Red Camel-jordan.nl SEAT Leon driven by Ivo Breukers, Rik Breukers, and Sjaco Griffioen. Finally, Class 2 went to the No. 91 MARC Cars Australia MARC Focus GTC driven by Tom Onslow-Cole, Paul White, Ben Gersekowski, and Garry Jacobson.


2015 Silverstone GP2 and GP3 Series rounds
The 2015 Silverstone GP2 and GP3  Series rounds were a pair of motor races that were held on 3 and 5 July 2015 at the Silverstone Circuit in the United Kingdom as part of the GP2 Series and GP3 Series. It was the fifth round of the 2015 GP2 season and the third round of the 2015 GP3 season. The race weekend supported the 2015 British Grand Prix.


2015 Silverstone GP2 and GP3 Series rounds, Report, GP2 Series, Qualifying
Sergey Sirotkin achieved his maiden pole with a time of 1:39.949, followed by Stoffel Vandoorne and Richie Stanaway.


2015 Singapore Charity Shield
The 2015 Singapore Charity Shield (also known as the Great Eastern SG50 Charity Shield for sponsorship reasons as well as to commemorate Singapore's 50th year of independence) was the 8th edition of the Singapore Charity Shield held on 1 March 2015 at Jalan Besar Stadium, between the winners of the previous season's S.League and Singapore Cup competitions. The match was contested by 2014 S.League champions Warriors and 2014 Singapore Cup winners Balestier Khalsa.


2015 Singapore Charity Shield
Warriors won the Shield for the second time  after defeating Balestier Khalsa 1–0, with Nicolás Vélez netting the only goal.


2015 Singapore Cup
The 2015 Singapore Cup was the 18th season of Singapore's annual premier club football tournament organised by Football Association of Singapore. Due to sponsorship reasons, the Singapore Cup is also known as the RHB Singapore Cup. Balestier Khalsa were the defending champions, having won their first trophy the previous year. Albirex Niigata (S) were the eventual winners, beating Home United 2–1 in the finals.


2015 Singapore Cup, Teams
A total of 11 teams participated in the 2015 Singapore Cup. 8 of the teams were from domestic S.League and the other three were invited from the Philippines, Cambodia and Laos. Both Courts Young Lions and Harimau Muda B did not participate in this edition of Singapore Cup.


2015 Singapore Cup, Format
Six teams were drawn for the preliminary round while the other five teams will receive a Bye in that round. They will play against one another in a single-legged knockout basis. Winners of this round will progress and advance to the quarter-finals. Thereafter, matches are played in two legs with the exception of the one-match finals. Unlike the previous season, away goals rule does not apply.


2015 Singapore Cup, Format
For any match in the knockout stage, a draw after 90 minutes of regulation time is followed by two 15 minute periods of extra time to determine a winner. If the teams are still tied, a penalty shoot-out is held to determine a winner.


2015 Singapore Cup, Knockout phase, Preliminary Round
The draw for the preliminary round was held on 17 April 2015 at the Ocean Financial Centre’s Event Plaza. Six teams involved in this round will play in a single leg knockout basis. The matches will be played from 22 to 27 May 2015. Winners of this round will progress and advance to the quarter-finals.


2015 Singapore Cup, Knockout phase, Quarter-finals
Albirex Niigata (S) and Geylang International will join five other teams in this round after winning their matches in the Preliminary Round . All matches will be played in a two-legged knockout basis. Away goal rule will not be applied in this tournament. Fixtures will be announced on a later date and winners of this round will progress and advance to the semi-finals.


2015 Singapore Grand Prix
The 2015 Singapore Grand Prix (formally known as the 2015 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 20 September 2015 at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Marina Bay, Singapore. The race was the thirteenth round of the 2015 season. It was the eighth time the race was run as a round of the Formula One World Championship.


2015 Singapore Grand Prix
Defending race winner Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes entered as the leader in the World Drivers' Championship with 252 points, 53 points ahead of teammate Nico Rosberg and 74 points ahead of Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel. Mercedes came into the race leading the Constructors' Championship by 181 points ahead of Ferrari, with Williams a further 82 points back in third place.


2015 Singapore Grand Prix
Vettel won the race from pole position, ahead of Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo in second and Vettel's Ferrari teammate Kimi Räikkönen in third. The Mercedes team struggled at Singapore; Lewis Hamilton recorded his first retirement of the season, while Nico Rosberg managed only fourth place, closing the gap in the championship to 41 points.


2015 Singapore Grand Prix
It was the only occasion in 2015 where neither of the Mercedes cars started on the front row for a race, and was the only time that a team other than Mercedes secured pole position.


2015 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Background
Coming to Singapore, Nico Rosberg was forced to change his power unit after his engine failure at the previous race in Italy. Using his fourth unit of the season, Rosberg was one power unit change away from a possible grid penalty. Alexander Rossi made his Formula One debut after signing a five-race deal to replace Roberto Merhi at Manor Marussia. Acting as race stewards at the Grand Prix were Garry Connelly from Australia and Vincenzo Spano from Venezuela, who assisted driver steward Martin Donnelly in his first appearance in this position since the 2014 Malaysian Grand Prix.


2015 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Background
Sauber brought a "heavily-updated car" to the Grand Prix, featuring a shorter nose and revised front and rear wings as well as a new engine cover and brake ducts. Toro Rosso also came to Singapore with new parts, bringing a revised front wing. Red Bull introduced a new component as well: Daniil Kvyat's car was equipped with new turning vanes installed to improve the airflow under the car and therefore create more downforce. The feature would be run by both cars at the following Japanese Grand Prix. Further updates included changes to the diffuser, rear wing, brake ducts and bodywork of the Force India VJM08B and modifications to the floor in front of the rear wheels of the Ferrari SF15-T.


2015 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Background
The FIA approved minor changes to the layout of the Marina Bay Street Circuit ahead of the Grand Prix. The modifications ran from turn 11 to turn 13; drivers still turned right at turn 11 but it now kinked left slightly on entry, with the track shifting to the left-hand side of Fullerton Road. This changed the profile of turn 12, as drivers now used the other side of the Anderson Bridge, while the hairpin at turn 13 has been widened by a metre in order to increase overtaking opportunities. The drag reduction system (DRS) had two activation zones for the race; the first between turns five and seven down the length of Raffles Boulevard, and the second on the start/finish straight between turn 23 to turn one.


2015 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Background
As in the previous year's event, and third season in a row, Pirelli, Formula One's sole tyre supplier, brought its yellow-banded soft compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the red-banded supersoft compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre, as well as the green-banded intermediate weather and the blue-banded full-wet weather compounds.


2015 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Background
With forest fires continuing to burn in neighboring Indonesia, heavy smog was a concern for the event. Unhealthy levels forced the cancellation of other events in Singapore in the week leading up to the Grand Prix. Race organisers, however, did not speculate whether the Grand Prix was also under threat of cancellation. It was later reported that the smog had lifted and that the race could go ahead without any restrictions.


2015 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Background
Coming into the race weekend, Lewis Hamilton was leading the Drivers' Championship with 252 points, 53 points ahead of Nico Rosberg, his teammate at Mercedes. Another 21 points behind in third was Sebastian Vettel, driving for Ferrari. In the Constructors' Standings, Mercedes were leading on 451 points, followed by Ferrari and Williams with 270 and 188 points respectively.


