2015 Malmö FF season, Summary, Svenska Cupen
Malmö FF qualified for the group stage of the 2014–15 Svenska Cupen in the 2014 season by beating IS Halmia 2–1 on 15 November 2014. The club were seeded first in the group stage draw after finishing first in the 2014 Allsvenskan. The groups were drawn on 19 November 2014. Malmö FF drew Jönköpings Södra IF who finished fourth in Superettan for the 2014 season, Assyriska FF who finished 14th in the same league and Hudiksvalls FF who finished second in Division 2 Norrland.


2015 Malmö FF season, Summary, Svenska Cupen
The group stage was played between 22 February and 7 March 2015 before the start of the league season. Malmö FF beat Assyriska 3–0 in the opening group fixture at Malmö IP on 22 February 2015. In the second round, the club travelled to Hudiksvall and won 5–0 on 28 February 2015. In the last group match Malmö FF faced Jönköpings Södra at Malmö IP and won 4–0 on 7 March 2015. These results positioned Malmö FF top of the group table and the club advanced to the quarter-finals.


2015 Malmö FF season, Summary, Svenska Cupen
The quarter finals were drawn on 9 March 2015, Malmö FF were drawn against fellow Allsvenskan team Örebro SK who finished in sixth place last year. Malmö FF were seeded in the drawn and had home advantage for the fixture which was played at Malmö IP on 14 March 2015. Malmö FF lost the fixture 1–0 and were therefore knocked out of the competition.


2015 Malmö FF season, Summary, Svenska Cupen
The draw for the second round of the 2015–16 Svenska Cupen was held on 7 August 2015. Malmö FF were drawn against Götene IF, a side that played in Division 3 Mellersta Götaland, the match was played on 8 November 2015. The fixture was postponed until after the league season since Malmö FF were still active in the qualification campaign for the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League. Malmö FF won the match 5–0 and progressed to next season's group stage.


2015 Malmö FF season, Summary, UEFA Champions League
Malmö FF qualified for the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League by merit of finishing first in the 2014 Allsvenskan. The club entered the competition in the second round of qualification. The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 22 June, Malmö FF was seeded in the draw. The club was drawn against the 2014 Lithuanian champions FC Žalgiris. This will be the first time that Malmö FF face Lithuanian opposition in European competition. The first leg of the second round was played on 15 July at Swedbank Stadion in Malmö, the match ended in a goalless draw. The second leg was played on 21 July at the LFF Stadium in Vilnius, Malmö FF won the match 1–0 and advanced to the third qualifying round with an aggregate score of 1–0.


2015 Malmö FF season, Summary, UEFA Champions League
The draw for the third round of qualification was held on 17 July 2015, Malmö FF were unseeded in the draw. The club was drawn against the 2014–15 Austrian champions Red Bull Salzburg. This was the second consecutive season that Malmö FF played Salzburg as they met in last year's play-off round where Malmö FF advanced to the group stage with an aggregate score of 4–2. The first leg of the third round was played on 29 July at Red Bull Arena in Wals-Siezenheim where Salzburg came out victorious 2–0. The second leg was played on 5 August at Swedbank Stadion in Malmö, Malmö FF won the match 3–0 and advanced to the play-off round with an aggregate score of 3–2.


2015 Malmö FF season, Summary, UEFA Champions League
The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 August 2015, Malmö FF were unseeded in the draw. The club was drawn against the 2014–15 Scottish champions Celtic. This was fourth time that Malmö FF faced Scottish opposition in Europe, the first since the 2011 season in the UEFA Champions League when Malmö FF beat Rangers in the third qualifying round with an aggregate score of 2–1. The first leg of the play-off round was played on 19 August at Celtic Park.


2015 Malmö FF season, Summary, UEFA Champions League
Celtic won the first match 3–2, Malmö FF managed to keep down the score after being down 2–0 and 3–1. The second leg was played on 25 August at Swedbank Stadion. Malmö FF won the return tie 2–0 and the tie ended with an aggregate score of 4–3. With this result they progressed to the group stage for the second consecutive season.


2015 Malmö FF season, Summary, UEFA Champions League
The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2015 in Monaco, France. Malmö FF were seeded in pot 4 which consisted of the lowest ranked teams. The club was drawn against Spanish runners-up Real Madrid, French champions Paris Saint-Germain and Ukrainian runners-up Shakhtar Donetsk. Malmö FF played their first match of the group stage, an away fixture against Paris Saint-Germain on 15 September, and concluded the group stage on 8 December with an away fixture against Real Madrid.


2015 Malmö FF season, Summary, UEFA Champions League
In the six group stage matches Malmö FF gathered three points and ended up in fourth place, thus being knocked out of the Champions League and further European competition for the 2015–16 season. In the six matches the club won one match, the home fixture against Shakhtar Donetsk 1–0, and lost the other five matches. Shakhtar Donetsk was also the only team that Malmö FF managed to score against.


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


2015 Malmö FF season, Players, Disciplinary record
Source: Only competitive matches = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.Notes: Allsvenskan only


2015 Malmö FF season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League, Group stage
Times up to 25 October 2014 (matchdays 1–3) are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter (matchdays 4–6) times are CET (UTC+1).


2015 Malta Open darts
2015 Malta Open is a darts tournament, which took place in Buġibba, Malta in 2015.


2015 Maltese Super Cup
The 2015 Maltese Super Cup was the 31st Maltese Super Cup, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Maltese Premier League and the FA Trophy. The matche was contested by Hibernians, champions of the 2014–15 Maltese Premier League, and Birkirkara, winners of the 2014–15 FA Trophy against the same Hibernians. Played as the first official game of the season at Ta' Qali National Stadium on 12 August 2015, Hibernians came from behind to win 2–1, making it their third title in eleven appearances.


2015 Maltese local elections
Local elections were held in Malta on 11 April 2015.


2015 Maltese local elections
In these local elections, 16-year-olds were allowed to vote for the first time. The voting age for parliamentary elections remained at 18.


2015 Maltese spring hunting referendum
A referendum on spring hunting was held in Malta on 11 April 2015. Voters voted narrowly in favour of retaining the spring hunt, with 50.4% voting for the existing law to remain in place. Voter turnout was 74.8%.


2015 Maltese spring hunting referendum, Background
In August 2013 a petition to ban spring hunting was started by the Coalition for the Abolition of Spring Hunting, which consisted of BirdLife Malta, the Coalition for Animal Rights, the Democratic Alternative, Din l-Art Ħelwa, Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar, Friends of the Earth, the Gaia Foundation, Greenhouse, International Animal Rescue Malta, the Malta Organic Agriculture Movement, Moviment Graffiti, Nature Trust, the Ramblers Association Malta and Youth for the Environment. Around 45,000 people signed the petition, triggering a referendum.


2015 Maltese spring hunting referendum, Background
Birdlife Malta said that the number of turtle doves declined by 9% between 1980 and 2015. A 2007 study by the European Commission said that hunting was a low-level threat to the turtle dove (with loss of breeding habitat in the EU being described as high-level), and described spring hunting as particularly concerning.


2015 Maltese spring hunting referendum, Background
The Hunter's Federation (FKNK) and St Hubert Hunters (KSU) filed a petition at the Constitutional Court in an attempt to stop the referendum being held, saying it would violate the country's European Union treaty obligations. The FKNK said the petition had 104,293 signatures, making it the largest in Maltese history. However, the court dismissed their claim on 9 January 2015, and also ordered the FKNK and KSU to pay court costs. In 2009 the European Court of Justice had found that Malta was breaching its EU treaty obligations by allowing the spring hunt.


2015 Maltese spring hunting referendum, Background
However, successive governments passed legislation allowing it to continue. Malta is the only country in the EU to allow spring hunting for recreational purposes. Only two species, turtle doves and quails, are allowed to be shot, with quotas of 11,000 and 5,000 bird respectively. This quota is set annually, based on how many birds were reported killed the previous autumn. Hunters are required to report their kills to the government. According to the Maltese government, 805 turtle doves and 151 quail were reported as killed in the 2012 spring hunting season.


2015 Maltese spring hunting referendum, Result
The question voted on in the referendum was "Do you agree that the provisions of the ‘Framework for Allowing a Derogation Opening a Spring Hunting Season for Turtle Dove and Quail Regulations’ (Subsidiary Legislation 504.94) should continue in force?"


2015 Maltese spring hunting referendum, Aftermath
When the results of the referendum were out, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat announced that the spring hunting season would open on 14 April. He warned hunters to be careful, and he said they were being given a 'final chance' and no abuse will be tolerated.


2015 Maltese spring hunting referendum, Aftermath
During the season, there were six illegalities, which is much fewer than in previous years. A particular incident involved a Dutch boy being accidentally  hit by pellets fired by a hunter. On 27 April, a kestrel was illegally shot at, and the injured bird fell in the yard of St. Edward's College in Birgu. Muscat called this incident "inexcusable" and closed the season immediately. This decision was welcomed by the Coalition Against Spring Hunting, the Nationalist Party, the Democratic Alternative and BirdLife Malta. The pro-hunting lobby, consisting of FKNK and KSU, condemned the incident and called for those responsible to be brought to justice. Birdlife Malta said that it reported 9 incidents and in addition, a total of 63 illegal bird callers were detected by CABS during this hunting season.


2015 Malvern Hills District Council election
The 2015 Malvern Hills District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Malvern Hills District Council in England. This was on the same day as the general election for the House of Commons of the United Kingdom and other local elections.


2015 Man Booker Prize
The 2015 Booker Prize for Fiction was awarded at a ceremony on 13 October 2015. A longlist of thirteen titles was announced on 29 July, narrowed down to a shortlist of six titles on 15 September.


2015 Man Booker Prize, Winner
On 13 October, chair judge Michael Wood announced that Jamaican author Marlon James had won the 2015 Man Booker Prize for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings. This is the first time that a Jamaican-born author has won the prize.


2015 Manaw Myay season
Manaw Myay FC (Burmese: မေနာေၿမ) Football Club is a professional football club, based in Kachin State, that plays in the Myanmar National League. Manaw Myay Football Club founded in 2010.


2015 Manchester City Council election
Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 7 May 2015, along with the 2015 United Kingdom general election. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate serving a three-year term of office, expiring in 2018, due to planned boundary changes. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council, managing to hold every seat contested.


2015 Manchester City Council election, Result
Changes in vote share are compared to the 2014 election.


2015 Manchester City Council election, Ward results
Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. Councillors seeking re-election were elected in 2011, and results are compared to that year's polls on that basis. All results are listed below:


2015 Manchester City W.F.C. season
The 2015 season is Manchester City Women's Football Club's 27th season of competitive football and its second season in the FA Women's Super League and at the top level of English women's football, having been promoted from the FA Women's Premier League before the 2014 season.


