2015 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Eugene
Renaud Lavillenie continued the streak of Diamond League records by winning the men's pole vault with a mark of 6.05 m (19 ft 10 in), raising him to joint second on the all-time outdoor lists. Wind and temperature conditions suited the sprinting events. Justin Gatlin won the men's 200 metres in a world lead 19.68 seconds, while Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won the women's 100 metres in another world lead of 10.81 seconds, sharing that time with Murielle Ahouré.


2015 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Eugene
Six women ran under 10.9 seconds that day, and China's Su Bingtian became the first man of Asian descent to break the 10-second barrier in the 100 m. Mutaz Essa Barshim continued his high jump streak with a meet record and world lead of 2.41 m (7 ft 10 3⁄4 in), while Caterine Ibargüen extended her undefeated run to 24 triple jump competitions. Genzebe Dibaba attempted to top Almaz Ayana's 5000 metres run from Shanghai: although she came up short, her winning time of 14:19.76 was the fifth fastest ever run for the distance. A total of thirteen world-leading marks and six meet records were set at the two-day competition.


2015 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Rome
A total of five world leading marks were set at the Golden Gala. Ethiopian male distance runners provided two of these, with Mohamed Aman winning the 800 m in 1:43.56 minutes and 17-year-old Yomif Kejelcha taking his first Diamond race victory in the 5000 m with the first sub-13-minute run of the season. Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi, also in her first Diamond race win, took the women's steeplechase in 9:15.08 minutes (a personal best by more than six seconds). The more experienced Ruth Beitia topped the women's high jump with a clearance of 2.00 m (6 ft 6 1⁄2 in) – the 36-year-old Spaniard became the oldest woman to jump over that height. American Jennifer Simpson became the first woman under four minutes for the 1500 m that year.


2015 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Rome
Two meeting records were bettered in Rome. Justin Gatlin knocked one hundredth off Usain Bolt's 2012 time with 9.75 seconds in the men's 100 m. Pedro Pablo Pichardo took down two much longer-standing marks in the men's triple jump with his jump of 17.96 m (58 ft 11 in): Jonathan Edwards 1998 meet record and also Khristo Markov's 1987 stadium record, which was the winning mark of the 1987 World Championships in Athletics.


2015 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Rome
Other marks of note were Thiago Braz da Silva's South American record of 5.86 m (19 ft 2 1⁄2 in) in the men's pole vault and men's javelin throw national records from Kenya's Julius Yego and Olympic champion Keshorn Walcott of Trinidad and Tobago. A strong women's 100 m hurdles field was notable for high-profile failures: Olympic champion Sally Pearson fell heavily and was injured, world champion Brianna Rollins clashed a hurdle and fell, and world leader Jasmin Stowers also hit a hurdle heavily and walked to the finish.


2015 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Birmingham
The best performance at the Birmingham Grand Prix came in the men's javelin with Kenya's Julius Yego greatly improving to 91.39 m (299 ft 10 in) to break the Diamond League record and the African record. This mark was the best recorded in the discipline since 2006. There was some discussion over the validity of the throw: officials initially judged the throw to be outside the allowable sector, despite the throw going beyond the area that officials had marked out, and only was the meeting had finished did they accept Yego's effort. Another world lead and African record came in the non-standard 300 m sprint as Wayde van Niekerk won in 31.63 seconds.


2015 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Birmingham
Sandra Perković was the only athlete to set a meeting record, doing so in the women's discus with a mark of 69.23 m (227 ft 1 1⁄2 in), improving on former Olympic champion Ellina Zvereva's 13-year-old record. Perković win made her the only athlete of the meeting to have won all Diamond races in a discipline after just five meetings, as Marvin Bracy's 100 m win erased Justin Gatlin's streak. Home athlete Adam Gemili broke the 10-second barrier for the first time in that race, becoming the sixth Briton to achieve the feat.


2015 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Oslo
In poor weather conditions, there were few record performances in Oslo. Genzebe Dibaba fell short in her 5000 m world record attempt, although her winning time of 14:21.29 minutes was still the seventh fastest ever recorded at that point. The sole world-leading performance of the evening was Kaliese Spencer's 400 m hurdles win in 54.15 seconds. This brought the Jamaican to twelve points in the Diamond race. Caterine Ibargüen also reached twelve points, extending her three-year unbeaten run. No men were left unbeaten in their Diamond race due to two unexpected victories.


2015 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Oslo
A men's high jump billed as a contest between Mutaz Essa Barshim, Bohdan Bondarenko and Ivan Ukhov saw all finish outside the top two, as China's Zhang Guowei had his first Diamond League victory and Marco Fassinotti equalled the Italian record of 2.33 m (7 ft 7 1⁄2 in). Robert Urbanek ousted his fellow Pole Piotr Małachowski to prevent him from taking three straight wins in the men's discus. In the absence of Diamond race leader Kirani James, Steven Gardiner broke the men's 400 m streak and took his first Diamond League win.


2015 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Oslo
The greatest upset of the night came through Laura Muir in the women's 1500 m. The Briton built up a 40-metre lead to have her first major circuit win ahead of the more favoured Abeba Aregawi. Marharyta Dorozhon was another first time winner, achieving the feat in the women's javelin in an Israeli record of 64.56 m (211 ft 9 1⁄2 in). The only other national record of the meet was a Belgian one of 3:51.84 minutes in the 1500 m by Pieter-Jan Hannes. Asbel Kiprop had his fourth career win at the Bislett Dream Mile, which was in its 50th anniversary.


2015 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, New York
As in Oslo, poor weather meant only one world-leading mark was recorded in New York: Francena McCorory improved the women's 400 m time to 49.86 seconds – also a meeting record. The women's field events provided two more meeting records: Christabel Nettey's clearance of 6.92 m (22 ft 8 1⁄4 in) brought her her first long jump win on the circuit, while Ruth Beitia and Blanka Vlasic were both clear at 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in) for a women's high jump record. Ajee' Wilson brought an end to Eunice Jepkoech Sum's run in the women's 800 m and Sandra Perković became the first athlete of the series to gather four straight wins.


2015 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, New York
In a non-Diamond race, Usain Bolt extended his unbeaten record in the 200 m, although his winning margin was narrow and his time over a second off his best. Wayde van Niekerk took the men's 400 m in a South African record time. Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou of Greece also set a national record, but her pole vault clearance of 4.80 m (15 ft 8 3⁄4 in) left her second to Fabiana Murer on count-back.


2015 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Paris
Six world leading marks were established in Paris. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce's 100 m in 10.74 was also a meeting record, as was Jairus Kipchoge Birech's steeplechase victory in 7:58.83. Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou's women's pole vault world lead also equalled the Diamond League record of 4.83 m (15 ft 10 in) and improved her Greek record. Eunice Sum (800 m), Orlando Ortega (110 m hurdles) and Silas Kiplagat (1500 m) were the others to set world leads.


2015 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Paris
Genzebe Dibaba and Almaz Ayana were both short again in a women's 5000 m world record attempt, although Genzebe's winning time of 14:15.21 was a new meet record. Three continental records were set at the meet: Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa ran an African record of 43.96 for the men's 400 m, France's Jimmy Vicaut was runner-up to Asafa Powell in the men's 100 m but equalled the European record at 9.86, while Evan Jager of the United States set a men's steeplechase record for the NACAC region.


2015 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Paris
Jager did so despite a fall to the track at the last hurdle – a mistake that cost him the win over Birech and a certain sub-8 performance.


2015 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Paris
A number of national records in athletics were also broken that day: Sergey Shubenkov improved the Russian record in the 110 m hurdles, Konstadinos Filippidis broke his nation's men's pole vault (a double for Greece in the event), Konstadinos Douvalidis equalled his Greek record in the 110 m hurdles, Selina Büchel improved the women's 800 m Swiss record to 1:57.95, and in the women's 400 m hurdles Sara Petersen and Kemi Adekoya broke their respective Danish and Bahraini records.


2015 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Paris
Two long-standing streaks were brought to an end at the competition. Valerie Adams, returning from surgery, lost to Christina Schwanitz in the women's shot put after having had 56 consecutive wins. Renaud Lavillenie was the favourite for the men's pole vault, but finished in fifth place and recorded his first loss in seven years at the meeting on home soil. Zuzana Hejnová won the 400 m hurdles to prevent  Kaliese Spencer (who was absent) from taking a fourth straight win. One streak that did continue was that of Colombia's Caterine Ibargüen, who joined Sandra Perković as the only unbeaten athletes on the Diamond League that year.


2015 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Lausanne
The Athletissima meeting saw one world leading performance: 2.03 m (6 ft 7 3⁄4 in) by Anna Chicherova in the women's high jump. Four meet records were improved. Christian Taylor defeated Pedro Pablo Pichardo with a triple jump of 18.06 m (59 ft 3 in) – the joint fourth best jump ever at that point. David Storl's shot put of 22.20 m (72 ft 10 in) was another meet record and the best by a European since 1988. The women's steeplechase record was bettered by Virginia Nyambura, while Keshorn Walcott set a Trinidad and Tobago national record and meet record of 90.16 m (295 ft 9 1⁄2 in) in the men's javelin.


2015 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Lausanne
Yaime Pérez had her first ever Diamond League win and in doing so brought an end to Sandra Perković's unbeaten streak in the women's discus throw. Zharnel Hughes (men's 200 m) and Shaunae Miller (women's 400 m) also had their first ever wins on the Diamond League circuit.


2015 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Monaco
At the Herculis meet Genzebe Dibaba provided the highlight with her 1500 metres world record of 3:50.07 minutes, breaking Qu Yunxia's time from the 1993 Chinese Games. The veracity of the previous record had been subject to doubt and Genzebe's time—almost two and a half seconds faster than any time set outside the Chinese Games—attracted questions in addition to plaudits. In response, she said "I want to live my own history. I`m not interested in others or the conditions". Nearly six seconds behind her, Sifan Hassan set a Dutch record and Shannon Rowbury ran a North American record.


