2015 Tanzanian general election, Background
A new constitution was expected to have been adopted before the general election via a referendum that had been postponed. The final draft of the proposed constitution includes the establishment of an independent electoral commission and will allow dissatisfied candidates to challenge the results in the High Court within seven days of the pronouncement. Chief Justice Mohamed Chande Othman has said the judiciary was prepared to handle all cases pertaining to the results of the forthcoming election.


2015 Tanzanian general election, Background
On 29 July 2015, 21 political parties signed the 2015 General Elections Code of Conduct. About 4,000 adherents of the  Watch Tower Church in Kalambo District have been prohibited from voting as it is against their beliefs. The Tanzanian Army refuted allegations made by CHADEMA that it had confiscated the BVR cards of its soldiers and warned political parties "to stop provoking it."


2015 Tanzanian general election, Electoral system
The president was elected in a single round of voting. Article 39(1) of the 1977 Constitution stipulates the following qualifications for a person to be elected as President:


2015 Tanzanian general election, Electoral system
The National Assembly consisted of 264 members elected in single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting, 113 women elected based on the vote share of parties nationwide, up to ten members elected by the president, five members elected by the Zanzibar House of Representatives and the Attorney-General. The Speaker could be elected from amongst members, or from outside parliament. Prior to the elections, twenty-six new constituencies were created by the National Electoral Commission (NEC) and the names of ten constituencies were altered. Four opposition parties with differing ideologies have agreed to form an alliance known as UKAWA and intend to nominate a single candidate in each constituency. The alliance consists of the conservative/centrist Chadema, the liberal Civic United Front (CUF), the social democratic NCCR–Mageuzi and the National League for Democracy (NLD).


2015 Tanzanian general election, Presidential election, Candidates, CCM
The ruling CCM (and its predecessor parties) has dominated the political scene since the nation attained independence in 1961. Following the restoration of multi-party politics in 1992, it has retained its popularity and the voters' confidence, winning all of the past four general elections (held in 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010). Jakaya Kikwete, its presidential candidate in 2005, won by a landslide, receiving more than 80 percent of the popular vote. In the last election in 2010, Kikwete won his second and final term, albeit by a reduced margin.


2015 Tanzanian general election, Presidential election, Candidates, CCM
More than forty members of the party contested in the primaries. On 10 July, the party's Central Committee scrutinised the then 38 presidential aspirants and selected five candidates for the consideration of its National Executive Committee. The top five were Foreign Minister Bernard Membe, Works Minister John Magufuli, Justice Minister Asha-Rose Migiro, Deputy Minister January Makamba and Ambassador Amina Salum Ali. On 11 July, the National Executive Committee selected the three finalists: John Magufuli, Amina Salum Ali and Asha-Rose Migiro.


2015 Tanzanian general election, Presidential election, Candidates, CCM
On 12 July, Works Minister John Magufuli was declared as the party's candidate; he was considered most likely to win the election. The Economist Intelligence Unit in its political forecast stated that "CCM's candidate is almost certain to become the country's next president."


2015 Tanzanian general election, Presidential election, Candidates, Opposition
Four opposition parties with differing ideologies agreed to form an alliance known as UKAWA and intended to nominate a single candidate. The alliance consists of the conservative/centrist Chadema party, the liberal Civic United Front (CUF), the social democratic NCCR–Mageuzi and the National League for Democracy (NLD).


2015 Tanzanian general election, Presidential election, Candidates, Opposition
Former Prime Minister and CCM front-runner Edward Lowassa defected to Chadema and was selected as the alliance's nominee instead of Wilbroad Slaa, who was Chadema's 2010 candidate. CUF National Chairman Ibrahim Lipumba resigned, stating that the coalition had "reneged on its agreement" on receiving those defecting from CCM.


2015 Tanzanian general election, Parliamentary elections
In the previous parliamentary elections, the nation's dominant ruling party, the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) attained 186 of the 239 constituencies, thus achieving an outright majority. Tanzania uses a parallel voting method for its legislative elections: most seats are elected by first-past-the-post voting, but the special seats reserved for women are elected by party-list proportional representation. On 9 July 2015, outgoing President Jakaya Kikwete addressed Parliament for the last time before it being dissolved. In the 2010–2015 parliament, the CCM was led by Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda while the opposition bench was led by Freeman Mbowe and consisted of CHADEMA (49), Civic United Front (35), NCCR–Mageuzi (5), Tanzania Labour Party (1) and United Democratic Party (1).


2015 Tanzanian general election, Parliamentary elections
More than 2,700 CCM members contested in the party's primaries in order to seek the party's nomination. On 13 August 2015, CCM announced its candidates following its primaries.


2015 Tanzanian general election, Zanzibar elections
The semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar elects its own President and members to its subnational legislature, the Zanzibar House of Representatives. The Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) has declared 25 October as the election date. The number of constituencies has been increased from 50 to 54.


2015 Tanzanian general election, Reactions
Second-placed candidate Edward Lowassa called for a recount, citing irregularities. In response to the National Electoral Commission's (NEC) plan to reveal the winner of the presidential race on 29 October, Lowassa called for the cancellation of the announcement. "We demand that NEC should do a verification of the results and recount the votes." However, the NEC and CCM  dismissed allegations of rigging, with NEC Chairman Damian Labuva, stating "Claims of vote rigging highly misleading it is not true at all."


2015 Tanzanian general election, Reactions, Allegations of misconduct
In Zanzibar, the local election commission stated that there had been "gross violations," and that the election had been annulled. A member of Civic United Front (CUF) said that annulling the result was a ploy to re-run the election it has won. CCM also alleged there were violations in at least four parliamentary constituencies it had lost and that it would go to court to contest the result, but added that the "elections were free and fair" and that voting reflected the will of the people. In ensuing protests in Zanzibar, several people were arrested. The annulled Zanzibar poll did not affect this overall outcome.


2015 Taraba State gubernatorial election
The 2015 Taraba State gubernatorial election was the 6th gubernatorial election of Taraba State. Held on April 11, 2015 and April 25, 2015 due to inconclusive, the People's Democratic Party nominee Darius Ishaku won the election, defeating Aisha Alhassan of the All Progressives Congress.


2015 Taraba State gubernatorial election, PDP primary
PDP candidate, Darius Ishaku clinched the party ticket. The PDP primary election was held in 2014.


2015 Taraba State gubernatorial election, APC primary
APC candidate, Aisha Alhassan clinched the party ticket. The APC primary election was held in 2014.


2015 Taraba State gubernatorial election, Results
A total of 11 candidates contested in the election. Darius Ishaku from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Aisha Alhassan from the All Progressives Congress. Registered voters was 1,461,645, accredited voters was 787,516, votes cast was 681,166, 174,131 votes was cancelled. The winner, Darius Ishaku won by 93,334 votes.


2015 Tashkent Challenger
The 2015 Tashkent Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the eighth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. The tournament took place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan between October 12-17, 2015.


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


2015 Tashkent Challenger – Doubles
Lukáš Lacko and Ante Pavić were the defending champions, but chose not defend their title.


2015 Tashkent Challenger – Doubles
Sergey Betov and Mikhail Elgin won the title defeating Andre Begemann and Artem Sitak in the final 6–4, 6–4.


2015 Tashkent Challenger – Singles
Lukáš Lacko was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Denis Istomin.


2015 Tashkent Open
The 2015 Tashkent Open was a WTA International tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 17th edition of the Tashkent Open, on the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place at the Tashkent Tennis Center in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, between September 28 and October 3, 2015.


2015 Tashkent Open, Points and prize money, Prize money
1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money* per team


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


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


2015 Tashkent Open – Doubles
Aleksandra Krunić and Kateřina Siniaková were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Krunić played alongside Petra Martić, but lost in the quarterfinals to Anna-Lena Friedsam and Katarzyna Piter. Siniaková teamed up with Vera Dushevina, but lost in the final to Margarita Gasparyan and Alexandra Panova, 1–6, 6–3, [3–10].


2015 Tashkent Open – Singles
Karin Knapp was the defending champion but chose not to enter the tournament this year. Nao Hibino won the title, defeating Donna Vekić in the final, 6–2, 6–2.


2015 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election
Periodic elections for the Tasmanian Legislative Council were held on 2 May 2015. The three seats up for election were the electoral division of Derwent, the electoral division of Mersey and the electoral division of Windermere. Mersey and Windermere were previously contested in 2009, with Derwent contested in a by-election in 2011.


2015 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election, Derwent
Derwent has been held by Craig Farrell since 2011. At the time of these elections, Farrell was the sole Labor Party member of the Legislative Council. Farrell re-contested the seat against Alan Baker, an IT consultant from New Norfolk.


2015 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election, Mersey
Mersey has been held by independent MLC Mike Gaffney since 2009. Gaffney re-contested the seat against Vivienne Gale, a businesswoman from Launceston, who stated she would move to Devonport in the electorate if elected.


2015 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election, Windermere
Windermere has been held by independent MLC Ivan Dean since 2003. Dean re-contested the seat against Vanessa Bleyer (for the Tasmanian Greens), Jennifer Houston (for the Labor Party) and former union official Scott McLean (independent).


2015 Taunton Deane Borough Council election
The 2015 Taunton Deane Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect all members (councillors) of Taunton Deane Borough Council in Somerset, England. The council changed from being under no overall control to a Conservative majority having won 36 seats, while local Liberal Democrats took by keeping existing seats 14. Labour candidates won two seats, and the UK Independence Party won one, with the three remaining held by Independent candidates.


2015 Taunton Deane Borough Council election
After the 2011 elections, the council was under no overall control, with the Conservatives having 28 seats, exactly half, while the Liberal Democrats  took 23. The remaining five seats were split between Labour and Independents councillors.


2015 TaxSlayer Bowl
The 2015 TaxSlayer Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on January 2, 2015, at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Florida. The 70th edition of the Gator Bowl featured the Tennessee Volunteers of the Southeastern Conference and the Iowa Hawkeyes from the Big Ten Conference. The game was one of the 2014–15 NCAA football bowl games that concluded the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The game began at 3:20 p.m. EST and was nationally televised by ESPN. It was sponsored by tax preparation software company TaxSlayer.com, and for sponsorship reasons was officially known as the TaxSlayer Bowl.