2015 Manchester City W.F.C. season, Squad information, Playing statistics
Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearancesRed card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.


2015 Manchester City W.F.C. season, Squad information, Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.


2015 Manipur ambush
United Liberation Front of Western South East Asia (UNLFW) separatists ambushed a military convoy in Chandel district on 4 June 2015, resulting in the loss of life for eighteen soldiers of the Indian Army. Fifteen soldiers also suffered serious injury. The United Liberation Front, a separatist group operating in North-east India, publicly claimed responsibility for the deadly attack.


2015 Manipur ambush
In response to United Liberation Front attack on Indian troops, Indian military successfully carried out a cross-border operation into Myanmar. Indian officials confirm that the cross border operation resulted in the death of 15-20 separatists belonging to NSCN-K who were believed to be responsible for the attack on Indian armed forces in Manipur. However, Myanmar government rejected Indian claims and stated that the Indian military operation against separatists took place entirely on Indian side of the border and Indian troops did not cross Myanmar's border.


2015 Manipur ambush
NSCN-K also rejected India's claims. According NSCN-K, Indian troops did not attack any camp belonging to NSCN-K and the group did not suffer any loss. NSCN-K also challenged Indian Army to display the dead bodies of those killed during the operation.


2015 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2015 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship of Manitoba, was held from January 21 to 25 at the Winkler Centennial Arena in Winkler, Manitoba. The winning team was the Jennifer Jones rink from Winnipeg, the defending Olympic champions. They went on to represent Manitoba at the 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.


2015 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−6).


2015 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season
The 2015 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season is the 66th in the club's history. Coached by Geoff Toovey and captained by Jamie Lyon, they compete in the National Rugby League's 2015 Telstra Premiership.


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


2015 Mansfield District Council election, Council composition
As of November 2018, there are 17 Mansfield Independent Forum councilors, 17 Labour councillors, 2 Mansfield South Independent and 1 Conservative Party councilor. As such, the Mansfield Independent Forum have a majority of 1 seat on the council.


2015 Mansfield District Council election, Results by ward, Kings Walk
In May 2017, MDC Chairman, Councillor Stephen Harvey joined the Conservative Party and became the only Conservative member of the council


2015 Mar del Plata Sevens
The 2015 Mar del Plata Sevens was the XIX edition of the tournament. Three categories of competition took place on January 10 and 11, 2015: the International Sevens, with national sides and invited selected teams; the men's qualifying tournament for the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, with 2 spots available; and the women's qualifying tournament for 2015 Toronto with 2 spots also available. All matches were played at the Aldovisi club's premises.


2015 Marbella Cup
The 2015 Marbella Cup was held in February 2015 in Marbella, Spain.


2015 Marburg Open
The 2015 Marburg Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Marburg, Germany between 29 June and 5 July 2015.


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


2015 Marburg Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players gained entry into the Main Draw as a special exempt:


2015 Marburg Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players used protected ranking to gain entry into the Main Draw:


2015 Marburg Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players gained entry into the Main Draw as a lucky loser:


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


2015 Marburg Open – Doubles
Jaroslav Pospíšil and Franko Škugor were the defending champions, but they did not participate this year.


2015 Marburg Open – Doubles
Wesley Koolhof and Matwé Middelkoop won the title, defeating Tobias Kamke and Simon Stadler in the final, 6–1, 7–5.


2015 Marburg Open – Singles
Horacio Zeballos was the defending champion, but he did not participate this year.


2015 Marburg Open – Singles
Íñigo Cervantes won the title defeating Nils Langer in the final, 2–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3.


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


2015 Marche regional election
Luca Ceriscioli of the Democratic Party (PD) was elected President by defeating a fractured field of opponents, notably including the incumbent President, Gian Mario Spacca, who had switched sides from the PD to a centre-right coalition led by Forza Italia.


2015 Maria Sharapova tennis season
The 2015 Maria Sharapova tennis season officially began on 4 January 2015 with the start of the 2015 WTA Tour. Sharapova entered the season ranked as world number 2 behind Serena Williams following the completion of the 2014 season.


2015 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Brisbane International
For the second consecutive year, Sharapova began her season at the Brisbane International, a Premier level tournament on the WTA Tour. As the top seed, Sharapova was given a bye in the first round. Her first match of the 2015 season came against qualifier Yaroslava Shvedova, with Sharapova winning the first nine games on her way to an easy victory. Sharapova's quarterfinal match pitted her against number one Spaniard Carla Suárez Navarro, with the Russian winning comfortably in straight sets.


2015 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Brisbane International
She then repeated her quarterfinal scoreline in her semifinal match, beating Elina Svitolina to advance to her first final of 2015. In the final, Sharapova faced world number 7 and second seed Ana Ivanovic. Sharapova took an early break, but failed to convert two set points and eventually lost the tie-break to Ivanovic. She then rebounded to claim the second and third sets to claim her 34th WTA Tour title, and first in Brisbane.


2015 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Australian Open
Sharapova's next tournament was the first major of the year, the Australian Open. She was seeded second in the draw, defending fourth round points after losing in 2014 to Dominika Cibulková. In the first round, Sharapova drew Croatian qualifier Petra Martić and won in straight sets. In the second round, Sharapova beat qualifier and fellow countrywoman Alexandra Panova in three sets, despite being down two breaks and saving two match points in the final set. Following her close call with elimination, Sharapova rebounded to win her next two matches in straight sets over Zarina Diyas and Peng Shuai.


2015 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Australian Open
In the quarterfinals, Sharapova continued her strong form by seeing off world No. 7 Eugenie Bouchard in two sets. Playing in her third Australian Open semifinal in four years, Sharapova made short work of her compatriot and 10th seed Ekaterina Makarova, setting up a final with world number one Serena Williams. The final was a tight contest between the top 2 players in the world, but Sharapova failed to recover from being broken in the opening game, and lost the first set.


2015 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Australian Open
Sharapova stepped up her play in the second set, and saved two match points to force a tie-break, but in the end, Williams closed the match with an ace, sealing a two set victory. The defeat was Sharapova's third in a Grand Slam final to Williams, and the first of her 2015 season.


2015 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Fed Cup World Group – Quarterfinals
One week following her disappointment in the Australian Open final, Sharapova returned to play at the Fed Cup, being selected as part of the Russia team in their quarterfinal tie with Poland in Kraków. It was the first time Sharapova had participated in a Fed Cup tie since Russia's 2012 victory over Spain. Following Svetlana Kuznetsova's first rubber victory, Sharapova played the second rubber against Urszula Radwańska and made short work of her opponent, winning in straight sets to give Russia a 2–0 advantage. The following day, Sharapova returned to play the third rubber against Urszula's sister Agnieszka Radwańska, and defeated the world #8 in straight sets, sealing victory for the Russian team.


2015 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Mexican Open
Sharapova's next activity came at the tournament in Acapulco. It was the first time she had competed in an International tournament since losing to Gréta Arn at the Auckland event in early 2011. Sharapova entered the draw as top seed, and faced American Shelby Rogers in the first round, winning in straight sets. Next, she faced lucky loser Mariana Duque Mariño and won in 68 minutes. In the quarterfinals, Sharapova faced Magdaléna Rybáriková for the first time. She won in three sets, despite struggling with a stomach virus. Sharapova was expected to face Caroline Garcia in the semifinals, but withdrew on the morning of the match due to the virus, giving Garcia a walkover into the final.


2015 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Indian Wells Masters
Sharapova returned to action in March, competing in Indian Wells. She was seeded second, only defending third rounds after a surprise loss to Camila Giorgi in 2014. After receiving a bye in the first round, Sharapova faced Yanina Wickmayer and won in straight sets. In the third round, she faced former world #1 Victoria Azarenka for the first time since the 2013 French Open. After two close sets and five missed match points, Sharapova prevailed, tying her career record against Azarenka to seven wins each. She failed to progress deeper into the tournament when she lost to defending champion Flavia Pennetta in the fourth round in three sets.


2015 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season and Australian Open, Miami Open
Sharapova's next tournament was in Miami. She was seeded second, defending semifinalist points after losing to eventual champion Serena Williams in 2014. After receiving a bye in the first round, Sharapova faced Daria Gavrilova and lost in straight sets. This marked the first time that Sharapova did not make it to the third round since her first appearance at the tournament back in 2003.


2015 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Year in detail, European clay court season and French Open, Stuttgart Open
As she had done in the previous three years, Sharapova began her clay-court season at Stuttgart, an event she had won on all three occasions that she had entered. She was seeded first, and received a first round bye. In the second round, she drew Angelique Kerber, and despite winning the first set, fell to her third consecutive defeat. The loss also snapped a 64 match win streak on clay where Sharapova won the first set and went on to win the match. The last time Sharapova lost a match on clay after winning the first set was against Dinara Safina in the fourth round at the 2008 French Open. Following the defeat, Sharapova dropped to third in the WTA rankings behind Simona Halep.


2015 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Year in detail, European clay court season and French Open, Madrid Open
Having lost her last three matches, Sharapova next entered the 2015 Mutua Madrid Open, where she was the defending champion. Seeded third, she faced a potentially tricky first round tie against Timea Bacsinszky, but won comfortably in straight sets, snapping her losing streak and avenging a defeat to Bacsinszky in Wuhan in late 2014. Sharapova followed up her first round win by claiming victory over Mariana Duque Mariño for the second time in 2015, and then reached the quarterfinals by defeating Caroline Garcia in a tough three set match.


2015 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Year in detail, European clay court season and French Open, Madrid Open
In the quarterfinals, Sharapova faced world No. 5 Caroline Wozniacki having lost both of her meetings with the Dane in 2014, but this time emerged victorious in three-sets to set up a semifinal showdown with Svetlana Kuznetsova. In the semifinal Sharapova's return to form came to an abrupt end, losing to Kuznetsova in straight sets. It was her first defeat to Kuznetsova in over seven years.


2015 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Year in detail, European clay court season and French Open, Italian Open
Immediately following her defeat in Madrid, Sharapova travelled to Italy to compete in the WTA Premier Five tournament in Rome. She was seeded third, defending third round points following an early defeat to Ana Ivanovic in 2014. After a first round bye, Sharapova was leading her second round match when her opponent Jarmila Gajdošová retired with a shoulder injury. She then proceeded to the quarterfinals with a straight sets win over Bojana Jovanovski, setting up a meeting with former No. 1 Victoria Azarenka.