2015 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Monaco
One other Diamond League record was improved that evening, by Joe Kovacs in the men's shot put whose throw of 22.56 m (74 ft 0 in) moved him to eighth on the all-time lists and was the best throw recorded in over a decade. Though not a Diamond race, the men's 1500 m saw Asbel Kiprop move up to third on the all-time lists with a run of 3:26.69 minutes.


2015 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Monaco
A total of six meeting records were broken – Habiba Ghribi's 9:11.28 in the women's steeplechase, Christian Taylor's 17.75 m (58 ft 2 3⁄4 in) men's triple jump, and Justin Gatlin's 9.78 in the men's 100 m, were the other three marks addition to the above-mentioned performances. A total of eight world-leading performances were recorded.


2015 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Monaco
Amel Tuka (men's 800 m) and Candyce McGrone (women's 200 m) both won their first Diamond League races in personal bests, with Tuka improving over a second and a half in three races in July, breaking his own Bosnia and Herzegovina record and becoming the 11th fastest performer of all time. Following defeat at the previous leg, Sandra Perković returned for a fifth win in the women's discus.


2015 Dimapur mob lynching
The 2015 Dimapur mob lynching was a case of mob lynching that took place in Dimapur, Nagaland, India, on 5 March 2015. A mob of about 7000–8000 people broke into a prison, dragged a man detained under suspicion of rape out of the Dimapur Central Jail, paraded him naked and beat him to death in a case of vigilante justice.


2015 Dimapur mob lynching
The incident took place in the backdrop of widespread public anger over rising sexual violence against women in India and a controversy over a ban on the documentary India's Daughter, based on the 2012 Delhi gang rape, and concerns in Nagaland over illegal immigration from Bangladesh.


2015 Dimapur mob lynching, Events, Alleged rape
According to the first information report (FIR) filed by the victim, a 20-year-old student of Shri Digamber Jain Girls' College, was raped in Hotel De Oriental Dream in Dimapur on 23 February 2015. The accused Farid Khan and his accomplice Nikavi, alias Ngukav forcibly assaulted her and intoxicated her. Then Farid Khan had allegedly raped her multiple times. The accused and his accomplice were arrested on 25 February 2015 for rape and assault, and  were lodged in Dimapur Central Jail. They had been charged under Indian Penal Code sections 476, 344 and 363.


2015 Dimapur mob lynching, Events, Alleged rape
The rape victim later in an interview claimed that she had been given ₹5,000 by the accused to remain silent about the incident. She said that the man was known to her as her neighbor and his wife belonged to the same village as her. She also said that she was lured into a car by a friend, who then left. The man then intoxicated her and raped her several times. She later reported it to the police and handed over the money. The accused Farid Khan told Nagaland Police in his interrogation that he had consensual sex with her for which he had given her money.


2015 Dimapur mob lynching, Events, Identity of the man
Initially, the man was thought to be an illegal immigrant  from Bangladesh. The accused was later named as Syed Farid Khan, a 35-year-old used car businessman. Originally from, Karimganj district of Assam, he had been living in Nagaland for 8 years. He was married to a Naga lady for 4 years and had a three-year-old daughter.


2015 Dimapur mob lynching, Events, Identity of the man
The family of the accused claimed that he was framed. One of his brothers, who also lived in Dimapur and ran a business said the woman who had filed the case was close to the accused's family and was well-acquainted with his wife. He claims that the woman had invited Farid to a hotel with some other persons on 23 February, and that she forced him to drink and demanded ₹200,000 from him. He asserts that on being refused, she filed a case the next day.


2015 Dimapur mob lynching, Events, Mob attack
On 5 March, about 7000-8000 people broke into the Dimapur Central Jail. They dragged the accused out, while parading him naked, pelted him with stones and beat him. They dragged the accused to a clock tower about 7 km away, by tying a rope to his waist from a motorcycle. The accused died on the way. The body was displayed from the clock tower's railings, until the police came and took it down.


2015 Dimapur mob lynching, Events, Mob attack
The Superintendent of Police Meren Jamir later said that the mob was led by a group of a few hundred school and college girls in uniforms, which prevented the police from using more force. Jamir said that the initial crowd was small and they had been repelled by baton charges. But, later the mob returned with larger numbers. Even though 8 companies of security forces were present at the jail, they failed to stop the mob. The police later said that there was at least one former inmate of the prison, who knew the interior layout of the jail.


2015 Dimapur mob lynching, Events, Mob attack
The police had fired blanks and tear gas at the crowd but had failed to disperse them. One member of the mob was killed and 52 members of the police were injured in the clashes. The mob also burnt 10 police vehicles.


2015 Dimapur mob lynching, Events, Mob attack
Initially, it was reported that the man was an illegal immigrant from Bangladesh. There had been calls from local organisations to expel outsiders. The incident was also attributed to the faulty justice system of the state, which had obtained few convictions in various cases of rape. The man's local accomplice who was lodged in same jail was left alone by the mob.


2015 Dimapur mob lynching, Events, Aftermath
In the home state of the accused, Assam, All Assam Minority Students' Union burnt an effigy of the Nagaland government in Nagaon, accusing the government of discriminating against minorities living in the state, and demanded an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on 6 March.


2015 Dimapur mob lynching, Events, Aftermath
On 6 March, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi condemned the attack and discussed the matter with Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Nagaland Chief Minister T. R. Zeliang. Dimapur Deputy Police Commissioner Wezope Kenye and Superintendent of Police Meren Jamir were suspended on the evening of 6 March. The Central Jail Chief was also suspended. Residents of Nagaland were asked to avoid traveling into Assam. Shops and commercial established remained closed on 6 March in Dimapur under a curfew.


2015 Dimapur mob lynching, Events, Aftermath
On 7 March, truckers from Assam stopped moving goods into Nagaland in protest of the incident. They also alleged they are harassed in Nagaland and asked to pay illegal tolls. Amnesty International India on 7 March demanded an investigation into the incident, calling it a serious lapse of the justice system. The curfew continued in Dimapur. Chief Minister Zeliang said that there had been administrative lapses and that relaxing the Section 177 of the CrPC, which prohibits unlawful assembly, in Nagaland was a mistake. He also said that the social media was responsible for inciting the incident. Later, Nagaland government restricted telecom services in the region. Internet was blocked for 48 hours in the state starting on the night of 7 March. SMS and MMS services were also blocked.


2015 Dimapur mob lynching, Events, Aftermath
Also on 7 March, Chief Minister Gogoi blamed the security force of the central government for failing to protect the jail. Gogoi also claimed that the medical report had not confirmed rape. The brother of the dead also repeated the claim. The body was airlifted to the dead's hometown in Bosla village in Karimganj district.


2015 Dimapur mob lynching, Events, Aftermath
On 8 March, the body of the man was buried in his village. About, 4000 Bengali Muslims had left Nagaland by then, fearing attacks.


2015 Dimapur mob lynching, Events, Aftermath
On 10 March 2015, the protesters agitated against the 5 March 2015, incident at Hojai. The protesters blocked the railway tracks near the Hojai railway station. Therefore, the lone train service the Nagaland Express originating from Dimapur to Guwahati was made to halt for nearly an hour at Lanka Railway Station.


2015 Dimapur mob lynching, Events, Investigation
On 6 March, it was reported that the police were examining the CCTV footage from the Dimapur hotel where the rape had  allegedly taken place. The Superintendent of Police, Meren Jamir said that the footage showed the girl entering and leaving the room with the accused. On the same day, it was announced that Zeilang's state cabinet had appointed Veprasa Nyekha, a retired district and sessions judge, to head a judicial inquiry commission.


2015 Dimapur mob lynching, Events, Investigation
On 8 March, Inspector-General of Police Wabang Jamir said from initial medical report it appeared the girl was raped and that the samples had been sent to a forensic lab. By 8 March, 22 people had been arrested in connection to the lynching. The arrests were made after the police analysed the video clips of the incidents. By 9 March, 43 people had been arrested in connection to the lynching.


2015 Dimapur mob lynching, Events, Investigation
Of those arrested, 25 were identified as the "core mob" group. The police found that most those who had joined the mob, had come in response to comments on two blogs: The Naga Blog and Naga Spear. The protest march was initially intended to condemn the rape, but it became politically motivated. Soon afterwards, the district collector was asked to handover the accused but he refused. The mob kept vandalising sites and photographs were uploaded to the blogs. After the administrator of Naga Blog began deleting posts, the people moved to Naga Spear. Instant messaging apps were also used to increase the size of the mob. The mob believed that they were lynching a Bangladeshi.


2015 Dimapur mob lynching, Events, Investigation
On 11 March, it was reported that the Nagaland state government informed the Ministry of Home Affairs that the alleged rapist had claimed in the interrogation after his arrest that he had never raped the victim and that it was consensual sex for which he gave her ₹5,000. But, Nagaland Chief Minister T. R. Zeliang later told The Times of India that the  Ministry of Home Affairs had been misquoted by the media. Nagaland Government denied that it has stated that no rape had taken place and preliminary medical reports indicated rape and it had sent samples to the Central Forensic Laboratory in Guwahati.


2015 Dimapur mob lynching, Events, Investigation
On 19 March 2015, after a cabinet meeting the Nagaland government recommended a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry for the case. By then, the police had arrested 55 people and issued photos of 34 wanted suspects.


2015 Dimapur mob lynching, Events, Investigation
On 18 May 2015, a judicial commission, headed by retired Gauhati High Court judge B. D. Agarwal, began its investigation. The commission in a public notice asked local newspapers, associations, unions, blogs including Naga Blog and Naga Spear, principals of schools and colleges, and family members of the victims to submit written statements regarding the lynching. On 18 June 2015, it was reported that only three persons had submitted the requested statements.


2015 Dimapur mob lynching, Events, Investigation
On 7 September 2015, the Gauhati High Court directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to start a probe and submit a report within 6 months. The Court was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by one Rajeeb Kalita of Guwahati. By then, 58 people had been arrested and 32 persons had lookout notices on them.


2015 Discovery Women's Basketball Invitational
The 2015 Discovery Women’s Basketball Invitational was an invitational basketball tournament which was contested by the women's national teams of the Philippines, Turkmenistan, and Team A and B of Papua New Guinea. The games took place in Davao City at the Almendras Gym Davao City Recreation Center.


