2015 in sports
Calendar by month -- October
Table:
Date

Sport

Venue/Event

Status

Winner/s

1–11

Multi-sport

2015 European Masters Games

International

For results, click here.

2–11

Multi-sport

2015 Military World Games

International

Russia

3–4

Triathlon

Triathlon World Cup #6

International

Men: Richard Murray
Women: Ai Ueda

3–10

Radio-controlled 1:10 off-road

2015 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship

International

2WD: Spencer Rivkin ( Team Associated)
4WD: Bruno Coelho ( XRAY)

3–11

Tennis

2015 China Open

International

Men: Novak Djokovic
Women: Garbiñe Muguruza

5–10

Volleyball

2015 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship

Continental

Canada

5–15

Amateur boxing

2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships

International

Cuba

8–11

Golf

2015 Presidents Cup

International

United States

9–18

Volleyball

/ 2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship

Continental

France

10

Association football

2015 CONCACAF Cup

Continental

Mexico

11

Formula One

2015 Russian Grand Prix

International

Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes)

11

Marathon

2015 Chicago Marathon (WMM #5)

International

Men: Dickson Chumba
Women: Florence Kiplagat

11

Motorcycle racing

2015 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

International

MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa ( Repsol Honda Team)
Moto2: Johann Zarco ( Ajo Motorsport)
Moto3: Niccolò Antonelli ( Ongetta-Rivacold)

11–18

Tennis

2015 Shanghai Rolex Masters

International

Novak Djokovic

13–18

Amateur wrestling

2015 World Veterans Wrestling Championships

International

For results, click here.

14–17

Triathlon

2015 ITU Duathlon World Championships

International

Men: Emilio Martín
Women: Emma Pallant

14–18

Track cycling

2015 UEC European Track Championships

Continental

Great Britain

16–18

Table tennis

2015 Men's World Cup

International

Ma Long

17–18

Air racing

Red Bull Air Race World Championship – Las Vegas

International

Master Class: Matt Hall (Aircraft: MXS-R from MX Aircraft)
Challenger Class: Mikael Brageot (Aircraft: Extra 330LX from Extra Flugzeugbau)