2015 TaxSlayer Bowl, Teams
This was the third overall meeting between these two teams, with the series tied 1–1. The previous time these two teams met was in 1987. The only other bowl game these two played against each other was the 1982 Peach Bowl, which Iowa won 28–22.


2015 TaxSlayer Bowl, Teams
The Volunteers took the momentum early, scoring on their first four possessions and leading 28–0 before Iowa managed to reach 70 yards. Sophomore quarterback and game MVP Joshua Dobbs ran for two touchdowns and threw for another as the Vols posted their first winning season since going 7–6 in 2009, and earned its first postseason victory since the Phillip Fulmer era, the last being the 2008 Outback Bowl over the Wisconsin Badgers.


2015 Taça da Liga Final
The 2015 Taça da Liga Final was the final match of the 2014–15 Taça da Liga, the eighth season of the Taça da Liga.


2015 Taça da Liga Final
Trophy holders Benfica beat Marítimo (2–1) to win a record sixth title in the competition. Goal-line technology was introduced in the final, for the first time in Portugal.


2015 Taça da Liga Final, Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2015 Taça de Portugal Final
The 2015 Taça de Portugal Final was the final match of the 2014–15 Taça de Portugal, the 75th season of the Taça de Portugal. It was played on 31 May 2015 at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras between Sporting CP and Braga. Sporting CP won 3–1 on penalties following a 2–2 draw after extra-time to claim their 16th title in the competition and their first official trophy since the 2008 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. This was also the first time the Campeonato de Portugal/Taça de Portugal final was decided by a penalty shootout.


2015 Taça de Portugal Final
As the 2014–15 Taça de Portugal winners, Sporting CP earned the right to play in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage. However, since they qualified for the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League play-off round through their league placing, their cup winners place in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage is transferred to the highest-placed team in the league qualified for the UEFA Europa League (Braga), with the highest-placed team in the league that has not qualified to the European competitions (Belenenses) receiving a place in the third qualifying round.


2015 Taça de Portugal Final
Also, as cup winners, Sporting CP played against Benfica, the league winners, in the 2015 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, winning 1–0.


2015 Taça de Portugal Final, Broadcasting
The final was broadcast in Portugal on television by RTP (on RTP1), who holds the rights for several Portuguese Football Federation properties (which includes the Taça de Portugal final, the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira and the Portugal national football team exhibition matches), and by SportTV (on SportTV 1) who holds the rights to broadcast the whole Taça de Portugal. RTP produced the broadcast, following FIFA guidelines for World Cup broadcasting. RTP also broadcast the match worldwide, on RTP Internacional.


2015 Tbilisi flood
A significant flood occurred in the Vere River valley in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, on the night of 13 to 14 June 2015. It resulted in at least 20 human deaths and struck the Tbilisi Zoo, leaving half of its animal inhabitants either dead or on the loose.


2015 Tbilisi flood, Background
The Vere, a right tributary of the Mtkvari, runs through Tbilisi's Vake and Saburtalo neighborhoods. It is characterized by periodic flash floods, which had turned this normally small stream into a surging river, causing significant flooding in 1960, 1963, 1972, and 1995. In 1972, it resulted in several fatalities and completely flooded the Tbilisi Zoo.


2015 Tbilisi flood, Damage and casualties
Late on 13 June 2015, following hours of heavy rainfall, a landslide was released above the village of Akhaldaba, about 20 km southwest of Tbilisi. The landslide, carrying 1 million m3 of land, mud, and trees, moved down into Tbilisi and dammed up the Vere river at two points, first at a 10m wide channel at Tamarashvili Street and then at a channel under Heroes's Square, a major traffic hub, connected with Tamarashvili Street through the Vere Valley Highway.


2015 Tbilisi flood, Damage and casualties
The resulting flood inflicted severe damage on the Tbilisi Zoo, Heroes' Square, Mziuri Park, and nearby streets and houses, resulting in at least 20 deaths, including three zoo workers. One of them, a 56-year-old woman, had recently returned to work after having had an arm amputated two weeks earlier after a tiger mauled it. A young rescue officer, Zurab Muzashvili, who died after having rescued seven people, was posthumously awarded the Medal for Civic Devotion.


2015 Tbilisi flood, Damage and casualties
About 36 people were admitted for mild-to-moderate injuries; most of them were discharged from hospitals on the same day. Of the 24 people reported as missing as of late 14 June, 6 remained unaccountable for on 16 June. More than 40 families were left homeless and 22,000 people were left without electricity. The Georgian government reported a preliminary estimated flood damage cost from GEL 40 million to 100 million.


2015 Tbilisi flood, Animals in streets
The Tbilisi Zoo lost more than 300 animals, nearly half of its inhabitants: the majority were killed by flooding. Several surviving inhabitants of the zoo—a hippopotamus, big cats, wolves, bears, and hyenas—escaped from destroyed pens and cages to the streets of Tbilisi and a police unit was employed to round them up. Some were killed, others were recaptured and brought back to the zoo. The media ran footage showing the hippopotamus making its way to a flooded Heroes' Square, one of Tbilisi's major roadway hubs, where it was subdued with a tranquilizer dart.


2015 Tbilisi flood, Animals in streets
On 17 June a white tiger remaining on the loose attacked and mortally wounded a man in a storehouse near the zoo. The animal was eventually shot dead by the police. An African penguin was found at the Red Bridge border crossing with Azerbaijan, having swum some 60 km south from Tbilisi.


2015 Tbilisi flood, Response, Local
Police force, emergency services, and army units were deployed for rescue efforts. They were helped by hundreds of local volunteers. Scores of peoples trapped by the floods were airlifted by rescuers.


2015 Tbilisi flood, Response, Local
15 June was declared a national day of mourning in Georgia. President Giorgi Margvelashvili said he would allocate funds from President's Discretionary Fund to assist the affected families. Catholicos Patriarch Ilia II, an influential head of the Georgian Orthodox Church, in his Sunday sermon, blamed the floods on the "sin" of the former Communist regime which, he said, built the zoo in its current location using money raised from destroying churches and melting down their bells.


2015 Tbilisi flood, Response, International
The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, mobilized its Tbilisi office to organize an emergency response. Many governments of the world, such Latvia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Ukraine, Lithuania, the United States, and Russia  offered their help. The European Union stated its Emergency Response Coordination Centre was ready to deploy assistance. Poland's Foreign Ministry allocated €100,000 to assist Georgia.


2015 Tbilisi flood, Response, International
The Prague Zoo, along with other Czech zoos, dispatched a team of specialists with experience in dealing with floods. The Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs also sent an emergency team to assist, led by veterinarians from the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo and the Ramat Gan Safari in Israel. The city of Šiauliai, Lithuania, decided to organize a charity concert to help the families affected by the flood. The Polish businessman Mariusz Artur Napora offered to hold a charity auction in Poland.


2015 Tbilisi flood, Gallery
The Trad forest devastated, three years later (picture take in 2018).


2015 Team Europcar season
The 2015 season for the Team Europcar cycling team began in January at the Tour de San Luis. Team Europcar is a French-registered UCI Professional Continental cycling team that participated in road bicycle racing events on the UCI Continental Circuits and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events.


2015 Team Giant–Alpecin season
The 2015 season for the Team Giant–Alpecin began in January with the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.


2015 Team Giant–Alpecin season
In September 2014 German shampoo manufacturer Alpecin announced that they would co-sponsor the team alongside Giant for the 2015 season. In December 2014 Sunweb (a Dutch owned international tour operator) was announced as a new major sponsor of the team, signing a 2-year deal.


2015 Team Ice Racing World Championship
The 2015 Team Ice Racing World Championship was the 37th edition of the Team World Championship. The final was held on 28 February and 01 March, 2015, in Berlin, Germany. Russia won their 13th consecutive title and 21st title overall.


2015 Team Katusha season
The 2015 season for Team Katusha began in January at the Tour de San Luis. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.


2015 Team Liv–Plantur season
The 2015 women's road cycling season was the fifth for the Team Liv-Plantur (UCI code: TLP), which began as Team Skil-Argos in 2010. On 24 September 2014 the team announced that they had secured a four-year sponsorship deal with a German hair care company. For the 2015 season the team will be known as Team Liv-Plantur, with the men's team becoming Team Giant-Alpecin.


2015 Team Liv–Plantur season, Roster
On 1 September 2014 it was announced that Kirsten Wild would leave the team for Team Hitec Products. Sabrina Stultiens was the only rider who joined the team for the 2015 season.


2015 Team Liv–Plantur season, Roster
As of 1 January 2015. Ages as of 1 January 2015.


2015 Team Liv–Plantur season, UCI World Ranking
The 2015 UCI Women's Road Rankings are rankings based upon the results in all UCI-sanctioned races of the 2015 women's road cycling season.


2015 Team Liv–Plantur season, UCI World Ranking
Team Liv-Plantur finished 8th in the 2015 ranking for UCI teams.


2015 Team Long Track World Championship
The 2015 Team Long Track World Championship was the ninth annual FIM Team Long Track World Championship. The final took place on 28 June 2015 in Mühldorf, Finland.


2015 Team LottoNL–Jumbo season
The 2015 season for the LottoNL–Jumbo road cycling team began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.


2015 Team LottoNL–Jumbo season
In June 2014 it was announced that Belkin would stop sponsoring the cycling team. On July 20, 2014, the team announced they had an agreement in place with the Brand Loyalty skating team. A day later, the team also released the news that the Dutch Lotto will also sponsor the team. On September 29, 2014, the contracts were signed between the two teams, meaning that the new name would be TEAMLottoNL, with the renaming taking effect from 1 January 2015. On October 23, 2014, the team was unveiled in Utrecht as Team LottoNL–Jumbo showing their new black and yellow team kit. Lotto had previously been confirmed as the team's title sponsor, supermarket chain, Jumbo, was presented as the second sponsor of the WorldTour team.


2015 Team Novo Nordisk season
The 2015 season for the Team Novo Nordisk cycling team began in January at the Tour de San Luis. The team participated in UCI Continental Circuits and UCI World Tour events when given a wildcard invitation.