2015 Discovery Women's Basketball Invitational, Awards
The Philippines won their third title winning against Papua New Guinea A team in the finals. Turkmenistan placed third while Papua New Guinea B placed fourth.


2015 Dissolution Honours
The 2015 Dissolution Honours List was issued on 27 August 2015 upon the advice of the Prime Minister, David Cameron. The Life Peerages were announced separately from the other appointments, while it was gazetted as a single list on 22 September 2015.


2015 Distal & ITR Group Tennis Cup
The 2015 Distal & ITR Group Tennis Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 9th edition of the men's tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour, offering a total of €42,500+H in prize money. The event took place at the Tennis Club Todi in Todi, Italy, on 6 – 12 July 2015.


2015 Distal & ITR Group Tennis Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Distal & ITR Group Tennis Cup – Doubles
Guillermo Durán and Máximo González were the defending champions, but Durán did not participate this year. González defended his title alongside Flavio Cipolla, beating Andreas Beck and Peter Gojowczyk 6–4, 6–1.


2015 Distal & ITR Group Tennis Cup – Singles
Aljaž Bedene was the defending champion, and retained his title after defeat Nicolás Kicker 7–6(7–3), 6–4.


2015 Distal & ITR Group Tennis Cup – Singles
Stefano Napolitano defeated Augusto Virgili in the qualifying 6–0, 6–3, winning the first set without dropping a single point, so called golden set.


2015 Division 1 (Swedish football)
The 2015 Division 1, part of the 2015 Swedish football season is the 10th season of Sweden's third-tier football league in its current format. The 2015 fixtures were released in December 2014. The season started on 12 April 2015 and will end on 1 November 2015.


2015 Division 1 (Swedish football), Teams
28 teams contest the league divided into two division, Norra and Södra. 19 returning from the 2014 season, three relegated from Superettan and six promoted from Division 2. The champion of each division will qualify directly for promotion to Superettan, the two runners-up has to play a play-off against the thirteenth and fourteenth team from Superettan to decide who will play in Superettan 2016. The bottom three teams in each division will qualify directly for relegation to Division 2. Due to three relegated teams from Superettan being geographically located in Division 1 Södra, Motala AIF was relocated from Division 1 Södra to Division 1 Norra.


2015 División de Honor de Béisbol
División de Honor de Béisbol 2015 is the 30th season since its establishment. 2015 season started on 28 March and finished on 12 July.


2015 División de Honor de Béisbol
After the resign to play in the top league of El Llano BC, only eight teams played the Spanish baseball top league and there were not any relegations to Primera División. Tenerife Marlins re-conquered the title.


2015 Diyarbakır rally bombings
The 2015 Diyarbakır rally bombings occurred on 5 June 2015 in Diyarbakır, Turkey, during an electoral rally of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) at 17:55 local time. The bombing took place two days before the June 2015 general election and killed 5 supporters, injuring over 100. A suspect known to be close to ISIL was arrested on June 6 in Gaziantep. By August, suspicions as for the perpetrators had continued to lie on ISIL.


2015 Diyarbakır rally bombings
The HDP, having been identified as a mainly pro-Kurdish party, had been targeted on numerous occasions prior to the bombing, with party offices being faced with arson attacks and vandalism. Two bombs had previously exploded in the HDP's Adana and Mersin branch offices, injuring three party activists. The HDP's Diyarbakır rally was due to take place on 5 June, which was the last day before the election in which rallies were allowed.


2015 Diyarbakır rally bombings
Two bombs exploded at the rally, just before the party's chairman Selahattin Demirtaş was scheduled to speak. Initial reports by Mehdi Eker, the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, claimed that two people were killed, and over 100 were injured, with the rally being disbanded following the incident. Initial reports that the explosions could have been caused by the transformers nearby were dismissed by Taner Yıldız, the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, who stated that an investigation by the Ministry revealed that the transformers had been tampered with from the outside.


2015 Diyarbakır rally bombings
The Prime Minister, Ahmet Davutoğlu, offered his sympathies with the wounded and called the bombing a 'provocation' just 48 hours before election day.


2015 Diyarbakır rally bombings, Background
Political violence in the run-up to the general election targeted all of the major contesting parties, with campaign offices, candidates, party vehicles and supporters all being subject to attacks and vandalism. The HDP in particular, having been identified as a mainly pro-Kurdish party, had faced attacks from Turkish nationalists. The party's co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş stated on 5 May 2015 that 41 HDP offices had been subject to arson attacks since the party's establishment. The HDP's Adana and Mersin branch offices were also bombed in May, injuring three party activists. The HDP frequently claimed that the political responsibility for attacks against their party lay with the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP), which Demirtaş argued had been causing political polarisation and inciting violence.


2015 Diyarbakır rally bombings, Bombing
With Selahattin Demirtaş due to begin his speech, two separate bombs exploded within the crowd. Initial reports claimed that two supporters were killed in the initial blast, with two others succumbing to their injuries in hospital at later dates. Press reporters were divided on the number of injured supporters, with some stating that close to 100 were injured, some claiming that 184 were injured, some claiming that there were more than 200 and some even claiming that over 400 were injured. Announcements were made in both Turkish and Kurdish to attendees at the rally to make way for ambulances and to not succumb to provocations. The rally was subsequently abandoned.


2015 Diyarbakır rally bombings, Investigation
It was alleged that the explosions could have come from the transformers nearby, though investigators from the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources later identified that the transformers had been tampered with from the outside. A new allegation pointed towards the use of fragmentation bombs thrown in dustbins in the area.


2015 Diyarbakır rally bombings, Investigation
The Attorney General of Diyarbakır launched an official investigation into the attack shortly after the bombings, with the Governor of Diyarbakır forming a crisis meeting.


2015 Diyarbakır rally bombings, Reactions
The Prime Minister of Turkey, Ahmet Davutoğlu, offered his sympathies to the wounded and said that the attack was a provocation. The main opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu also claimed that the attack was a provocation. In a statement after the bombing, HDP chairman Selahattin Demirtaş claimed that the attack intended to destabilise the south-east and also claimed that Hezbollah and ISIL forces had entered Turkey.


2015 Djurgårdens IF season
The 2015 season was Djurgårdens IF's 115th in existence, their 60th season in Allsvenskan and their 15th consecutive season in the league. They were competing in Allsvenskan, Svenska Cupen. League play started in early April and lasted until early November. Pelle Olsson made his second season as manager.


2015 Dockerty Cup
The 2015 Dockerty Cup was a football (soccer) knockout-cup competition held between men's clubs in Victoria, Australia in 2015, the annual edition of the Dockerty Cup. Victorian soccer clubs from the 5 State League Divisions, regional, metros and masters leagues - plus the 12 Clubs from the National Premier Leagues Victoria - competed for the Dockerty Cup trophy.


2015 Dockerty Cup
This knockout competition was won by South Melbourne, a record 8th title.


2015 Dockerty Cup
The competition also served as  Qualifying Rounds for the 2015 FFA Cup. In addition to the two Victorian A-League clubs, the four semi-finalists qualified for the final rounds of the 2015 FFA Cup, entering at the Round of 32.


2015 Dockerty Cup, Preliminary rounds
Victorian clubs, participate in the 2015 FFA Cup via the preliminary rounds. This was open to teams from the National Premier Leagues Victoria, Victorian State League divisions, regional and metros leagues. Teams were seeded in terms of which round they would enter based on their Division in 2015, which are shown in the table for the team's tier.


2015 Dockerty Cup, Preliminary rounds
A total of 191 clubs entered into the competition (one greater than the previous year), and the four qualifiers for the semi-final rounds are:


2015 Dockerty Cup, Semi finals
A total of four teams took part in this stage of the competition. The draw was held on 26 June, with the matches played on 15–16 July.


2015 Dockerty Cup, Final
The Final was played at South Melbourne's home ground of Lakeside Stadium on 2 August. Miloš Lujić was named man-of-the-match and received the Jimmy Mackay Medal.


2015 Dodge City Law season
The 2015 Dodge City Law season is the team's second season as a professional indoor football franchise and first as a member of Champions Indoor Football (CIF) in the 2015 season.


2015 Dodge City Law season
The team is owned and operated by Ricky Bertz. The Law play their home games at the United Wireless Arena in Dodge City, Kansas, under the direction of head coach Sean Ponder.


2015 Dodge City Law season, Season summary
The Law's announced schedule for the 2015 season was disrupted when the New Mexico Stars abruptly postponed their entry into the league on February 21, just one week before the season began. On March 3, the Albuquerque-based Duke City Gladiators were announced as a late entry into the league, partially replacing the Stars in the CIF schedule with a plan to play 11 games in 2015. The team's March 14 game was delayed one day to accommodate a high school basketball tournament that relocated to Dodge City.


2015 Dodge City Law season, Off-field moves
The Law earned an 8–4 record in 2014 as an expansion team in the Champions Professional Indoor Football League. They lost to the Wichita Wild in the league championship semi-finals. After the season ended, the CPIFL announced it was merging with teams from other leagues to form Champions Indoor Football.


2015 Dodge City Law season, Awards and honors
Each week of the regular season, the CIF names league-wide Players of the Week in offensive, defensive, and special teams categories. For Week 5, the CIF named quarterback Joshua Floyd as the Offensive Player of the Week and defensive linesman Marquis George as the Defensive Player of the Week. For Week 8, the CIF named kick returner Dominique Carson as one of two Special Teams Players of the Week.


2015 Dodge City Law season, Awards and honors
On June 6, the CIF announced the winners of its year-end awards. The Dodge City Law were named Franchise of the Year, honored for Game Operations of the Year, saw owner/general manager Ricky Bertz named Executive of the Year, and had kick returner Dominique Carson sharing the Special Teams Players of the Year honors.


2015 Dodge City Law season, Schedule, Regular season
1 Rescheduled after the New Mexico Stars withdrew from the league on February 22, 2015. 2 Rescheduled to accommodate a high school basketball tournament


2015 Dodge City Law season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated March 31, 201526 Active, 0 Inactive


2015 Dodge City Law season, Standings
x = clinched playoffs, y = clinched home playoffs, z = clinched top seed


2015 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2015 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect all members of Doncaster Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. Due to boundary changes all 55 seats were up for election.