2015 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Year in detail, European clay court season and French Open, Italian Open
Sharapova prevailed in two sets, earning her second win of the season over Azarenka, and taking the lead 8–7 in their overall head-to-head record. In the semifinals, Sharapova faced a rematch with Daria Gavrilova, having suffered a surprise defeat to her earlier in the year in Miami. This time however, Sharapova took revenge on the Russian qualifier, winning a close two-set match to advance to her third Rome final in five years. There, she faced Carla Suárez Navarro for the title, and despite dropping the first set, rebounded to claim the title, winning the last six games.


2015 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Year in detail, European clay court season and French Open, Italian Open
The title was her eleventh on clay courts (tying her with Serena Williams for the most clay court titles of active players.) In addition, by virtue of reaching the final, coupled with Simona Halep's defeat in the semifinals, Sharapova returned to #2 in the WTA rankings, ensuring her position as the second seed at the French Open.


2015 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Year in detail, European clay court season and French Open, French Open
Sharapova concluded her clay-court season at the French Open, returning as the defending champion following her victory over Simona Halep in the 2014 final. Seeded second, she faced a potentially tricky first round tie against Kaia Kanepi, but in spite of suffering from an illness, emerged with a straight sets victory. She followed up by defeating compatriot Vitalia Diatchenko in the second round, again in straight sets, setting up a third round clash with Samantha Stosur – a rematch following their three-set fourth round clash in 2014. Sharapova prevailed in straight sets. In the fourth round, Sharapova met 13th seed Lucie Šafářová and was upset in straight sets. The defeat saw the end of her title defence, and was her earliest loss in the French Open since a third round exit against Justine Henin in 2010.


2015 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Year in detail, Grasscourt Season, Wimbledon
After opting not to play in any warm-up events, Sharapova made her only appearance of the grasscourt season at Wimbledon, where she was seeded fourth. She began her campaign in straightforward fashion, defeating local Wildcard Johanna Konta and qualifier Richèl Hogenkamp in the first and second rounds respectively. Sharapova's run continued with victory over Irina-Camelia Begu in the third round, defending her points earned in the 2014 tournament.


2015 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Year in detail, Grasscourt Season, Wimbledon
Following the traditional Sunday rest day, Sharapova returned by defeating Zarina Diyas in straight sets in the fourth round, and advanced to the semifinals with a three set victory over American Coco Vandeweghe in the quarterfinals. In her first Wimbledon semifinal since 2011, Sharapova faced top seed Serena Williams, but lost in straight sets. It was her 17th consecutive loss to the American, and second of the year at Grand Slam level.


2015 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Year in detail, Summer US Open series
Sharapova was scheduled to play three events during the Summer US Open series – the Rogers Cup in Toronto, the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati and the US Open. However, she announced her withdrawal from both warm-up events with a right leg injury. Sharapova was drawn to face Daria Gavrilova for the third time in 2015 at the US Open, however she announced her withdrawal from the event one night before the tournament began. Her place in the main draw was given to lucky loser Daria Kasatkina.


2015 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Year in detail, Fall Asian hardcourt season, Wuhan Open
Having not competed since her Wimbledon semifinal defeat, Sharapova made her return to the tour in late September, accepting a wildcard into the main draw at the Wuhan Open. Seeded second, Sharapova received a bye into the second round where she met Barbora Strýcová. However, while leading 2–1 in the final set, Sharapova retired from the match, citing a left forearm injury.


2015 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Year in detail, Fall Asian hardcourt season, China Open
Following her retirement in Wuhan, Sharapova announced her withdrawal from the following weeks China Open. She had been the defending champion at the event, but opted to withdraw to improve her chances of competing in the 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore and the Fed Cup Final in Prague.


2015 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Year in detail, WTA Finals
Despite her lack of activity, Sharapova officially qualified for the 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore on September 10. She was seeded third behind Simona Halep and Garbiñe Muguruza, and was placed in the red group alongside Halep, Agnieszka Radwańska and US Open champion, Flavia Pennetta. Despite playing down her chances before the tournament began, Sharapova began the group stage with a three set win over Radwańska to earn her first tour win since July.


2015 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Year in detail, WTA Finals
She then continued her head-to-head dominance over Halep with a straight sets victory, leaving qualification for the semifinals in her own hands going into the final match of the group stage. Following Radwańska's victory over Halep, Sharapova entered final group match against Pennetta assured of qualification regardless of the result, but nevertheless she recorded a straight sets victory, completing the group stage with a 3–0 record and pushing Pennetta into retirement. Sharapova had lost their last three encounters; it was her first win over the Italian since 2006 as well as their first match up decided in straight sets.


2015 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Year in detail, WTA Finals
The victory tied Sharapova's career record against Pennetta to 3–3. Prior to this, Pennetta had been the only player present at the event to hold a winning record over Sharapova. In the semifinal, Sharapova looked to avenge a 2014 group stage defeat to Petra Kvitová at the same venue, but lost in straight sets, despite taking a big lead in the second set. Following her semifinal defeat, Sharapova finished the year ranked #4, a drop of two places from 2014.


2015 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Year in detail, Fed Cup Final
Sharapova concluded her season by leading Russia in the Fed Cup final against the Czech Republic away in Prague. Though she had participated in the Russian team's 2008 title winning run, Sharapova had missed the final through injury, thus making this her first appearance in a Fed Cup final. Following her teammate Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova's three set defeat to Petra Kvitová, Sharapova competed in the second rubber against world #11 Karolína Plíšková. In her first career meeting with her opponent, Sharapova claimed a straight set victories, levelling the tie at 1–1 at the end of the first day.


2015 Maria Sharapova tennis season, Year in detail, Fed Cup Final
Sharapova returned for the third rubber the following morning, looking to avenge her recent Year End Championships defeat to Kvitová. This time, Sharapova prevailed, coming back from a set down to clinch a three set victory. The win gave Russia a 2–1 lead in the tie, and signalled the end of Sharapova's 2015 season. Unfortunately for the Russian team, Sharapova's victories would be the only ones for the team, with Pavlyuchenkova losing in singles to Plíšková, then losing to Plíšková and Barbora Strýcová in the decisive doubles tie with Elena Vesnina


2015 Marianne Vos Classic
The 2015 Rabobank Marianne Vos Classic, also known as the Rabobank 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg, was held on 9 May 2015, in Aalburg, Netherlands. A 121.2 kilometres (75.3 mi) women's road cycling race, it was won by Chloe Hosking (Wiggle–Honda), who beat Marianne Vos (Rabo–Liv) and Amy Pieters (Team Liv–Plantur).


2015 Marion Blue Racers season
The 2015 Marion Blue Racers season was the fifth season for the indoor football franchise, and their first in the X-League Indoor Football.


2015 Marion Blue Racers season
On October 22, 2014, the Blue Racers announced that former Kentucky Drillers owner and coach, Rick Kranz would be the team's head coach for the 2015 season.


2015 Marion Blue Racers season
After a 2-2 start to the season, Owner LaMonte Coleman fired Kranz, and named himself the teams interim head coach.


2015 Marion Blue Racers season
The Racers finished the season 5-3, but in a 4-way tie for 3rd place, causing the Blue Racers to miss the playoffs.


2015 Marion Blue Racers season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated May 29, 201521 Active, 0 Inactive


2015 Marist Red Foxes football team
The 2015 Marist Red Foxes football team represented Marist College in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 24th-year head coach Jim Parady and played their home games at Tenney Stadium at Leonidoff Field. They were a member of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in PFL play to finish in a three way tie for fourth place.


2015 Marseille shooting
On 9 February 2015, hooded gunmen in the French city of Marseille sparked a lockdown after they fired Kalashnikov rifles at police officers while Manuel Valls, the French Prime Minister, was visiting the city. It is thought that the shooting was drug-gang related, but due to the recent Charlie Hebdo shooting and the Porte de Vincennes hostage crisis during the 2015 Île-de-France attacks, the entire troubled Marseille suburb of La Castellane was on lockdown for hours. No one was injured.


2015 Marseille shooting, Incident
Shortly after gunfire occurred near a police car, the National Gendarmerie Intervention Group locked down the area. A number of arrests were made, resulting in the seizure of seven Kalashnikovs, two .357 Magnum revolvers and around 20 kilograms of drugs. However, it soon became clear that the gunmen were not aiming at the police; instead, the gunfire was the result of a turf war between two gangs, selling primarily cannabis and cocaine. Drug-traffickers as a whole in La Castellane are reported to make between 50,000 and 60,000 euros a day as of 2015.


2015 Marseille shooting, Aftermath
Shortly after the shooting, Manuel Valls called it an example of "apartheid", whereby some French citizens who live in such neighbourhoods feel excluded from society.


2015 Marshall Thundering Herd football team
The 2015 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season as members of the East Division of Conference USA. They were led by sixth-year head coach John "Doc" Holliday and played their home games at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia. They finished the season 10–3, 6–2 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for second place in the East Division. They were invited to the St. Petersburg Bowl where they defeated UConn.


2015 Marshall Thundering Herd football team, Schedule
Marshall announced their 2015 football schedule on February 2, 2015. The 2015 schedule consisted of six home and away games in the regular season. The Thundering Herd hosted CUSA foes Florida International (FIU), North Texas, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss, and travelled to Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, Middle Tennessee, and Western Kentucky (WKU).


2015 Marshall Thundering Herd football team, Schedule
Marshall went undefeated at home but lost three road games, finishing the regular season with a 9-3 record and finishing third in the division. Marshall was invited to the St. Petersburg Bowl against the University of Connecticut which they won with a final score of 16-10.


2015 Marshallese general election
General elections were held in the Marshall Islands on 16 November 2015.


2015 Marshallese general election, Electoral system
The 33 members of the Legislature were elected in 19 single-member constituencies and five multi-member constituencies of between two and five seats. The votes are cast for persons, not parties, and party membership is not listed on the ballots.


2015 Marshallese general election, Results
The results are not reported by party affiliation. The Inter-Parliamentary Union reported that 23 out of the 33 elected senators are said to belong to Kien Eo Am (KEA). However, Marianas Variety reported that neither the KEA nor the group supporting President Christopher Loeak had won a majority, and that a group of six independents controlled the balance of power. Many prominent members of the formerly ruling party Aelon̄ Kein Ad (AKA), including half the cabinet members, lost their seats. The number of female senators went up from one to three, a record high.


2015 Marshallese general election, Aftermath
On 4 January 2016 the Legislature elected Casten Nemra as President by a margin of one vote. However, he was dismissed two weeks later after a parliamentary no confidence vote ended 21–12 in favour. On 27 January 2016, a second election was held, resulting in Hilda Heine becoming the country's first female president.


2015 Maryland Terrapins football team
The 2015 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland, College Park in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Terrapins were led by fifth-year head coach Randy Edsall, who was fired after starting the season 2–4. Offensive Coordinator Mike Locksley was promoted to interim head coach for the remainder of the season. They played their home games at Byrd Stadium. They finished the season 3–9, 1–7 in Big Ten play to finish in last place in the East Division.