17–18

Triathlon

Triathlon World Cup #7

International

Men: João José Pereira
Women: Yuliya Yelistratova

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A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event , often held over multiple days , featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from ( mostly ) nation-states . The first major , modern , multi-sport event of interna . Most have the same basic structure . Games are held over the course of several days in and around a host city , which changes for each competition . Countries send national teams to each competition , consisting of individual athletes and teams that compete in a wide variety of sports . Athletes or teams are awarded gold , silver or bronze medals for first , second and third place respectively . The games are generally held every four years , though some are annual competitions .
The European Masters Games ( EMG ) is a multi-sport event , consisting of summer sports , that is held every four years . The European Masters Games are owned by the International Masters Games Association ( IMGA ) , who also own the World Masters Games . The age categories vary depending on the sport but the competition is generally for people 30-35 years or older . The first games were held in 2008 in Malmö , Sweden . The European Masters Games are held once every four year , while the last games were held in 2015 in Nice , France , the next games will be celebrated in Turin , Italy , in 2019 . The International Masters Games Association ( IMGA ) , which is based in Lausanne , Switzerland , is the body responsible for the bidding and placing of the games .
The 2015 Military World Games , officially known as the 6th CISM Military World Games , is hosted from October 2-11 , 2015 in Mungyeong , South Korea . The games is the largest military sports event ever held in South Korea , with approximately 8,700 athletes from 110 countries competing in 24 sports . The Games were organized by the Ministry of National Defense Republic of Korea in accordance with CISM regulations and the rules of the International Sports Federations .
Russia ( Russian : Росси́я , tr . Rossiya , IPA : [ rɐˈsʲijə ] ) , or the Russian Federation , [ e ] is a European country located in Eastern Europe with a vast expanse of territory that stretches across Northern Asia . At 17,125,200 square kilometres ( 6,612,100 sq mi ) , it is by far the largest country in the world by area , covering more than one-eighth of the Earth 's inhabited land area , spanning eleven time zones , and bordering 16 sovereign nations . The territory of Russia extends from the Baltic Sea in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east , and from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Black Sea and the Caucasus in the south . With 146.7 million inhabitants living in the country 's 85 federal subjects as of 2020 , Russia is the most populous nation in Europe and the ninth-most populous nation in the world . Russia 's capital and largest city is Moscow ; other major urban areas include Saint Petersburg , Novosibirsk , Yekaterinburg , Nizhny Novgorod , Kazan and Chelyabinsk . The East Slavs emerged as a recognizable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD . Founded and ruled by a Varangian warrior elite and their descendants , the medieval state of Rus arose in the 9th century . In 988 it adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire , beginning the synthesis of Byzantine and Slavic cultures that defined Russian culture for the next millennium . Rus ultimately disintegrated into a number of smaller states , until it was finally reunified by the Grand Duchy of Moscow in the 15th century . By the 18th century , the nation had greatly expanded through conquest , annexation , and exploration to become the Russian Empire , which was the third largest empire in history , stretching from Poland on the west to Alaska on the east . Following the Russian Revolution , the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ( Russian SFSR ) became the largest and leading constituent of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( USSR/Soviet Union ) , the world 's first constitutionally socialist state .
A triathlon is a multisport race with three continuous and sequential endurance races . The word is of Greek origin , from τρεῖς or treis ( three ) and ἆθλος or athlos ( competition ) . While variations of the sport exist , the most common form includes swimming , cycling , and running over various distances . Triathletes compete for fastest overall course completion , including timed transitions between the three races . A transition area is set up where the athletes change gear for different segments of the race . This is where the switches from swimming to cycling and cycling to running occur . These areas are used to store bicycles , performance apparel , and any other accessories needed for the next stage of the race . The transition from swim to bike is referred to as T1 and that between the bike and run is referred to as T2 . The athlete 's overall time for the race includes time spent in T1 and T2 . Transition areas vary in size depending on the number of participants expected . In addition , these areas provide a social headquarters before the race . The nature of the sport focuses on persistent and often periodized training in each of the three disciplines , as well as combination workouts and general strength conditioning .
Richard Murray ( born 4 January 1989 in Cape Town ) is a South African triathlete . Murray won the Junior ITU Duathlon World Championships in 2007 and 2008 , entered the adult Tri in 2009 , and was the Under-23 African champion in both triathlon and duathlon in 2010 , and was the elite African triathlon champion in 2011 and 2012 . He scored his first win in the ITU World Triathlon Series in Hamburg in 2012 . At the 2012 Summer Olympics men 's triathlon on Tuesday , August 7 , he placed 17th . In 2014-2015 , he was part of ECS Triathlon , an elite club based in Sartrouville , France . At the 2014 Commonwealth Games , he won a silver medal in the mixed team relay and a bronze in the men 's triathlon . He won the Gran Final of the World Triathlon Series ( WTS ) in Chicago in 2015 . He won the ITU Duathlon World Championships in Asturias ( Spain ) in 2016 . He was disqualified from the World Series race in Hamburg for unsportsmanlike conduct in July 2016 . At the 2016 Summer Olympics men 's triathlon on Thursday , August 18 , he placed 4th .
Ai Ueda ( Japanese : 上田藍 , born 26 October 1983 in Kyoto ) is a Japanese triathlete . She is the winner of the 2005 and 2008 Asian Triathlon Championship and the winner of the 2013 ITU Duathlon World Championships . She has represented Japan in triathlon in both the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics .
The 1:10 radio-controlled off-road buggy is a 1:10 scale radio-controlled dune buggy designed for off-road racing . These cars are originally based on their full-scale equivalents that are commonly found in desert racing . The buggies are split into two race categories , two ( 2WD ) and four-wheel drive ( 4WD ) . These can easily be distinguished visually by their wheel size at the front . Cars are typically electric powered , but nitro versions do exist but are less common because racing classes exist for electric cars . The class is inexpensive and similar to a number of other classes , and this makes them popular with newcomers . The cars are also known as 1/10 off-road . The class was created by Kyosho as a miniature version of their 1:8 scale buggy and popularized by its archrival Tamiya , the latter after witnessing an off-road race at the Baja Peninsula on a business trip . It became popularized in the United States as a racing class , where they helped to lead the radio-controlled car market in the 1980s before the touring car class suddenly took over for the next decade with many manufacturers abandoning the off-road class as a result . The Deutsche Meisterschaften ( in West Germany ) and ROAR Nationals ( in North America ) were amongst the first to host an official national championship a year before the International Federation of Model Auto Racing ( IFMAR ) hosted their official world championship in 1985 . 1984 saw an introduction of 4WD cars that offered better traction thus 2WD car owners found themselves being forced to compete against its all-wheeled counterpart , resulting in the unlimited/modified category being split into its respective drivetrain classes . This division was first adopted by Remotely Operated Auto Racers ( ROAR ) and Japan Model Racing Car Association ( JMRCA ) in 1986 to become used in the Worlds in 1987 then became widely used .
The 2015 IFMAR 1:10 scale Electric Off-Road World Championships ( 2015年IFMAR EP オフロード世界選手権 ) is the 16th edition of the IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship for 1:10 scale radio-controlled electric off-road buggies sanctioned by the International Federation of Model Auto Racing ( IFMAR ) . It was run over two separate classes ( 2WD and 4WD ) over eight days from 3 to 10 October , with each class running for three days each in total . The national sanctioning body , Japan Model Racing Car Association ( JMRCA ) , acted as the host nation on behalf of the Far East Model Car Association ( FEMCA ) , with JMRCA Kanto acting as the host club for the championship taking place at the Yatabe Arena in Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture . This was the arena 's third time hosting the event and its second time hosting a 1:10 off-road race , the first since the 1995 event . It also became the first Off-Road Worlds to take place in an indoor venue since 1999 . The event was best known for its decision to be run on artificial turf for the first time , ending a tradition of dirt tracks in the tournament 's entire 30-year history , a decision that has not been met without controversy . As a result of this controversy , the decision became known as Astrogate and the event as Turf Worlds . Jared Tebo and Steven Hartson , both of the United States , were the defending champions of the 2WD and 4WD class respectively . The 2WD class was won by Team Associated 's Spencer Rivkin who , at the age of 16 , became the youngest driver to win the 1:10 off-road race . After losing to Naoto Matsukura in electric touring car when he won the last two of three heats needed to secure a title the previous year , XRAY 's Bruno Coelho of Portugal won the 4WD class .
Associated Electrics , Incorporated of Lake Forest , California is one of the world 's leading manufacturers of radio controlled cars , trucks and accessories . Associated Electrics is now owned by Thunder Tiger Corporation from Taiwan . The company is usually referred to as Team Associated .
Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent ( singles ) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles ) . Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent 's court . The object of the game is to maneuver the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return . The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point , while the opposite player will . Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages . The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket , including wheelchair users . The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham , England , in the late 19th century as lawn tennis . It had close connections both to various field ( lawn ) games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older racket sport today called real tennis . During most of the 19th century , in fact , the term tennis referred to real tennis , not lawn tennis . The rules of modern tennis have changed little since the 1890s . Two exceptions are that from 1908 to 1961 the server had to keep one foot on the ground at all times , and the adoption of the tiebreak in the 1970s . A recent addition to professional tennis has been the adoption of electronic review technology coupled with a point-challenge system , which allows a player to contest the line call of a point , a system known as Hawk-Eye .
The 2015 China Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts . It was the 17th edition of the China Open for the men ( 19th for the women ) . It was part of ATP World Tour 500 series on the 2015 ATP World Tour , and the last WTA Premier Mandatory tournament of the 2015 WTA Tour . Both the men 's and the women 's events were held at the National Tennis Center in Beijing , China , from October 5 to October 11 , 2015 .
Novak Djokovic ( Serbian : Новак Ђоковић , romanized : Novak Đoković , pronounced [ nôʋaːk dʑôːkoʋitɕ ] ( listen ) ; born 22 May 1987 ) is a Serbian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No . 1 in men 's singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals ( ATP ) . Djokovic has won 17 Grand Slam singles titles , the third-most in history for a male player , five ATP Finals titles , 34 ATP Tour Masters 1000 titles , 13 ATP Tour 500 titles , and has held the No . 1 spot in the ATP rankings for over 275 weeks . In majors , he has won a record eight Australian Open titles , five Wimbledon titles , three US Open titles , and one French Open title . By winning the 2016 French Open , he became the eighth player in history to achieve the Career Grand Slam and the third man to hold all four major titles at once , the first since Rod Laver in 1969 and the first ever to do so on three different surfaces . He is the only male player to have won all nine of the Masters 1000 tournaments . Djokovic was also a member of Serbia 's winning Davis Cup team in 2010 and in the 2020 ATP Cup . Djokovic is the first Serbian player to be ranked No . 1 by the ATP and the first male player representing Serbia to win a Grand Slam singles title . He is a six-time ITF World Champion and a five-time ATP year-end No . 1 ranked player .
Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco ( Spanish pronunciation : [ ɡaɾˈβiɲe muɣuˈɾuθa ˈβlaŋko ] ; [ a ] born 8 October 1993 ) is a Spanish-Venezuelan tennis player and former world No . 1 . Since turning professional in 2012 , she has won seven singles titles , including two majors , the 2016 French Open and the 2017 Wimbledon Championships . With powerful groundstrokes and an aggressive style , Muguruza came to prominence in 2014 after reaching the last 16 at the Australian Open , beating former world No . 1 Caroline Wozniacki en route . She then defeated then world No . 1 Serena Williams in the second round of the French Open , beating her in straight sets in Williams most lopsided loss at a Grand Slam , and reaching the quarterfinals . In 2015 , at the Wimbledon Championships , she made it to her first Grand Slam final where she lost to Serena Williams , and then won her maiden Premier-level crown by capturing the China Open title . The same year , she qualified for her first WTA Finals in singles , scoring a perfect winning record in the round-robin stage before losing to eventual champion Agnieszka Radwańska in the semi-finals . Muguruza has been successful in doubles , winning five titles , finishing runner-up at the 2015 WTA Finals and reaching the 2014 French Open semifinals . She achieved those results with her compatriot Carla Suárez Navarro .