2015 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election
The election resulted in the Labour Party retaining control of the council, with a majority of 27 seats.


2015 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election, Result
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:


2015 Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C. season
The 2015 season was Doncaster Rovers Belles' fifth season in the FA WSL, and their second season in the second tier of English women's football.


2015 Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C. season
After the Belles narrowly missed out on promotion in the previous season, Gordon Staniforth resigned on 30 October 2014. Former Lincoln Ladies manager Glen Harris was appointed on December 8 2014, beating competition from all over Europe; including Belgium, Croatia, Italy and the UK.


2015 Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C. season
This season also saw the introduction of a new club crest, combining the old-style Doncaster Belles badge, with the more recently used Doncaster Rovers badge.


2015 Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C. season, Matches, Pre-Season Friendlies
On 15 January 2015 Arsenal Ladies announced that they would play a friendly against the Belles, in a clash of two former heavyweights. On 28 January, Liverpool Ladies became the second club to announce a friendly against Doncaster.


2015 Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C. season, Matches, FA Cup
On 12 January 2015 the draw for the Third Round Proper of the FA Women's Cup was made. The Belles were drawn at home to London Bees, with the match to be played on 1 February 2015. This fixture was then rearranged to be played a day earlier on 31 January. In the Fourth Round, Doncaster were drawn away to either Bradford City Women or FC Reedswood, depending on who won the postponed tie. The postponed match was won by Bradford, with the Fourth Round tie to be played on 8 March.


2015 Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C. season, Matches, FA WSL Cup
Rovers were drawn in Group 2. They play 5 matches in the group.


2015 Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C. season, Matches, FA WSL 2
On 26 January 2015, the fixtures for the coming season's WSL were released, with the Belles starting their fixtures at home to Durham Women.


2015 Donegal Senior Football Championship
The 2015 Donegal Senior Football Championship was being contested by senior Gaelic football clubs under the auspices of Donegal GAA. The defending champions were St Eunan's.


2015 Donegal Senior Football Championship, Format
The 2015 County Championship took the same format as the 2014 championship in which there was four groups of four with the top two qualifying for the quarter-finals. Bottom of each group play in relegation play-offs to decide which team is relegated the 2016 intermediate championship.


2015 Donegal Senior Hurling Championship
The 2015 Donegal Senior Hurling Championship was the 85th staging of the Donegal Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Donegal County Board in 1924. The championship began on 11 July 2015 and ended on 12 September 2015.


2015 Donegal Senior Hurling Championship
Burt were the defending champions and successfully retained the title following a 2-7 to 0-12 defeat of Seán McCumhaill's in the final.


2015 Donegal county football team season
The 2015 Donegal county football team season was the franchise's 111th season since the County Board's foundation in 1905. The team entered the season, having reached the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.


2015 Donegal county football team season
Rory Gallagher was in his first season as the team's manager. He was ratified on 31 October 2014. In December 2014, Gary McDaid officially joined the backroom team as coach–selector. Ahead of the season Rory Kavanagh announced his retirement, another veteran of the 2012 All-Ireland winning campaign, Dermot Molloy, also departed, while Mark McHugh returned.


2015 Donegal county football team season, Panel
Squad as per Donegal v Galway, 2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Qualifier, 1 August 2015


2015 Dongying explosion
The 2015 Dongyin explosion was an explosion that occurred at the Diao Kou Xiang Bin Yuan Chemical Co. located within the Dongying Economic Development Zone in Dongying, Shandong, China, on Monday, 31 August 2015 and killed thirteen people.


2015 Dongying explosion, Events
At 11:22pm on 31 August 2015, a chemical factory in the Dongyin-Lijin Binhai Economic and Technological Development Zone in eastern China exploded. The ensuing fire took five hours to bring under control. Chinese authorities detained 12 company employees and executives and 11 government officials. One person was reported to have been killed in the explosion, however the death toll later rose to 13 with 25 others injured. The blast came just three weeks after the Tianjin disaster which garnered significant media coverage.


2015 Dover District Council election
The 2015 Dover District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Dover District Council in Kent, England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.


2015 Dow Corning Tennis Classic
The 2015 Dow Corning Tennis Classic was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the twenty-first edition of the tournament which is part of the 2015 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $100,000 in prize money. It took place in Midland, Michigan, United States, on 2–8 February 2015.


2015 Dow Corning Tennis Classic, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Dow Corning Tennis Classic – Doubles
Anna Tatishvili and Heather Watson were the defending champions, but Watson chose not to participate. Tatishvili partnered with Louisa Chirico, but they withdrew before playing their first round.


2015 Dow Corning Tennis Classic – Doubles
Julie Coin and Emily Webley-Smith won the title, defeating Jacqueline Cako and Sachia Vickery in the final, 4–6, 7–6(7–4), [11–9].


2015 Dow Corning Tennis Classic – Singles
Heather Watson was the defending champion but chose not to participate.


2015 Dow Corning Tennis Classic – Singles
Tatjana Maria won the title, defeating Louisa Chirico in the final, 6–2, 6–0.


2015 Down county football team season
The following is a summary of Down county football team's 2015 season. It was the first and last season in charge for newly appointed Down manager Jim McCorry.


2015 Down county football team season, Dr McKenna Cup
The draw for the 2015 Dr McKenna Cup took place on 5 November 2014.


2015 Down county football team season, National Football League Division 2
Down played in Division Two of the National Football League in 2015. The fixtures were announced on 18 September 2014.


2015 Down county football team season, National Football League Division 2, Table
Compete in Division 2 final and automatic promotion to Division 1  Automatic relegation to Division 3


2015 Down county football team season, National Football League Division 2, Table
1Roscommon are placed ahead of Meath because they won the head-to-head game between the teams (2-10 to 0-14).


2015 Down county football team season, National Football League Division 2, Table
2Westmeath are placed ahead of Kildare because they won the head-to-head game between the teams (0-15 to 0-12).


2015 Down county football team season, Ulster Senior Football Championship
The draw for the 2015 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on 9 October 2014.


2015 Down county football team season, 2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Following defeat to Derry in the Ulster Championship quarter finals, Down entered the All Ireland in Round 1 of the qualifiers.


2015 Dr McKenna Cup
The 2015 Dr McKenna Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup, was an inter-county and colleges hurling competition in the province of Ulster. As well as the nine county teams, three colleges' teams competed: St Mary's University College, Belfast, Queen's University Belfast and Ulster University. The final was broadcast live on BBC Sport NI.


2015 Dr McKenna Cup, Format
The teams are drawn into three groups of four teams. Each team plays the other teams in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The three group winners, and the best runner-up progress to the semi-finals.


2015 Drake Bulldogs football team
The 2015 Drake Bulldogs football team represented Drake University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Rick Fox and played their home games at Drake Stadium. 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 Drapac Cycling season
The 2015 season for the Australian Drapac Professional Cycling team began in January at the Tour Down Under. The team participated in UCI Continental Circuits and UCI World Tour events when given a wildcard invitation.


2015 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
The 2015 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen was the 69th edition of the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen (English: Three Days of West Flanders) cycling stage race. Rated as a 2.1 event by the UCI as part of the UCI Europe Tour, the race took place from 6 to 8 March 2015.


2015 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
The defending champion was Gert Jõeäär (Cofidis), who won the 2014 race, which used a very similar course, after victory in the opening time trial. He was succeeded in 2015 by Yves Lampaert (Etixx–Quick-Step), who came fourth in the prologue, won the first road stage of the race from a breakaway and defended his race lead in the final stage. As well as winning the overall classification, he won the points, youth and West Flanders classifications, while his team won the teams classification.


2015 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Teams
24 teams were selected to take part in the race. Eight of these were UCI WorldTeams; 11 were UCI Professional Continental teams; five were UCI Continental teams.


2015 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Route
The 2015 race included three stages. The first of these was a 7 km (4.3 mi) prologue individual time trial, which was followed by two road stages. The first road stage was mostly flat, except for the climb of the Oude Kwaremont midway through. The second similarly included three hills (the Rodeberg, the Kemmelberg and the Monteberg) in the middle part of the race, with a finale that again included some small climbs.


2015 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Stages, Prologue
The first stage of the race was a 7-kilometre (4.3-mile) prologue individual time trial in Middelkerke. The course was an out-and-back route along the northern Belgian coast; it took place in sunny conditions with some gusts of wind.


2015 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Stages, Prologue
The time trial was won by Anton Vorobyev (Team Katusha), the first professional win of his career. He was the only rider to complete the course in under eight minutes. Jesse Sergent (Trek Factory Racing) finished second, with Jan Bárta (Bora–Argon 18) third.


2015 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Stages, Stage 1
The first road stage of the race was a 174.1-kilometre (108.2-mile) route from Bruges to Harelbeke. The principal difficulties came in the middle part of the stage, with the Oude Kwaremont the most significant climb.


2015 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Stages, Stage 1
An early breakaway was formed of four riders: Tim Kerkhof (Team Roompot), Gijs Van Hoecke (Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise), Alistair Slater (An Post–Chain Reaction) and Gorik Gardeyn (Veranclassic–Ekoi). They were not allowed a significant advantage by the peloton and were caught after 110 kilometres (68 miles) of racing. The main break of the day was then formed with 57 kilometres (35 miles) remaining by five riders: Yves Lampaert (Etixx–Quick-Step), Tosh Van der Sande (Lotto–Soudal), Alexis Gougeard (AG2R La Mondiale), Sander Cordeel (Vastgoedservice–Golden Palace) and Mirko Selvaggi (Wanty–Groupe Gobert).


2015 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Stages, Stage 1
This break, which included several riders threatening to Vorobyev's lead, was chased by Team Katusha. The peloton was never quite able to make contact with the breakaway, which was reanimated by a sprint for an intermediate sprint. Cordeel attacked in the final kilometre, but was unable to create a gap. Lampaert followed Van der Sande's wheel and was able to pass him in the final metres to take the stage win. The peloton finished four seconds later.