2015 Maryland Terrapins football team, Previous season
The 2014 Maryland Terrapins football team finished the regular season 7-5, with a highlight win against Indiana the team's first Big Ten Conference win. After defeating the Penn State Nittany Lions the Terrapins become bowl eligible and was invited to play in the 2014 Foster Farms Bowl against the Stanford Cardinal of the Pac-12 Conference. Maryland lost to the Cardinal in Santa Clara, California 21–45 finishing their 2014 Season at 7-6.


2015 Maryland Terrapins football team, Schedule
Maryland announced their 2015 football schedule on June 3, 2013. The 2015 schedule consisted of 6 home, 5 away, and 1 neutral site games in the regular season. The Terrapins hosted Big Ten foes Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin and traveled to Iowa, Michigan State, the defending champions Ohio State, and Rutgers. Maryland played Penn State in Baltimore at the M&T Bank Stadium for the 39th meeting of their rivalry


2015 Maryland Terrapins football team, Schedule
The Terrapins hosted three of their four non conference games against Bowling Green, Richmond and South Florida (USF). Maryland traveled to Morgantown, West Virginia to face rival West Virginia of the Big 12 Conference on September 26.


2015 Maryland Terrapins men's soccer team
The 2015 Maryland Terrapins men's soccer team was the college's 70th season of playing organized men's college soccer. It was the Terrapins' second season playing in the Big Ten Conference.


2015 Maryland Terrapins men's soccer team, Background
The 2014 regular season was Maryland's first in the Big Ten. They won both the regular season and the 2014 Big Ten Tournament. Maryland lost in the second round of the NCAA Tournament to UMBC.


2015 Maryland Terrapins men's soccer team, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 Maryland terrorism plot
Mohamed Elshinawy is a 30-year-old alleged Islamist operative arrested on December 14, 2015 in Edgewood, Maryland, and charged with pledging allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), "attempting to provide material support" to ISIS, and accepting ISIS funding to carry out such a terrorist attack inside the United States.


2015 Maryland terrorism plot
According to the United States Department of Justice, Elshinawy received $8,700, which was allegedly sent to him by an ISIS operative in Egypt. The receipt, made by a U.S. resident, is a new development among people in the U.S. charged with supporting ISIS. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Elshinawy used multiple email identities, social media, and "pay as you go" phones to communicate with ISIS operatives. The FBI also stated that Elshinawy was caught because he received suspect foreign funds.


2015 Maryland terrorism plot
According to the legal complaint, federal investigators claim that earlier in 2015, Elshinawy said to his brother that he pledged to support ISIS and wanted "to die as a martyr for the Islamic State."


2015 Maryland terrorism plot
Elshinawy is the first person in Maryland to be charged by federal prosecutors with having ties to ISIS. 75 court cases have been brought in the United States in 2015 on charges of supporting ISIS.


2015 Maserati Challenger
The 2015 Maserati Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Meerbusch, Germany, between 17 and 23 August 2015.


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


2015 Maserati Challenger – Doubles
Matthias Bachinger and Dominik Meffert are the defending champions, but chose not to participate.


2015 Maserati Challenger – Doubles
Dustin Brown and Rameez Junaid won the tournament, defeating Wesley Koolhof and Matwé Middelkoop in the final.


2015 Maserati Challenger – Singles
Jozef Kovalík was the defending champion, but did not participate this year.


2015 Maserati Challenger – Singles
Andreas Haider-Maurer won the tournament, defeating Carlos Berlocq in the final.


2015 Masters (darts)
The 2015 Unibet Masters was the third staging of the non-ranking Masters darts tournament, held by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). It was played between 31 January–1 February 2015 at the Arena MK in Milton Keynes, England.


2015 Masters (darts)
James Wade was the defending champion, having beaten Mervyn King 11–10 in the 2014 tournament's final, but he lost in the quarter-finals to Gary Anderson.


2015 Masters (darts)
Michael van Gerwen won his first Masters title by defeating Raymond van Barneveld 11–6 in the final, which he won with a tournament record average of 112.49 in the last game.


2015 Masters (darts), Qualifiers
The Masters only features the top 16 Players in the PDC Order of Merit. These were:


2015 Masters (snooker)
The 2015 Masters (also referred to as the 2015 Dafabet Masters for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 11 and 18 January 2015 at the Alexandra Palace in London, England. It was the 41st staging of the Masters tournament. Shaun Murphy won his first Masters title, beating Neil Robertson 10–2 in the final, the biggest winning margin in a Masters final since Steve Davis whitewashed Mike Hallett 9–0 in 1988. In winning the title, Murphy became the tenth player to win all Triple Crown events at least once. This year's final line up was a repeat of the 2012 tournament, albeit with a different result.


2015 Masters (snooker)
Marco Fu made the 112th official maximum break during his first-round match against Stuart Bingham. This was Fu's third official 147 and the seventh maximum break in the 2014/2015 season. It was the third maximum break in Masters history, after Kirk Stevens's maximum in 1984 and Ding Junhui's in 2007.


2015 Masters (snooker)
Ali Carter played his first match since being given all-clear from lung cancer. He received a standing ovation from the crowd before his first-round encounter with Barry Hawkins, which he won 6–1.


2015 Masters (snooker)
Ronnie O'Sullivan equaled Stephen Hendry's career record of 775 competitive century breaks in his first-round match against Ricky Walden. He did so on the exact date of Hendry's 46th birthday.


2015 Masters (snooker)
Two days later, in the first frame of his quarter-final match against Marco Fu, O'Sullivan set a new record when he compiled the 776th century of his career. In defeating Fu 6–1, O'Sullivan also broke Hendry's record for the most wins in the Masters, setting a new record of 43.


2015 Masters (snooker)
O'Sullivan was the defending champion, but he lost 1–6 against Robertson in the semi-finals.


2015 Masters (snooker), Field
Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was the number 1 seed with World Champion Mark Selby seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the latest world rankings (revision 5) except that Ali Carter was seeded 13, despite being ranked 18, because of illness that had stopped him from playing for an extended period. Players ranked 13 to 15 were seeded 14 to 16 while Graeme Dott, ranked 16, was not invited. The field was the same as in 2014 except that Carter returned for his 9th appearance in place of Mark Davis.


2015 Masters (snooker), Prize fund
The total prize money of the event was unchanged at £600,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2015 Masters Tournament
The 2015 Masters Tournament was the 79th Masters Tournament, and the first of golf's four major championships, held April 9–12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Jordan Spieth led wire-to-wire and shot a record-tying 270 (−18) to win his first major at the age of 21, four strokes ahead of runners-up Phil Mickelson and Justin Rose, both major champions.


2015 Masters Tournament
This was the final Masters appearance for two-time champion Ben Crenshaw.


2015 Masters Tournament, Field
The Masters has the smallest field of the four major championships. Officially, the Masters remains an invitation event, but there is a set of qualifying criteria that determines who is included in the field. Each player is classified according to the first category by which he qualified, with other categories in which he qualified shown in parentheses. Golfers who qualify based solely on their performance in amateur tournaments (categories 6–11) must remain amateurs on the starting day of the tournament to be eligible to play.


2015 Masters Tournament, Field
Robert Streb was the only professional in the field who was appearing in his first major. Twelve other professionals were appearing in their first Masters: Erik Compton, James Hahn, Brian Harman, Morgan Hoffmann, Brooks Koepka, Anirban Lahiri, Shane Lowry, Noh Seung-yul, Brendon Todd, Cameron Tringale, Bernd Wiesberger and Danny Willett. Mikko Ilonen and Ben Martin were appearing in their first Masters as professionals. Each of the amateurs was appearing in his first major, apart from Bradley Neil who had played in the 2014 Open Championship.


2015 Masters Tournament, Field
Craig Stadler was absent for the first time since 1978. The 1982 champion, he had appeared in 38 Masters, including 36 consecutively.


2015 Masters Tournament, Field
Two-time champion Ben Crenshaw played in his 44th and final Masters.


2015 Masters Tournament, Field
Ángel Cabrera (16), Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, Trevor Immelman, Zach Johnson (17,18,19), Bernhard Langer (12), Sandy Lyle, Phil Mickelson (3,15,18,19), Larry Mize, José María Olazábal, Mark O'Meara, Charl Schwartzel (18,19), Adam Scott (16,17,18,19), Vijay Singh, Bubba Watson (12,16,17,18,19), Tom Watson, Mike Weir, Tiger Woods (5,18), Ian Woosnam


2015 Masters Tournament, Field
Martin Kaymer (4,5,13,16,17,18,19), Graeme McDowell (18,19), Rory McIlroy (3,4,12,14,15,16,17,18,19), Justin Rose (16,17,18,19), Webb Simpson (17,18,19)


2015 Masters Tournament, Field
Thomas Bjørn (18), Jonas Blixt, Rickie Fowler (13,14,15,17,18,19), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (18), John Senden (17,18), Jordan Spieth (16,17,18,19), Kevin Stadler, Jimmy Walker (16,17,18,19), Lee Westwood (18,19)


2015 Masters Tournament, Field
Erik Compton, Jason Day (16,17,18,19), Dustin Johnson (16,17,18,19), Brooks Koepka (16,18,19), Henrik Stenson (15,18,19)


2015 Masters Tournament, Field
Bae Sang-moon, Ben Crane, Matt Every (19), Bill Haas (17,18,19), James Hahn, Brian Harman, Pádraig Harrington, Charley Hoffman, J. B. Holmes (19), Billy Horschel (17,18,19), Chris Kirk (17,18,19), Hunter Mahan (17,18,19), Ben Martin, Hideki Matsuyama (17,18,19),  Ryan Moore (18,19), Noh Seung-yul, Patrick Reed (17,18,19), Brandt Snedeker (19), Robert Streb, Kevin Streelman, Brendon Todd (17,19), Camilo Villegas


2015 Masters Tournament, Field
Russell Henley, Morgan Hoffmann, Kevin Na (18,19), Geoff Ogilvy, Ryan Palmer (18,19), Cameron Tringale, Gary Woodland (18,19)


2015 Masters Tournament, Field
Luke Donald (19), Jamie Donaldson (19), Victor Dubuisson (19), Stephen Gallacher (19), Mikko Ilonen, Thongchai Jaidee (19), Shane Lowry (19), Joost Luiten (19), Ian Poulter (19), Steve Stricker, Danny Willett (19)


2015 Masters Tournament, Par 3 contest
Wednesday, April 8, 2015Kevin Streelman won the par 3 contest on Wednesday in a playoff over Camilo Villegas, after both finished at 5-under par. Five holes-in-one were recorded, tying the record for most in one day first set in 2002. Villegas made two, while Jack Nicklaus hit his first ever hole-in-one at Augusta National. The others were recorded by Trevor Immelman and Matías Domínguez. Opting out in the previous ten years, Tiger Woods played in his first par 3 contest at the Masters since 2004.