2015 Team Roompot season
The 2015 season for Team Roompot began in January at the Trofeo Santanyi-Ses Salines-Campos. Team Roompot is a Dutch-registered UCI Professional Continental cycling team that participated in road bicycle racing events on the UCI Continental Circuits and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events.


2015 Team Roompot season
Team Roompot's beginnings came in the spring of 2014, when Erik Breukink, who was formerly the manager of the Dutch team Rabobank, announced that he was seeking to create a new Dutch squad to ride at the UCI Professional Continental level. There were Dutch teams riding at UCI World Tour and UCI Continental levels, but none in the middle tier of professional cycling. Breukink announced his hope that the team would support the development of young Dutch riders. Other people involved in the development of the team included Michael Boogerd, Jean-Paul van Poppel and Michael Zijlaard.


2015 Team Roompot season
While the team was under development, it was known as Orange Cycling in reference to the national colour of the Netherlands. The team sought sponsorship from several companies, but most prominently from Roompot Vakanties. Another Dutch team, WorldTour team Belkin Pro Cycling, were also seeking a new title sponsor and were seen as in direct competition with Orange Cycling for the Roompot sponsorship.


2015 Team Roompot season
On 13 August 2014, it was announced that Roompot had decided to sponsor the Orange Cycling project, apparently in part because the intention only to sign Dutch riders matched Roompot's marketing strategy. The following day, the team announced its first rider, Johnny Hoogerland, who had previously ridden for another Dutch team, Vacansoleil–DCM.


2015 Team Sky season
The 2015 season for Team Sky began in January at the Tour Down Under.


2015 Team Sky season
As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obliged to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.


2015 Team Sky season, Season overview
On 8 January, Richie Porte scored the team's first victory of the season by winning the Australian National Time Trial championships with a margin of eight seconds  and went on to record the team's first stage win at the Tour Down Under. Elia Viviani scored his first win for the team, taking sprint victory on stage two of the Dubai Tour.


2015 Team Sky season, Season overview
In August, the team signed Alex Peters and Tao Geoghegan Hart for the remainder of the season, with the former also signing for two years.


2015 Team Sky season, Season overview, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
The team entered the 2015 Giro d'Italia with Porte installed as team leader in the hope that he would continue his good run in stage races and claim the Maglia Rosa. In order to do this and in the team's quest for 'marginal gains' Porte slept in a motorhome which followed the race, rather than hotels like the rest of the team.


2015 Team Sky season, Season overview, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
After limiting the time loss in the stage 1 team time trial Elia Viviani secured the first win for the team in a Grand Tour since the 2013 Vuelta a España on stage 2, also taking over the Maglia rossa. After enjoying a successful first week Porte entered the second week of racing in third position overall, however on stage 10 an untimely puncture (outside of the 3 km ruling) caused him to lose 47 seconds to overall race leader, Alberto Contador.


2015 Team Sky season, Season overview, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
Porte was left isolated due to the puncture and accepted a wheel swap with Team BikeExchange and close friend Simon Clarke, contravening UCI rule 12.1.040, which prohibits "non-regulation assistance to a rider from another team". Porte and Clarke were subsequently docked two minutes each and faced a 200 Swiss Franc fine. This resulted in Porte dropping down to 12th on the general classification, three minutes and nine seconds behind Contador.


2015 Team Sky season, Season overview, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
The implementation of the penalty caused outcry on social media; David Millar praised the sportsmanship shown between the two riders as well as Jonathan Vaughters, Chris Horner, Chris Boardman and Tom Domoulin. Team Principal, Dave Brailsford criticised the decision, saying that the "spirit of the law" had not been recognised and that there was a lack of common sense. Giro d'Italia race director Mauro Vegni claimed the rule had to be enforced whilst UCI President Brian Cookson agreed that it was the correct decision.


2015 Team Sky season, Season overview, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
Porte then lost further time on the uphill finish at Monte Berico on stage 12 and a further two minutes on stage 13 after being caught behind a crash, leaving him in 17th spot, five minutes and five seconds behind new overall leader, Fabio Aru. Stage 14 saw the riders tackle the 59.4 km time trial from Treviso to Valdobbiadene, where Vasil Kiryienka claimed the stage win, whilst Porte  conceded a further four minutes and six seconds to Contador, leaving him in 17th position, eight minutes and 52 seconds behind the race leader. On the next stage Porte lost a further 27 minutes and abandoned on the second rest day, team leadership being handed over to Leopold König. König would finish the Giro in sixth position, over ten minutes behind victor, Alberto Contador.


2015 Team Sky season, Season overview, Grand Tours, Tour de France
The team went into the 2015 Tour de France with their "strongest team ever" seeking to improve on their poor 2014 edition of the race. The team entered with Froome leading the title challenge, along with Poels, König, Kennaugh, Porte and Roche for the hillier stages as well as Stannard, Rowe and Thomas for the flatter days, in particular stage 4 from Seraing to Cambrai which featured no less than seven cobbled sectors. After a strong performance on the Mur de Huy Froome took over the race lead, and general classification by one second over Tony Martin.


2015 Team Sky season, Season overview, Grand Tours, Tour de France
The previous time he had held the yellow jersey he won the race. Froome refused to wear the yellow jersey after Tony Martin abandoned the race due to a broken collar bone sustained on stage six. Froome then received the yellow jersey at the end of the seventh stage by virtue of being in second place overall. During the evening of the first rest day of the Tour, it emerged that some of Froome's data files had been hacked and released onto the internet.


2015 Team Sky season, Season overview, Grand Tours, Tour de France
As the Tour entered the second week of racing stage 10 saw the first mountains stage, the summit finish of La Pierre-Saint-Martin, where Froome went  on to take the stage win, putting significant time into his general classification rivals as well as Porte finishing second and Thomas finishing sixth. During the remainder of the race the team faced intense scrutiny regarding their dominant performances; Porte was punched in the ribs by a spectator in the Pyrenees, and Froome claimed he had urine thrown at him by another spectator, and blamed the incident on the French press for 'irresponsible' reporting


2015 Team Sky season, Season overview, Grand Tours, Tour de France
On the first rest of the Tour de France Porte confirmed he would leave the team at the end of the season. This would later, in August, be confirmed to be Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux.


2015 Team Sky season, Season overview, Grand Tours, La Vuelta a España
On 10 August, Chris Froome announced his intention to compete in this years Vuelta a España, becoming only the second reigning Tour winner to ride the Vuelta in the same season.


2015 Team Sky season, Season overview, Stage races
In February the team dominated the Vuelta a Andalucía and Volta ao Algarve with both Froome and Thomas taking both overall wins respectively. On the way to their respective victories Froome won on the stage four summit finish at Alto de Allanadas, whilst both Thomas and Porte won in the Algarve, winning stage two and the stage four summit finish of Malhão. Further, the team also secured multiple top placings; fourth (Nieve), sixth (Kennaugh) and eighth (Siutsou) in Andalucía and fourth (Porte) in the Algarve. At the end of February Stannard scored the team second classic, taking a second successive victory at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. The victory was made more impressive as Stannard made the four-man selection with three Etixx–Quick-Step riders; Boonen, Terpstra and Vandenbergh.


2015 Team Sky season, Season overview, Stage races
The team's next victory came at Paris–Nice where Porte led a team one-two (along with Thomas) at the summit finish of Croix de Chaubouret. Despite both Porte and Thomas crashing on the stage 6 descent of the Côte de Peille Porte went on to win the stage 7 time trial to the summit of Col d'Èze securing his second overall victory in the race, with a winning margin of 30 seconds over Michał Kwiatkowski.


2015 Team Sky season, Season overview, Stage races
In the same week, new recruit Wout Poels recorded his first victory for the team when he secured victory on the fifth stage of Tirreno–Adriatico to Castelraimondo. Poels made his decisive move just before the second summiting of the Cipressa, finishing 14 seconds clear of former Sky rider Rigoberto Uran, Joaquim Rodríguez and the rest of the leading group. As a result of his win, Poels moved into the overall race lead.


2015 Team Sky season, Season overview, Stage races
Ben Swift won the second stage of Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali the same day and finally Richie Porte moved into the lead of the Volta a Catalunya a lead he would carry to the end of the race. Victory in Catalunya represented Porte's second overall win of the season and the fourth for the team.


2015 Team Sky season, Season overview, Stage races
In April, Bradley Wiggins won his final time trial for the team at the Three Days of De Panne, beating Stefan Küng by 10 seconds.


2015 Team Sky season, Season overview, Stage races
In late April Porte notched up his third overall win of the season, taking the Giro d'Italia warm-up Giro del Trentino four-day stage race. Porte took a decisive stage victory on the queen stage summit finish to Brentonico giving him a margin of 24 seconds over his closest rival, Mikel Landa. Porte would carry the majority of this gap to the finish in Cles. The team then rounded off a successful April by taking victory in the Team Time Trial, by the scant margin of 0.63 seconds, at the Tour de Romandie, placing Geraint Thomas in the yellow leaders jersey


2015 Team Sky season, Season overview, Stage races
The team rounded off April taking victory in the Tour de Romandie team time trial, Froome taking third place overall. The team began May with success; Lars Petter Nordhaug took the opening stage win at the inaugural Tour de Yorkshire, whilst Ben Swift crashed out later requiring surgery.


2015 Team Sky season, Season overview, Stage races
Chris Froome returned to action at the Critérium du Dauphiné, as part of his build up for the Tour de France, and the team won three stages and took the overall title for the fourth time. Peter Kennaugh opened the team's account taking the victory on stage one, just in front of the bunch sprint finish. Froome went on to dominate the final two summit finish stages, taking victory at Montée du Bettex (stage 7) and Modane Valfréjus (stage 8) giving him a lead of 10 seconds over Tejay van Garderen.


2015 Team Sky season, Season overview, One day races
In late March the team enjoyed a bumper weekend starting with Geraint Thomas' victory in E3 Harelbeke after attacking his co-breakaway companions, Zdeněk Štybar and Peter Sagan, and soloing to victory.


2015 Team Sky season, Season overview, One day races
The weekend was then finished off with Thomas once again, taking third place in Gent–Wevelgem behind victor Luca Paolini and runner-up Niki Terpstra.


2015 Team Sky season, Season overview, One day races
After finishing 31 seconds down on Paris–Roubaix winner John Degenkolb, Bradley Wiggins retired from the team and joined his own WIGGINS team, allowing him to focus on the 2016 Olympic Games.


2015 Team Sky season, Season overview, One day races
New signing Wout Poels underwent surgery on a broken shoulder bone courtesy of his crash at La Fleche Wallonne.


2015 Team Speedway Junior World Championship
The 2015 Team Speedway Junior World Championship was the 11th FIM Team Under-21 World Championship season. The final took place on 31 October, 2015 at the Olympic Park Speedway in Mildura, Australia, the first time it was held outside of Europe.


2015 Team Speedway Junior World Championship
Poland won their 8th Team Under-21 World Championship. The Poles dominated the Final, winning 15 of the 20 heats.


2015 Team Speedway Junior World Championship, Results
In the 2015 Final the host team was Australia. The other three finalists were determined in two Semi-Finals held on 22 August. First and second places from Semi-final 1 held in Güstrow, Germany would go through to the final. The winner of Semi-final 2 held on the same day in Opole, Poland would earn the last place in the Final.


2015 Team Speedway Junior World Championship, Results
Denmark won the first Semi-final from the host nation Germany, Great Britain and Finland. Defending Under-21 World Champions Poland were easy winners of the second Semi-final from the Czech Republic, Russia and Sweden.


2015 Team Tinkoff–Saxo season
The 2015 season for Tinkoff–Saxo began in January with the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.


2015 Team Tinkoff–Saxo season
In March 2015 the team confirmed that Riis had been removed from active duty due to differences between Riis and Tinkov. Media reports had initially indicated that Riis had been suspended when he did not appear at Milan–San Remo as planned, and that this was due to a disappointing start to the season for the team. On 29 March, it was announced that Riis had been released by the team. News reports cited the "tumultuous relationship" and "difference in character" between Riis and Tinkov as the reason for Riis's departure.


2015 Team3M season
This article gives an overview of the Team3M cycling team during season 2015.


2015 Teen Choice Awards
The 2015 Teen Choice Awards ceremony was held on August 16, 2015, at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, California. The awards celebrate the year's achievements in music, film, television, sports, fashion, comedy, video games, and the Internet, and were voted on by viewers living in the US, aged 13 and over, through various social media sites.


2015 Teen Choice Awards
One Direction were the biggest winners of the night, winning eight of their ten nominations. Pretty Little Liars came in second by winning six of its ten nominations and Pitch Perfect 2 came in third, winning five of its ten nominations. Britney Spears was awarded with the "Candie's Choice Style Icon".


2015 Teen Choice Awards, Theme song
Fans had the power to choose the official theme song for the show from July 24 through August 14, 2015. Zedd feat. Selena Gomez's "I Want You to Know" was chosen as the year's theme song.


2015 Teen Choice Awards, Winners and nominees
The first wave of nominations were announced on June 9, 2015. The second wave was announced on July 8, 2015. The third wave was announced on July 30, 2015. Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold text.


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


2015 Tejano Music Awards
The 35th Annual Tejano Music Awards was held on October 24, 2015, at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts in San Antonio, Texas.


2015 Tejano Music Awards
The awards ceremony will be hosted by Efrain "Happy" Guerrero with performances from Tejano musicians Shelly Lares, Ruben Ramos, Hometown Boys, Isabel Marie, Emilio Navaira, Raulito Navaira, Xelencia, Las Fenix, Ricky Valenz, La Fiebre, Texadoz, Massore, David Farias, Da Krazy Pimpz, Pasty Torres, David Lee Garza, Oscar G, Aldaberto Gallegos, and Pete Astudillo. The event is expected to pay tribute to Selena, who was killed back in March 1995.


2015 Tejano Music Awards, Nominees
On September 5, it was announced that merengue group Grupo Fuego have been nominated for two awards. On September 23, Eagle Pass Business Journal announced several nominations for the 35th Tejano Music Awards.


2015 Tel Aviv bus stabbing attack
During the morning rush hour of January 21, 2015, a Palestinian man from Tulkarm, West Bank boarded a bus in Tel Aviv and stabbed multiple persons in a terrorist attack. After the bus he boarded had driven about 400 metres, the Palestinian attacked the driver, who fought back, before turning to other passengers and attacking them. The bus stopped, with the passengers fleeing, and the Palestinian attacked others too. Israeli police shot the terrorist in the foot and arrested him.


2015 Tel Aviv bus stabbing attack, Attacks
At 7:30 am the assailant boarded a bus in Tel Aviv about 7:30 a.m. and rode two stops before attacking the driver with a knife. The driver, Herzl Biton, fought back, using pepper spray. The assailant attacked a number of passengers with the knife before they were able to open the doors of the bus and flee. The assailant pursued the fleeing passengers, stabbing one a second time, before he attempted to flee the scene.


2015 Tel Aviv bus stabbing attack, Attacks
As the assailant attempted to run away, bystanders who happened to be employees of the Israeli prison system gave chase, firing into the air. When the fleeing assailant did not stop, they shot him in the legs and captured him.


2015 Tel Aviv bus stabbing attack, Perpetrator
The stabbing attack was carried out by Hamza Muhammad Hassan Matrouk, a 23-year-old illegal immigrant worker from Al Jib. His parents are divorced and his father resides in Tulkarem.


2015 Tel Aviv bus stabbing attack, Perpetrator
Residents of Tulkarem who knew the suspect stated that he was not affiliated with any political party.


2015 Tel Aviv bus stabbing attack, Perpetrator, Trial and sentencing
Matrouk was a "lone wolf" who told the court that he had been motivated by watching radical Islamic programs on TV; he spoke of, “reaching paradise.”


2015 Tel Aviv bus stabbing attack, Perpetrator, Trial and sentencing
Noting that the suspect was unrepentant and showed no empathy for his victims, Judge Yaron Levi, of the Tel Aviv District court sentenced Matrouk to 28 years in prison.


2015 Tel Aviv bus stabbing attack, Context
Ths stabbing was the first violent incident in Tel Aviv since the November 2014 Killing of Sergeant Almog Shiloni.


2015 Tel Aviv bus stabbing attack, Context
The New York Times characterized this attack as representing a new category of threat to Israelis, "attacks carried out with seeming spontaneity by individuals acting without the instruction or backing of an organization."


2015 Tel Aviv bus stabbing attack, Response
Hamas leaders praised the attack, calling it a, "natural reaction" on the part of an occupied people. Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook said, "there is no bigger terrorism than occupying people, stealing their lands, freedom and dignity."


2015 Tel Aviv bus stabbing attack, Response
The Popular Resistance Committees responded by asserting that, "Resistance attacks will not stop."


2015 Tel Aviv bus stabbing attack, Response
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced the attack as a direct result of incitement by the Palestinian Authority of president Mahmoud Abbas, "The attack in Tel Aviv is a direct result of poisonous incitement from the Palestinian Authority towards Jews and their state. This is the same terror which tried to harm us in Paris, Brussels and everywhere."


2015 Tel Aviv bus stabbing attack, Response
The hashtag #JeSuisCouteau ('I am a knife') and an Arabic translated by the newspaper Haaretz as "#TheKnivesRevolution" instantly spread across the internet in support of the knife attack on Israeli bus passengers. In addition, many people posted images of knives dripping with blood on social media and called for more attacks on Israelis.


2015 Tel Aviv synagogue stabbing
On November 19, 2015, an assailant approached the entrance of a Tel Aviv synagogue at prayer time, and stabbed and killed two worshipers. The attacker was arrested.


2015 Tel Aviv synagogue stabbing, Attack
The attacker approached the entrance to the informal prayer room located in a South Tel Aviv building during afternoon prayers. Worshippers inside the synagogue became aware of the attack when a man covered in blood staggered into the room and someone shouted, "There's a terrorist." Some worshipers assisted the wounded man while the other men who had been praying rushed to close the door, leaning against it to prevent the attacker from entering. When the terrorist ceased attempting to shove the door open, they rushed out with makeshift weapons to try to subdue him.


2015 Tel Aviv synagogue stabbing, Context
This attack shocked the nation coming, as it did, after a period of calm, free of terror attacks. According to the Jewish non-governmental organization ADL, it was "the bloodiest day in Israel since this latest round of Palestinian violence began back in September."


2015 Tel Aviv synagogue stabbing, Context
This was the first attack to be carried out by a Palestinian who had successfully passed through the security screening process and obtained a permit to work in Israel.


2015 Tel Aviv synagogue stabbing, Context, Impact
The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories responded by suspending 1,200 entry permits to Israel, for Palestinians from the Hebron area.


2015 Tel Aviv synagogue stabbing, Assailant
The attacker, Raid Halil bin Mahmoud (36), father of five, was arrested and identified as an Arab from the town of Dura. He had recently been granted a permit to work in a Tel Aviv restaurant, but told authorities that his purpose in getting the permit had been to kill Jews. The attacker had been granted the work permit enabling him to enter Israel only 4 days before he stabbed two men to death at the synagogue. The assailant was indicted for murder on 13 December 2015.


2015 Tel Aviv synagogue stabbing, Responses
The Israeli government demolished Raid Halil bin Mahmoud's West Bank home in response to the attack.


2015 Telford and Wrekin Council election
The 2015 Telford and Wrekin Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Telford and Wrekin Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections and the UK General Election 2015.


2015 Telford and Wrekin Council election, Election result
Labour Party lost overall control, but remained the largest party on the Council.


2015 Telford and Wrekin Council election, Changes since 2015 Election
Since the 2015 election the overall control has adjusted due a number of events, resulting in Labour Party taking overall control.


2015 Telford and Wrekin Council election, Changes since 2015 Election
By February 2019, the parties were in control of the following number of seats:


2015 Telus Cup
The 2015 Telus Cup was Canada's 37th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, played April 20 – 26, 2015 at Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec. The Toronto Young Nationals defeated Grenadiers de Châteauguay in the final to win the gold medal. The Regina Pat Canadians won the bronze medal.


2015 Telus Cup, Road to the Telus Cup, Atlantic Region
The Newbridge Academy Gladiators advanced to the Telus Cup by winning tournament held April 2 – 5, 2015 at the Community Gardens Arena in Kensington, Prince Edward Island.


2015 Telus Cup, Road to the Telus Cup, Québec
The Grenadiers de Châteauguay advanced to the Telus Cup by winning the Quebec Midget AAA Hockey League championship series.


2015 Telus Cup, Road to the Telus Cup, Central Region
The Toronto Young Nationals advanced to the Telus Cup by winning tournament held March 30 – April 5, 2015 at the Westwood Arena in Toronto, Ontario.


2015 Telus Cup, Road to the Telus Cup, West Region
The Regina Pat Canadians advanced to the Telus Cup by winning tournament held April 2 – 5, 2015 at Credit Union Place in Dauphin, Manitoba.


2015 Telus Cup, Road to the Telus Cup, Pacific Region
The Strathmore Bisons advanced to the Telus Cup by winning the best-of-3 playoff series held April 3 – 5, 2015 at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia.


2015 Temple Owls football team
The 2015 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls were led by third-year head coach Matt Rhule and played their home games at Lincoln Financial Field. They were members of the East Division of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 10–4, 7–1 in American Athletic play to finish as champions of the East Division. They represented the East Division in the American Athletic Championship Game where they lost to Houston. They were invited to the Boca Raton Bowl where they lost to Toledo.


2015 Temple Owls football team
The season was highlighted by the first win against Penn State since 1941, their first ever 7–0 start, and their first AP Poll and Coaches Poll ranking since 1979, and was considered a breakout season for the program.


2015 Temple Owls football team, Game summaries, Penn State
This was the Owls' first victory over Penn State since 1941. The announced crowd at Lincoln Financial Field was 69,176 Saturday, a record for a Temple home game. After the Nittany Lions scored 10 points in the first quarter, Temple responded with 27 unanswered points. Penn State quarterback Christian Hackenberg was sacked 10 times, with Temple linebacker Tyler Matakevich recording three sacks. This game was Temple's first victory over a Big Ten team since a 1990 victory over the Wisconsin Badgers, as the Owls snapped a 31-game losing streak in the series to the Nittany Lions.


2015 Temple Owls football team, Game summaries, at Cincinnati
This was the Owls' first victory over Cincinnati since 1985.


2015 Temple Owls football team, Game summaries, at East Carolina
This was the first game, and win, for a nationally ranked Owls team since 1979.


2015 Temple Owls football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
This was the first time ESPN's College GameDay visited a Temple home game. Set up at Independence Mall, the broadcast attracted more than 10,000 fans.


2015 Temple Owls football team, Game summaries, UConn
This win sealed the Owl's berth in the inaugural AAC Championship, their second division title in team history.


2015 Temple Owls football team, Awards and honors, Conference Awards, American Athletic Conference All-Conference Team
Kyle Friend, CMatt Ioannidis, DLEric Lofton, OLTyler Matakevich, LBNate D. Smith, DLJahad Thomas, RBAlex Wells, FS


2015 Temple Owls football team, NFL Players, NFL Draft Combine
Three Temple players were invited to participate in the 2016 NFL Scouting Combine.


2015 Temple Owls football team, NFL Players, 2016 NFL Draft
Following the season, the following members of the Temple football team were selected in the 2016 NFL Draft.


2015 Temple Owls football team, NFL Players, Undrafted Free Agents
In addition to the draft selections above, the following Temple players signed NFL contracts after the draft.


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


2015 Tendring District Council election, Composition of Council
As of 7 April 2017, the Council Composition (following two by-elections) is:


2015 Tendring District Council election, Composition of Council
24 Conservative  22 UKIP  5 Independent Group  3 Holland-On-Sea Residents Association    1 Lib Dem 1 Tendring First .


2015 Tendring District Council election, Composition of Council
The by-elections saw one UKIP GAIN from Conservative. The other a Conservative GAIN from UKIP.


2015 Tendring District Council election, Ward results, Little Clacton and Weeley
On 10 May 2015, UKIP's Jeff Bray resigned from the party and now sits as an independent.


2015 Tennessee State Tigers football team
The 2015 Tennessee State Tigers football team represented Tennessee State University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Rod Reed and played their home games at Nissan Stadium and Hale Stadium. Tennessee State finished the season 4–6 overall and 1–6 in OVC play to place eighth.


2015 Tennessee State Tigers football team
The Tigers were initially ineligible to participate in postseason play for the 2015 season to due APR violations, but an appeal was issued by athletic director Teresa Phillips, and the Tigers had the postseason ban lifted in early June due to the NCAA's miscalculation of the football program's APR based on outdated information the NCAA had used to determine the football program's APR. However, they failed to qualify for the FCS playoffs.


2015 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team
The 2015 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Technological University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by ninth-year head coach Watson Brown and played their home games at Tucker Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 4–7, 3–5 in OVC play to finish in sixth place.


2015 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team
The game against Eastern Kentucky originally scheduled for October 10 was played two days earlier at Toyota Stadium in Georgetown, Kentucky due to campus safety concerns in the wake of threatening graffiti in a campus restroom and other threats allegedly made over social media.


2015 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team
On December 2, head coach Watson Brown announced his retirement. He finished at Tennessee Tech with a nine-year record of 42–60.


2015 Tennessee Titans season
The 2015 Tennessee Titans season was the franchise's 46th season in the National Football League, the 56th overall and the 19th in the state of Tennessee. Second-year head coach Ken Whisenhunt was fired on November 3 following a 1–6 start, and was replaced by tight ends coach Mike Mularkey on an interim basis.


2015 Tennessee Titans season
Despite slightly improving from their 2–14 season from the previous year, finishing with a 3–13 record (tied with the Cleveland Browns), they were statistically the worst team in the NFL for the season, thus earning the right to the top pick in the 2016 NFL Draft, later trading it to the Los Angeles Rams.


2015 Tennessee Titans season, Uniform change
The Titans switched their primary colored jerseys from light "Titans Blue" to navy blue, the latter of which was the team's primary home jersey color from 1999–2007.


2015 Tennessee Titans season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 1: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
This was Jameis Winston's first game in the NFL. His first pass attempt was intercepted and returned all the way for a touchdown by Coty Sensabaugh. On the other hand, Marcus Mariota threw 4 touchdowns in his NFL debut. The Titans would command this game from start to finish and never trailed. With the win, the Titans began their season 1-0.


2015 Tennessee Titans season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Indianapolis Colts
The Titans lead 27-14 in the third quarter after trailing 14-0 in the first half. In the fourth quarter, it was all Colts as they would outscore the Titans 21-6 in the fourth quarter. The Titans had a chance to tie the game and force overtime late in the fourth quarter, but the 2-point conversion failed, and the Titans lost their 8th straight game against the Colts. With the loss, the Titans fell to 1-2.


2015 Tennessee Titans season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 8: at Houston Texans
With the loss, Tennessee fell to 1-6. This was also Ken Whisenhunt's last game coaching the Titans, as he was fired a couple of days later.


2015 Tennessee Titans season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 9: at New Orleans Saints
Both teams would miss game winning field goals towards the end of regulation. In overtime, Marcus Mariota would lead the Titans down the field and threw the game-winning touchdown to Anthony Fasano to end the game. With the win, the Titans improved to 2-6, earning their first win under Mike Mularkey.


2015 Tennessee Titans season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 11: at Jacksonville Jaguars
The Titans wore their Nike "color rush" uniforms for this game. With the loss, the Titans fell to 2-8.


2015 Tennessee Titans season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Oakland Raiders
The Titans would lead 21-17 late in the fourth quarter. However, the Raiders were able to march down the field to win it after Derek Carr threw the go-ahead touchdown to Seth Roberts with 1:21 remaining. The Titans tried to go down the field to try and tie the game, but Mariota threw an interception to Nate Allen with 50 seconds left to seal the game for Oakland. With the loss, the Titans fell to 2-9.


2015 Tennessee Titans season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
The Titans entered this game needing a win to avoid being eliminated from playoff contention. The Titans outlasted the Jaguars 42-39 to improve their record to 3-9, which also improved on their win total from the previous year. This would be their only inter-conference win all season. This would also be their only home win during the season.


2015 Tennessee Titans season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Houston Texans
With the loss, the Titans fell to 3-12 and finished 1-7 at home for the second straight season.


2015 Tennessee Titans season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 17: at Indianapolis Colts
The loss ends the Titans season with a losing record of 3-13, tying the Cleveland Browns for the worst record this season, and statistically (based on percentages) gives them the right to the top pick in the 2016 NFL Draft. They also lost their 9th straight game against the Colts.


2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team
The 2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2015 season. This was the 119th overall season, 82nd as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and its 24th within the SEC Eastern Division. The team was coached by Butch Jones, in his third season with UT, and plays their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville. This season was also the debut season of Mike DeBord as UT's offensive coordinator.


2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team
The Vols finished the regular season at 8–4, 5–3 in the SEC, making them bowl-eligible for a second consecutive season. On December 6, 2015, it was announced that the Vols would face the Northwestern Wildcats (10–2) in the Outback Bowl in Tampa, Florida, on January 1, 2016. Tennessee defeated the Wildcats 45–6, finishing the season at 9–4.


2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Previous season
The 2014 Tennessee Volunteers football team finished the regular season 6–6, with a highlight win against Vanderbilt, which enabled the Vols to become bowl-eligible for the first time since the 2010 season. The Vols were invited to play in the 2015 TaxSlayer Bowl against the Iowa Hawkeyes of the Big Ten Conference. Tennessee defeated the Hawkeyes in Jacksonville, Florida 45–28, finishing their 2014 season at 7–6. It was their first winning season since 2009, and the first bowl win since 2007.


2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Offseason, Spring practice
The Tennessee Volunteers opened up Spring Practice on March 21. Much like in 2014, Joshua Dobbs entered spring practice having finished the season as the starting quarterback due to injuries to Justin Worley. With Worley having graduated, however, Dobbs is now the clear frontrunner for the starting quarterback role. The coaches noted that he was being more consistent and efficient with signal calling and ball throwing. "The thing I liked about Josh today is that I thought he made the routine plays", Butch Jones told the VolQuest.com crew after UT's first day in pads Saturday. "He made the routine throws."