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net . Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team 's court under organized rules . It has been a part of the official program of the Summer Olympic Games since Tokyo 1964 . The complete set of rules are extensive , but play essentially proceeds as follows : a player on one of the teams begins a 'rally ' by serving the ball ( tossing or releasing it and then hitting it with a hand or arm ) , from behind the back boundary line of the court , over the net , and into the receiving team 's court . The receiving team must not let the ball be grounded within their court . The team may touch the ball up to 3 times , but individual players may not touch the ball twice consecutively . Typically , the first two touches are used to set up for an attack , an attempt to direct the ball back over the net in such a way that the serving team is unable to prevent it from being grounded in their court . The rally continues , with each team allowed as many as three consecutive touches , until either ( 1 ) : a team makes a kill , grounding the ball on the opponent 's court and winning the rally ; or ( 2 ) : a team commits a fault and loses the rally . The team that wins the rally is awarded a point and serves the ball to start the next rally . A few of the most common faults include :
The 2015 Men 's NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the 24th edition of the tournament , played from 5 to 10 October 2015 in Córdoba , Mexico . The top 4 teams who had not yet qualified from the 2016 Summer Olympics automatically qualified to the NORCECA Olympic Qualifier .
The Canada men 's national volleyball team represents Canada in international volleyball competitions . The team placed third in the Pan American Games in 1979 , 1999 , and 2015 . Canada 's other achievements include a fourth place at the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games and two bronze medals at the Pan American Games in 1979 and 1999 . They have participated in four Olympic Games , including most recently a fifth-place finish at Rio 2016 , after returning to the Games following a quartercentury absence . Canada hosted the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto where they beat Puerto Rico for the bronze medal . Canada competed at the FIVB Volleyball Men 's World Cup in 2015 for the first time in 12 years , finishing seventh . They last appeared in 2003 , also finishing seventh . They finished joint-seventh at the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men 's World Championship .
Amateur boxing is a variant of boxing practised at the collegiate level , at the Olympic Games , Pan American Games and Commonwealth Games , as well as many associations .
The 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships was held at the Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena in Doha , Qatar from 5 to 18 October 2015 . This was a qualifying tournament for the 2016 Summer Olympics .
Cuba ( /ˈkjuːbə/ ( listen ) ; Spanish pronunciation : [ ˈkuβa ] ) , officially the Republic of Cuba ( Spanish : República de Cuba ( help·info ) ) , is a country comprising the island of Cuba as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos . Cuba is located in the northern Caribbean where the Caribbean Sea , Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean meet . It is east of the Yucatán Peninsula ( Mexico ) , south of both the U.S. state of Florida and the Bahamas , west of Haiti and north of both Jamaica and the Cayman Islands . Havana is the largest city and capital ; other major cities include Santiago de Cuba and Camagüey . The area of the Republic of Cuba is 110,860 square kilometers ( 42,800 sq mi ) ( 109,884 square kilometers ( 42,426 sq mi ) without the territorial waters ) . The island of Cuba is the largest island in Cuba and in the Caribbean , with an area of 105,006 square kilometers ( 40,543 sq mi ) , and the second-most populous after Hispaniola , with over 11 million inhabitants . The territory that is now Cuba was inhabited by the Ciboney Taíno people from the 4th millennium BC until Spanish colonization in the 15th century . From the 15th century , it was a colony of Spain until the Spanish-American War of 1898 , when Cuba was occupied by the United States and gained nominal independence as a de facto United States protectorate in 1902 . As a fragile republic , in 1940 Cuba attempted to strengthen its democratic system , but mounting political radicalization and social strife culminated in a coup and subsequent dictatorship under Fulgencio Batista in 1952 . Open corruption and oppression under Batista 's rule led to his ousting in January 1959 by the 26th of July Movement , which afterwards established communist rule under the leadership of Fidel Castro . Since 1965 , the state has been governed by the Communist Party of Cuba . The country was a point of contention during the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States , and a nuclear war nearly broke out during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 .
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible . Golf , unlike most ball games , can not and does not utilize a standardized playing area , and coping with the varied terrains encountered on different courses is a key part of the game . The game at the usual level is played on a course with an arranged progression of 18 holes , though recreational courses can be smaller , often having nine holes . Each hole on the course must contain a tee box to start from , and a putting green containing the actual hole or cup 4 1⁄4 inches ( 11 cm ) in diameter . There are other standard forms of terrain in between , such as the fairway , rough ( long grass ) , bunkers ( or sand traps ) , and various hazards ( water , rocks ) but each hole on a course is unique in its specific layout and arrangement . Golf is played for the lowest number of strokes by an individual , known as stroke play , or the lowest score on the most individual holes in a complete round by an individual or team , known as match play . Stroke play is the most commonly seen format at all levels , but most especially at the elite level . The modern game of golf originated in 15th century Scotland . The 18-hole round was created at the Old Course at St Andrews in 1764 . Golf 's first major , and the world 's oldest tournament in existence , is The Open Championship , also known as the British Open , which was first played in 1860 in Ayrshire , Scotland . This is one of the four major championships in men 's professional golf , the other three being played in the United States : The Masters , the U.S. Open , and the PGA Championship .
The 2015 Presidents Cup was the 11th Presidents Cup , played at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea in Incheon , South Korea from 8-11 October . It was the first time the Presidents Cup was played in Asia . The United States won for the sixth successive time with a 15​1⁄2-14​1⁄2 victory over the International team .