2015 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
Per the regulations for the 2015 season, three practice sessions were held; there were two 90-minute sessions on Friday and another one-hour session before qualifying on Saturday. Since Singapore was a night race, the practice sessions started at a later local time; 18:00 for the first and 21:30 for the second session on Friday. This meant that the gap between the first two practice sessions was half an hour shorter than in other races. The two Mercedes cars were fastest in the first session on Friday, with Nico Rosberg topping the time sheets at 1:47.995.


2015 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
Championship leader Lewis Hamilton was second, 0.319 seconds behind, while Daniel Ricciardo was 0.017 seconds slower in third, ahead of the two Ferrari cars of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen, even though Vettel briefly left the track in turn five towards the end of the session. While Ricciardo felt he could go even faster, his teammate Daniil Kvyat was able to put in only eight laps due to a fuel system problem, and he finished the session eighteenth, just ahead of the two Manor Marussia drivers. Manor's Alexander Rossi placed last, albeit close to teammate Will Stevens, before crashing out at turn 18, ending the last timed runs of all other drivers left on track.


2015 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
Early on in practice two, Will Stevens became the second Manor driver to make contact with the barriers, damaging his car. Teammate Rossi was limited to only three laps of running as his team spent most of the session repairing the damage from the shunt in first practice, he eventually finished almost 14 seconds down on Daniil Kvyat, who topped the session with a time of 1:46.142. The second Red Bull of Daniel Ricciardo finished third, with Räikkönen in between the two.


2015 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
Hamilton was the fastest Mercedes driver in fourth, while Rosberg managed only seventh fastest, behind Sebastian Vettel and Sergio Pérez. Fernando Alonso finished eighth for McLaren, also within a second of Kvyat. However, his teammate Jenson Button, who was 14th with a detuned power unit, still expressed disappointment at the team's pace, saying he had hoped the car to be better. Several drivers made minor contact with the walls on the narrow Singapore circuit, including Pastor Maldonado and Carlos Sainz Jr., who suffered a left-rear puncture after hitting the wall at turn five.


2015 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
After the performances by both Red Bull and Ferrari, Lewis Hamilton expected a "genuine challenge" from both teams over the rest of the weekend. Meanwhile, both Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo and Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel were less optimistic. While Ricciardo said he was "still not looking to them [Mercedes]", Vettel felt that Mercedes "looked a bit slow but I'm sure they will change it for tomorrow".


2015 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
In the third practice session on Saturday evening, the two Ferraris were in front, with Vettel fastest at 1:45.682, while Räikkönen was almost half a second off his teammate's pace. The two Red Bull cars of Kvyat and Ricciardo were behind, followed by both Mercedes cars, who trailed Vettel by more than a second. Meanwhile, Fernando Alonso continued McLaren's good form and finished seventh fastest. Lewis Hamilton had several problems during the session; an early run was interrupted by him leaving the track and he was later called to drive through the pit lane to cool down his overheating car. Valtteri Bottas was the fastest Williams driver in eleventh, just in front of Nico Hülkenberg, who drove a revised version of his Force India. The two Manor Marussia cars were again last, with Rossi almost three seconds ahead of Stevens.


2015 Singapore 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. During the first part of qualifying (Q1), only the Ferrari were confident enough to run only on the slower, harder tyres, while the rest of the field needed to equip the super-soft compound. Daniil Kvyat topped the session with a time of 1:45.340 on the supersoft tyre. Pastor Maldonado was eliminated, as were the two Manor Marussia drivers, who were even further off the pace than usual. Both of the team's drivers received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change. Both Sauber drivers also did not make it into Q2, when Jenson Button was the last to set a fast lap, edging out Felipe Nasr by less than a tenth of a second.


2015 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Vettel set the fastest time in the second part of qualifying as well, being two-tenths faster than second placed Daniil Kvyat. While Max Verstappen made it into Q3, his teammate Sainz hit the wall in turn 19 close to the end of the session, damaging his suspension and front wing, with parts of debris left on the track. With the session ending under yellow flags, both Force India and both McLaren drivers joined Sainz in elimination, with Nico Hülkenberg fastest in eleventh place on the grid. Everyone behind Sainz failed to finish their laps, including Mercedes drivers Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton.


2015 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
At the beginning of Q3, Lewis Hamilton aborted his first fast lap. Mercedes seemed to struggle most in the final sector, where Hamilton lost half a second to the Red Bull of Kvyat. Hamilton later stated that the team had problems generating heat in the tyres, essential for the final sector that benefitted high traction. It was Sebastian Vettel who took pole position, having led the final two parts of qualifying, ahead of Daniel Ricciardo, who lost time in the first sector after having to back off from Valtteri Bottas in front of him.


2015 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
The other Ferrari and Red Bull of Räikkönen and Kvyat claimed third and fourth on the grid respectively, followed by both Mercedes cars, who were one and a half seconds down on Vettel's pole time of 1:43.885. This was the first pole position for Ferrari since the 2012 German Grand Prix, the first in dry conditions for five years, and also prevented Lewis Hamilton from equalling Ayrton Senna's record of eight consecutive pole positions. Vettel's pole also brought an end to Mercedes's 23-race long run of pole positions, and it was the first time since the beginning of the 2014 season that the first spot on the grid was not taken by a Mercedes-powered car.


2015 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Race
Before the formation lap, Rosberg appeared to have an issue with his car, when he stopped at the end of pit lane on the way to the start grid. However, his mechanics were able to rectify the problem, described by Niki Lauda as "a glitch", and he made it to the grid. With everyone starting on the super-soft tyre compound, a race with two pit stops was expected for most drivers.


2015 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Race
At the start, all drivers at the front of the field held their positions, while further back, Nico Hülkenberg, who had a good start, and Sergio Pérez nearly collided while fighting for position. Max Verstappen's Toro Rosso STR10 stalled on the grid and was pushed back to the pit lane, only to start his race shortly after, more than one lap down on the leaders. Vettel was able to build a gap to Ricciardo behind him quickly, leading the Red Bull by three seconds after the first lap.


2015 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Race
Fernando Alonso, who had enjoyed a decent start to move up into eleventh, came under pressure from Sainz by lap four, followed by Grosjean, who lost places at the start because he had to move around the stationary Verstappen. While Vettel's lead was about five seconds on lap five, Verstappen unlapped himself by lap six and posted fast lap times. Meanwhile, Nico Rosberg held off the two Williams cars of Bottas and Massa, while Lewis Hamilton in front was able to move clear of the pack fighting for sixth place.


2015 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Race
Kimi Räikkönen in third place was held at a distance by Ricciardo, trailing him by 1.6 seconds on lap nine. A lap later, Grosjean became the first driver to pit. More cars came in on lap eleven, leading to heavy traffic that prevented Sainz and Alonso from leaving their pit boxes, costing time. Alonso emerged from pit lane ahead of Grosjean, who moved past him into thirteenth. Felipe Massa had a slow stop of 4.8 seconds when he made a pit stop at the end of lap 13.