2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Offseason, Spring practice
Coleman Thomas, who was a starting offensive tackle, was suspended from the team activities in the wake of legal issues. Starting cornerback Emmanuel Moseley missed part of spring practice after contracting mono. Numerous players, including Derek Barnett, Marcus Jackson, Danny O'Brien, Jason Croom, Curt Maggitt, Jakob Johnson, Alex Ellis and early enrollees Kyle Phillips and Darrin Kirkland, missed the entire spring due to injuries. Others, including Jalen Hurd, Marquez North and Dillon Bates, were limited by injuries.


2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Offseason, Post-spring practice
On May 21, 2015, following UT's Big Orange Caravan stop at Nissan Stadium, Coach Jones stated "We just can't be a year older. We have to be a year better, and that's part of that growth and that development." He added, "We'll still be exceptionally young in the defensive front. We're going to rely on two true freshman defensive tackles (Kahlil McKenzie and Shy Tuttle) to really play a big part in this year's outcome of many games, so we have to get them ready to go.


2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Offseason, Post-spring practice
But our older players have done a great job of mentoring the young players coming in. On the offensive front, we had some individuals who gained some valuable experience. You could see that kind of manifesting itself throughout the course of spring. You could see that confidence. You could see a change in strength levels. You could see a change in maturity, and also just in football knowledge."


2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Offseason, Fall practice
The Vols began fall practice on August 4, 2015. Primary concerns involved the return of numerous players from injury, the improvement of the offensive line, finding starters at middle linebacker (to replace A.J. Johnson), left tackle (to replace Jacob Gilliam), and punter (to replace Matt Darr), and determining a backup quarterback. Prior to the beginning of fall practice, freshman quarterback Jauan Jennings announced he was switching to wide receiver, leaving freshman early enrollee Quinten Dormady and summer enrollee Sheriron Jones to compete for the backup quarterback slot. In mid-August, Butch Jones designated Dormady as the backup.


2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Offseason, Fall practice
Six players competed for the starting slot at middle linebacker: junior Kenny Bynum, sophomore Jakob Johnson, sophomore Gavin Bryant, sophomore walk-on Colton Jumper, redshirt freshman Dillon Bates, and freshman Darrin Kirkland, though Johnson eventually switched to tight end. In late August, Jones stated the competition was down to Kirkland and Jumper. Nate Renfro (a graduate transfer from Maryland), sophomore walk-on Trevor Daniel, and freshman Tommy Townsend were competing for the starting slot at punter.


2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Offseason, Fall practice
Injuries continued to be a factor during fall practice. Senior offensive guard Marcus Jackson (a returning starter), junior offensive guard Austin Sanders, and sophomore defensive back Rashaan Gaulden (the projected starter at nickelback) all suffered season-ending injuries. Junior wide receivers Marquez North and Jason Croom, sophomore guard Jashon Robertson, and junior college transfer Justin Martin were among the players who missed portions of fall practice due to injuries.


2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Offseason, Fall practice
Alton "Pig" Howard, leading wide-receiver from the 2014 season, was suspended for the first game of the season for unspecified violation of team rules. During his daily media availability on August 27, Coach Jones said that it wasn't "something that just occurred" and that it's "something that dates back many months." "To Alton's credit, I like the way he's approached training camp", he added. "He's had the best training camp that he's had since we've been here. I'm appreciative of his efforts, but he will miss the Bowling Green game." Coach Jones also announced that strong safety LaDarrell McNeil would miss extended time due to a neck injury. After his media session, Coach Jones took to Twitter to "officially" welcome Preston Williams – who was flagged by the NCAA Clearinghouse to retake the ACT Test – to the team.


2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Personnel, 2015 recruiting class
Tennessee's 2015 recruiting class is ranked the third-best overall 2015 class by 247Sports.com, fourth-best by Rivals.com, and fifth-best by Scout.com.


2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Schedule
Tennessee announced their 2015 football schedule on October 14, 2014. The 2015 schedule consists of seven home games, four away games, and one neutral site game in the regular season. The Vols will host SEC foes Arkansas, Georgia, South Carolina, and Vanderbilt, and will travel to Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, and Missouri.


2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Schedule
Tennessee opened the season at a neutral site for the first time since 2012 at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, against Bowling Green. The Vols then hosted Oklahoma for the second game of the home series. Western Carolina then traveled to Neyland Stadium for the first meeting between the two schools. To end the non–conference match ups, North Texas will make a trip to Knoxville for the second meeting of the two schools. North Texas defeated the Vols in their first meeting in 1975, 21–14. The Arkansas–Tennessee match up will be the first time since they play against each other since 2011. The Kentucky–Tennessee match up will be played in October (on Halloween) for the first time since 1909.


2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Schedule
Tennessee had originally scheduled UAB as its 2015 season opener. On December 2, 2014, however, UAB announced they were shutting down their football program at the end of the 2014–15 academic year. (UAB announced in June 2015 that it would be bringing back the program for a 2017 debut.) The shutdown led Tennessee to find a new team to open against at Nissan Stadium. A week later the Vols announced that Bowling Green will replace UAB in the opener of the 2015 season, for the first meeting between the two schools.


2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Bowling Green
The 2015 Tennessee Volunteers, ranked 25th in the nation,  kicked off its first game of the season against the Bowling Green Falcons at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. Jalen Hurd had three first-half touchdown runs, Alvin Kamara ran for two more scores, and Tennessee went on to win 59–30 in a game delayed 80 minutes in the second half by lightning.


2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, #19 Oklahoma
The 19th-ranked Oklahoma Sooners played the 23rd-ranked Volunteers for the fourth time in history, the first in Knoxville. Derek Barnett, Chris Weatherd, Curt Maggit, Cam Sutton, and Brian Randolph were key contributors on the Vols defense. The Volunteers led 17–3 into the fourth quarter, but the Sooners came back to force the game into two overtime periods and win 31–24. The game's live broadcast on ESPN was watched by 4.12 million viewers, making it the most-watched cable program of the day.


2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Western Carolina
In Knoxville, the Volunteers faced the Western Carolina Catamounts for the first time ever and won 55–10. Alvin Kamara became the first Tennessee player in 40 years to score on a punt return (50 yards) and a run from scrimmage in the same game. Coupling Kamara's return with Evan Berry's 88-yard kickoff return, prior to the end of the first half, also marked a first for special teams scoring since a 1950 victory over Washington and Lee.


2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Western Carolina
Regarding heading into the game following the loss to Oklahoma, Coach Butch Jones commented "It was a big game for us to see how we would respond." He added "I thought our competitive character was challenged a little bit in how we prepared this week and how we'd come out in our approach to this game."


2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Florida
The Volunteers went to "The Swamp" to play one of their rivalries, the Florida Gators. Florida won the game, 28–27, extending its win streak over Tennessee to 11 games. Volunteers kicker Aaron Medley had a chance to win the game with a 55-yard field goal, but his attempt missed by a foot to the right.


2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Arkansas
The Volunteers hosted the Arkansas Razorbacks and hoped to extend their home record to 7–1 against the "Hogs". Tennessee began with an early lead with Evan Berry's 96-yard opening kickoff return and Joshua Dobbs's 7-yard run on the following drive. However, Arkansas tied the game at 17 before halftime and would score the game's only remaining touchdown in the third quarter to go on to win 24–20.


2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Arkansas
Following the Volunteers' third loss in four games, and blowing a two-touchdown lead in each of those defeats, Coach Butch Jones stated "Our competitive character is being tested. Our fortitude is being tested. All you can do is keep working – and work your way through it."


2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, #19 Georgia
The 19th-ranked Georgia Bulldogs came to Knoxville even in their series rivalry with Tennessee. Georgia looked to enter halftime with a 24–3 lead, but the Volunteers scored twice within the last 2:30 of the first half to cut the lead to seven. They scored a further 14 unanswered points in the third quarter. The Bulldogs only managed to score one touchdown in the second half and Tennessee mounted its third biggest comeback in school history to win 38–31, thus ending its five-game losing streak to the Bulldogs.


2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, #19 Georgia
Tennessee coach Butch Jones stated "[Tennessee] had a different look [...] This football team was not going to be denied. They were going to find a way to win the football game. I'm just happy for them because they deserve to have this feeling."


2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, #19 Georgia
For his overall performance in the game, quarterback Joshua Dobbs earned Southeastern Conference  Offensive Player of the Week honors. Dobbs' combined passing and rushing for over 400 yards marks the second time in both his career and Tennessee's history.


2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, #8 Alabama
Tennessee entered Bryant–Denny Stadium to face their rivals, the eighth-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide. The 98th meeting between the teams resulted in Alabama winning 19–14 and extending their nine-game winning streak against the Volunteers. The defensive battle saw only two touchdowns from each team, with Alabama stopping a late rally by Tennessee by forcing a fumble from Joshua Dobbs.


2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, #8 Alabama
Coach Butch Jones stated "I thought our team showed some grit, some determination and some resiliency on the road against a quality opponent, a top 10 opponent, in a hostile environment to go down and drive the ball and put us in a position to win. At the University of Tennessee, there are no moral victories."


2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Kentucky
Joshua Dobbs amassed four touchdowns in a 52–21 rout of the Kentucky Wildcats. The Volunteers have won 30 of its last 31 meetings with Kentucky. Evan Berry scored on a 100-yard kickoff return and Cameron Sutton returned an 84-yard punt for a touchdown. Berry's three touchdowns on kickoff returns this season ties Willie Gault's 35-year-old school single-season record. For his performance, Berry was awarded the SEC Special Teams Player of the Week.


2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, South Carolina
Tennessee won the 16th of its 18 home meetings against the South Carolina Gamecocks, 27–24. This marks the series' third consecutive game to be decided by a field goal, the third consecutive Tennessee comeback, and the sixth by three or fewer points. Malik Foreman forced a South Carolina fumble on Tennessee's 13-yard line and Jalen Reeves-Maybin recovered it to end the Gamecocks' 67-yard drive in the final minute. Following the game, Tennessee coach Butch Jones stated "I'm never going to apologize for winning. This is a hard-fought game. We're playing a good football team. I give South Carolina all the credit in the world. ... They're going to have success. We're still building. I'm proud of our players. I'm proud of our program. We need to start being positive around here."