2015 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, First round
Jordan Spieth recorded nine birdies on his way to a round of 64 (−8), one off the course record, and a three-shot lead. Spieth is the fourth player to open the Masters with a round of 64 or better, and the first since Greg Norman shot 63 in 1996. Rory McIlroy, looking for his third consecutive win in a major and the career grand slam, opened with a round of 71 (−1), as did defending champion Bubba Watson. Four-time champion Tiger Woods, playing in his first tournament since February, shot 73 (+1).


2015 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Second round
Jordan Spieth increased his lead to 5 shots after 36 holes with a bogey-free round of 66 (−6). His total of 130 established a new tournament record and tied the major championship record, while his 5-shot lead matched the Masters record for largest lead after two rounds. Dustin Johnson became the first player in Masters history to record three eagles in a round and moved into a tie for third place.


2015 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Second round
Amateurs: Conners (+5), Meth (+6), Murdaca (+7), Domínguez (+8), Harvey (+13), Neil (+13), Yang (+15)


2015 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Third round
Jordan Spieth established a new Masters record for lowest 54-hole score after a round of 70 (−2) gave him a four-shot lead after the third round. His total of 200 broke by one stroke the record previously held by Raymond Floyd in 1976 and Tiger Woods in 1997. Spieth got as low as 18-under during the round, tying Woods for lowest score in relation to par in tournament history, before a double bogey at the 17th. Justin Rose birdied five holes on the back nine, including four in a row, to equal the best round of the day with a 67 (−5) and move into second place. Phil Mickelson also shot 67 and moved into third place.


2015 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Final round, Summary
Jordan Spieth equaled the tournament scoring record after a round of 70 (−2) gave him a four-stroke victory over Phil Mickelson and Justin Rose and his first major championship. Beginning the round four and five shots behind, respectively, Rose and Mickelson were only able to get within three shots at any point in the round. Spieth's total of 270 tied Tiger Woods in 1997 for lowest score in Masters history, and he became the first wire-to-wire Masters champion since Raymond Floyd in 1976.


2015 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Final round, Summary
He got as low as 19-under after a birdie at the 15th, the first in Masters history to do so, before missing an 8-foot par putt at the 18th that would have broken the record. For the week, he recorded 28 birdies, three more than the previous tournament record set by Mickelson in 2001.


2015 Masters of Formula 3
The 2015 Masters of Formula 3 was the 25th edition of the Masters of Formula 3 event, a non-championship race for cars that conform to Formula Three regulations. The event was held on 20 September 2015 at Circuit Park Zandvoort, in Zandvoort, North Holland; it was the 23rd time that the circuit held the event.


2015 Masters of Formula 3
For the first time since 1999, a qualification race was held alongside the main race but unlike previous years – where the qualification race eliminated drivers from the main race if they finished below a required position – all drivers contested the main Masters race itself.


2015 Masters of Formula 3
Jagonya Ayam with Carlin driver Antonio Giovinazzi qualified second for the qualifying race, but after pole-sitter Sérgio Sette Câmara (Motopark) bogged down at the start, Giovinazzi moved into the lead and ultimately won the race by almost nine seconds ahead of another Motopark driver, Markus Pommer in second place. Sette Câmara completed the podium for the race. In the main Masters race, Giovinazzi moved clear at the start, and won the race by a similar margin to what he had done the previous day.


2015 Masters of Formula 3
As a result, Giovinazzi became the first Italian driver to win the event, and took his team's first win in the race since Takuma Sato in 2001. George Russell completed a 1–2 for Carlin after moving ahead of Pommer and Sette Câmara at the start, while Sette Câmara once again completed the podium.


2015 Mastung bus attack
On May 29, 2015, twenty-two passengers on a bus in Mastung, Pakistan were killed by gunmen when the bus they were in was hijacked. The gunmen were disguised as Pakistani security members. United Baloch Army (UBA), a militant group operating in Balochistan, claimed responsibility for the attack.


2015 Mastung bus attack, Attack
The attack happened at night when a coach bus was traveling from Quetta to Karachi. Between fifteen and twenty armed men arrived near the bus and forced all the passengers to get off the bus. The gunmen were disguised in security uniforms and arrived in three pickup trucks. The gunmen entered the bus and kidnapped thirty-five passengers. Twenty-two bodies were located two kilometers away from the exact location of the attack.


2015 Mastung bus attack, Aftermath
A large search for the gunmen the following day ensued, with five hundred ground troops and four helicopters assisting the search. Frontier Corps began a search operation in Khad Khocha and the areas surrounding Mastung. Since the attack, seven suspected terrorists involved have been killed. As a result of the attack, many family members of the victims participated in a sit in protest at the provincial chief minister's house. Some protesters laid sixteen of the bodies in front of the governor's home. Some protesters also attempted to enter the chief ministers home, but were denied access by police officers. The victims families received compensation from the provincial government.


2015 Mastung bus attack, Aftermath
Mureed Baluch, spokesperson for the United Baloch Army, claimed that their group were the ones who perpetrated the attack.


2015 Match des Champions
The 2015 Match des Champions was the 10th edition of the annual super cup game in French basketball. This year the reigning LNB Pro A champions Limoges CSP faced off against French Cup champions SIG Strasbourg. The meeting was also a re-match of the 2014–15 Pro A Finals.


2015 Match des Champions
Strasbourg beat Limoges 59–86. Rodrigue Beaubois was named the games Most Valuable Player.


2015 Maui Invitational Tournament
The 2015 Maui Invitational Tournament was an early-season college basketball tournament that was played, for the 32nd time, from November 13 to November 25, 2015. The tournament began in 1984, and was part of the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Championship Round was played at the Lahaina Civic Center in Maui, Hawaii from November 23 to 25.


2015 Maui Invitational Tournament, Opening round
The opening round was played on November 13–16 at various sites around the country.


2015 Maui Invitational Tournament, Regional round
*Games played at Bank of Colorado Arena in Greeley, Colorado


2015 Maui Invitational Tournament, Championship round
The Championship round was played from November 23–25 at Lahaina Civic Center in Maui, Hawaii.


2015 May Day protests
The 2015 May Day protests were a series of international protests involving tens of thousands of people that took place worldwide on May Day (1 May 2015) over austerity measures and poor working conditions.


2015 May Day protests, Locations, Italy
Protests in Milan were primarily peaceful with about 30,000 demonstrators attending according to organizers and denounced the Expo 2015 meeting. Some protests were violent with about 500 individuals equipped with motorcycle helmets and batons gathered near Piazza XXIV Maggio far from the Expo 15 convention. Violent protesters clashed with police, torched several vehicles and a few business, broke windows of shops and threw homemade explosives at some businesses.


2015 May Day protests, Locations, Maldives
Aftermath of conviction of former president Mohamed Nasheed of Maldives, a series of small protests started in the capital city of Maldives. Opposition parties Adaalath Party & Maldivian Democratic Party joined to conduct the large protest on Mal'e City which is known as Maldivian May Day. It was estimated that around 7000 people around the Maldives came to the capital city of Maldives. After a bloody protest and the arrest of an opposition leader Imran Abdulla Protests was over around 00:30 in local time.


2015 May Day protests, Locations, South Korea
Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Seoul and threatened a "general strike" if the government performed the planned labor reforms.


2015 May Day protests, Locations, Turkey
Authorities blocked access to Taksim Square by blocking transportation routes and dispersed protesters with water cannons and tears gas. It was estimated by Turkish media that 20,000 police were sent out with 62 water cannon trucks and 203 individuals involved in the Istanbul protests were arrested.


2015 May Day protests, Locations, United States
An annual protest march was held in Seattle for numerous causes, such as immigrant rights, labor rights, and solidarity with the 2015 Baltimore protests. The originally peaceful protests turned violent later in the day when a group of self-described anarchists began smashing windows, burning trash cans, and clashing with riot police. Five officers ultimately suffered injuries, while sixteen people were arrested for property destruction and assault of police officers.


2015 Maya Awards
The 2015 Maya Awards (Indonesian: Piala Maya 2015) is an award ceremony honoring the best Indonesian films of 2015. The ceremony was held at Soehanna Hall, SCBD, South Jakarta, on December 19, 2015. The award ceremony is held in collaboration with the SAE Institute and Kineria.com, with the 2015 theme being "Imajinasia".


2015 Maya Awards
Being nominated to 14 times, Guru Bangsa: Tjokroaminoto also was biggest winner film for taking home eight trophy awards, behind Filosofi Kopi and Nada Untuk Asa were received double awards.


2015 Maya Awards, Nomination process
A committee of 350 independent judges makes selections from Indonesian films released in the period from December 1, 2014 to November 30, 2015. Nominations were announced on December 1, 2015. Public nominations were also made in several categories such as Short Film, Animation, and Documentary. In October and November, a selection of nominated films were screened at Film Week events at several universities.


2015 Maya Awards, Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and signified in bold letters. Nominees for special awards, Iqbal Rais Award (Young Director), were announced on December 9, 2015, via Twitter official account.


2015 Mayo Senior Football Championship
The 2015 Mayo Senior Football Championship was the 114th edition of the Mayo GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Mayo, Ireland. The tournament consists of 16 teams, with the winner going on to represent Mayo in the Connacht Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.


2015 Mayo Senior Football Championship
Ballintubber were the defending champions after they defeated Castlebar Mitchels in the previous years final, however they lost their crown at the Semi-Final stage, being defeated by Breaffy.


2015 Mayo Senior Football Championship
This was Ballyhaunis' first return to the senior grade in over 20 years after claiming the Mayo Intermediate Football Championship title, 26 years after they won their last Intermediate crown in 1988.


2015 Mayo Senior Football Championship
On 26 October 2015, Castlebar Mitchels claimed their 29th S.F.C. title when defeating Breaffy 4-10 to 0-9 in McHale Park.


2015 Mayo Senior Football Championship
Shrule-Glencorrib were relegated to the Intermediate ranks for 2016 after 12 years as a senior club.


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


2015 Mayo Senior Football Championship, Group stage
All 16 teams enter the competition at this stage. The top 2 teams in each group go into the Quarter-Finals while the bottom team of each group will enter a Relegation Playoff. For all group matches the home team is named first.


2015 Mayo Senior Football Championship, Knock-Out Stages, Finals
The top 8 teams from the league stages qualify for a random unseeded draw for the Quarter-Finals.