2015 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Stages, Stage 1
Thanks to the lead over the peloton and the bonus seconds for the stage win, Lampaert took over the overall lead of the race from Vorobyev, as well as the lead of the points and young riders classification.


2015 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Stages, Stage 2
The final stage of the race was a 184.5-kilometre (115-mile) route between Nieuwpoort and Ichtegem. The middle part of the race included some difficult climbs, including the Rodeberg, Kemmelberg and Monteberg. The race then finished with three laps of a circuit in Ichtegem that contained two moderate climbs.


2015 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Stages, Stage 2
An early break was formed by Tim Kerkhof (Team Roompot), Louis Verhelst (Cofidis), Riccardo Stacchiotti (Nippo–Vini Fantini), Jimmy Engoulvent (Team Europcar), Jelle Wallays (Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise), Edwig Cammaerts (Veranclassic–Ekoi) and Stef Van Zummeren (Verandas Willems). They gained a four-minute lead over the peloton. There were then attacks from the peloton, with seventeen more riders joining the front group. These included Lampaert, the race leader, and three teammates. In the final circuits of the race, however, these riders were brought to the main peloton and the stage ended in a bunch sprint. This was won by Danny van Poppel, led out by his brother Boy van Poppel.


2015 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Stages, Stage 2
Lampaert finished in eleventh place on the stage, securing his victory in the race and also taking the youth and points classifications.


2015 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Classification leadership table
There were four major rankings awarded in the 2015 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen. A yellow jersey was awarded to the general classification leader (time bonuses were awarded on the road stages at the stage finish and on intermediate sprints); a green jersey was awarded to the points classification leader (points were won at stage finishes and intermediate sprints); a red jersey was awarded to the sprints classification leader (points won at intermediate sprints only); and a black jersey was awarded to the best young rider in the general classification. A white jersey was also awarded to the best local rider after each stage, but this was not worn during racing.


2015 Drive DMACK Fiesta Trophy
The 2015 Drive DMACK Fiesta Trophy was the second season of the Drive DMACK Fiesta Trophy, an auto racing championship recognized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, running in support of the World Rally Championship. It uses Ford Fiesta R2Ts.


2015 Drive DMACK Fiesta Trophy
The second title was won by Norway's Marius Aasen and Veronica Engan, his lady co-driver. Runner up for the second year in a row was Wales's Tom Cave, third was Finn Max Vatanen.


2015 Dubai 24 Hour
The 2015 Dubai 24 Hour was the 10th running of the Dubai 24 Hour. The event was held from January 8 to January 10, 2015 at the Dubai Autodrome, United Arab Emirates.


2015 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters
The 2015 Dubai Duty Free  Darts Masters was the third staging of the tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the first World Series of Darts event of 2015. The tournament featured the top six players according to the Order of Merit, plus two wildcards, competing in a knockout system. The tournament was held at the Dubai Tennis Centre in Dubai over 28–29 May 2015.


2015 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters
Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after he retained his 2014 title last year by defeating Peter Wright 11–7 in the final. He maintained his unbeaten run in the event to win it for the third time with an 11–8 victory over Phil Taylor in the final.


2015 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters, Qualifiers
The top six players on the PDC Order of Merit after the 2015 World Championship qualified for the event (with the top 4 seeded). They were joined by two wildcards. These were:


2015 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters, Broadcasting
The tournament was available in the following territories on these channels.


2015 Dubai Sevens
The 2015 Dubai Sevens was the first tournament within the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series. It was held over the weekend of 4–5 December 2015 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.


2015 Dubai Sevens, Format
The teams are drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group go to the Bowl/Shield brackets.


2015 Dubai Tennis Championships
The 2015 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the 2015 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was an ATP 500 event on the 2015 ATP World Tour and a WTA Premier 5 on the 2015 WTA Tour. Both events were held at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place from February 15 to 21, 2015, while the men's tournament took place from February 23 to 28, 2015.


2015 Dubai Tennis Championships, ATP singles main draw entrants, Seeds, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Dubai Tennis Championships, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Seeds, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2015 Dubai Tennis Championships, WTA singles main draw entrants, Seeds, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Dubai Tennis Championships, WTA singles main draw entrants, Seeds, Other entrants
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:


2015 Dubai Tennis Championships, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Seeds, Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:


2015 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles
Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi were the defending champions, but they chose not to participate together. Bopanna successfully defended the title alongside Daniel Nestor, defeating Qureshi and Nenad Zimonjić in the final, 6–4, 6–1.


2015 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
Roger Federer defended his title, defeating Novak Djokovic, 6–3, 7–5.


2015 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
It was Federer's 7th title in Dubai and 2nd  title of 2015. It is his 84th career title.


2015 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles
Alla Kudryavtseva and Anastasia Rodionova were defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Rodionova partnered up with her sister Arina, but they lost in the quarterfinals to Garbiñe Muguruza and Carla Suárez Navarro. Kudryavtseva played alongside Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, but they lost in the semifinals to Muguruza and Suárez Navarro. Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic won the title, defeating Muguruza and Suárez Navarro in the final, 6–3, 6–2.


2015 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2015 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
Venus Williams was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Lucie Šafářová.


2015 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
Simona Halep won the title, defeating Karolína Plíšková in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–4).


2015 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.


2015 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2015 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
The two Antwerp finalists also received a bye into the second round. They were as follows:


2015 Dubai Tour
The 2015 Dubai Tour was a four-stage men's professional road cycling race. It was the second running of the Dubai Tour; it started on 4 February at Dubai International Marine Club and finished on 7 February at the Burj Khalifa. The race was part of the 2015 UCI Asia Tour, and was categorised by the UCI as a 2.HC race.


2015 Dubai Tour, Teams
Sixteen teams were selected to take part in the race, including 10 World Tour teams:


2015 Dubai Tour, Race overview
The race was composed of four stages: three were classified as flat stages and one as a medium-mountain stage.


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


2015 Dubai Tour, Classification leadership table
Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a red jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 10 in a stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 20 points, with 16 for second, 12 for third, 9 for fourth, 7 for fifth, 5 for sixth with a point fewer per place down to a single point for 10th place. Points towards the classification could also be accrued at intermediate sprint points during each stage; these intermediate sprints also offered bonus seconds towards the general classification. There was also a sprints classification for the points awarded at the aforementioned intermediate sprints, where the leadership of which was marked by a jersey in the colours of the United Arab Emirates flag.


2015 Dubai Tour, Classification leadership table
The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey. This was decided in the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1990 were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.


2015 Dubai Tour, Final standings, General classification
The overall title was taken by Mark Cavendish due to his winning two stages.


2015 Dubai Women's Sevens
The 2015 Women's Dubai Sevens was the opening tournament of the 2015–16 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. It was held on 3–4 December 2015 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, and was the fourth edition of the Women's Dubai Sevens as part of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.


2015 Dubai Women's Sevens, Format
The teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup/Plate brackets while the top 2 third place teams also compete in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group play-off for the Bowl.


2015 Dubai Women's Sevens, Teams
The participating teams and schedule were announced on 15 October 2014.


2015 Dubai World Cup
The 2015 Dubai World Cup was a horse race held at Meydan Racecourse on Saturday 28 March 2015. It was the 20th running of the Dubai World Cup. It was the first running of the race since the synthetic Tapeta surface was replaced by a dirt track.


2015 Dubai World Cup
The winner was Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum's Prince Bishop, an eight-year-old bay gelding trained in Dubai by Saeed bin Suroor and ridden by William Buick. Prince Bishop's victory was the first in the race for his jockey, the seventh for his trainer and the first for his owner.


2015 Dubai World Cup, The contenders
The return to dirt saw a strong North American challenge, headed by the American Horse of the Year California Chrome, winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. The other runners from the United States were Lea, the six-year-old winner of the 2014 Donn Handicap and the four-year-old Candy Boy (Robert B. Lewis Stakes), who had recently been transferred to race for a UAE-based stable.


2015 Dubai World Cup, The contenders
The two-horse Saeed bin Suroor/ Godolphin entry comprised African Story (winner of the race in 2014) and Prince Bishop, who was contesting the race for the fourth time, having finished tenth in 2011, seventh in 2013 and ninth in 2014. Japan sent two representatives; Hokku Tarumae, a dirt specialist who had won the Champions Cup and been named Champion Dirt Horse at the JRA Awards, and the Japan Cup winner Epiphaneia, rated the second-best racehorse in the world in the 2014 World's Best Racehorse Rankings.


2015 Dubai World Cup, The contenders
The sole European runner was the much-travelled British eight-year-old Side Glance (whose biggest win had come in the 2013 Mackinnon Stakes) and the nine-runner field was completed by the locally trained American import Long River. Betting is illegal in Dubai, but British bookmakers made California Chrome the 5/4 favourite ahead of Lea (4/1) and Epiphaneia (13/2). African Story and Hokku Tarumae were next in the market on 8/1 ahead of the 14/1 shot Prince Bishop.


2015 Dubai World Cup, The race
Hokko Tarumae broke quickly and set the pace in the early stages from African Story, California Chrome (racing four wide) and Long River with Prince Bishop detached from the rest of the field in last place. The Japanese horse maintained his advantage on the back straight and approached the final turn with the lead from California Chrome, African Story and Lea as Prince Bishop made rapid progress on the outside. By this point Long River, Side Glance and Epiphaneia were beaten, whilst Candy Boy was staying on but well behind the leading five.


2015 Dubai World Cup, The race
Entering the straight, California Chrome moved up to challenge Hokko Tarumae, but both horses were overtaken by Prince Bishop who quickly went into a clear lead. In the final stages Hokko Tarumae and African Story faded whilst Lea and Candy Boy made steady progress. Prince Bishop extended his advantage to win by two and three quarter lengths from California Chrome, with Lea one and quarter lengths back in third. There was a five length gap back to Candy Boy, who took fourth by a short head from Hokko Tarumae, with another four lengths back to African Story. Long River, Side Glance and Epiphaneia finished seventh, eighth and ninth at long intervals.


2015 Dublin Senior Football Championship
In Gaelic football, St. Vincent's were the defending champions in the Dublin Senior Football Championship after winning the Dublin Championship in 2013 and 2014. Castleknock played in the 2015 Senior Championship after winning the 2014 Dublin Intermediate Football Championship.


2015 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Round 1
The first round began on 6 May 2015 with five games. A further four games were played on the 7th of May with a facile win for last years finalists St. Oliver Plunkett's Eoghan Ruadh as the standout fixture. On the 8th of May, several games were cancelled due to weather conditions although, two games did go ahead with wins for Clontarf and Na Fianna. Parnells, Naomh Maur, Erins Isle,  Whitehall Colmcille, Round Towers Clondalkin, O'Toole's, St. Peregrines, Thomas Davis, Fingal Ravens, St. Mary's, Cuala, Castleknock and Templeogue Synge Street were all knocked out in the first round. All the losing teams go on to play in the Dublin Senior B Football Championship and the winning teams progress to the second round of the Dublin Senior Football Championship.


2015 Duck Commander 500
The 2015 Duck Commander 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on April 11, 2015 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 334 laps on the 1.5 mi (2.4 km) quad-oval track, it was the seventh race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Jimmie Johnson won the race, his second win of the season and first in the Texas spring race, while Kevin Harvick finished second and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. finished third. Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski rounded out the top five.


2015 Duck Commander 500
Kurt Busch won the pole and led 45 laps on his way to a 14th-place finish. Johnson led a race high of 128 laps, with 29 lead changes among nine different drivers, as well as eight caution flag periods for 40 laps.


2015 Duck Commander 500
This was the 72nd career victory for Johnson, his fifth at the track and the seventh for Hendrick Motorsports. This win moved Johnson up to sixth in the points standings, while Harvick left Texas with a 26-point lead over Logano. Chevrolet increased their lead in the manufacturers' championship to 19 points over Ford.


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


2015 Duck Commander 500, Report, Background
Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track measures 1.5 miles (2.4 km) around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway, tracks also owned by Speedway Motorsports.


2015 Duck Commander 500, Report, Background
Kevin Harvick entered Texas with a 24-point lead over Joey Logano, while Martin Truex, Jr. entered 32 points back in third. Brad Keselowski entered 57 points back in fourth, and Kasey Kahne entered 70 points back in fifth.


2015 Duck Commander 500, Report, Background, Entry list
The entry list for the Duck Commander 500 was released on Friday, April 2, 2015 at 11:38 a.m. Eastern time. Forty-six cars were entered for the race. Ryan Blaney in the No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford and Michael McDowell were the two new entries that were not entered for the previous race at Martinsville. Brian Scott returned to the seat of the No. 33 Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet. Travis Kvapil was entered to drive the No. 39 Chevrolet for Hillman-Circle Sport LLC, but the team withdrew from the race on Thursday, April 9.


2015 Duck Commander 500, Practice, First practice
Martin Truex Jr. was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 28.258 and a speed of 191.096 mph (307.539 km/h).


2015 Duck Commander 500, Practice, Final practice
Kasey Kahne was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.276 and a speed of 190.975 mph (307.344 km/h).


2015 Duck Commander 500, Qualifying
Kurt Busch won the pole with a time of 27.857 and a speed of 193.847 mph (311.967 km/h). After winning the pole, Busch thanked his entire team for the good result, stating that "everyone chipped in". Busch also stated that his second pole of the 2015 season felt good, and that he was looking "to dial it in and get that long-run speed out of the car". Championship leader and team-mate Kevin Harvick joined Busch on the front row, having been out-qualified by 0.018 seconds. Harvick felt that his team "stuck to our plan" and that "everything worked out good". In third place was Team Penske's Brad Keselowski, who stated that he was "being first in class", behind the cars of Busch and Harvick in the grid order. He also stated that "it never helps to have extra runs on the tires, but we made the most of it".


2015 Duck Commander 500, Qualifying
Keselowski's Penske team-mate Joey Logano qualified sixth, believing that his car was more suited to the race and that he "kind of finished as expected for qualifying". Logano also mentioned that his crew chief Todd Gordon had told him that he won from 10th last year, so that he was "improving". Dale Earnhardt, Jr. failed to make it out of the first part of the qualifying session, and like Logano, he felt that his car would perform better in the race than in qualifying. In order to improve the car, Earnhardt stated that he and his team "will have to go home and work on it". With 45 entrants, Jeb Burton and Brendan Gaughan both failed to qualify.


2015 Duck Commander 500, Race, First-half, Start
The race was scheduled to start at 7:46 p.m., but started a couple of minutes later when Kurt Busch led the field to the green flag. He would not maintain the lead, however, as his teammate Kevin Harvick passed him exiting turn 4 on the opening lap. Engine issues were prevalent in the opening stages of the race, as J. J. Yeley took his car to the garage on lap 13 because of engine issues, and Ryan Blaney also reported that his engine was sputtering.


2015 Duck Commander 500, Race, First-half, Start
The first caution of the race flew on lap 32 when Alex Kennedy spun out in turn 4 after he got loose in turn 3. Kurt Busch exited pit road ahead of Harvick to take the lead, while Justin Allgaier was forced to restart from the tail end for a commitment line violation. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. made a second stop under the caution to add lug nuts to the left-rear of his car – instead of the normal five, the tire had only two.


2015 Duck Commander 500, Race, First-half, Start
The race restarted on lap 37 with Busch out front. Harvick took the lead by the end of the lap, before Busch was able to get back to the front. Brad Keselowski, running fourth at the time, made an unscheduled stop on lap 67 and dropped to 30th. Blaney retired from the race on lap 71, as his engine issues continued. Kyle Larson kicked off a wave of green flag pit stops on lap 79. Busch surrendered the lead on lap 81 to make his stop and Jeff Gordon assumed the lead.


2015 Duck Commander 500, Race, First-half, Start
Gordon pitted the next lap and the lead cycled to Keselowski, following his unscheduled pit stop. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. was forced to serve a drive-through penalty for speeding on pit road. Jimmie Johnson took the lead on lap 109, just as debris in turn 3 brought out the second caution of the race. Johnson and Harvick swapped the lead on pit road with Johnson maintaining the lead on exit. Denny Hamlin was forced to drop to the tail end of the field for driving through too many pit boxes exiting pit road.


2015 Duck Commander 500, Race, First-half, Green flag run
The race restarted on lap 114 with Johnson in the lead. Kevin Harvick took back the lead on lap 125, and led the next portion of the race before Johnson took back the lead on lap 156, just as cars began hitting pit road for green flag pit stops. Johnson and Harvick swapped the lead over the next few laps, before Harvick ceded his position for a stop and Kasey Kahne assumed the position. Kahne spent two laps at the front of the race, before Johnson cycled back to the head of the field on lap 160. Landon Cassill made an unscheduled stop on lap 167 for a flat tire, almost hitting the wall in turn 4.


2015 Duck Commander 500, Race, Second-half, Halfway
Debris in turn 3 brought out the third caution of the race on lap 169. Johnson and Harvick swapped the lead on pit road being pitted on opposite ends, but it was Johnson that exited with the lead. The race restarted on lap 177. Kahne, running eighth, made an unscheduled stop for a loose wheel on lap 198, and rejoined the race in 22nd position. Johnson gave up the lead on lap 220 to make his stop, handing the lead to Paul Menard. He led a lap before the lead went to Kahne, after his unscheduled pit stop.


2015 Duck Commander 500, Race, Second-half, Halfway
Johnson passed him on fresher tires on lap 226, and held the lead to the fourth caution of the race, which flew on lap 227 when Matt Kenseth just about spun out in turn 4. Johnson and Harvick again swapped the lead on pit road with Johnson again leaving with the lead for the restart, with 100 laps to go.


2015 Duck Commander 500, Race, Second-half, Bad night for HScott Motorsports
The fifth caution of the race flew with 86 laps to go when Michael Annett hit the wall in turn 2. Just as in the previous pit stop cycle, Johnson and Harvick swapped the lead on pit road with Johnson exiting with the lead. Trevor Bayne was forced to restart at the tail end for driving through too many pit boxes exiting pit road. The race restarted with 79 laps to go, but was soon back under yellow flag conditions – for the sixth time, with 75 laps to go – after Allgaier hit the wall in turn 2.


2015 Duck Commander 500, Race, Second-half, Bad night for HScott Motorsports
After an extensive clean up of oil on pit road, a number of drivers stayed out – led by Joey Logano – while Johnson pitted. Keselowski was forced to drop to the tail end of the field for a commitment violation, while Stenhouse was forced to drop to the tail end of the field for his crew being over the wall too soon.


2015 Duck Commander 500, Race, Second-half, Final 100 miles
The race restarted with 65 laps to go with Logano in the lead. Kevin Harvick retook the lead with 49 laps to go, before debris in turn 3 brought out the seventh caution of the race as Kenseth hit the wall with 41 laps to go. The race restarted with 35 laps to go, before more debris brought out the eighth caution of the race as A. J. Allmendinger hit the wall with 25 laps to go. Jamie McMurray exited pit road with the lead by taking just two tires, while Kyle Larson and Casey Mears were forced to drop to the tail end of the field for driving through too many pit boxes.


2015 Duck Commander 500, Race, Second-half, Final 100 miles
The race restarted with 21 laps to go. Joey Logano was bumped out of the way by Kevin Harvick in turn 1 and managed to avoid hitting the wall, but fell back to eighth in the running order. Harvick stated post-race that the incident was "the chance you take when you block" and that a driver would "just have to kind of knock them out of the way". Logano felt that the move was "understandable" and that he expected "to get raced the way I race people, and I would do the same thing". Johnson took the lead from McMurray with 14 laps to go, and was able to hold off Harvick – who had been closing in after the Logano incident – to score the victory.


2015 Duck Commander 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
In Victory Lane, Johnson reflected upon his 72nd win in the series, describing his Chevrolet as "a great, great racecar", and that it was the perfect result after the Easter break, stating that it "was good for us, gave us a chance to reboot, relax and get back in the swing of things". After his second-place finish, Harvick stated that he was "not disappointed at all", adding that "racing for wins is what we're here to do".


2015 Duck Commander 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Gordon, who gambled on the final pit stop by changing just two tires, restarted second and scored a seventh-place finish – his best of the season. Gordon felt that he "struggled" during the race, but also praised his crew chief Alan Gustafson for a "great gamble". Truex, who had only five top ten finishes in 2014, scored his seventh top ten finish of 2015 with a ninth-place finish. Truex described the evening as "a hard-fought night, for sure" but also stated the result was "still a top 10, so all in all, it was a good night for us".


2015 Duck Commander 500, Media, Television
Fox Sports covered their 15th race at Texas Motor Speedway. Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds and Darrell Waltrip had the call in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Chris Neville, and Matt Yocum handled the pit road duties for the television side.


2015 Duck Commander 500, Media, Radio
PRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice, Mark Garrow and Wendy Venturini called the race in the booth when the field was racing down the front stretch. Rob Albright called the race from atop the condo outside turn 2 when the field was racing through turns 1 and 2. Pat Patterson called the race from a billboard outside turn 3 when the field was racing through turns 3 and 4. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan, Jim Noble and Steve Richards worked pit road for PRN.


2015 Dudley Hewitt Cup
The 2015 Dudley Hewitt Cup was the 44th Central Canadian Jr A Ice Hockey Championship for the Canadian Junior Hockey League. The Winner of the 2015 Dudley Hewitt Cup will represent the central region in the 2015 Royal Bank Cup in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.


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


2015 Duke Blue Devils baseball team
The 2015 Duke Blue Devils baseball team will represent Duke University during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Blue Devils will play their home games at Jack Coombs Field (sometimes at Durham Bulls Athletic Park)  as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They will be led by head coach Chris Pollard, in his third season at Duke.


2015 Duke Blue Devils baseball team, Previous Season
In 2014, the Blue Devils finished the season 3rd in the ACC's Coastal Division with a record of 33–25, 16–14 in conference play. They qualified for the 2014 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament, and were eliminated in pool play. They failed to qualify for the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2015 Duke Blue Devils football team
The 2015 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in the Coastal Division. The team was led by head coach David Cutcliffe, in his eighth year, and played its home games at the newly renovated Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. They finished the season 8–5 overall 4–4 in ACC play to tie for fourth place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Pinstripe Bowl, where they defeated Indiana, 44–41, in overtime.


2015 Duke City Gladiators season
The 2015 Duke City Gladiators season was the team's first season as a professional indoor football franchise, first as the "Duke City Gladiators", and first as a member of Champions Indoor Football (CIF). The Venom were led by head coach Dominic Bramante. One of nine teams in the CIF for the 2015 season, the Gladiators played their home games at Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, New Mexico.


2015 Duke City Gladiators season, Season summary
The CIF's announced schedule for the 2015 season was disrupted when the New Mexico Stars abruptly postponed their entry into the league on February 21, just one week before the season began. On March 3, the Albuquerque-based Duke City Gladiators were announced as a late entry into the league, partially replacing the Stars in the CIF schedule with a plan to play 11 games in 2015. The Gladiators' schedule was a mix of league games and non-league games because of prior scheduling maneuvers and arena availability.


2015 Duke City Gladiators season, Season summary
Although hastily assembled, the Gladiators were able to pick up many key personnel from the unexpected temporary shutdown of the New Mexico Stars. This experience allowed them amass a 5–4 record during their unexpectedly shortened debut season. Originally scheduled for just 9 league games, the Gladiators' final home game was won by forfeit after the Sailna Bombers were ejected from the CIF on May 28. Of their four losses, only the season opener against the Texas Revolution was a blowout. The other three losses were by just 4 points, 3 points, and 5 points, respectively. Duke City also played a pair of non-league exhibition games, winning both.


2015 Duke City Gladiators season, Off-field moves
The team opened training camp on March 15. Their first indoor practice session was March 24. Regular season promotions included Hispanic Heritage Night on March 28 and Public Service Day on April 26.


2015 Duke City Gladiators season, Off-field moves
The team averaged about 1,000 fans per home game with a peak of 1,200 during the home season finale on April 26.


2015 Duke City Gladiators season, Awards and honors
Each week of the regular season, the CIF names league-wide Players of the Week in offensive, defensive, and special teams categories. For Week 12, the CIF named quarterback Kasey Peters as the Offensive Player of the Week. For Week 13, the CIF named defensive back Jayson Serda as the Defensive Player of the Week.


2015 Duke City Gladiators season, Schedule, Regular season
1 Exhibition game against non-league opponent. 2 Won by forfeit; game ended by officials after fight just before halftime. 3 Duke City alternate home site as Tingley Coliseum was unavailable in June4 Game cancelled after Salina Bombers ejected from league on May 28, 2015.


2015 Duke City Gladiators season, Standings
x = clinched playoffs, y = clinched home playoffs, z = clinched top seed


2015 Dundalk F.C. season
Dundalk entered the 2015 season as the reigning League Champions from 2014, having won the title for the first time since 1995, and were also the League Cup holders. 2015 was Stephen Kenny's third season at the club as manager. It was Dundalk's seventh consecutive season in the top tier of Irish football, their 80th in all, and their 89th in the League of Ireland.


2015 Dundalk F.C. season, Season summary
The new season's curtain raiser - the President's Cup - was played on 28 February in Oriel Park between Dundalk and St Patrick's Athletic - the winners of the FAI Cup the previous year. Dundalk won on a 2-1 scoreline - their first success in the competition. The 33 round League programme commenced on 6 March 2015, and was completed on 30 October 2015. Dundalk retained the title for the first time in their history, sealing it with three games to spare. They subsequently won the 2015 FAI Cup Final with a 1-0 victory over Cork City after extra time.


2015 Dundalk F.C. season, Season summary
An opportunity to win the club's first domestic Treble was passed up when a largely reserve side lost the League Cup semi-final in a penalty shoot-out. However they also won the Leinster Senior Cup, defeating Shamrock Rovers 3-1 in the final. The trophy haul for the year made the 2015 season the most successful in their history.


2015 Dundalk F.C. season, Season summary
In Europe they were knocked out at the first hurdle, losing to BATE Borisov in the Champions League second qualifying round when, after scoring an away goal in a 2-1 defeat, they were unable to score the goal in Oriel Park that would have sent them through to the next round.


2015 Dunlop World Challenge
The 2015 Dunlop Srixon World Challenge was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour and 2015 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $75,000+H (ITF) and $40,000+H (ATP) in prize money. It took place in Toyota, Japan, on 23–29 November 2015.


2015 Dunlop World Challenge, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Dunlop World Challenge, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received protected ranking entry to the main draw:


2015 Dunlop World Challenge, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Dunlop World Challenge – Men's Doubles
Brydan Klein and Matt Reid won the title, defeating Riccardo Ghedin and Yi Chu-huan in the final 6–2, 7–6. (7–3)


2015 Dunlop World Challenge – Men's Singles
Yoshihito Nishioka won the title, defeating Alexander Kudryavtsev in the final 6–3, 6–4.


2015 Dunlop World Challenge – Women's Doubles
Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya were the defending champions, but both players chose to participate with different partners.


2015 Dunlop World Challenge – Women's Doubles
Akiko Omae and Peangtarn Plipuech won the title, defeating Luksika Kumkhum and Yuuki Tanaka in the final, 3–6, 6–0, [11–9].


2015 Dunlop World Challenge – Women's Singles
An-Sophie Mestach was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2015 Dunlop World Challenge – Women's Singles
Jana Fett won the title, defeating Luksika Kumkhum in the final 6–4, 4–6, 6–4.


2015 Duquesne Dukes football team
The 2015 Duquesne Dukes Devils football team represented Duquesne University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 11th-year head coach Jerry Schmitt and played their home games at Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field. They were a member of the Northeast Conference. They finished the season 8–4, 5–1 in NEC play to win the NEC championship. They received the NEC's automatic bid to the FCS playoffs where they lost in the first round to William & Mary.


2015 Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
The 2015 Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria was the fourteenth running of the Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria, a women's bicycle race in Spain. It was held on 9 June over a distance of 110 kilometres (68.4 miles). It was rated by the UCI as a 1.2 category race.


2015 Durham mayoral election
The 2015 Durham mayoral election was held on November 3, 2015 to elect the mayor of Durham, North Carolina. It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Bill Bell.


2015 Dutch Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 2015 Dutch Championships took place in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and it served as the National Championships for Dutch gymnasts.


2015 Dutch Basketball Supercup
The 2015 Dutch Basketball Supercup was the 5th edition of the annual super cup game in Dutch basketball. This year reigning champions SPM Shoeters Den Bosch faced off against Donar Groningen, the 2014–15 NBB Cup winners.


2015 Dutch Darts Masters
The 2015 Dutch Darts Masters was the fourth of nine PDC European Tour events on the 2015 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Evenementenhal, Venray, between 5–7 June 2015. It featured a field of 48 players and £115,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.


2015 Dutch Darts Masters
Michael van Gerwen won the tournament for the second year in a row after beating Justin Pipe 6–0 in the final.


2015 Dutch Darts Masters, Prize money
The prize fund was increased to £115,000 after being £100,000 for the previous two years.


2015 Dutch Darts Masters, Qualification and format
The top 16 players from the  on 8 March 2015 automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round. The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Barnsley on 13 March), eight from the European Qualifier and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (both held at the venue the day before the event started. The following players took part in the tournament:


2015 Dutch National Track Championships
The 2015 Dutch National Track Championships were the Dutch national Championship for track cycling, organized by the KNWU. They took place in Alkmaar, the Netherlands on 20, 28 and 29 December 2015


2015 Dutch Open Grand Prix
The 2015 Dutch Open Grand Prix will be the third grand prix and grand prix gold tournament of the 2015 BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. The tournament will be held in Topsportcentrum, Almere, Netherlands October 6–11, 2015 and had a total purse of $50,000.


2015 Dutch Senate election
The elections of the Dutch Senate were held on 26 May 2015. The elected senators were sworn in on 9 June 2015.


2015 Dutch Senate election, Electoral system
The Senate is elected by the members of the States-Provincial of the country's twelve provinces, who had been directly elected by the citizens two months earlier, in the 2015 provincial elections. The value of a vote is determined by the population of the province in which the voter is a member of the States-Provincial. The seats are distributed in one nationwide constituency using party-list proportional representation.


2015 Dutch TT
The 2015 Dutch TT was the eighth round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the TT Circuit Assen in Assen on 27 June 2015.


2015 Dutch TT
In the premier class, Valentino Rossi took his first pole position since the 2014 Valencian Grand Prix. In the race, Rossi immediately took the lead from Pole, while Marc Márquez quickly got through to 2nd at the Strubben corner. Jorge Lorenzo moved through to 3rd place before the end of the first lap, and the three riders began to pull away from the rest of the field.


2015 Dutch TT
Within only 3 laps, it became apparent Rossi & Marquez were in a league of their own as they dropped Lorenzo, and arguably the greatest battle between 2 legends in MotoGP History began, especially with so many feeling Rossi and Marquez are the 2 greatest riders in the sports history. The final 23 of the 26 laps were a straight fight, Marquez never falling behind by more than 1 second, and only taking the lead for a few laps near the end, with Rossi coming back for a pass with 3 laps to go at De Bult and Mandeveen.


2015 Dutch TT
As a historic race would have it, on the final corner of the final lap, the two riders made contact at the Geert Timmer chicane, causing Rossi to go across the gravel trap. Rossi held the bike up, and won the won the race, Marquez saving the bike going through the corner. The ending was extremely similar to the 2006 Dutch TT, when Nicky Hayden went through the dirt after the final chicane to win over Colin Edwards who came for an inside pass as Marquez did here on Rossi. Valentino kept the bike upright, and won.


2015 Dutch TT
Lorenzo, on the same bike as Rossi, ended up almost 15 seconds behind the front 2, and the rest of the field 19 seconds or more. Adding to the historic nature of the battle, was for this ending up as such a lengthy battle (25.5 of the 26 laps), in addition to being at the most coveted track on the calendar.


2015 Dutch TT
The battle, being a rare straight fight between 2 athletes who are in the discussion for greatest of all-time at their sport which has the potential to end up defining who is the greatest when both are still able to be in top form, has been compared to the 1987 NBA Finals between Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, the 2019 Wimbledon Final between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, and Super Bowl LV between Patrick Mahomes and Tom Brady.


2015 Dutch TT
Marquez was not pleased with the fact that Rossi had "cut the corner", and continued to talk directly and indirectly about his displeasure. At the press conference, Marquez even hinted at potentially helping Lorenzo to win the championship simply to stop Rossi since he had little chance to win himself at this point at this point in the season, which would come to a head in a controversy at the final race of the season in 2015 Valencian Grand Prix. In the end, Rossi claimed his third victory of the season, and a record seventh premier class victory at Assen.


2015 Dutch TT
Rossi extended his championship lead to 10 points as a result. Suzuki's Aleix Espargaró qualified second on the grid, but he dropped to ninth place in the race. Five riders retired from the race – Jack Miller collided with Héctor Barberá, while Stefan Bradl, Eugene Laverty and Alex de Angelis all crashed out.


2015 Dutch TT, Classification, Moto2
The first attempt to run the race was interrupted following an oil spill at the first turn caused by Luis Salom's crashed bike. For the restart, the race distance was reduced from 24 to 16 laps.


2015 Dutch TT, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded.


2015 Dutch island council elections
Island council elections were held in the Caribbean Netherlands on 18 March 2015 to elect the members of the island councils of Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius. The elections were held on the same day as the provincial and water board elections in the European Netherlands. The election was won by the Movement of Bonaire People (3 seats) in Bonaire, the Windward Islands People's Movement (3 seats) in Saba, and the Progressive Labour Party (2 seats) in Sint Eustatius.


2015 Dutch provincial elections
Provincial elections were held in the Netherlands on Wednesday 18 March 2015. Eligible voters elected the members of the States-Provincial in the twelve provinces. These elections also indirectly determined the members of the Senate, since the 566 members of the twelve States-Provincial will elect the Senate's 75 members in the Senate election on 26 May 2015. These provincial election were held on the same day as the 2015 Dutch water boards elections.


2015 Dutch provincial elections, Participating parties
Eight political parties participated in the elections in all of the country's twelve provinces:


2015 Dutch provincial elections, Opinion polls
In the table below the % of voters based on various polls.


2015 Dutch provincial elections, Results, National
The table below shows the total number of seats in all provinces. On March 23, the official results of the 2015 election were published. The two parties which lost most seats were PvdA and VVD, the parties in the national government at the time of the election.


2015 Dwars door Vlaanderen
The 2015 Dwars door Vlaanderen (English: Across Flanders) was the 70th edition of the Dwars door Vlaanderen cycling one-day classic, which took place on 25 March 2015 and was rated as a 1.HC event as part of the 2015 UCI Europe Tour. The race was 200.2 kilometres (124.4 miles) in length. It was organised as part of the Flanders Classics organisation.


2015 Dwars door Vlaanderen
The 2014 winner was Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma–Quick-Step), who won the race in a solo breakaway. He was the favourite for the 2015 race and raced as part of a strong Etixx–Quick-Step team in 2015. The team also included world champion Michał Kwiatkowski, former world champion Mark Cavendish and Iljo Keisse. Other favourites included Lars Boom (Astana), Stijn Devolder, Gert Steegmans (both Trek Factory Racing) and former winners Matti Breschel (Tinkoff–Saxo) and Oscar Gatto (Androni Giocattoli), as well as a large number of other riders. The race was also notable for the presence of Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team), racing on the cobblestones for the first time in his career as part of his preparation for cobbled stages in the 2015 Tour de France.


2015 Dwars door Vlaanderen
The first part of the race was generally flat, but it became more hilly towards the end of the race. It included 12 major climbs, five of them cobbled, and three flat sections of cobbled roads. The race included several of the climbs used in the Tour of Flanders, which took place the following week, such as the Oude Kwaremont and the Paterberg.


2015 Dwars door Vlaanderen
The race was won by Jelle Wallays (Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise). He was part of the main breakaway of the day, escaping early on in the race. The breakaway was closed down early, having only 20 seconds' lead with 80 kilometres (50 miles) to race. Wallays attacked, initially alongside Gert Dockx (Lotto–Soudal) and then alone, and built a lead of nearly a minute. On the Taaienberg, with 56 kilometres (35 miles) remaining, Kwiatkowski, Edward Theuns (Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise) and Dylan van Baarle (Cannondale–Garmin) attacked from the first chasing group. They quickly caught Wallays and created a lead group of four riders.


2015 Dwars door Vlaanderen
They built a lead of 40 seconds thanks to Kwiatkowski's efforts on the Oude Kwaremont; Boom attempted to counter-attack, but he crashed into a field. The chase group was unorganised and failed to catch the leading four riders. With 1 kilometre (0.62 miles) remaining, Wallays made another attack. Since Theuns was Wallays' teammate, Kwiatkowski and van Baarle had the task of catching him. They both looked to the other to do the work to catch Wallays and ended up leading out Theuns to give Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise the first two positions on the podium. After the race, Kwiatkowski and van Baarle blamed each other for their failure to win the race.


2015 Dwars door de Westhoek
The 2015 Dwars door de Westhoek was held on 26 April 2015, in Boezinge, Belgium. Élise Delzenne (Velocio–SRAM) won, beating Jolien D'Hoore (Wiggle–Honda) and Tiffany Cromwell (Velocio–SRAM).


2015 E3 Harelbeke
The 2015 E3 Harelbeke was the 58th edition of the E3 Harelbeke cycling race, which took place on 27 March and was the sixth race of the 2015 UCI World Tour. The defending champion was Peter Sagan (Tinkoff–Saxo), who won the 2014 edition in a four-man sprint. The race, while important in its own right as part of the spring classics season, was seen as an important part of riders' preparation for the 2015 Tour of Flanders, one of the cycling monuments that took place on many of the same roads the following week.


2015 E3 Harelbeke
E3 Harelbeke took place on roads in Flanders, starting and ending in the town of Harelbeke. The primary difficulty in the race was the series of short climbs known as hellingen, some of which were cobbled; most of these came in the middle part of the race, with a fairly flat final part.


2015 E3 Harelbeke
The key move of the race was made on the Oude Kwaremont by Geraint Thomas (Team Sky), Zdeněk Štybar (Etixx–Quick-Step) and Sagan. The three riders rode together for over 30 kilometres (19 miles), maintaining a gap to the chasing peloton. With approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) remaining, Thomas attacked and was able to take a solo victory, and became the first British rider to win the race. Štybar chased and was able to take second place, but Sagan was caught by the main peloton. Štybar's teammate Matteo Trentin won the bunch sprint for third place.


2015 E3 Harelbeke
The other major feature of the race was a succession of crashes. Sep Vanmarcke (LottoNL–Jumbo) slipped on the Paterberg, though this resulted in nothing worse than a broken shoe; however, a major crash early in the race caused significant problems for a number of riders. The worst affected was Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing), one of the major favourites for victory; he broke two vertebrae, ruling him out of the remainder of the classics season.


2015 E3 Harelbeke, Poster controversy
About a month before the race took place, in February 2015, the race organisers published a publicity poster for the race. This poster showed a woman, with her dress raised and underwear with the race logo visible. A cyclist's gloved hand was reaching out apparently to pinch the woman's bottom. The poster bore the caption Wie knijpt ze in Harelbeke? (English: Who squeezes them in Harelbeke?). This was a reference to Peter Sagan's actions after the 2013 Tour of Flanders, when he pinched the bottom of Maja Leye during the podium ceremony after the race.


2015 E3 Harelbeke, Poster controversy
The poster caused significant controversy, especially as the 2011 race had also featured a poster viewed as sexist. The 2015 poster was described as "demeaning" and "misogynistic". The poster was criticised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and by the Belgian Jury of Advertising Ethics. In March, a few weeks before the race was held, the poster was withdrawn and replaced.