2015 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Race
When he emerged from pit lane, Nico Hülkenberg was approaching on the racing line. Both drivers collided, with Hülkenberg being catapulted off Massa's front right tyre, causing him to retire from the race. A Virtual Safety Car period ensued, that saw all drivers pit that had not done so before. Since Kvyat had made a pit stop shortly before the safety car was deployed, both Mercedes cars were able to move in front of him, leaving Kvyat in sixth place. Jenson Button's stop took a long time, dropping him to 16th place. By lap 16, the virtual was replaced by the actual safety car, which stayed out until the end of lap 18.


2015 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Race
At the restart, Sainz was caught out by his car being stuck in neutral, losing many places and dropping back to 18th position, but managed to continue. The safety car had meanwhile allowed his teammate Verstappen to move closer to the pack, being about half a lap down on lap 20. The next laps saw Vettel setting a steady pace at the front to conserve his tyres, leading Hamilton to declare that "Vettel's backing up Ricciardo" on team radio. On lap 26, Hamilton reported a loss of power to his crew.


2015 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Race
He subsequently lost positions rapidly, dropping back to ninth by lap 28, eventually retiring on lap 33. Meanwhile, Felipe Massa had problems with his car as well. Similar to Sainz, he saw his car switch to neutral. After driving through pit lane without stopping on lap 30, he retired a lap later, with Fernando Alonso also ending his race on lap 34 with a defective gearbox. On the same lap, Daniil Kvyat came in for his second pit stop, but trouble with the tyres caused him to lose positions as he dropped to ninth. Around the same time, Vettel held a five-second advantage over Ricciardo, while Pérez overtook Grosjean for ninth on lap 36.


2015 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Race
A second safety car period was caused on lap 37 by a man walking on the track. Several drivers again used the safety car to pit for new tyres, including Jenson Button, who emerged in tenth place. By lap 40, Alexander Rossi was instructed to unlap himself behind the safety car, but when he failed to do so in an acceptable time, the race was resumed on lap 41, with Rossi stuck between the front runners.


2015 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Race
By lap 42, Button was racing Pastor Maldonado for position, when both collided in turn 15, damaging Button's front wing, who was forced to pit to have it exchanged. Button rejoined in 14th place, telling his team on the radio "I should have known, really, that he's mental", speaking about Maldonado. By lap 45, Max Verstappen, who had started more than a lap behind, was up to ninth and set the new fastest lap of the race. One lap later, he took eighth place from Grosjean.


2015 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Race
His teammate Sainz followed two laps later, with Grosjean complaining that Sainz had left him "nowhere to go". Meanwhile, at the front, Ricciardo set a fastest lap on lap 51, being 2.9 seconds behind leading man Vettel. Lap 53 saw Jenson Button become the second McLaren to retire, suffering from a gearbox issue as well. During the closing stages of the race, Valtteri Bottas in fifth experienced gearbox problems of his own, but was able to continue. On lap 60, Grosjean ran wide and let Felipe Nasr move through into the final point scoring position, tenth. During the last lap, Toro Rosso instructed Verstappen to let his teammate Sainz pass him for eighth, but Verstappen refused and stayed in place. Sebastian Vettel crossed the line to win the race, which took the entire allowed span of two hours.


2015 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
At the podium interviews, conducted by former team owner Eddie Jordan, Sebastian Vettel described the race as one of his best ever, calling it "a great day; we had a really great weekend". He also revealed that his drink bottle had failed halfway into the race, causing him to become thirsty as drivers lose two to three litres in sweat during the Singapore race. Second placed Daniel Ricciardo said he felt that an undercut, overtaking Vettel by pitting earlier might have been possible had it not been for the safety car periods.


2015 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
Kimi Räikkönen expressed surprise at his performance, considering that he had struggled with the handling of the car both in qualifying and the race. Speaking about the track intruder, Sebastian Vettel stated at the post-race press conference that he "saw him taking a picture" and continued: "I hope it was a good one at least. I hope it was in focus! Yeah, pretty crazy, we approach that corner at around 280–290 klicks so, I don't know, I wouldn't cross the track if I was him. It was crazy, obviously [...]." The intruder was later revealed to be 27-year-old British citizen Yogvitam Pravin Dhokia. He appeared in court on the Tuesday following the race and was offered a bail of S$15,000, which he was unable to pay. He was later sentenced to serve six weeks in jail.


2015 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
Still during the race, the stewards handed Nico Hülkenberg a three-place grid penalty for the following race in Japan for causing the collision with Felipe Massa on lap 14. Hülkenberg was "frustrated" with the decision, saying: "The accident with Felipe was very unlucky and I don't understand why I've been given a penalty before there has even been the chance to discuss the incident in the stewards' room [...] In my view it was my corner and I'm surprised Felipe backed out of it much too late, locking up just before he hit me."


2015 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
Massa had a different view about the incident, stating: "I was braking for the corner and he turned his car in on mine, leaving me with nowhere to go, so we hit." Force India decided not to appeal the decision. Williams's Head of Vehicle Performance Rob Smedley lamented the slow pit stop of his team that preceded the incident, saying that Massa should have exited the pit lane safely ahead of Hülkenberg. While initial reactions in the United Kingdom agreed with the stewards' decision, German tabloid Bild called the penalty a "joke".


2015 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
Hülkenberg later accepted that he was at fault and apologised to Massa via text message. Concerning the accident between Button and Maldonado, no further action was taken by the stewards. Jenson Button however followed up on his "mental"-remark during the race, by stating that he felt Maldonado's driving was "very strange" and that he "won't ever change". Maldonado answered by saying: "No driver's happy if there's a car in front of them and they want to get past, especially if it damages their car trying to overtake [...]. We both got damage to our cars; he was behind me trying to get past, I was defending my position. That's racing."


2015 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
Following the controversial refusal by Max Verstappen to follow team orders and let his teammate pass in the final lap of the race, team principal Franz Tost later backed up his driver: "The team wanted to swap positions because we thought Carlos was faster with the new tyres, but this was not the case, he could not catch up. He was too far away, so Max said no, and he was right." The Ferrari team came under criticism after the race, when team personnel broke through a barrier by security to enter parc fermé and celebrate Vettel's victory. The team announced that they intended to "send a written unconditional apology" to the Grand Prix officials and security staff over the incident.


2015 Singapore Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
As a result of the race, Hamilton's lead in the Drivers' Championship was cut down to 41 points, with Rosberg still in second place. Sebastian Vettel moved closer as well, now being 49 points behind Hamilton. Felipe Massa's retirement saw him drop from fourth to sixth in the standings, being overtaken by both Räikkönen and Bottas. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari closed the gap to leaders Mercedes, now trailing 310 to 463 points. This race would prove to be the only one that Lewis Hamilton did not finish in the season.


2015 Singapore League Cup
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2015 Singapore League Cup
The 2015 Singapore League Cup (known as the TNP League Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of Singapore's premier club football tournament organised by the Football Association of Singapore. DPMM FC were the defending champions, having won their third trophy the previous year. Albirex Niigata (S) were the eventual winners after defeating 2013 champions Balestier Khalsa 2–1 in the finals.


2015 Singapore League Cup
Unlike the previous three tournaments held in 2012, 2013 and 2014, the League Cup Plate Competition between the third-placing teams in each group after the group stages were cancelled from 2015 onward.


2015 Singapore League Cup, Teams
A total of 10 teams participated in the 2015 Singapore League Cup, eight S.League clubs and two National Football League clubs. Courts Young Lions and Harimau Muda B did not participate in this year's edition of the Singapore League Cup.


2015 Singapore Super Series
The 2015 Singapore Super Series was the fourth Super Series tournament of the 2015 BWF Super Series. The tournament took place in Singapore from April 7–12, 2015 with a total purse of $300,000. A qualification occurred to fill four places in all five disciplines of the main draws


2015 Singapore Super Series Qualification
Qualification for 2015 Singapore Super Series badminton competition was held on 7 April 2015.


2015 Singaporean general election
General elections were held in Singapore on Friday, 11 September 2015 to elect 89 members to the Parliament of Singapore across 29 constituencies. Parliament was dissolved and the general election called by President Tony Tan on 25 August, at the request of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. It elected members of parliament to the 13th Parliament of Singapore since Singapore's independence in 1965, using the first-past-the-post electoral system.


2015 Singaporean general election
The elections were the first since Singapore's independence in which all seats were contested. Most of the seats were contested between two parties, with the only three-cornered fights occurring in three Single Member Constituencies. Using first-past-the-post voting, the election was also the first after the March 2015 death of Lee Kuan Yew (the nation's first Prime Minister and an MP until his passing) and Singapore's 50th anniversary celebration on 9 August that year.


2015 Singaporean general election
Out of 89 seats, the People's Action Party (PAP) contested all and won 83, with the other 6 seats won by The Workers' Party of Singapore (WP); the single seat from Punggol East Single Member Constituency was the only seat to change hands, recaptured by PAP. Voter turnout was 93.56%, discounting overseas votes. PAP won its best results since 2001 with 69.86% of the popular vote, an increase of 9.72% from the previous election in 2011. WP scored 39.75% of votes in the 28 seats it contested, a drop of 6.83%. In the overall popular vote, WP scored 12.48% and the remaining seven parties less than 4% each. Three candidates failed to secure at least 12.5% of votes in their area and thus lost their electoral deposit.


2015 Singaporean general election, Background
The maximum term of a Singaporean parliament is five years, within which it must be dissolved by the President and elections held within three months, as stated in the Constitution. As like the previous elections since 1959, voting is compulsory and results are based on the first-past-the-post system. Elections are conducted by the Elections Department, which is under the jurisdiction of the Prime Minister's Office.


2015 Singaporean general election, Background
The General Election was the 17th General Election in Singapore and is the 12th since independence in 1965. The election coincides with the golden jubilee of the Republic of Singapore's founding.


2015 Singaporean general election, Background
The governing People's Action Party (PAP) have secured their 14th consecutive term in office since 1959. This will be the PAP's third election with Lee Hsien Loong as its Secretary-General, and the country's first election after the passing of its founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. Some analysts suggested that an early election was indeed possible to garner "sympathy votes" might well backfire. It is also the country's first election where there are no walkovers in any of the constituencies, as voting will take place in Tanjong Pagar GRC for the first time.


2015 Singaporean general election, Background, Political parties
The governing People's Action Party (PAP) has been in power since 1959 and is currently led by the Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. The leading Opposition party is The Worker's Party, led by Low Thia Khiang, with 7 elected seats and 2 NCMP seats. The Singapore People's Party led by Chiam See Tong has 1 NCMP seat. A total of eight Opposition parties challenged the ruling party in this election.


2015 Singaporean general election, Background, Electoral divisions
The Electoral Boundaries Review Committee is convened before every general election to review electoral boundaries in view of population growth and shifts. The committee is appointed by the prime minister. The new electoral divisions were published on 24 July 2015, indicating the beginning of an election cycle.


2015 Singaporean general election, Background, Electoral divisions
Singapore's largest newspaper, The Straits Times, created an interactive map of the boundary changes.


2015 Singaporean general election, Timeline, Nomination centres
The Elections Department issued the following information upon the issuance of the writ of election


2015 Singaporean general election, Timeline, Nomination day and campaigning events
Campaigning began from 1 September and ended on 9 September to canvass votes through physical rallies and stream on various media platforms. A live debate was held on 1 September in English and Chinese channel platforms, followed by two party political broadcasts airing on 3 and 10 September. The eve of polling day, known as cooling-off day, prohibits party from campaigning except for party political broadcasts.


2015 Singaporean general election, Timeline, Outgoing incumbents and incoming candidates
A total of 72 candidates made their political debut this election, among which the PAP team include a former Second Permanent Secretary, a former MediaCorp television personality, a former police assistant commissioner, a founder of an organisation focusing animal welfare, and a former Chief of Defence Force.


2015 Singaporean general election, Timeline, Outgoing incumbents and incoming candidates
14 MPs from the 12th Parliament stepped down this election, and one MP died during the term in office on 23 March this year, which is former Minister Mentor and first Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew, who served the Tanjong Pagar division for a record 60 years, the longest tenure for any elected MPs.


2015 Singaporean general election, Results
After polls closed at 8pm, vote counting began. Results were announced by Ng Wai Choong, chief executive director of the Energy Market Authority, who acted as the Returning Officer for the election. The first result was declared at 11.31pm on 11 September where PAP candidate Lam Pin Min won the Sengkang West Single Member Constituency with a majority of 17,564. The last result was declared at 3.10am on 12 September where Workers' Party team contesting Aljunied Group Representation Constituency, led by party's secretary-general Low Thia Khiang, won the constituency by a narrow margin of 1.9%/6.84°, or a majority of 2,612.


2015 Singaporean general election, Results
Contrary to expectations of a tougher contest with all constituencies being contested by the opposition parties, PAP won its best ever results since the 2001 general election, achieving a swing of 9.7% to achieve 69.9% of the vote as compared to the previous election in 2011 when it received 60.1%. The PAP unexpectedly reclaimed the constituency of Punggol East after it was lost to WP in a 2013 by-election, and achieved a swing in Aljunied GRC large enough to force a vote recount although the WP retained the constituency.


2015 Singaporean general election, Results
With six elected seats for WP, three seats for the Non-Constituency Member of Parliament were eligible to complete a minimum of nine opposition members; WP was qualified for all three seats by-virtue of being the top three losing performers for the election (the single member constituencies of Punggol East (later declined) and Fengshan, and one seat (later two) for the East Coast Group Representation Constituency), and thus WP had nine represented seats for the upcoming Parliament.


2015 Singaporean general election, Results
The victory for the Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency has post its widest swing among all other Single Member Constituencies for this election, with 16.05%, while the largest swing for all contested constituencies was Bishan–Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency, with 16.66%. This victory resulted in the end of a 31-year reign of Singapore People's Party as they failed to win at least a seat in Parliament (including NCMPs) for the first time, despite Potong Pasir was SPP's best performing constituency for the election.


2015 Singaporean general election, Results
Consequently, this was also the first time since 1986 only one opposition party (Singapore Democratic Party, at the time) represented the Parliament, and after the 1981's Anson's by-election where WP being the only opposition party to represent the Parliament alone, as none of the other seven opposition parties, including SPP and two independents, won contests.


