Appalachian Trail Conservancy
Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC), formerly Appalachian Trail Conference, founded 1925 in Harpers Ferry, WV: 501(c)(3) nonprofit co-managing the 2,194-mile Appalachian National Scenic Trail with the NPS, USFS, and 31 volunteer trail clubs.
Apple bobbing
Apple bobbing, or bobbing for apples (Scottish dooking, Irish snap apple), is a Halloween game of catching floating apples with the teeth, derived from courtship divination linked to Pomona and Samhain.
Apple Cup
The Apple Cup is the annual Washington Huskies vs Washington State Cougars football rivalry game, first played in 1900, renamed from the Governor's Cup in 1962, played for a trophy donated by the Washington Apple Commission in 1963; Washington leads the series 77-34-6.
Apple Vision Pro
Apple Vision Pro is Apple's mixed-reality spatial computer, announced June 5, 2023 at $3,499, running visionOS with eye, hand, and voice input, 23 million pixels across two micro-OLED displays, M2 plus R1 chips, and an M5 upgrade in October 2025.
Apples to Apples
Apples to Apples, party card game created in 1999 by Matt Kirby, published by Out of the Box and now Mattel; 4-10 players match red noun cards to a judge's green adjective card, first to the target number of green cards wins.
April 25 Sports Club (체육단)
April 25 Sports Club (4.25체육단, 4.25 SC) is a North Korean multi-sports club in Nampo, founded 1949 and run by the Korean People's Army; its football teams hold 20 league titles and were 2019 AFC Cup runners-up.
April Ross
April Ross (born 1982, Costa Mesa, California) is a retired American beach volleyball player, three-time Olympic medalist (silver 2012, bronze 2016, gold 2020), 2009 world champion, and 2026 International Volleyball Hall of Fame inductee.
Aprilia Racing
Aprilia Racing, the Noale-based racing arm of Aprilia (Piaggio Group), is the most successful European Grand Prix motorcycle manufacturer: 294 GP wins, 38 titles, 7 Superbike crowns, and a factory MotoGP RS-GP team since 2022.
Apriyani Rahayu
Apriyani Rahayu, Indonesian badminton player born 1998 in Konawe, Sulawesi Tenggara; Tokyo 2020 women's doubles Olympic gold with Greysia Polii, Paris 2024 with Siti Fadia, and since June 2026 mixed doubles with Dejan Ferdinansyah.
Aqib Talib
Aqib Talib, born 1986 in Cleveland, Ohio, is a former NFL cornerback who played 12 seasons, winning Super Bowl 50 with Denver and earning five Pro Bowls.
Aquasport Center
Aquasport Center is a surf school and sports venue in Atlanterra, Tarifa, Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain, on the Costa de la Luz near Playa de Atlanterra; distinct from the Val-d'Isère Aquasportif Center and Aquasport boats.
Aquatics (marathon swimming)
Marathon swimming (open-water swimming), a World Aquatics discipline: 10 km Olympic mass-start races for men and women since Beijing 2008; World Championship 5, 10, 25 km since 1991 Perth.
Aqueduct Racetrack
Aqueduct Racetrack (the Big A), Queens, New York City's only racetrack, opened 1894, rebuilt 1959, home of the Wood Memorial and winter inner dirt track (1975–2017); final live racing June 28, 2026, with Resorts World casino on site.
AR Fox
AR Fox (Thomas James Ballester, born 1987, Ansonia, Connecticut) is an American high-flying professional wrestler; inaugural Evolve Champion (2013), Dante Fox in Lucha Underground, now in AEW and Ring of Honor.
Ar'maj Reed-Adams
Ar'maj Reed-Adams (born 2001) is an NFL offensive guard for the Buffalo Bills, drafted 241st overall in 2026 after playing at Kansas and Texas A&M.
Ara Parseghian
Ara Parseghian (1923-2017), American college football coach; head coach at Miami (OH), Northwestern, and Notre Dame (1964-74), winning national championships in 1966 and 1973 with a 95-17-4 record; later ABC/CBS broadcaster and NPC research founder.
Arab Club Champions Cup
Arab Club Champions Cup (كأس العرب للأندية الأبطال), UAFA's inter-club tournament for Arab-world clubs since 1982, held under 9 names; Al-Nassr are reigning champions after the 2023 King Salman Club Cup, with a return set for 2027.
Arabian Falcons FC
Arabian Falcons FC (Arabian Falcons Football Club) is a Dubai-based men's football club founded in 2023, competing in the UAE Second Division; 2023–24 UAE Third Division champions, managed by former England midfielder Jonjo Shelvey, unrelated to Saudi women's football.
Arafura Games
Arafura Games: biennial 'friendly Games' multisport event in Darwin, NT, Australia, founded 1991 as Arafura Sports Festival for developing Asia-Pacific athletes; peaked near 4,500 participants, cancelled 2012, revived 2019, discontinued 2021.
Aramco Stadium
Aramco Stadium is a football stadium under construction in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, with about 47,000 seats, set to host the AFC Asian Cup 2027 and the 2034 World Cup.
Aramis Ramírez
Aramis Ramírez (Aramis Nin Ramirez), Dominican MLB third baseman 1998-2015 for Pirates, Cubs, Brewers; .283, 386 HR, 2,303 hits, 3-time All-Star, 2008 Hank Aaron Award, Cubs Hall of Fame 2023.
Aranka Kazi
Aranka Kazi (1933-1972), Hungarian middle-distance runner, first Hungarian woman to hold a world running record: 880 yards 2:11.6 and 3x880y relay 6:36.2 in 1954; fourth in the 1954 European 800m final.
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, born in 1971 in Barcelona, is a Spanish former tennis player who won four Grand Slam singles titles and was world No. 1 in 1995.
Aravinda de Silva
Aravinda de Silva (Pinnaduwage Aravinda de Silva), Sri Lankan batsman-off-spinner, 1984-2003; starred in the 1996 World Cup final with 107 and 3/42; ICC Hall of Fame 2023.
Arbiter (Halo)
Arbiter (Halo): Covenant title for disgraced Sangheili warriors on suicide missions; best known as Thel 'Vadam, playable deuteragonist of Halo 2 (2004), voiced by Keith David, later a postwar Sangheili leader.
Arbos
Arbos, wooden dexterity game by Armin Müller and Martin Arnold (M+A Spiele, 1999); 1-8 players place 16 branches and 25 leaves in a wobbling trunk; won the Spiel des Jahres Sonderpreis Kinderspiel 2000.
Arbroath
Arbroath Football Club, the Red Lichties, is a Scottish senior team founded in 1878, known worldwide for its record-breaking 36-0 victory against Bon Accord in 1885.
Arc'teryx
Arc'teryx: Canadian technical outdoor apparel brand founded 1989 in Vancouver (formerly Rock Solid, named after Archaeopteryx), maker of the Alpha SV GORE-TEX hardshell, owned by Amer Sports under Anta, with ReBIRD repair-resale and System 0 circularity programs.
Arcade Archives
Arcade Archives (アーケードアーカイブス) is Hamster Corporation's line of individually sold emulated arcade rereleases, launched on PS4 in May 2014, with an ACA NeoGeo sub-line; 534 titles from 26 manufacturers by 2026, released weekly, on Switch, PS4/PS5, Xbox Series, and Windows.
Arcade game
An arcade game is a usually coin-operated game machine, which may be mechanical, electronic, or video-based; US arcades peaked at about 10,000 in 1982 before the 1983 crash.