The United States of America ( USA ) , commonly known as the United States ( U.S. or US ) or America , is a country consisting of 50 states , a federal district , five major self-governing territories , and various possessions . [ g ] At 3.8 million square miles ( 9.8 million km2 ) , it is the world 's third or fourth-largest country by total area [ b ] and is slightly smaller than the entire continent of Europe . Most of the country is located in central North America between Canada and Mexico . With an estimated population of over 328 million , the U.S. is the third most populous country in the world . The capital is Washington , D.C. , and the most populous city is New York City . Paleo-Indians migrated from Siberia to the North American mainland at least 12,000 years ago . European colonization began in the 16th century . The United States emerged from the thirteen British colonies established along the East Coast . Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the colonies led to the American Revolutionary War lasting between 1775 and 1783 , leading to independence . The United States embarked on a vigorous expansion across North America throughout the 19th century - gradually acquiring new territories , displacing Native Americans , and admitting new states - until by 1848 it spanned the continent . During the second half of the 19th century , the American Civil War led to the abolition of slavery in the United States . The Spanish-American War and World War I confirmed the country 's status as a global military power .
The 2015 Men 's European Volleyball Championship was the 29th edition of the Men 's European Volleyball Championship , organised by Europe 's governing volleyball body , the CEV . It was held in Bulgaria and Italy from 9 to 18 October 2015 . For the first time the competition had an official song ; Heroes featuring vocals by Niki Bakalov . France won their first title in the tournament by defeating Slovenia , which went to the final for the first time , in straight sets . Antonin Rouzier was elected the Most Valuable Player .
The France national men 's volleyball team represents the country in international competitions and friendly matches . It is the reigning European Champion since 2015 and is ranked 10th ( as of August 2016 ) in the FIVB world ranking . France have been competing in the World League ever since the inaugural edition in 1990 and continuously since 1999 . In 2006 they finished second to Brazil but had their share of disappointment in subsequent seasons . In 2009 they narrowly missed making the Final Six , falling at the last hurdle to Argentina . They suffered another setback in 2010 when they again missed the finals and finished 12th . France competed in the Olympic Games for the fourth time in Rio 2016 , finishing ninth . Their best ever Olympic performance was an eighth place in Seoul 1988 . France in 2015 year winner gold medalist European Championship and World League .
Association football , more commonly known as football or soccer , [ a ] is a team sport played with a spherical ball between two teams of 11 players . It is played by approximately 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies , making it the world 's most popular sport . The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end . The object of the game is to score by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing goal . Football is played in accordance with a set of rules known as the Laws of the Game . The ball is 68-70 cm ( 27-28 in ) in circumference and known as the football . The two teams each compete to get the ball into the other team 's goal ( between the posts and under the bar ) , thereby scoring a goal . The team that has scored more goals at the end of the game is the winner ; if both teams have scored an equal number of goals then the game is a draw . Each team is led by a captain who has only one official responsibility as mandated by the Laws of the Game : to represent their team in the coin toss prior to kick-off or penalty kicks . Players are not allowed to touch the ball with hands or arms while it is in play , except for the goalkeepers within the penalty area . Other players mainly use their feet to strike or pass the ball , but may also use any other part of their body except the hands and the arms . The team that scores most goals by the end of the match wins .
The CONCACAF Cup ( officially the CONCACAF Cup presented by Scotiabank for sponsorship reasons ) was an international football play-off match to determine CONCACAF 's entry into the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia . The 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup winner United States played against the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup winner Mexico on 10 October 2015 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena , United States . Mexico won the match 3-2 after extra time , therefore qualifying for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup .
The Mexico national football team ( Spanish : Selección de fútbol de México ) represents Mexico in international football and is governed by the Mexican Football Federation ( Spanish : Federación Mexicana de Fútbol ) . It competes as a member of CONCACAF , which encompasses the countries of North and Central America , and the Caribbean . The team plays its home games at the Estadio Azteca . Mexico has qualified to sixteen World Cups and has qualified consecutively since 1994 , making it one of six countries to do so . The Mexico national team , along with Brazil are the only two nations to make it out of the group stage over the last seven World Cups . Mexico played France in the very first match of the first World Cup on 13 July 1930 . Mexico 's best progression in World Cups has been reaching the quarter-finals in both the 1970 and 1986 World Cups , both of which were staged on Mexican soil . Mexico is historically the most successful national team in the CONCACAF region , having won eleven confederation titles , including eight CONCACAF Gold Cups and three CONCACAF Championships ( the precursor to the Gold Cup ) , as well as three NAFC Championships , one North American Nations Cup , and one CONCACAF Cup . It is one of eight nations [ a ] to have won two of the three most important football tournaments ( the World Cup , Confederations Cup , and Summer Olympics ) , having won the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2012 Summer Olympics . Mexico is also the only team from CONCACAF to have won an official FIFA competition , winning the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup . Although Mexico is under the jurisdiction of CONCACAF , the national team has been regularly invited to compete in the Copa América from 1993 to 2016 , finishing runner-up twice - in 1993 and 2001 - and obtaining the third-place medal on three occasions .