2015 Singaporean general election, Results
A poll held by the Institute of Policy Studies among 2,000 voters noted that 79 percent believed "The whole election system is fair to all political parties." up from 61 per cent in 2011


2015 Singaporean general election, Results
Voter turnout for the election was 93.56%/336.8°, with 2,304,331 votes cast.


2015 Singaporean general election, Results, By constituency
In an election's first, sample counts were released by the Elections Department to prevent speculation and misinformation from unofficial sources while counting is underway. All sample counts were released by 10PM – two hours after polling ended. With the exception of Aljunied and Punggol East, where counts were within a 4% error margin, all other figures showed that PAP had comfortable leads in 26 electoral divisions, while WP led in one electoral division.


2015 Sint Maarten League
The 2015 Sint Maarten Soccer Association (SMSA) Senior League was the 40th season of top division football in Sint Maarten. The title was won by Flames United.


2015 Sioux City Bandits season
The 2015 Sioux City Bandits season was the team's sixteenth overall, fifteenth as the Sioux City Bandits and first as a member of Champions Indoor Football (CIF). One of nine teams in the CIF for the inaugural 2015 season, the Bandits finished the regular season with a 9-3 record to earn the number one seed in the playoffs, in which they defeated the Amarillo Venom, 83-52 in the semifinals and beat the Texas Revolution in Champions Bowl I, 76-61.


2015 Sioux City Bandits season
The Bandits play their home games at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa, under the direction of head coach Erv Strohbeen. The team's offensive coordinator is Jarrod DeGeorgia, the defensive coordinator is John Zevenbergen, and the assistant coaches include Greg Stallman, Justin Hayes, and Spetlar Tonga.


2015 Sioux City Bandits season, Season summary
The Bandits' announced schedule for the 2015 season was not affected after the New Mexico Stars abruptly postponed their entry into the league on February 21, just one week before the season began. On March 3, the Albuquerque-based Duke City Gladiators were announced as a late entry into the league, partially replacing the Stars in the CIF schedule with a plan to play 11 games in 2015.


2015 Sioux City Bandits season, Off-field moves
After the 2014 season ended, the Champions Professional Indoor Football League announced it was merging with teams from other leagues to form a new league, Champions Indoor Football. The Bandits are one of four CPIFL teams to join the CIF, alongside the Dodge City Law, Omaha Beef, and Salina Bombers. 8 of the Bandits' 12 regular season games in 2015 will be played against these former CPIFL teams.


2015 Sioux City Bandits season, Off-field moves
Anticipating crowds for their 2015 season opener, the Bandits offered a free shuttle bus service from downtown Sioux City to their home arena, the Tyson Events Center.


2015 Sioux City Bandits season, Roster moves
After six seasons leading the Bandits, quarterback Scott Jensen announced his retirement in December 2014. The Bandits signed Charles Dowdell away from the Bloomington Edge to lead the team in 2015. Dowdell was the CPIFL's 2014 Offensive Player of the Year and was named to the CPIFL All-Star First Team in 2014. The Bandits also signed wide receiver Frederick Bruno, the CPIFL's 2014 Special Teams Player of the Year, plus defensive end Marcus Miles and defensive back Andre Jones both formerly of the Lincoln Haymakers.


2015 Sioux City Bandits season, Roster moves
To fill out the 21-man 2015 roster, the Bandits held open tryouts in November 2014 and January 2015. The team's training camp opened in February 2015, leading up to a lone exhibition game against the Sioux Falls Storm on February 22 and the season opener at home versus the Omaha Beef on February 28.


2015 Sioux City Bandits season, Awards and honors
Each week of the regular season, the CIF names league-wide Players of the Week in offensive, defensive, and special teams categories. For Week 1, the CIF named quarterback Charles Dowdell as the Offensive Player of the Week and kicker Max Martin as one of two Special Teams Players of the Week. For Week 4, the CIF again named quarterback Charles Dowdell as the Offensive Player of the Week. For Week 8, the CIF named quarterback Charles Dowdell as the Offensive Player of the Week for a third time.


2015 Sioux City Bandits season, Awards and honors
For Week 9, the CIF named defensive lineman Sean Kelly as the Defensive Player of the Week. For Week 12, the CIF named kick returner Fredrick Bruno as the Special Teams Player of the Week. For Week 14, the CIF named defensive back Rahn Franklin as the Defensive Player of the Week and again named kick returner Fredrick Bruno as the Special Teams Player of the Week.


2015 Sioux City Bandits season, Awards and honors
On June 6, the CIF announced the winners of its year-end awards. The Sioux City Bandits were honored for Fan Base of the Year and Media Relations of the Year, head coach Erv Strohbeen was named Coach of the Year, quarterback Charles Dowdell was chosen as the league's Most Valuable Player, and kick returner Frederick Bruno shared the Special Teams Players of the Year honors.


2015 Sioux City Bandits season, Standings
x = clinched playoffs, y = clinched home playoffs, z = clinched top seed


2015 Sioux Falls Storm season
The 2015 Sioux Falls Storm season was the team's sixteenth season as a professional indoor football franchise and seventh in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of ten teams that competed in the IFL for the 2015 season, the Sioux Falls Storm were members of the United Conference.


2015 Sioux Falls Storm season
Led by head coach Kurtiss Riggs, the Storm played their home games at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.


2015 Sioux Falls Storm season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated June 22, 201526 Active, 4 Inactive


2015 Six Days of London
2015 Six Days of London was a professional track cycling event held at the Lee Valley VeloPark in October 2015. The event was held over six consecutive nights (Sunday 18th to Friday 23rd). The event was held in the same Velodrome as used during the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. It followed the typical six-day racing format, involving teams of two male riders competing in a number of races each evening. The primary event in the six day competition is the madison, occurring twice per night, in which teams attempted to lap the field.


2015 Six Days of London
The overall number of laps determined the winner of the completion, with ties being decided based on points earned in minor races, including the derny, team elimination and time trials. In addition to the main competition, the event featured sprint races, an elite women's omnium held over three nights, as well as junior racing. The first day didn't count towards the main competition, due to a clash with the European Track Championships in Grenchen which meant not all riders could be present. Instead, a stand-alone single day solo competition was held under the title of the "1878 Cup", which was won by Mark Stewart.


2015 Six Days of London
Six Day London marked the return of the sport of six day racing to London for the first time in 35 years. The last event was held in Wembley Arena in 1980.


2015 Six Days of London, Results
Belgians Kenny De Ketele and Moreno De Pauw were overall winners, with Chris Latham and Ollie Wood of Great Britain in second place. In the Under 23 Talent Cup Angus Claxton and Tristan Robbins were the overall winners. Malgorzata Wojtyra won the women's event.


2015 Six Nations Championship
The 2015 Six Nations Championship, known as the 2015 RBS 6 Nations because of the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the 16th series of the Six Nations Championship, the annual rugby union tournament. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. Including the competition's previous incarnations as the Home Nations Championship and Five Nations Championship, it was the 121st edition of the tournament.


2015 Six Nations Championship
Ireland retained their title from the previous year, their 13th triumph in the competition. This was the first time that Ireland had retained their title outright since 1949, having shared the 1983 championship with France after winning in 1982. They were the first team to be awarded the redesigned Six Nations trophy introduced for 2015, which featured six sides as opposed to five.


2015 Six Nations Championship, Participants
* Parisse did not play in Italy's final match at home against Wales after an injury sustained in their round four match against France. Leonardo Ghiraldini took his place as captain.


2015 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures
The 2015 Six Nations Championship commenced with a Friday night fixture, once again held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, this time between Wales and England.


2015 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 1
Touch judges:Romain Poite (France)Mathieu Raynal (France)Television match official:Simon McDowell (Ireland)


2015 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 1
Touch judges:Wayne Barnes (England)Stuart Berry (South Africa)Television match official:Graham Hughes (England)


2015 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 1
Touch judges:Glen Jackson (New Zealand)Mike Fraser (New Zealand)Television match official:George Ayoub (Australia)


2015 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 2
Touch judges:Pascal Gaüzère (France)Mike Fraser (New Zealand)Television match official:George Ayoub (Australia)


2015 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 2
Touch judges:Nigel Owens (Wales)Stuart Berry (South Africa)Television match official:Graham Hughes (England)


2015 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 2
Touch judges:George Clancy (Ireland)Dudley Phillips (Ireland)Television match official:Simon McDowell (Ireland)


2015 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 3
Touch judges:Romain Poite (France)Leighton Hodges (Wales)Television match official:Graham Hughes (England)


2015 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 3
Touch judges:JP Doyle (England)Marius Mitrea (Italy)Television match official:Simon McDowell (Ireland)


2015 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 3
Touch judges:Jérôme Garcès (France)Mathieu Raynal (France)Television match official:Deon van Blommestein (South Africa)


2015 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 4
Touch judges:Jérôme Garcès (France)Federico Anselmi (Argentina)Television match official:Graham Hughes (England)


2015 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 4
Touch judges:George Clancy (Ireland)Marius Mitrea (Italy) Television match official:Ben Skeen (New Zealand)


2015 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 4
Touch judges:Nigel Owens (Wales)Stuart Berry (South Africa)Television match official:Simon McDowell (Ireland)


2015 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 5
Touch judges:JP Doyle (England)Luke Pearce (England)Television match official:Simon McDowell (Ireland)


2015 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 5
Touch judges:Pascal Gaüzère (France)Federico Anselmi (Argentina)Television match official:Graham Hughes (England)


2015 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 5
Touch judges:John Lacey (Ireland)Leighton Hodges (Wales) Television match official:Ben Skeen (New Zealand)


2015 Six Nations Championship, Broadcasting
In the United Kingdom, BBC One televised all the matches live, although for viewers in Scotland the week 4 match between Italy and France was shown on BBC Two Scotland. BBC Two also televised live the buildup of the opening match between Wales and England and after the match, an extra between the two sides on BBC Two but only for viewers in Wales. There was also a special Six Nations special looking ahead to the final week match on BBC Two but only for viewers in Northern Ireland.


2015 Six Nations Championship, Broadcasting
On the morning of the final week of matches, BBC Two televised classic Five Nations matches including Scotland vs Ireland in 1991 and France vs England in 1992. The final match of the tournament between England and France was watched live on BBC One by 9.63 million people, beating the previous record for that fixture of 9.56 million, set in 2011. This followed audiences of 4.1 million for the match between Italy and Wales and 5.1 million for the match between Scotland and Ireland earlier in the day. The BBC website also received 8.22 million unique browser hits during the day, breaking the previous record of 8.03 million set during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. S4C simulcasted Wales matches in the Welsh language.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads
This is a list of the complete squads for the 2015 Six Nations Championship, an annual rugby union tournament contested by the national rugby teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. Ireland are the defending champions.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads
Note: Number of caps and players' ages are indicated as of 6 February 2015 – the tournament's opening day.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, England
On 21 January, England announced a 34-man squad for the 2015 Six Nations Championship, including 2 uncapped players.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, England
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, England, Call-ups
On 26 January, Tom Croft and Christian Day were added to the squad to cover the injured Tom Wood and Geoff Parling.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, England, Call-ups
On 27 January, Owen Farrell was ruled out the whole Championship.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, England, Call-ups
On 29 January, Kieran Brookes was added to the squad as injury cover for David Wilson.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, England, Call-ups
On 31 January, Henry Slade was added to the squad as injury cover for Kyle Eastmond, while Henry Thomas has also been added to the squad as injury cover in the front row. Sam Burgess was also invited by head coach Stuart Lancaster to train with the senior squad, to continue his learning process in union.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, England, Call-ups
On 12 February, David Wilson was ruled out of the whole Championship.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, England, Call-ups
On 24 February, Chris Pennell was added to the squad as a precautionary injury cover for Mike Brown ahead of the Round 3 clash against Ireland.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, England, Call-ups
On 9 March, Sam Burgess, Courtney Lawes and Rob Webber were added to the squad ahead of the Scotland clash in round 4.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, England, Call-ups
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, France
On 15 January, France named a 31-man squad for the 2015 Six Nations Championship. Additional players maybe added to the squad throughout the tournament due to the selection formart the FFR uses during the Six Nations and End-of-year tests.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, France
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, France, Call-ups
On 19 January, Saint-André added Wenceslas Lauret to the squad to replace the injured Charles Ollivon.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, France, Call-ups
On 21 January, Loann Goujon is brought in to the squad to cover for Louis Picamoles.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, France, Call-ups
On 25 January, Morgan Parra was brought in to the squad to cover the injured Brice Dulin.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, France, Call-ups
On 1 February, Gaël Fickou was added to the squad as injury cover for the injured Alexandre Dumoulin.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, France, Call-ups
On 8 February, Vincent Debaty and Jocelino Suta were added to the squad for the Ireland game, as injury cover for Alexandre Menini and Alexandre Flanquart respectively.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, France, Call-ups
On 19 February, Pierre Bernard was added to the squad.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, France, Call-ups
On 21 February, Jules Plisson was added to the squad to replace the newly added Pierre Bernard, who was ruled out due to injury.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, France, Call-ups
On 5 March, Maxime Mermoz was called up to the squad in replacement for Wesley Fofana for the final two rounds of the tournament.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, France, Call-ups
On 10 March, Marc Andreu was called up to the squad to replace Sofiane Guitoune who was ruled out of Round 4 due to injury.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, France, Call-ups
On 17 March, Thomas Domingo was called up to the squad to replace Eddy Ben Arous who was ruled out of the final week due to injury.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, France, Call-ups
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, Ireland
On 1 February, following the Ireland Wolfhounds match, Ireland reduced the extended 46-man squad down to a 38-man squad for the 2015 Six Nations Championship.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, Ireland
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, Ireland, Call-ups
On 24 February, Billy Holland and Roger Wilson were added to the squad as injury cover for Jamie Heaslip.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, Ireland, Call-ups
On 9 March, Michael Bent, Tadhg Furlong and Dan Tuohy were added to the squad for the final two matches against Wales and Scotland.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, Ireland, Call-ups
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, Italy
On 15 January, Italy named a 31-man squad for the 2015 Six Nations Championship, featuring 4 uncapped players.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, Italy
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, Italy, Call-ups
On 25 January, Marco Barbini was added to the squad to further selection options in the back row.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, Italy, Call-ups
On 29 January, Marco Fuser was added to the squad as cover for the injured Quintin Geldenhuys.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, Italy, Call-ups
On 8 February, Tommaso Boni and Samuela Vunisa were added to the squad as injury cover for Michele Campagnaro and Alessandro Zanni.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, Italy, Call-ups
On 22 February, Lorenzo Cittadini, was added as injury cover for Martin Castrogiovanni, while Enrico Bacchin and Antonio Pavanello were added to the squad after strong performances for Treviso in the first week off.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, Italy, Call-ups
On 12 March, Luciano Orquera was added to the squad as injury cover for Kelly Haimona.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, Italy, Call-ups
On 16 March, Michele Rizzo was added to the squad to replace Matías Agüero who was ruled out of the final match due to injury.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, Italy, Call-ups
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, Scotland
On 20 January, Scotland announced a 32-man squad for the 2015 Six Nations Championship, including four uncapped players, one of whom is the Scottish-qualified Australian-born Ben Toolis.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, Scotland
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, Scotland, Call-ups
On 26 January, Johnnie Beattie was added to the squad as injury cover for Dave Denton.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, Scotland, Call-ups
On 1 February, Ryan Grant was recalled to the squad following his disciplinary hearings.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, Scotland, Call-ups
On 17 February, Tim Swinson was called up to the squad to replace Richie Gray who was ruled out of the tournament after an injury sustained in round 2.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, Scotland, Call-ups
On 23 February, Alex Allan, Adam Ashe, Chris Cusiter and Moray Low were added to the squad, with Allan and Low replacing Gordon Reid and Jon Welsh due to injury.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, Scotland, Call-ups
On 9 March, Stuart McInally was added to the squad as precautionary injury cover for Ross Ford.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, Scotland, Call-ups
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, Wales
On 20 January, Wales named a 34-man squad for the 2015 Six Nations Championship, including four uncapped players, one of whom was the Welsh-qualified New Zealand-born Gareth Anscombe.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, Wales
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, Wales, Call-ups
On 9 March, Ken Owens was added to the squad after recovering from a neck injury in 2014, while prop Tomas Francis (Exeter Chiefs) was invited to train with the squad following injury to Paul James.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, Wales, Call-ups
On 16 March, Tomas Francis was promoted to the main team for the final week of the tournament, following injury to Samson Lee. While Rhys Gill was invited to train with the squad following injury to Gethin Jenkins.