2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, North Texas
For this season's homecoming game, the Volunteers' defense allowed just 199 total yards (the fewest in a game since 2010) in a 24–0 victory over North Texas. Tennessee is now bowl eligible and on a three-game winning streak. However, the Volunteers' offense seemed sluggish, and the Mean Green remained competitive. Tennessee coach Butch Jones stated "There isn't a 'U' behind the 'W' that says 'ugly win'. They're all wins. We have to go back and we have to get better. We're going to be challenged the next couple weeks."


2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Missouri
In the final road game of the regular season, Jalen Hurd ran for a career-high 151 rushing yards and Aaron Medley made four field goals to lead Tennessee to a 19–8 win over Missouri at Faurot Field. Hurd's performance put him over 1,000 yards on the season. This is the Volunteers' first win between the teams since the Tigers joined the SEC in 2012. It was also Tennessee's seventh regular-season win, the first since 2009.


2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt
In the final game of the regular season, Tennessee beat in-state rival Vanderbilt, 53–28. Joshua Dobbs threw two  touchdowns and ran for another, Jalen Hurd scored a touchdown in his 109-yard performance, and Cameron Sutton scored on an 85-yard punt return. The win capped Tennessee's first five-game winning streak, and marked the first time winning at least eight games in a season, since 2007. Following the game, Coach Butch Jones called his team "one of the best teams in the country", adding "our players believe that. There's a lot of positive energy surrounding our program."


2015 Tennessee train derailment
The 2015 Tennessee train derailment  occurred on July 2, 2015. A CSX Transportation train derailed at Maryville, Tennessee. The train was carrying toxic chemicals, leading to an evacuation of over 5,000 people.


2015 Tennessee train derailment, Accident
On July 2, 2015, a CSX Transportation freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed at Maryville, Tennessee. The train was traveling from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Waycross, Georgia. It comprised two locomotives and 57 freight cars, at least two of which were carrying acrylonitrile. Other railcars in the consist were carrying LPG. Three of the railcars were reported to have caught fire. An evacuation of all within a 1 mile (1.6 km) radius was ordered. The evacuation zone was later extended to 2 miles (3.2 km), affecting over 5,000 people.


2015 Tennessee train derailment, Accident
Those evacuated were offered accommodation at the Heritage High School, where Red Cross personnel provided assistance, or at the Foothills Mall. Roads closed included Highway 321. Fifty-two people were injured by inhaling fumes from the chemicals on the train. Twenty-five of them, including seven police officers, were hospitalized at the Blount Memorial Hospital, Maryville.


2015 Tennessee train derailment, Accident
CSX said it was helping residents find lodging. They also said there were at least three cars carrying the chemical, although only one was burning.


2015 Tennessee train derailment, Investigation
The National Transportation Safety Board has not opened an investigation into the accident, although that option remains open to them.


2015 Tennessee train derailment, Investigation
The FRA lists a report from CSX stating that the cause of the accident was an overheated journal or roller bearing. It also states the number of injured as 197 and total damages as $272,000.


2015 Tennis Napoli Cup
The 2015 Tennis Napoli Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 18th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Naples, Italy between 6 April and 12 April 2015.


2015 Tennis Napoli Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Tennis Napoli Cup – Doubles
Stefano Ianni and Potito Starace won the event the last time it was played, in 2013, but Ianni did not participate. Starace partnered with Adrian Ungur, but they lost to Dino Marcan and Blaž Rola in the first round.


2015 Tennis Napoli Cup – Doubles
Ilija Bozoljac and Filip Krajinović won the title, defeating Nikoloz Basilashvili and Alexander Bury in the final, 6–1, 6–2.


2015 Tennis Napoli Cup – Singles
Potito Starace won the event the last time it was played, in 2013. This year, he lost in the first round.


2015 Tennis Napoli Cup – Singles
Daniel Muñoz de la Nava won the title, defeating Matteo Donati in the final, 6–2, 6–1.


2015 Tercera División play-offs
The 2015 Tercera División play-offs to Segunda División B from Tercera División (Promotion play-offs) were the final playoffs for the promotion from 2014–15 Tercera División to 2015–16 Segunda División B. The first four teams in each group took part in the play-off.


2015 Tercera División play-offs, Format
The eighteen group winners have the opportunity to be promoted directly to Segunda División B. The eighteen group winners were drawn into a two-legged series where the nine winners will promote to Segunda División B. The nine losing clubs will enter the play-off round for the last nine promotion spots.


2015 Tercera División play-offs, Format
The eighteen runners-up were drawn against one of the eighteen fourth-placed clubs outside their group and the eighteen third-placed clubs were drawn against one another in a two-legged series. The twenty-seven winners will advance with the nine losing clubs from the champions' series to determine the eighteen teams that will enter the last two-legged series for the last nine promotion spots. In all the playoff series, the lower-ranked club play at home first. Whenever there is a tie in position (e.g. like the group winners in the champions' series or the third-placed teams in the first round), a draw determines the club to play at home first.


2015 Tercera División play-offs, Group Winners Promotion Play-off, Qualified teams
The draw took place in the RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas (Madrid), on 18 May 2015.


2015 Tercera División play-offs, Non-champions Promotion Play-off, First round, Qualified teams
The draw took place in the RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas (Madrid), on 18 May 2014.


2015 Tercera División play-offs, Non-champions Promotion Play-off, Second round, Qualified teams
The draw was held in the RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas (Madrid).


2015 Terengganu FA season
The 2015 season was Terengganu's 5th season in the Malaysia Super League, and their 20th consecutive season in the top-flight of Malaysian football. In addition, they were competing in the domestic tournaments, the Malaysia FA Cup and the Malaysia Cup


2015 Terengganu FA season
Terengganu will announce their sponsors for the 2015 season as well as presenting the new kits on 18 January 2015.


2015 Terengganu FA season, Statistics, Top scorers
Last updated:4 November 2015  Source: Match reports in Competitive matches


2015 Terengganu FA season, Statistics, Clean sheets
Last updated:12 September 2015  Source: Match reports in Competitive matches


2015 Terengganu FA season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Last updated: 4 November 2015Source: Competitive matchesOrdered by ,  and  = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.


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


2015 Test Valley Borough Council election, Ward results, Abbey
Note that in the previous election, Liberal Democrat candidate Sally Lamb stood as an Independent, receiving 27.20% of the vote share.


2015 Test Valley Borough Council election, Ward results, Amport
Note that Ben Few Brown had been the Conservative incumbent in the previous election


2015 Tevlin Women's Challenger
The 2015 Tevlin Women's Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and part of the 2015 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between October 26 and November 1, 2015.


2015 Tevlin Women's Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Tevlin Women's Challenger – Doubles
Maria Sanchez and Taylor Townsend were the defending champions, but Townsend decided not to participate this year.


2015 Tevlin Women's Challenger – Doubles
Sanchez partnered with Sharon Fichman and successfully defended her title, defeating Kristie Ahn and Fanny Stollár 6–2, 6–7(6–8), [10–6] in the final.


2015 Tevlin Women's Challenger – Singles
Gabriela Dabrowski was the defending champion, but decided not to participate this year.


2015 Tevlin Women's Challenger – Singles
Tatjana Maria won the title, defeating Jovana Jakšić 6–3, 6–2 in the final.


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


2015 Texas A&M Aggies football team
The 2015 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at the newly renovated Kyle Field. They were members of the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference. They were led by fourth year head coach Kevin Sumlin. The Aggies finished the regular season 8–5 overall and 4–4 in SEC play. They were invited to the Music City Bowl, where they were defeated by the Louisville Cardinals, 21–27.


2015 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Preseason, Recruiting class
In the 2015 recruiting class, Texas A&M signed 25 players, 11 of which were included in the ESPN 300 and 12 in the Scout 300. The class was ranked 12th in the nation by ESPN, 10th by Rivals, 12th by 247, and 10th by Scout.


2015 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Schedule
Texas A&M announced their 2015 football schedule on October 14, 2014. The 2015 schedule consist of 9 games in the state of Texas and 3 games outside of the state in the regular season. Two of the nine games in Texas are neutral games against Arizona State and Arkansas. Texas A&M will host SEC foes Alabama, Auburn, Mississippi State, and South Carolina, and will travel to LSU, Ole Miss, and Vanderbilt.


2015 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Schedule
This will be the Aggies' first year without Missouri since 2009 and SMU since 2010 on their schedule.


2015 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Schedule
The Aggies' 25-0 shutout of Vanderbilt on November 21 was Texas A&M's first shutout victory since joining the SEC in 2012. The Aggies had not shut out a team since a 31-0 victory over Wyoming on September 11, 2004, and had not shut out a conference opponent since a 41-0 victory over Baylor on October 12, 2002.


2015 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Ball State
The game was the home opener for A&M, and the first game in the newly renovated Kyle Field. The Aggies were dominant throughout the entire first half, with the exception being Ball State's first drive to A&M's 4 yard line.


2015 Texas Bowl
The 2015 Texas Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 29, 2015 at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concludes the 2015 FBS football season. The tenth edition of the Texas Bowl, it featured the LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference against the Texas Tech Red Raiders of the Big 12 Conference. The game began at 8:00 p.m. CST and was aired on ESPN. Sponsored by the AdvoCare nutrition and sports performance company, it was officially known as the AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl.


2015 Texas Longhorns baseball team
The 2015 Texas Longhorns baseball team will represent the University of Texas at Austin during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Longhorns will play their home games at UFCU Disch–Falk Field as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They will be led by head coach Augie Garrido, in his 19th season at Texas.


2015 Texas Longhorns baseball team, Previous Season
In 2014, the Longhorns finished the season 5th in the Big 12 with a record of 46–21, 13–11 in conference play. They qualified for the 2014 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament, and were eliminated in the semifinals. They qualified for the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, and were placed in the Houston Regional, along with host Rice, former conference rival Texas A&M, and George Mason. In their first game, the Longhorns defeated Texas A&M by a score of 8–1, and then defeated Rice, 3–2, in 11 innings.


2015 Texas Longhorns baseball team, Previous Season
In the regional final, the Longhorns again matched up with Texas A&M, and dropped game one to the Aggies, 2–3. However, they rebounded to win game two by a score of 4–1, and advanced to the Super Regional, of which they were selected as hosts. In the Super Regional, they were matched up with Houston, and swept the Cougars, 4–2 and 4–0, to advance to the College World Series.


2015 Texas Longhorns baseball team, Previous Season
In the College World Series, Texas opened up against UC Irvine and lost 1–3. In the loser's bracket, they rebounded to defeat Louisville, 4–1, and then defeated the Anteaters in a rematch, 1–0. In the semifinals, the Longhorns defeated Vanderbilt in the first game, 4–0, before falling in 10 innings to the eventual national champions by a score of 3–4.


2015 Texas Longhorns baseball team, Rankings
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2015 Texas Longhorns football team
The 2015 Texas Longhorns football team, known variously as "Texas", "UT", the "Longhorns", or the "Horns", was a collegiate American football team that represented the University of Texas at Austin as a member of the Big 12 Conference in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team played its home games at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas, where the team is based. The Longhorns were led by second-year head coach Charlie Strong. Shawn Watson and Joe Wickline ran the offense. Vance Bedford served as defensive coordinator. They finished the season 5–7, 4–5 in Big 12 play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place.


2015 Texas Longhorns football team, Preseason
In 2014, first-year head coach Charlie Strong led the Texas Longhorns to a 6–7 record, including a 5–4 record in conference play and a 7–31 loss against Arkansas in the 2014 Texas Bowl. In the aftermath of the bowl game, Strong described it as well as a 10–48 loss to TCU a month prior an "embarrassment to the program" and stated that a competition between players for the quarterback position as well as other positions was needed to improve the team as a whole after quarterback Tyrone Swoopes received heavy criticism following the game.


2015 Texas Longhorns football team, Preseason
On December 31, 2014, then-tight ends coach Bruce Chambers and wide receivers coach Les Koenning were released from their coaching duties. Bruce Chambers had been the only coach to have been retained following Charlie Strong's hire earlier in 2014. On January 16, 2015, the Longhorns hired former Oklahoma wide receivers coach Jay Norvell to the same position at Texas. Norvell had been fired from Oklahoma earlier that month following the fallout from the 2014 Russell Athletic Bowl.


2015 Texas Longhorns football team, Preseason
On February 6, less than two days after National Signing Day, defensive-line coach Chris Rumph left Texas to coach the same position at the Florida Gators after just one season with the Longhorns. A week later, Texas hired Brick Haley and Jeff Traylor to fill the team's coaching vacancies at the defensive-line and tight end. Haley was the defensive-line coach at LSU at the time of hire and had previously coached the same position with the Chicago Bears, Mississippi State, and several other schools. Traylor was previously a 15-year head coach at Gilmer High School, where he amassed three state championship titles.


2015 Texas Longhorns football team, Recruiting
A total of 28 players pledged non-binding commitments to the 2015 Texas Longhorns football team during the 2015 recruiting cycle. However, these players would not officially become part of the team until they signed their National Letter of Intent on National Signing Day, which occurred on February 4, 2015. However, junior college recruits could sign earlier, and as a result all three of Texas' junior college prospects signed their letters of intent on December 17, 2014 and became the first recruits to sign on the Longhorns' 2015 recruiting class.


2015 Texas Longhorns football team, Recruiting
Six players joined the Longhorns as early enrollees, meaning that they would be able to train with the team during the spring of 2015. One player did not sign with the team and instead elected to grayshirt, meaning that they would not be officially part of the team or receive financial aid from the athletic department until the spring semester of 2016 (on August 7, 2015, after more scholarships became available, Merrick was offered an immediate full scholarship). The first player to commit was offensive guard Patrick Vahe, who committed on July 28, 2013. Three commits came from a players in either junior or community colleges, while the rest came from high schools.


2015 Texas Longhorns football team, Recruiting
Of Texas' 29 commitments, 14 were listed on the ESPN 300, which lists the 300 top recruiting prospects nationwide according to the network's metrics. According to ESPN, Rivals.com, Scout.com, and 247Sports.com, linebacker Malik Jefferson was the Longhorns' highest rated prospect; Jefferson was considered the third best linebacker nationwide and fifth best prospect overall in Texas. Three players announced their commitments to Texas at two nationally televised high school all-star games, including one at the 2015 Under Armour All-America Game held on January 2, 2015 and two from the 2015 US Army All-American Bowl held the following day.


2015 Texas Longhorns football team, Recruiting
Among Texas' recruits in 2015 were a group of five players from Florida who visited Texas in 2014 as they played West Virginia in Austin. Given the moniker of the "Florida Five", the five—Cecil Cherry, Devonaire Clarington, Davante Davis, Tim Irvin, and Gilbert Johnson—were heavily sought after during the recruiting process and were all eventually committed to Texas by January 4, 2015. However, Tim Irvin would decommit from Texas on January 18 and Gilbert Johnson was unable to gain academic eligibility for The University of Texas. Throughout the recruiting process, five players revoked their former Texas-commit status. However, one recruit, John Burt, recommitted to Texas on January 26, 2015.


2015 Texas Longhorns football team, Recruiting
Texas' 2015 recruiting class was ranked 9th, 12th, 7th, and 10th by ESPN, Rivals.com, Scout.com, and 247Sports.com, respectively. These rankings also placed Texas as having the best recruiting class in the Big 12 Conference.


2015 Texas Rangers season
The 2015 Texas Rangers season was the Rangers' 55th season of the franchise and the 44th since the team relocated to Arlington, Texas. After a disastrous 2014 season in which the Rangers finished last in the entire American League (AL) and 3rd worst in all of Major League Baseball (MLB), and despite starting the season with an 8–16 record and being under .500 as late as August 13, the Rangers would clinch the American League West title on the final day of the season. It was the team's 6th division title and 7th postseason appearance in franchise history. They lost to the Toronto Blue Jays in five games in the Division Series. First year manager Jeff Banister was named the AL Manager of the Year.


2015 Texas Rangers season, Offseason
October 30: Colby Lewis, Neal Cotts and Scott Baker become free agents.


2015 Texas Rangers season, Offseason
November 20: Promoted 4 players from the minors, released 2, signed 3 to a minor league contract (2 with an invite to Spring training), and sent Daniel Robertson to the Los Angeles Angels for an unnamed player.


2015 Texas Rangers season, Offseason
November 24: Released Jim Adduci and signed Ed Lucas to a minor league contract and invited him to Spring training.


2015 Texas Rangers season, Offseason
December 2: Adam Rosales, Michael Kirkman, and Alexi Ogando become free agents.


2015 Texas Rangers season, Offseason
December 8: Claimed Scott Barnes off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles.


2015 Texas Rangers season, Offseason
December 11: Signed 3 players to a minor league contract and invited them to Spring training, while drafting Delino DeShields.


2015 Texas Rangers season, Offseason
December 12: Received Ross Detwiler from the Washington Nationals for Chris Bostick and Abel De Los Santos.


2015 Texas Rangers season, Offseason
December 14: Signed J. T. Wise to a minor league contract and invited him to Spring training.


2015 Texas Rangers season, Offseason
December 15: Signed Francisco Mendoza to a minor league contract.


2015 Texas Rangers season, Offseason
December 16: Signed Kyuji Fujikawa. Also signed 3 players to a minor league contract with 2 receiving an invite to Spring training.


2015 Texas Rangers season, Offseason
December 18: Signed Mike McDade to a minor league contract.


2015 Texas Rangers season, Offseason
Week of January 5: Signed Adam Rosales and gave 2 players a minor league contract (1 with an invite to Spring training).


2015 Texas Rangers season, Offseason
Week of January 12: Signed 7 players to a minor league contract and invited 1 of them to Spring training.


2015 Texas Rangers season, Offseason
Week of January 19: Received Yovani Gallardo and cash from the Milwaukee Brewers for Corey Knebel, Luis Sardinas, and Marcos Diplan and received Gonzalez Germen from the Yankees for cash. Signed Juan Perez and Ross Ohlendorf to a minor league contract and invited 6 others to Spring training.


2015 Texas Rangers season, Offseason
January 27: Received Anthony Ranaudo from the Boston Red Sox for Robbie Ross, Jr..


2015 Texas Rangers season, Offseason
January 28: Signed 2 players to a minor league contract.


2015 Texas Rangers season, Offseason
February 4: Signed Ryan Ludwick to a minor league contract and invited him to Spring training.


2015 Texas Rangers season, Offseason
February 6: Signed Nate Schierholtz to a minor league contract and invited him to Spring training.


2015 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Season summary
The Rangers would start the season as poorly as their 2014 season ended, reaching a season low eight games under .500 (8-16) on May 3. The lone bright spot was the resurgence of Prince Fielder from season-ending surgery the prior year. At the All-Star break, the Rangers improved slightly, but were still under .500 (42-46).


2015 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Season summary
The second half of the season would see the team begin a resurgence, led in part by the acquisition of Cole Hamels, the emergence of Shawn Tolleson as the team's closer, the returns of Martin Perez and Derek Holland from the disabled list, and improved play by Shin-Soo Choo and Adrián Beltré. However, as late as August 3, the Rangers were still below .500.


2015 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Season summary
The improved play continued, and on September 15 (during a four-game home series against their in-state and division rivals the Houston Astros), the Rangers would defeat the Astros 6-5, taking the division lead in the process and ultimately sweeping the series. The Rangers would not relinquish the division lead from that point forward, though they would not clinch the division until the last day of the season when they defeated the Los Angeles Angels 9-2 behind a complete game effort from Hamels.


2015 Texas Rangers season, Statistics, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


2015 Texas Rangers season, Statistics, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2015 Texas Revolution season
The 2015 Texas Revolution season was the team's sixteenth season as a professional indoor football franchise, third as the "Texas Revolution", and first as a member of Champions Indoor Football (CIF). One of nine teams in the CIF for the 2015 season, the Revolution played their home games at the Allen Event Center in Allen, Texas.