Formula One ( also known as Formula 1 or F1 ) is the highest class of single-seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile ( FIA ) and owned by the Formula One Group . The World Drivers ' Championship , which became the FIA Formula One World Championship in 1981 , has been one of the premier forms of racing around the world since its inaugural season in 1950 . The word formula in the name refers to the set of rules to which all participants ' cars must conform . A Formula One season consists of a series of races , known as Grands Prix ( French for 'grand prizes ' or 'great prizes ' ) , which take place worldwide on purpose-built circuits and on public roads . The results of each race are evaluated using a points system to determine two annual World Championships : one for drivers , the other for constructors . Drivers must hold valid Super Licences , the highest class of racing licence issued by the FIA . The races must run on tracks graded 1 ( formerly A ) , the highest grade-rating issued by the FIA . Most events occur in rural locations on purpose-built tracks , but several events take place on city streets . Formula One cars are the fastest regulated road-course racing cars in the world , owing to very high cornering speeds achieved through the generation of large amounts of aerodynamic downforce . The cars underwent major changes in 2017 , allowing wider front and rear wings , and wider tyres , resulting in peak cornering forces near 6.5 lateral g and top speeds of up to approximately 350 km/h ( 215 mph ) . As of 2019 [ update ] the hybrid engines are limited in performance to a maximum of 15,000 rpm , the cars are very dependent on electronics and aerodynamics , suspension and tyres . Traction control and other driving aids have been banned since 2008 .
The 2015 Russian Grand Prix ( formally known as the 2015 Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix ; Russian : Гран-при России 2015 года , romanized : Gran-pri Rossii 2015 goda ) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 11 October 2015 . The fifty-three lap race was held at the Sochi Autodrom . This was the fifteenth round of the 2015 season and marked the second time that the Russian Grand Prix was run as a round of the Formula One World Championship since its inception in 1950 . Lewis Hamilton won the race for the second season in a row , extending his Drivers ' Championship lead to 66 points . With Nico Rosberg retiring early in the race , Sebastian Vettel reclaimed second place in the standings for the first time since his round two victory in Malaysia with a second-place finish . Sergio Pérez completed the podium in third for Force India . Mercedes secured their second consecutive Constructors ' Championship , having done so at the same event the previous season .
Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton MBE HonFREng ( born 7 January 1985 ) is a British racing driver who races in Formula One for Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport . A six-time Formula One World Champion , he is widely regarded as one of the greatest drivers in the history of the sport , and considered by some to be the greatest of all time . [ note 2 ] He won his first World Drivers ' Championship with McLaren in 2008 , before moving to Mercedes in 2013 , with whom he has won a further five titles . One of the most successful drivers in the history of the sport , Hamilton 's six World Championship titles is the second-most of all time , as is his tally of 84 race victories and 151 podium finishes . He currently holds the records for the all-time most career points ( 3431 ) , the all-time most pole positions ( 88 ) , the most grand slams in a season ( 3 ) and the most points in a season ( 413 ) . [ note 3 ] Born and raised in Stevenage , Hertfordshire , Hamilton enjoyed a successful ascent up the racing ladder and was signed to the McLaren young driver programme in 1998 . This later resulted in a Formula One drive with McLaren in 2007 , making Hamilton the first and only black driver to race in the sport . [ note 4 ] That season , Hamilton set numerous records as he finished runner-up to Kimi Räikkönen by one point . The following season , he won his maiden title in dramatic fashion - making a crucial overtake on the last corner of the last lap in the last race of the season - to become the then-youngest Formula One World Champion in history . After four more years with McLaren without finishing higher than fourth in the drivers ' standings , Hamilton signed with Mercedes in 2013 , reuniting with his childhood karting teammate , Nico Rosberg . Changes to regulations for 2014 mandating the use of turbo-hybrid engines contributed to the start of a highly successful period for Hamilton , during which he has won five further World Championship titles . Hamilton won consecutive titles in 2014 and 2015 during an intense and sometimes volatile rivalry with teammate Nico Rosberg , to match his hero Ayrton Senna 's three World Championships .
Mercedes-Benz , through its subsidiary Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Limited , is currently involved in Formula One as a constructor under the name of Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team . The team is based in Brackley , Northamptonshire , United Kingdom , using a German licence . Mercedes-Benz competed in the pre-war European Championship winning three titles and debuted in Formula One in 1954 , running a team for two years . The team is also known by their nickname , the Silver Arrows . After winning their first race at the 1954 French Grand Prix , driver Juan Manuel Fangio won another three Grands Prix to win the 1954 Drivers ' Championship and repeated this success in 1955 . Despite winning two Drivers ' Championships , Mercedes-Benz withdrew from motor racing in response to the 1955 Le Mans disaster and did not return to Formula One until rejoining as an engine supplier in association with Ilmor , a British independent high-performance autosport engineering company later acquired by Mercedes , in 1994 . In addition to its factory team , Mercedes currently supplies engines to Racing Point and Williams . The manufacturer has collected more than 180 wins as an engine supplier and is ranked second in Formula One history . Seven Constructors ' and 11 Drivers ' Championships have been won with Mercedes-Benz engines . Mercedes has become one of the most successful teams in recent Formula One history , having achieved consecutive Drivers ' and Constructors ' Championships from 2014 to 2019 . In 2014 , Mercedes managed 11 one-two finishes beating McLaren 's 1988 record of 10 . The record was extended the following year with 12 one-two finishes .
The marathon is a long-distance race with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres ( approximately 26 miles 385 yards ) , usually run as a road race . The event was instituted in commemoration of the fabled run of the Greek soldier Pheidippides , a messenger from the Battle of Marathon to Athens , who reported the victory . The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy . There are also wheelchair divisions . The marathon was one of the original modern Olympic events in 1896 , though the distance did not become standardized until 1921 . More than 800 marathons are held throughout the world each year , with the vast majority of competitors being recreational athletes , as larger marathons can have tens of thousands of participants .
The 2015 Chicago Marathon was the 38th edition of the Chicago Marathon , held in Chicago , Illinois , on Sunday , October 11 .
Dickson Kiptolo Chumba ( born 27 October 1986 ) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in marathon races . He has won the Rome , Eindhoven , Tokyo , and Chicago marathons and has a personal best of 2:05:30 for the distance .