2015 Six Nations Championship squads, Wales, Call-ups
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2015 Six Nations Under 20s Championship
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2015 Six Nations Under 20s Championship
The 2015 Six Nations Under 20s Championship was a rugby union competition held between February and March 2015. England won the championship. However, no team won either a Grand Slam or the Triple Crown.


2015 Six-red World Championship
The 2015 Six-red World Championship (often styled the 2015 SangSom 6-red World Championship for sponsorship and marketing purposes) was a six-red snooker tournament that was held between 7 and 12 September 2015 at the Fashion Island Shopping Mall in Bangkok, Thailand.


2015 Six-red World Championship
Stephen Maguire was the defending champion, but lost 4–6 against Judd Trump in the last 32.


2015 Six-red World Championship
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh won in the final 8–2 against Liang Wenbo.


2015 Six-red World Championship, Prize money
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2015 Six-red World Championship, Round-robin stage
The top four players from each group qualified for the knock-out stage. All matches were best of 9 frames.


2015 Skate America
The 2015 Progressive Skate America was the first event of six in the 2015–16 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on October 23–25. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2015–16 Grand Prix Final.


2015 Skate Canada International
The 2015 Skate Canada International was the second event of six in the 2015–16 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the ENMAX Centre in Lethbridge, Alberta on October 30 – November 1. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2015–16 Grand Prix Final.


2015 Sky Blue FC season
The 2015 Sky Blue FC season was the team's sixth season of existence. Sky Blue played the 2015 season in National Women's Soccer League, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.


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


2015 Sky Blue FC season, Match results, Standings
Last updated: September 26, 2015Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2015 Sky Blue FC season, Squad statistics
Key to positions: FW – Forward, MF – Midfielder, DF – Defender, GK – Goalkeeper


2015 Skycity Triple Crown
The 2015 Skycity Triple Crown was a motor race for V8 Supercars held on the weekend of 19–21 June 2015. The event was held at Hidden Valley in Darwin, Northern Territory, and consisted of two sprint races, each over a distance of 60 kilometres (37 miles) and one endurance race over a distance of 200 kilometres (124 miles). It was the fifth round of fourteen in the 2015 International V8 Supercars Championship.


2015 Skycity Triple Crown
The two sprint races were shared between Holden and Ford; Prodrive Racing Australia driver Chaz Mostert won the opening race by a second ahead of teammate, and championship leader, Mark Winterbottom, while the next three placings were taken by Nissan Motorsport drivers Rick Kelly, James Moffat and Michael Caruso. In race two, Triple Eight Race Engineering's Craig Lowndes led home a Holden 1–2 ahead of Walkinshaw Racing driver Tim Slade, while Mostert completed the podium. With victory, Lowndes became the first V8 Supercar driver to win 100 championship races, spanning 19 years from his maiden win during the 1996 Australian Touring Car Championship season.


2015 Skycity Triple Crown
The main 200 kilometres (124 miles) race was won by David Reynolds for Rod Nash Racing, having started from pole position. Mostert again finished on the podium, with a second-place finish, while Fabian Coulthard completed the podium for the Brad Jones Racing team. In the championship standings, the top three drivers remained the same; however, Winterbottom extended his championship lead from 12 to 95 ahead of Lowndes, while Coulthard moved closer to Lowndes, trailing by 60 points. Mostert's triple podium finish moved him up to fourth in the standings.


2015 Skyrunner World Series
The 2015 Skyrunner World Series was the 14th edition of the global skyrunning competition, Skyrunner World Series, organised by the International Skyrunning Federation from 2002.


2015 Slough Borough Council election
The by-thirds 2015 Slough Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect approximately one third of the members of Slough Borough Council in England to coincide with other local elections, an election which was held simultaneously with the 2015 General Election, resulting in higher turnout than the previous election.


2015 Slough Borough Council election, Results
The Labour party won 10 of the 14 seats contested, losing one to the Conservative Party who held two and made a second gain, which was at the expense of the only UKIP incumbent councillor whose seat was up for election, leaving UKIP with one councillor.


2015 Slough Borough Council election, Results
In parties without seats, Liberal Democrats secured fourth place in the four wards in which they stood, thus no seats, and the other two candidates shown in the table below won less than 6% of the vote in their multi-choice respective wards, Cippenham Green and Langley St Mary's, to finish fourth and fifth respectively, obtaining the fewest votes in those wards.


2015 Slovak Cup Final
The 2015 Slovak Cup Final (known as the Slovnaft Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the final match of the 2014–15 Slovak Cup, the 46th season of the top cup competition in Slovak football. The match was played at the NTC Poprad in Poprad on 1 May 2015 between FK AS Trenčín and FK Senica. AS Trenčín defeated FK Senica 3-2 after penalties.


2015 Slovak Open
The 2015 Slovak Open was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It was also the 7th edition of the tournament which was part of the ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Bratislava, Slovakia between 9 and 15 November 2015.


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


2015 Slovak Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry to the main draw due to a protected ranking:


2015 Slovak Open – Men's Doubles
Ilija Bozoljac and Igor Zelenay won the title, defeating defending champions Ken Skupski and Neal Skupski in the final 7–6(7–3), 4–6, [10–5]  .


2015 Slovak Open – Men's Singles
The 2015 Slovak Open is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Bratislava, Slovakia. The men’s singles has been a staple of the open since its inception in 2000. Egor Gerasimov won the title, defeating Lukáš Lacko in the final 7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–5) . Egor was awarded €12,250 for winning the tournament.


2015 Slovak same-sex marriage referendum
A referendum on banning same-sex marriage was held in Slovakia on 7 February 2015. Critics claimed the referendum was pushed by religious and conservative organisations, aiming to block gay couples from gaining more rights.


2015 Slovak same-sex marriage referendum
The referendum was not valid as the turnout did not reach the required threshold of 50%, with only 21.4% of citizens casting a vote.


2015 Slovak same-sex marriage referendum, Background
In June 2014, the Slovakia National Council amended the country's constitution to specifically deny same sex couples the legal protections associated with marriage.


2015 Slovak same-sex marriage referendum, Background
The referendum was initiated after the conservative church backed group Alliance for Family gathered 400,000 signatures calling for a vote on the law. The Conference of Slovak Bishops, which organises anti-abortion and anti-euthanasia rallies overwhelmingly supported the move.


2015 Slovak same-sex marriage referendum, Questions
A fourth question on registered partners was rejected by the Constitutional Court.


2015 Slovak same-sex marriage referendum, Questions
In order for the proposal to be approved, voter turnout needed to be at least 50%.


2015 Slovak same-sex marriage referendum, Campaign
Supporters of the referendum campaigned predominantly in churches, with the Conference of Slovak Bishops raising funds for the campaign. 62% of Slovaks identify as Catholics, and although less than 40 percent of those attend mass regularly, Reuters describes Slovakia as "one of the most religious countries in Europe on the surface".


2015 Slovak same-sex marriage referendum, Campaign
The vote, which cost more than €6.3 million to run, led to conservative groups spending around €110,000 on advertisements. The Christian conservative activism platform CitizenGo, run by Brian S. Brown, the American founder of the National Organization for Marriage, supported the referendum.


2015 Slovak same-sex marriage referendum, Campaign
Slovakia's LGBT groups, which are smaller and less organised than their opponents, encouraged people not to vote at all, for fear that "no" voters might push turnout over 50%.


2015 Slovak same-sex marriage referendum, Reactions
Former Slovak Prime Minister Iveta Radičová said that if the referendum passes, "It will not improve the standing of families and marriages; and there won’t be any more children, either." She criticised the referendum as being pushed by people "want to cover up the real problems" in Slovakia, like "balancing of work responsibilities with childcare, unemployment," financial insecurity and domestic violence. Radičová described the movement as motivated by "the fear of the new, the unknown, and the other" and condemned opposition to sex education, pointing out that it is proven to reduce sexually transmitted diseases, unwanted pregnancies, and delay sexual experimentation.


2015 Slovak same-sex marriage referendum, Reactions
The libertarian party Freedom and Solidarity criticised the referendum, as did the EU parliament's Socialists and Democrats.


2015 Slovak same-sex marriage referendum, Reactions
Boris Dittrich criticised the involvement of American Evangelical donors like Alliance Defending Freedom in determining the social agenda in Eastern European democracies, when they had lost on same-sex marriage in America. Amnesty International has condemned the country's discrimination against LGBT people and the international media, including The Economist, critiqued the political process in the country. Gay rights groups criticised the referendum, saying "unemployment, social problems and alcoholism" would not be solved by a vote to ban gay marriages or adoptions. International critics criticised the ruling social democratic party for pandering to populist religious homophobia, and critiqued the ballot as a waste of millions of euros, and a distraction from Slovakia's economic woes, and "genuine problems of Slovak public policy."


2015 Slovak same-sex marriage referendum, Reactions
Pope Francis supported the referendum, blessing the opponents of gay rights, stating “I greet the pilgrims from Slovakia and, through them, I wish to express my appreciation to the entire Slovak church, encouraging everyone to continue their efforts in defense of the family, the vital cell of society.”


2015 Slovak same-sex marriage referendum, Reactions
A group of theologians issued a position paper claiming that the referendum is touching on ethical questions and those should be solved by discussion rather than by voting. The authors of the position Ondrej Prostredník, František Ábel and Igor Kišš, all from the Lutheran Theological Faculty of Comenius University in Bratislava also claimed that several times in history the way of shortcuts and authoritarian decisions in favor of Christian values proved to be bad and damaged the very cause of Christ’s Gospel. They also criticized the referendum as an immoral attempt to shift the responsibility for the crisis of family values in the Slovak society to homosexuals. The position paper as joined by 48 theologians and intellectuals from different churches and sectors of the society.


2015 Slovak same-sex marriage referendum, Reactions
Another EU nation, Croatia, banned same-sex marriages in a constitutional referendum on 1 December 2013. Turnout in Croatia was also less than 50%, but its constitution does not invalidate a referendum based on turnout.


2015 Slovak same-sex marriage referendum, Opinion polls
A Eurobarometer poll on in 2006 found that 19% of Slovaks supported same sex marriage and 81% opposed, while 12% supported and 84% opposed LGBT adoption. A European Social Survey in 2010 found that 42% of Slovaks believe that “gay men and lesbians should be free to live their own lives as they wish.”


2015 Slovak same-sex marriage referendum, Opinion polls
Polls suggested that only 35% of the population intended to vote in the referendum, with 85% of respondents supporting the first motion banning same sex marriage, 78% supporting a ban on LGBT adoption, and 70% supporting the third question on sex education. Opposition towards the referendum questions was higher amongst students, single people, those under 35, supporters of the libertarian party Freedom and Solidarity, those with openly gay family members or colleagues, people who live in more progressive town environments, and atheists and people with weaker religious beliefs.


2015 Slovak same-sex marriage referendum, Results
The referendum was deemed invalid due to low turnout, with just 21.4% of eligible voters casting votes, far short of the 50% required for the results to be legally binding.


2015 Slovenian Football Cup Final
The 2015 Slovenian Football Cup was the final match of the 2014–15 Slovenian Football Cup to decide the winner of the 24th edition of the Slovenian Football Cup, Slovenia's top knockout tournament. The match was played at Bonifika Stadium in Koper on 20 May 2015 and was won by Koper, who defeated Celje with the score 2–0. This was the third cup title for Koper.


2015 Slovenian Football Cup Final, Background
The final was played between Koper and Celje, both competing in the Slovenian PrvaLiga. This was the second time that Koper and Celje met in the cup final, having faced each other in the final during the 2005–06 cup edition, where Koper won their first cup title after the penalty shootout. Celje previously competed in seven finals, but managed to win only once, when they defeated Gorica in the 2004–05 cup edition.