2015 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
The 2015 McDonald's All-American Boys Game is an All-star basketball game that was played on April 1, 2015 at the United Center in Chicago, home of the Chicago Bulls. It was the 38th annual McDonald's All-American Game for high school boys. The game's rosters features the best and most highly recruited blue chip boys high school basketball players graduating in 2015. Chicago, which became the first city to host the game in back-to-back years in 2012, continues to host the game annually for the fifth consecutive time. When the rosters for the game were announced on January 28, 15 of the 24 players had committed to Division I basketball programs; Duke and LSU led the field with two commits each.


2015 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
On March 10, 2015, Ben Simmons was named the Morgan Wootten Award winner, regarded as the McDonald's All-American national player of the year award. In the game, the East team—led by MVP Cheick Diallo's 18 points and 10 rebounds—defeated the West team by a 111–91 margin. In the associated Jam Fest, Dwayne Bacon, Luke Kennard and Jalen Brunson won the slam dunk contest, three-point shooting contest and skills competition, respectively.


2015 McDonald's All-American Boys Game, Rosters
At the time of the roster announcement the 24 players included 22 of the top 25 players according to the 2015 ESPN 100. The two highest rated players (Ben Simmons and Jaylen Brown) were both named to the East team. The West team roster was highlighted by Malik Newman. Based on ratings at ESPN.com, the highest rated eligible player not invited was number 18 ranked Texas A&M signee Tyler Davis. However, according to 247Sports.com's composite ranking, the highest rated non-invitee was 15th-ranked Arizona signee Ray Smith.


2015 McDonald's All-American Boys Game, Rosters
Nine uncommitted players at the time of the roster announcement was regarded as a high total and was higher than the total of two the year before. Kentucky signee Skal Labissière (number 3 at ESPN and number 5 at 247Sports.com) was not eligible due to his athletic ineligibility after transferring. As of gametime, 8 players remained undecided on their college affiliations. 5 of the players were scheduled to begin play in the Dick's Sporting Goods High School Nationals the following day.


2015 McDonald's All-American Boys Game, Rosters
On March 10, 2015, Simmons was named the Morgan Wootten Award winner, given annually to the best male McDonald's All-American player who exemplifies outstanding character, exhibits leadership and embodies the values of being a student-athlete in the classroom and in the community. In doing so, he joined Austin Rivers (2011) as the only Florida high schoolers to win the award. In the week prior to the game Diamond Stone committed to Maryland. Also, Jaylen Brown made news that week for a stop sign violation, but his participation in the game was not in jeopardy. Henry Ellenson endured a broken hand on March 20 in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 2 semifinals, and he did not play in the McDonald's All-American game.


2015 McDonald's All-American Boys Game, Rosters
The POWERADE Jam Fest was held at the Gerald Ratner Center of the University of Chicago on March 30. The slam dunk contest included Kristine Anigwe, who was attempting to become the first girl to win the dunk contest since Candace Parker won the 2004 contest. Dwayne Bacon won the dunk contest against finalist Stephen Zimmerman with dunks that included a dunk over Jalen Rose who stood in front of the basket, while Anigwe failed to complete a dunk. Luke Kennard won the boys three-point shooting contest over finalists Jalen Brunson and Antonio Blakeney. Brunson won the boys Skills Competition over finalists Carlton Bragg Jr. and Isaiah Briscoe.


2015 McDonald's All-American Boys Game, Rosters
Following the game, Thomas Bryant committed to Indiana on April 4. On April 10, Caleb Swanigan committed to Michigan State (joining Davis). Ivan Rabb committed to California on April 13. Zimmerman committed to UNLV on April 16. Newman committed to Mississippi State on April 24. North Carolina native, Brandon Ingram, who had risen to #3 overall in the ESPN 100 prior to his announcement, selected Duke (joining Kennard and Jeter) on April 27. The following day, Diallo committed to Kansas (joining Bragg). Jaylen Brown committed to California (joining Rabb) on May 1. On May 7, Swaningan decommitted from Michigan State. Then on May 19, he committed to Purdue.


2015 McDonald's All-American Boys Game, Rosters, West Roster
Bruce Kelley of the Bullis School in Potomac, Maryland coached the East team, while Robert Smith of Chicago's Simeon Career Academy coached the West team.


2015 McDonald's All-American Boys Game, Results
The East defeated the West by a 111–91 score. Cheick Diallo earned MVP of the game after posting 18 points and 10 rebounds, for the East team. Five East team players (Diallo, Antonio Blakeney, Diamond Stone, Dwayne Bacon, and Isaiah Briscoe) and four West team players (Allonzo Trier, Brandon Ingram, PJ Dozier, and Ivan Rabb) reached double figures in scoring.


2015 McDonald's All-American Girls Game
The 2015 McDonald's All-American Girls Game is an All-Star basketball game that was played on April 1, 2015, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, home of the Chicago Bulls. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school girls graduating in 2015. The game is the 14th annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 2002.


2015 McDonald's All-American Girls Game, 2015 Game
The 2015 game was a game of runs. The West jumped out to a huge lead, then the East roared back and took over and made it a close game the rest of the way. The West team started the game on a 16–4 run by buckets from Te'a Cooper and Katie Lou Samuelson, but the East flipped the switch using Marina Mabrey, Asia Durr, and Taylor Murray to lead their charge.


2015 McDonald's All-American Girls Game, 2015 Game
The East lead 81=69 with just under 3 minutes left in the game, but the West made one last charge and got it to 3 points from a Samuelson 3-pointer with 32.7 seconds left. Durr made a couple of free throws with 6.1 seconds left to seal the victory for the East.


2015 McDonald's All-American Girls Game, 2015 Game
This was the highest scoring girls' game in the 14-year history.


2015 McDonald's Burnie International
The 2015 McDonald's Burnie International was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the thirteenth (for men) and seventh (for women) edition of the tournament which is part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2015 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money for both genders. It took place in Burnie, Tasmania, Australia, on 2–8 February 2015.


2015 McDonald's Burnie International, Men's Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


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


2015 McDonald's Burnie International – Men's Doubles
Matt Reid and John-Patrick Smith were the defending champions but Smith decided not to participate. Reid played alongside Carsten Ball and won the title, defeating Radu Albot and Matthew Ebden, 7–5, 6–4.


2015 McDonald's Burnie International – Men's Singles
Matt Reid was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Radu Albot. Chung Hyeon won the title, defeating Alex Bolt in final, 6–2, 7–5.


2015 McDonald's Burnie International – Women's Doubles
Jarmila Gajdošová and Storm Sanders were the defending champions, but Gajdošová chose not to participate. Sanders partnered up with Destanee Aiava, but lost in the quarterfinals to Misa Eguchi and Katarzyna Piter. Irina Falconi and Petra Martić won the title, defeating Han Xinyun and Junri Namigata in the final, 6–2, 6–4.


2015 McDonald's Burnie International – Women's Singles
Misa Eguchi was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Han Xinyun. Daria Gavrilova won the title, defeating Irina Falconi in the final, 7–5, 7–5.


2015 McGrath Cup
The 2015 McGrath Cup  is a Gaelic football competition played by the teams of Munster GAA. The competition differs from the Munster Senior Football Championship as it also features further education colleges and the winning team does not progress to another tournament at All-Ireland level. On 24 January, Waterford won their second McGrath Cup after a nine-point win over UCC at Fraher Field in Dungarvan. In front of a crowd of 907, Joey Veale, Maurice O’Gorman and Gavin Nugent got the three goals in a 3-12 to 1-9 victory.


2015 McNeese State Cowboys football team
The 2015 McNeese State Cowboys football team represented McNeese State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Cowboys were led by tenth-year head coach Matt Viator and played their home games at Cowboy Stadium. They were a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 10–1, 9–0 in Southland play to win the Southland Conference title. They went undefeated 10–0 in the regular season. They received the Southland's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the second round to fellow Southland member Sam Houston State.


2015 McNeese State Cowboys football team, Previous season
The Cowboys finished the 2014 season with a 6–5 overall record and were 4–4 in conference play. They were ranked in both FCS polls from the preseason polls through the twelfth week. Their highest ranking was Number 5 in the Sports Network poll and Number 4 in the Coaches poll in weeks four through six. The Cowboys dropped out of both polls following a season ending loss to the Lamar Cardinals.


2015 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
The 2015 Meath Intermediate Football Championship is the 89th edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for intermediate graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 18 teams, with the winner going on to represent Meath in the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.


2015 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
The draw for the group stages of the championship were made on 9 February 2015 with the games commencing on the weekend of 10 April 2015.


2015 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
Cortown were promoted to the middle grade after a 3-year exodus when securing the J.F.C. crown last year.


2015 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
This was Oldcastle's return to the Intermediate grade after 5 years as a senior club since being relegated last year.


2015 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
Clann na nGael were relegated tho the J.F.C. after 8 years in the middle grade.


2015 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
On 4 October 2015, Ratoath claimed their first ever I.F.C. title (since beginning to field football teams in 1956) when overcoming Nobber 1-15 to 0-5 in Pairc Tailteann and hence earning promotion to the S.F.C. for the first time in their history. After winning the Meath I.F.C. Ratoath also made history by winning their first Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship and became only the second Meath club to win this honour after Wolfe Tones in 2004. They beat Athlone of Westmeath in the final. Unfortunately their journey came to an end at the All-Ireland semi-final stage when losing to Kerry I.F.C. champions St. Mary's Cahirciveen who featured former All-Star and Kerry Bryan Sheehan.


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


2015 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Participating teams
The teams taking part in the 2015 Meath Intermediate Football Championship are:


2015 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Group stage
There are 3 groups called Group A,B and C. The 2 top finishers in each group and the third-place finisher in Group A will qualify for the Quarter Finals. The third placed teams in Group B and C will qualify for a Preliminary Quarter Final, with the winner earning a place in last eight. The bottom finishers of each group will qualify for the Relegation Play Off. The draw for the group stages of the championship were made on 9 February 2015 with the games commencing on the weekend of 10 April 2015.


2015 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Knock-out Stages, Relegation Play Off
The three bottom finishers from each group qualify for the relegation play off and play each other in a round robin basis. The team with the worst record after two matches will be relegated to the 2016 Junior Championship.


2015 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Knock-out Stages, Finals
The winners and runners up of each group qualify for the quarter finals along with the third placed finisher of Group A.


2015 Meath Senior Football Championship
The 2015 Meath Senior Football Championship is the 123rd edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior clubs in County Meath, Ireland. Eighteen  teams compete, with the winner going on to represent Meath in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.


2015 Meath Senior Football Championship
Navan O'Mahonys were the defending champions after they defeated Donaghmore/Ashbourne in the previous years final, and they successfully defended their title, becoming the first team to manage that feat since Dunshaughlin's three-in-a-row between 2000-02. The Navan side defeated Na Fianna 0-13 to 1-8 on Bank Holiday Monday 26 October 2015 in Pairc Tailteann. This was the first time the final was held on a Monday. Former Meath player Gary O'Brien raised the Keegan Cup for the 20th time for O'Mahonys while goalkeeper Marcus Brennan claimed the 'Man of the Match' award.


2015 Meath Senior Football Championship
This was Ballinlough's return to the senior grade 8 years since relegation in 2007 after claiming the 2014 Meath Intermediate Football Championship title.


2015 Meath Senior Football Championship
The draw for the group stages of the championship were made on 9 February 2015 with the games commencing on the weekend of 10 April 2015.


2015 Meath Senior Football Championship
Walterstown were relegated to the Intermediate grade after 51 years in the top flight. The 'Blacks' are the only Meath side to reach an All-Ireland Club SFC Final (1980–81 and 1983–84). The only club to have been in the top flight for longer are Skryne, who have played senior football since 1938 (78 years in 2015).


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


2015 Meath Senior Football Championship, Participating Teams
The teams taking part in the 2015 Meath Senior Football Championship are:


2015 Meath Senior Football Championship, Group stage
There are 3 groups called Group A,B and C. The 2 top finishers in each group and the third-place finisher in Group A will qualify for the Quarter Finals. The third placed teams in Group B and C will qualify for a Preliminary Quarter Final, with the winner earning a place in last eight. The bottom finishers of each group will qualify for the Relegation Play Off. The draw for the group stages of the championship were made on 9 February 2015 with the games commencing on the weekend of 10 April 2015.


2015 Meath Senior Football Championship, Knock-out Stages, Relegation Play Off
The three bottom finishers from each group qualify for the relegation play off and play each other in a round robin basis. The team with the worst record after two matches will be relegated to the 2016 Intermediate Championship.


2015 Meath Senior Football Championship, Knock-out Stages, Finals
The winners and runners up of each group qualify for the quarter finals along with the third-placed finisher of Group A.


2015 Meath Senior Football Championship, Knock-out Stages, Finals
The final between Navan O'Mahonys and Na Fianna was originally fixed for Sunday 18 October but due to a clash with Ireland -vs- Argentina in the quarter-finals of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, it was switched to Bank Holiday Monday 26 October to encourage a larger crowd to attend the final.


2015 Mediterranean Beach Games
The 2015 Mediterranean Beach Games was the first edition of the Mediterranean Beach Games. It was held from 28 August to 6 September 2015 in Pescara, Italy.


2015 Mediterranean Beach Games, Participating nations
All 24 member nations of the International Committee for the Mediterranean Games competed in this edition of Mediterranean Beach Games.


2015 Mediterranean Beach Games, Medal table
Final medal standings are shown below, information from official website of 2015 Mediterranean Beach Games for 58 events while one bronze sharing in beach wrestling.


2015 Medway Council election
The 2015 Medway Council election took place on 7 May 2015, alongside the 2015 UK General Election. The elections were to elect all 55 seats across 22 wards. The Conservatives held the council, with 36 seats (a majority of 16). The Labour Party has 15 seats, and UKIP has 4.


2015 Medway Council election
Following the announcement of the results, the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition called for a re-count in Rainham North ward after their candidate received no votes, despite claiming that he had voted for himself; however, the council's returning officer confirmed that the result was correct and no further action could be taken.


2015 Medway Council election, Council Composition
Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:


2015 Medway Council election, Ward Results, Gillingham North
Cllrs Cooper and Stamp both were previously elected as Independent councillors in 2011.


2015 Medway Council election, Ward Results, Peninsula
Sands previously stood as a candidate for the English Democrats in 2011.


2015 Medway Council election, Ward Results, Rainham North
Hewett was previously elected in 2011 as a Conservative councillor.


2015 Meistriliiga
The 2015 Meistriliiga (known as A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons) was the 25th season of the Meistriliiga, the first level in the Estonian football system. The season started on 6 March 2015 and the final matchday took place on 7 November. Levadia, the defending champions, finished runner-up behind Flora, who won their tenth title.


2015 Meistriliiga, Teams
A total of ten teams will contest the league, including 8 sides from the 2014 season and two promoted teams from the 2014 Esiliiga. Tallinna Kalev were relegated from the Meistriliiga after three seasons and were replaced by Pärnu Linnameeskond, the best of independent teams in 2014 Esiliiga, Pärnu made their comeback to top flight after 6 seasons on lower levels. Lokomotiv were relegated after a single season, they were defeated in the relegation play-offs by Tulevik returning to Meistriliiga after four-year absence.


2015 Meistriliiga, Teams, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 Meistriliiga, League table, Relegation play-offs
At season's end Tammeka, the ninth place club, participated in a two-legged play-off with Tallinna Kalev, the runners-up (of the independent teams) of the 2015 Esiliiga, for the spot in next year's competition.


2015 Meistriliiga, League table, Relegation play-offs
Tammeka won 4–2 on aggregate and retained their Meistriliiga spot for the 2016 season.


2015 Meistriliiga, Results
Each team plays every opponent four times, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 36 games.


2015 Meistriliiga, Awards, Annual awards, Goal of the Season
Raido Roman's goal against Tammeka was chosen Goal of the Season.


2015 Mekong Club Championship
The 2015 Mekong Club Championship was the 2nd season of the Mekong Club Championship. Five teams entered as respective domestic league winners from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. The championship is sponsored by Toyota.


2015 Melaka United season
The 2015 Melaka United Season is Melaka United's 5th season playing football in the Malaysia FAM League since its inception after being relegated from Malaysia Premier League in 2010. They won the league this season and was promoted to Malaysia Premier League next season by topping the Group B table and won the cup by beating Perlis 3-2 in the final.


2015 Melaka United season, Malaysia FA Cup
Melaka United were eliminated in the First Round (Round of 32) of the 2015 Malaysia FA Cup. They lost 1-3 to Terengganu.


2015 Melaka United season, Malaysia Cup
Melaka United does not participated in this year Malaysia Cup as they were not qualified for it.


2015 Melanesian Super Cup
The 2015 Melanesian Super Cup was the 2nd edition of the Melanesian Super Cup. The tournament is held since 2014 and is a sign of the longtime friendship between Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands. The matches were played at the Port Vila Municipal Stadium in Port Vila, with tournament was played in round-robin format. The draw for the fixtures was held on 1 October 2015 at Port Vila, Vanuatu.


2015 Melbourne Cup
The 2015 Emirates Melbourne Cup was the 155th running of the Melbourne Cup, a prestigious Australian Thoroughbred horse race. The race, run over 3,200 metres (1.988 mi), was held on 3 November 2015 at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse. The date is a public holiday in the state of Victoria. The final field for the race was declared on 31 October. The total prize money for the race was A$6.2 million, the same as the previous year.


2015 Melbourne Cup
The winner was Prince of Penzance, ridden by Michelle Payne, who became the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup. He was trained by Darren Weir, who has since been banned from horseracing & charged with animal cruelty offences.


2015 Melbourne Cup, Background
Prior to the race, racehorse advocacy groups and animal rights activists attempted to highlight the number of racehorse deaths due to injuries sustained during a race. The death of two horses in Melbourne Cup 2014 race has called into question the use of the whip and whether it results in unnecessary harm to the animal. Racing Australia has since amended its rules governing the use of the whip, effective from 1 December 2015.


2015 Melbourne Cup, Race summary
Prince of Penzance, ridden by jockey Michelle Payne, won the race. He was trained by Darren Weir, who has since been banned from horseracing & charged with animal cruelty offences.


2015 Melbourne Cup, Race summary
Prince of Penzance pulled ahead of the front-runners only around 100m from the finish of the race, surprising many, including Payne. Payne's technique focused on galloping, due to her belief that doing so was key to winning.


2015 Melbourne Cup, Fatalities
Three-time cup runner-up Red Cadeaux did not finish, suffering a suspected fracture in the left fetlock, a joint above the hoof similar to an ankle in humans. The gelding was taken to a veterinary clinic for surgery. Red Cadeaux's trainer initially announced that the horse would likely recover, but retired from racing. However, on 21 November, Red Cadeaux was euthanised, due to complications from the injury.


2015 Melbourne Football Club season
The 2015 Melbourne Football Club season was the club's 116th year in the VFL/AFL since it began in 1897.


2015 Melbourne Football Club season
Despite improvements in 2014, Melbourne still produced a poor season in regards to results, which led to Melbourne receiving a financially and commercially challenging draw. The club played home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground against Gold Coast, Fremantle, Sydney, Western Bulldogs, Brisbane Lions, St Kilda, and North Melbourne whom typically do not draw high crowds in Melbourne, and played Collingwood, Fremantle, Greater Western Sydney, St Kilda and Western Bulldogs twice. Games were broadcast on the Seven Network (free to air) for seven games, down from nine in 2014.


2015 Melbourne Football Club season
Even with financial and commercial challenges, the club continued to host its annual Queen's Birthday clash against Collingwood in round 10 and played its first Friday night game since round 7, 2012, which was against Richmond in round 4 as a lead into ANZAC day. The club also played more traditional time slots, as the AFL aimed to have a more 'fan friendly' fixture, with seventeen day games (up from twelve), two twilight matches (down from five) and three at night (down from five). In addition, the club played 17 matches in Victoria, and traveled to Adelaide, Canberra, and Perth once, and the Northern Territory twice.


2015 Melbourne Football Club season
Melbourne sold two of its home games to the Northern Territory due to a sponsorship deal made with Tourism NT. One was at TIO Traeger Park in Alice Springs in round 9 against Port Adelaide for the second year in a row. The other match was at TIO Stadium in Darwin for the sixth year in a row, which was against West Coast in round 14. In addition Melbourne hosted Greater Western Sydney at Etihad Stadium in round 23.


2015 Melbourne Football Club season
The club finished the season with 7 wins and 15 losses, this was the club's best result since the 2011 season.


2015 Melbourne Football Club season, 2015 season, Home and away season, Round 1
Debut(s): Angus Brayshaw, Jesse Hogan, Aaron vandenBergDebut(s) for MFC: Sam Frost (Greater Western Sydney), Jeff Garlett (Carlton), Heritier Lumumba (Collingwood), Ben Newton (Port Adelaide)Milestone(s): Heritier Lumumba (200th AFL game), Jesse Hogan (1st AFL goal), Ben Newton (1st AFL goal), Aaron vandenBerg (1st AFL goal)Brownlow votes: Nathan Jones  (Melbourne) 3 votes, Jack Viney (Melbourne) 2 votes, Dion Prestia (Gold Coast) 1 voteRecord: 1 win, 0 losses, 0 draws (129.21%)Ladder position: 4thSubstitutes: Jimmy Toumpas  Angus Brayshaw


2015 Melbourne Football Club season, 2015 season, Home and away season, Round 2
Brownlow votes: Callan Ward  (Greater Western Sydney) 3 votes, Shane Mumford (Greater Western Sydney) 2 votes, Stephen Coniglio (Greater Western Sydney) 1 voteRecord: 1 win, 1 loss, 0 draws (90.00%)Ladder position: 13thSubstitutes: Angus Brayshaw  Bernie Vince


2015 Melbourne Football Club season, 2015 season, Home and away season, Round 3
Brownlow votes: Scott Thompson  (Adelaide) 3 votes, Rory Sloane (Adelaide) 2 votes, David Mackay (Adelaide) 1 voteRecord: 1 win, 2 losses, 0 draws (83.70%) Ladder position: 12thSubstitutes: Angus Brayshaw  Sam Frost


2015 Melbourne Football Club season, 2015 season, Home and away season, Round 4
Milestone(s): Angus Brayshaw (1st AFL goal)Brownlow votes: Nathan Jones  (Melbourne) 3 votes, Bernie Vince (Melbourne) 2 votes, Shane Edwards (Richmond) 1 voteRecord: 2 wins, 2 losses, 0 draws (96.26%)Ladder position: 12thSubstitutes: Viv Michie  Dean Kent


2015 Melbourne Football Club season, 2015 season, Home and away season, Round 5
Milestone(s): Jack Watts (100th AFL game)Brownlow votes: Nat Fyfe  (Fremantle) 3 votes, David Mundy (Fremantle) 2 votes, Chris Mayne (Fremantle) 1 voteRecord: 2 wins, 3 losses, 0 draws (81.77%)Ladder position: 13thSubstitutes: Jordie McKenzie  Christian Salem


2015 Melbourne Football Club season, 2015 season, Home and away season, Round 6
Debut(s): Billy StretchMilestone(s): Billy Stretch (1st AFL goal)Brownlow votes: Tom Mitchell  (Sydney) 3 votes, Josh Kennedy (Sydney) 2 votes, Kurt Tippett (Sydney) 1 voteRecord: 2 wins, 4 losses, 0 draws (77.61%)Ladder position: 15thSubstitutes: Jack Watts  Cameron Pedersen


2015 Melbourne Football Club season, 2015 season, Home and away season, Round 7
Brownlow votes: Jarryd Roughead  (Hawthorn) 3 votes, Shaun Burgoyne (Hawthorn) 2 votes, Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn) 1 voteRecord: 2 wins, 5 losses, 0 draws (67.30%)Ladder position: 15thSubstitutes: Billy Stretch  Christian Salem


2015 Melbourne Football Club season, 2015 season, Home and away season, Round 8
Brownlow votes: Aaron vandenBerg  (Melbourne) 3 votes, Jesse Hogan (Melbourne) 2 votes, Nathan Jones (Melbourne) 1 voteRecord: 3 wins, 5 losses, 0 draws (75.34%)Ladder position: 14thSubstitutes: Aidan Riley  Matt Jones


2015 Melbourne Football Club season, 2015 season, Home and away season, Round 9
Milestone(s): Cameron Pedersen (50th AFL game), Jeff Garlett (200th AFL goal), Jesse Hogan (Rising Star round nominee)Brownlow votes: Robbie Gray  (Port Adelaide) 3 votes, Brad Ebert (Port Adelaide) 2 votes, Travis Boak (Port Adelaide) 1 voteRecord: 3 wins, 6 losses, 0 draws (71.54%)Ladder position: 15thSubstitutes: Jack Viney  Neville Jetta


2015 Melbourne Football Club season, 2015 season, Home and away season, Round 10
Milestones: Angus Brayshaw (Rising Star round nominee)Brownlow votes: Travis Cloke  (Collingwood) 3 votes, Bernie Vince (Melbourne) 2 votes, Nathan Jones (Melbourne) 1 voteRecord: 3 wins, 7 losses, 0 draws (72.19%)Ladder position: 15thSubstitutes: Matt Jones  Aaron vandenBerg


2015 Melbourne Football Club season, 2015 season, Home and away season, Round 11
Debut(s): Alex Neal-BullenMilestone(s): Lynden Dunn (150th AFL game)Brownlow votes: Leigh Montagna  (St Kilda) 3 votes, Jesse Hogan (Melbourne) 2 votes, Bernie Vince (Melbourne) 1 voteRecord: 3 wins, 8 losses, 0 draws (74.24%)Ladder position: 15thSubstitutes: Viv Michie  Cameron Pedersen


2015 Melbourne Football Club season, 2015 season, Home and away season, Round 12
Milestone(s): Alex Neal-Bullen (1st AFL goal)Brownlow votes: Max Gawn  (Melbourne) 3 votes, Bernie Vince (Melbourne) 2 votes, Steven Motlop (Geelong) 1 voteRecord: 4 wins, 8 losses, 0 draws (78.34%)Ladder position: 15thSubstitutes: Aidan Riley  Jimmy Toumpas


2015 Melbourne Football Club season, 2015 season, Home and away season, Round 14
Brownlow votes: Jack Darling  (West Coast) 3 votes, Chris Masten (West Coast) 2 votes, Andrew Gaff (West Coast) 1 voteRecord: 4 wins, 9 losses, 0 draws (76.01%)Ladder position: 15thSubstitutes: Alex Neal-Bullen  Angus Brayshaw


2015 Melbourne Football Club season, 2015 season, Home and away season, Round 15
Debut(s): James HarmesBrownlow votes: Brent Stanton  (Essendon) 3 votes, Joe Daniher (Essendon) 2 votes, Bernie Vince (Melbourne) 1 voteRecord: 4 wins, 10 losses, 0 draws (76.58%)Ladder position: 15th Substitutes: Jay Kennedy Harris  James Harmes


2015 Melbourne Football Club season, 2015 season, Home and away season, Round 16
Brownlow votes: Jeremy Howe  (Melbourne) 3 votes, Dayne Zorko (Brisbane Lions) 2 votes, Jesse Hogan (Melbourne) 1 voteRecord: 5 wins, 10 losses, 0 draws (78.96%)Ladder position: 15thSubstitutes: Alex Neal-Bullen  Jay Kennedy Harris


2015 Melbourne Football Club season, 2015 season, Home and away season, Round 17
Brownlow votes: Nick Riewoldt  (St Kilda) 3 votes, Sean Dempster (St Kilda) 2 votes, Jack Viney (Melbourne) 1 voteRecord: 5 wins, 11 losses, 0 draws (77.61%)Ladder position: 15thSubstitutes: Viv Michie  Aaron vandenBerg


2015 Melbourne Football Club season, 2015 season, Home and away season, Round 18
Milestone(s): James Harmes (1st AFL goal)Brownlow votes: Bernie Vince  (Melbourne) 3 votes, Dane Swan (Collingwood) 2 votes, Max Gawn (Melbourne) 1 voteRecord: 6 wins, 11 losses, 0 draws (80.88%)Ladder position: 14thSubstitutes: James Harmes  Viv Michie


2015 Melbourne Football Club season, 2015 season, Home and away season, Round 19
Milestone(s): Dom Tyson (50th AFL game)Brownlow votes: Shaun Higgins  (North Melbourne) 3 votes, Todd Goldstein (North Melbourne) 2 votes, Nick Dal Santo (North Melbourne) 1 voteRecord: 6 wins, 12 losses, 0 draws (80.22%)Ladder position: 14thSubstitutes: Alex Neal-Bullen  James Harmes


2015 Melbourne Football Club season, 2015 season, Home and away season, Round 20
Milestone(s): Matt Jones (50 AFL games)Brownlow votes: Luke Dahlhaus  (Western Bulldogs) 3 votes, Robert Murphy (Western Bulldogs) 2 votes, Lachie Hunter (Western Bulldogs) 1 voteRecord: 6 wins, 13 losses, 0 draws (76.42%)Ladder position: 14thSubstitutes: Jack Grimes  Neville Jetta


2015 Melbourne Football Club season, 2015 season, Home and away season, Round 21
Brownlow votes: Matthew Kreuzer  (Carlton) 3 votes, Patrick Cripps (Carlton) 2 votes, Andrew Walker (Carlton) 1 voteRecord: 6 wins, 14 losses, 0 draws (76.17%)Ladder position: 14thSubstitutes: Alex Neal-Bullen  Heritier Lumumba


2015 Melbourne Football Club season, 2015 season, Home and away season, Round 22
Debut(s): Oscar McDonaldMilestone(s): Nathan Jones (200th AFL game)Brownlow votes: David Mundy  (Fremantle) 3 votes, Lachie Neale (Fremantle) 2 votes, Danyle Pearce (Fremantle) 1 voteRecord: 6 wins, 15 losses, 0 draws (74.73%)Ladder position: 14thSubstitutes: Jack Grimes  Nathan Jones


2015 Melbourne Football Club season, 2015 season, Home and away season, Round 23
Debut(s): Mitch WhiteMilestone(s): Jeremy Howe (100th AFL game)Brownlow votes: Bernie Vince  (Melbourne) 3 votes, Nathan Jones (Melbourne) 2 votes, Callan Ward (Greater Western Sydney) 1 voteRecord: 7 wins, 15 losses, 0 draws (76.96%)Ladder position: 13thSubstitutes: Alex Neal-Bullen  Mitch White


2015 Melbourne Football Club season, Awards, Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal tally (top 10)
Sid Anderson Memorial Trophy (Second in the Best and Fairest) – Jack Viney


2015 Melbourne Football Club season, Awards, Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal tally (top 10)
Ron Barassi Snr Memorial Trophy (Third in the Best and Fairest) – Tom McDonald


2015 Melbourne Football Club season, Awards, Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal tally (top 10)
Ivor Warne-Smith Memorial Trophy (Fourth in the Best and Fairest) – Jesse Hogan


2015 Melbourne Football Club season, Awards, Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal tally (top 10)
Dick Taylor Memorial Trophy (Fifth in the Best and Fairest) – Nathan Jones


2015 Melbourne Football Club season, Awards, Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal tally (top 10)
Harold Ball Memorial Trophy (Best Young Player) – Jesse Hogan


2015 Melbourne Football Club season, Awards, Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal tally (top 10)
Troy Broadbridge Trophy (highest polling MFC player in the Casey Best and Fairest) – Aidan Riley


2015 Melbourne Football Club season, Awards, Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal tally (top 10)
Ron Barassi Jnr. Leadership Award – Daniel Cross, Jack Trengove