Florence Jebet Kiplagat ( born 27 February 1987 ) is a Kenyan long-distance runner . She is a two-time world champion , having won at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and the 2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships . She was the world record holder for the women 's half marathon with a time of 1:05:09 hours until it was broken by Peres Jepchirchir on 10 February 2017 at the RAK Half Marathon . She has also represented Kenya on the track , having won the silver medal over 5000 m at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics . She competed in the 10,000 m at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and was the Kenyan record holder in the event with her best of 30:11.53 minutes until it was broken by Vivian Cheruiyot on 12 August 2016 at the Rio Olympic Games . Kiplagat is currently part of the NN Running Team , an international team of elite long-distance runners managed by Global Sports Communication .
Motorcycle racing ( also called moto racing and motorbike racing ) is the motorcycle sport of racing motorcycles . Major varieties include motorcycle road racing and off-road racing , both either on circuits or open courses , and track racing . Other categories include hill climbs , drag racing and land speed record trials .
The 2015 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season , consisting of the MotoGP , Moto2 and Moto3 classes . It was held at the Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi on 11 October 2015 . In the premier class , the race began in damp conditions but dried out over the course of the race . Jorge Lorenzo had started on pole but faded to third with tyre issues , and it was Dani Pedrosa that achieved his first victory since the 2014 Czech Republic Grand Prix , and as a result , became the eighth rider to record 50 victories at World Championship level . Valentino Rossi extended his championship lead to eighteen with a second-place finish , ahead of Lorenzo . During free practice , Alex de Angelis crashed heavily and was taken to hospital in a critical but stable condition . De Angelis missed the remainder of the season as a result of the crash . In the intermediate Moto2 class , Esteve Rabat pulled out of the weekend due to injury and as a result , Johann Zarco won his first World Championship title , and the first by a French rider in the intermediate class since Olivier Jacque in 2000 . Zarco went on to win the shortened race ahead of German duo Jonas Folger and Sandro Cortese . In the Moto3 race also shortened by weather delays , Niccolò Antonelli took his second win of the season ahead of Miguel Oliveira and Jorge Navarro , while championship leader Danny Kent maintained his points lead with sixth place .
Daniel Pedrosa Ramal ( born 29 September 1985 ) is a Spanish former Grand Prix motorcycle racer who retired from competition at the end of the 2018 season . He grew up in Castellar del Vallès , a village near Sabadell . He was a 125 cc world champion in 2003 , and is the youngest world champion in 250 cc Grands Prix in the 2004 season . In 2019 , the former Curva Dry Sac , a corner at the Jerez racetrack in Spain was renamed Pedrosa Corner after him . In spite of never being a MotoGP world champion , Pedrosa won races in twelve consecutive seasons in the championship ( 2006-2017 ) . He has also finished as championship runner-up on three occasions ( 2007 , 2010 and 2012 ) . Pedrosa spent 13 seasons riding for Repsol Honda until the end of 2018 . In a televised press announcement , he confirmed his retirement from MotoGP competition on 12 July . In late October , it was confirmed he signed for the KTM MotoGP team as a development test rider for 2019 and 2020 , ending his long association with Honda . Pedrosa replaced KTM 's regular test rider Mika Kallio , who suffered a serious knee injury when racing as a scheduled wildcard entry in July 2018 .
Repsol Honda is the official factory team of Repsol S.A. and the Honda Racing Corporation in the MotoGP World Championship .
Johann Zarco ( born 16 July 1990 ) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer from France , best known for winning the 2015 and 2016 Moto2 World Championships . Following a difficult 2019 season , for 2020 Zarco is contracted to ride in MotoGP with Avintia Ducati . From 2017 he was a member of the Tech 3 Yamaha MotoGP satellite team , and in early 2018 it was announced that he would ride for the factory KTM MotoGP team from 2019 . In August 2019 , Zarco announced he would not ride for KTM in 2020 , the second-year of his contract . The KTM team then announced in September 2019 he would not ride in the remaining six 2019 events , with test rider Mika Kallio taking his place . Zarco was offered a Honda for the last three races of the 2019 season . Riding for Honda effectively removed the possibility of becoming a Yamaha factory test rider for 2020 . With 16 Grands Prix victories , Zarco is also the most successful French rider in Grand Prix racing .
Ajo Motorsport is a Finnish team competing in the Moto2 and Moto3 classes of Grand Prix motorcycle racing , in the road racing World Championship and in the Spanish and European championships . The team 's leader is former racer Aki Ajo . His son is racer Niki Ajo . The team debuted in 2001 and took its first win in 2003 . Ajo Motorsport has won six world championship titles ; the 125cc championship with Mike Di Meglio in 2008 and Marc Márquez in 2010 , the Moto3 championship in 2012 with Sandro Cortese and 2016 with Brad Binder , and the Moto2 championship in 2015 and 2016 , both with Johann Zarco .
Niccolò Antonelli ( born 23 February 1996 ) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer , and the 2011 winner of the Italian 125GP Championship . Antonelli has also competed in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup and the Spanish 125GP Championship .
The 2015 Shanghai Rolex Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts . It was the seventh edition of the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 , classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2015 ATP World Tour . It took place at Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai , China from October 11 to October 18 , 2015 .
Amateur wrestling is the most widespread form of sport wrestling . [ citation needed ] There are two international wrestling styles performed in the Olympic Games : freestyle and Greco-Roman . Both styles are under the supervision of United World Wrestling ( UWW ; formerly known as FILA , from the French acronym for International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles ) . A similar style , commonly called collegiate ( also known as scholastic or folkstyle ) , is practiced in colleges and universities , secondary schools , middle schools , and among younger age groups in the United States . Where the style is not specified , this article refers to the international styles of competition on a mat . In February 2013 , the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) voted to remove the sport from the 2020 Summer Olympics onwards . On 8 September 2013 , the IOC announced that wrestling would return to the Summer Olympics in 2020 . The rapid rise in the popularity of the combat sport mixed martial arts ( MMA ) has increased interest in amateur wrestling due to its effectiveness in the sport and it is considered a core discipline .
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using track bicycles .
