Åre
Åre, Jämtland, Sweden: Scandinavia's largest ski resort on Mt. Åreskutan, run by SkiStar, with about 90-100 km of pistes, 877 m vertical, and FIS Alpine World Championships in 1954, 2007, and 2019.
Are Guling Beach
Are Guling Beach (Pantai Are Guling), Tumpak Village, Pujut, Central Lombok, Indonesia: quiet reef bay 15-20 minutes west of Kuta Lombok with right and left reef breaks, sharp reef, strong channel current, and minimal facilities.
Arena AufSchalke
Arena AufSchalke, the VELTINS-Arena, is FC Schalke 04's multifunctional stadium in Gelsenkirchen, opened 2001, with a retractable roof and 11,000-tonne sliding pitch, capacity 62,278 for football and up to 80,000 for concerts.
Arena Breakout (暗区突围)
Arena Breakout (暗区突围) is a free-to-play mobile extraction shooter by Tencent's MoreFun Studios, published by Level Infinite, released worldwide July 14, 2023 on iOS and Android; players loot, fight, and must extract alive to keep gear.
Arena Football League
Arena Football League (AFL), American indoor football league founded by Jim Foster, played 1987-2019 with relaunches in 2010 and 2024; eight-man game on a 50-yard field, ArenaBowl champions, repeated bankruptcies.
Arena Football League (2024)
The Arena Football League of 2024 was a professional arena football league that played one season as a revival of the original AFL, which went bankrupt in 2019.
Arena Football One
Arena Football One (AF1) is a professional arena football league based in Nashville, Tennessee, formed September 4, 2024 by teams leaving the relaunched Arena Football League; play began 2025 under commissioner Jeff Fisher with rebound nets, eight-man sides, and the Arena Crown championship.
Arena Khimki
Arena Khimki (Арена Химки), football stadium in Khimki, Moscow Oblast, Russia; opened 20 September 2008 on the Novator stadium site; 18,636 seats; home of FC Khimki, Dynamo Moscow, and CSKA Moscow; 2009 Russian Cup final venue.
Arena of Valor
Arena of Valor (AoV, 傳說對決), formerly Strike of Kings, is Tencent TiMi Studio Group's 5v5 mobile MOBA, the international version of Honor of Kings, released in Taiwan in 2016 by Garena, with 200 million registered players and Asian Games and Esports World Cup esports.
Arena polo
Arena polo is the enclosed-arena, three-players-per-side variant of polo, played on dirt or sand with boards in play and a larger, softer ball than outdoors.
Argentina at the FIFA World Cup
Argentina at the FIFA World Cup: La Albiceleste's record of 19 appearances, three titles (1978, 1986, 2022), seven finals, and a runner-up finish at the 2026 World Cup under Lionel Scaloni.
Argentina Menis
Argentina Menis (1948-2023), Romanian discus thrower, Dinamo București; 1972 Munich Olympic silver (65.06 m), women's discus world record 67.32 m (23 Sep 1972 to May 1973), nine-time national champion, sixth at Montreal 1976.
Argentina national football team
Argentina national football team (Albiceleste), AFA men's team, CONMEBOL. Three World Cups (1978, 1986, 2022), runner-up 1930, 1990, 2014, 2026; 16 Copa América titles; coached by Lionel Scaloni, captained by Lionel Messi.
Argentina national rugby union team
Los Pumas, Argentina's men's national rugby union team (UAR), first played in 1910; nicknamed after a 1965 South Africa tour crest mix-up. Third at RWC 2007, Rugby Championship side since 2012.
Argentina national under-20 football team
Argentina national under-20 football team (Selección Sub-20), AFA youth side; record six FIFA U-20 World Cup titles (1979, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007), five South American U-20 championships, runner-up to Morocco at Chile 2025, coach Diego Placente.
Argentina national under-23 football team
Argentina national under-23 football team (Selección Olímpica), AFA's Olympic men's side: nine Olympic appearances, gold at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, silver at Amsterdam 1928 and Atlanta 1996; U-23 plus three overage players.
Argentina v England (1986 FIFA World Cup)
Argentina v England, 1986 FIFA World Cup quarter-final, 22 June 1986 at Estadio Azteca, Mexico City; Argentina won 2-1 with Maradona's 'Hand of God' and 'Goal of the Century' against Lineker's goal.
Argentina–Brazil football rivalry
The Argentina–Brazil football rivalry, the South American superclásico between the two national teams since 1914: over 100 FIFA-recognized matches, Argentina leading most counts, key meetings in the 1990 World Cup, Copa América finals, and 2020s qualifying.
Argentine Football Association
Argentine Football Association (AFA, Asociación del Fútbol Argentino), founded 21 February 1893 by Alejandro Watson Hutton; South America's oldest football association, FIFA member since 1912, CONMEBOL founder, organizer of Argentina's leagues and three-time World Cup champion national team.
Argentine Grand Prix
Argentine Grand Prix (Gran Premio de Argentina), Formula One race in Buenos Aires held 1953-1998 in spells at the Autodromo Oscar y Juan Galvez; Fangio won 4, last won by Schumacher in 1998, off the F1 calendar since.
Argentine Primera División
Argentine Primera División (Liga Profesional de Fútbol), Argentina's top men's football division since 1891, professional since 1931; 30 clubs in 2026, Apertura and Clausura titles, relegation by points averages, ranked 10th-11th worldwide by Opta and IFFHS.
Argentine Rally Championship
The Argentine Rally Championship, known in Argentina as Rally Argentino, is the country's national rally series, created in 1980 by drivers led by Jorge Raúl Recalde under FIA and Automóvil Club Argentino auspices.
Argentinos Juniors
Argentinos Juniors (Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors), Argentine football club founded 15 August 1904 in Buenos Aires; Maradona's first club, Copa Libertadores 1985 winner, and famed "Semillero del Mundo" youth academy.
Ari Pekka Nikkola
Ari Pekka Nikkola (born 1969, Kuopio) is a Finnish former ski jumper, two-time Olympic team gold medalist (1988, 1992), four-time world team champion, 1989-90 World Cup overall winner with 9 wins, later coach of Slovenia's team.
Ari Vatanen
Ari Pieti Uolevi Vatanen, Finnish rally driver born 1952 in Tuupovaara; 1981 World Rally Champion with Ford, four-time Paris-Dakar winner with Peugeot, 1988 Pikes Peak record holder, and Member of the European Parliament.
Aria Fischer
Aria Fischer, born 1999, is an American retired water polo center who won Olympic gold medals with the United States at the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Games.
Arian Foster
Arian Foster, NFL running back (2009-2016), undrafted out of Tennessee; Houston Texans franchise rushing leader (6,472 yards) and 2010 NFL rushing champion (1,616 yards, 16 TDs); retired with Miami Dolphins in 2016.
Arian Salimi
Arian Salimi (آرین سلیمی), Iranian taekwondo heavyweight born 2003 in Kermanshah; Olympic gold in men's +80 kg at Paris 2024, beating Caden Cunningham 2-1, plus 2023 world bronze and Asian Games titles.
Arian Smith
Arian Smith is an American football wide receiver for the New York Jets, drafted in the fourth round of the 2025 NFL Draft out of Georgia.
Ariana Berlin
Ariana Berlin, San Diego gymnast whose Olympic hopes ended in a 2001 car accident at 14, returned via hip-hop dance to become a four-time UCLA All-American; subject of the 2015 film Full Out.