The 2015 UEC European Track Championships was the sixth edition of the elite UEC European Track Championships in track cycling and took place at the Velodrome Suisse in Grenchen , Switzerland , between 14 and 18 October . The Event was organised by the European Cycling Union . All European champions are awarded the UEC European Champion jersey which may be worn by the champion throughout the year when competing in the same event at other competitions . The 10 Olympic events ( sprint , team sprint , team pursuit , keirin and omnium for men and women ) , as well as 11 other events are on the program for these European Championships . For the first time , the elimination races , known within track cycling as Devils ( from the saying Devil take the hindmost ) were contested in their own right .
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , commonly known as the United Kingdom ( UK or U.K. ) or Britain , [ note 11 ] is a sovereign country located off the north­western coast of the European mainland . Existing under its current name since 1921 , the United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain , the north­eastern part of the island of Ireland , and many smaller islands . Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland . Otherwise , the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North Sea to the east , the English Channel to the south and the Celtic Sea to the southwest , giving it the 12th-longest coastline in the world . The Irish Sea separates Great Britain and Ireland . The total area of the United Kingdom is 94,000 square miles ( 240,000 km2 ) . The United Kingdom is a unitary parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy . [ note 12 ] The current monarch is Queen Elizabeth II , who has reigned since 1952 , making her the world 's longest-serving current head of state . The United Kingdom 's capital and largest city is London , a global city and financial centre with an urban area population of 10.3 million . Other major cities include Birmingham , Manchester , Glasgow , Leeds and Liverpool . The United Kingdom consists of four constituent countries : England , Scotland , Wales , and Northern Ireland . Their capitals are London , Edinburgh , Cardiff , and Belfast , respectively .
Table tennis , also known as ping-pong , is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball back and forth across a table using small rackets . The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net . Except for the initial serve , the rules are generally as follows : players must allow a ball played toward them to bounce one time on their side of the table , and must return it so that it bounces on the opposite side at least once . A point is scored when a player fails to return the ball within the rules . Play is fast and demands quick reactions . Spinning the ball alters its trajectory and limits an opponent 's options , giving the hitter a great advantage . Table tennis is governed by the worldwide organization International Table Tennis Federation ( ITTF ) , founded in 1926 . ITTF currently includes 226 member associations . The table tennis official rules are specified in the ITTF handbook . Table tennis has been an Olympic sport since 1988 , with several event categories . From 1988 until 2004 , these were men 's singles , women 's singles , men 's doubles and women 's doubles . Since 2008 , a team event has been played instead of the doubles .
Ma Long ( simplified Chinese : 马龙 ; traditional Chinese : 馬龍 ; pinyin : Mǎ Lóng ; born 20 October 1988 ) is a Chinese table tennis player . The current Olympic and World Champion , he is ranked number 3 in the world ( as of December 2019 ) by the International Table Tennis Federation ( ITTF ) . He has held the ranking of number 1 for a total of 64 months ( and 34 consecutive months from March 2015 ) , the most by any male player in the history of table tennis . Ma was born in Anshan , Liaoning , China . He won a record 5 straight ITTF World Tour tournaments in a row , including a streak of 35 sets , and a record total of 28 ITTF World Tour titles . Since 2014 , he has been the captain of the Chinese National Table Tennis Men 's Team . After a clean sweep victory in the Men 's Singles at the 2016 Rio Olympics , Ma Long became the fifth player to complete a career Grand Slam ( winning the Olympics , World Championships , and World Cup ) , joining Sweden 's Jan-Ove Waldner and China 's Liu Guoliang , Kong Linghui , and Zhang Jike . Additionally , he became the first male player ( and second overall ) in the world to have won every singles title in table tennis . These records have led many to consider him to be the greatest player of all time .
Air racing is a highly specialised type of motorsport that involves airplanes or other types of aircraft that compete over a fixed course , with the winner either returning the shortest time , the one to complete it with the most points , or to come closest to a previously estimated time .
Matt Hall ( born 16 September 1971 in Newcastle , Australia ) is a third-generation pilot , a former Royal Australian Air Force ( RAAF ) fighter combat instructor , international unlimited aerobatic competitor and the first Australian to be selected to compete in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship , starting in 2009 . He won the championship in the final season of Red Bull Air Race in 2019 .
The MXS is a single-seat aerobatic aircraft made of carbon fiber and built by MX Aircraft , a manufacturer located in North Carolina . The MXS-R is a race variant flown by several pilots in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship . The planes are all-composite in construction , piston-powered , low-wing monoplanes . They are produced both in kit form for amateur construction , and completed ready to fly at the factory . The two-seat version is called the MX2 and has reached notable fame , becoming vice-world aerobatics advanced champion in 2010 . There are only 12 MXS ' in existence .
The Extra Flugzeugbau EA300 is a two-seat aerobatic monoplane capable of Unlimited category competition . It was designed in 1987 by Walter Extra , a German aerobatic pilot , and built by Extra Flugzeugbau .
The Extra Aircraft company was established in 1980 as Extra Flugzeugbau in Germany by Walter Extra , an aerobatic pilot , to design and develop his own aerobatic aircraft . The company is located at Dinslaken airfield in Hünxe , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany . Worldwide production of aircraft is about three units per month with a six-month backlog .
João José Sales Henriques de Carvalho Pereira ( born 28 December 1987 ) is a Portuguese professional triathlete and member of the Portugal national team . In the Portuguese ranking of the year 2009 Pereira was number 4 in the U23 category , but he took part in only two of the four relevant Portuguese cups . In 2010 , Pereira is number 6 in the Elite ranking . At club level , Pereira represents S.L . Benfica .
Yuliya Oleksandrivna Yelistratova ( Ukrainian : Юлія Олександрівна Єлістратова ; born 15 February 1988 in Ovruch , Zhytomyr Oblast , Ukraine , Russian : Юлия Елистратова ) is a Ukrainian professional triathlete , European U23 champion of the year 2009 , Number 1 in the ITU ranking ( women 's standing ) of the year 2009 with by far the highest total number of races ( 6 ) , several times national champion in various categories and member of the Ukrainian national team . She competed at the 2008 , 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics .