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List of world bowling champions
World bowling champions: gold medalists of the IBF (formerly FIQ/WTBA) tenpin world championships, held since Helsinki 1954. Events span singles to masters; the United States leads all-time with 62 gold, 167 total medals through 2023.
List of world champion football clubs
World champion football clubs: winners of the Intercontinental Cup (1960-2004), FIFA Club World Cup (2000, 2005-2023), FIFA Intercontinental Cup (2024-), and the new 32-team FIFA Club World Cup, won by Chelsea in 2025.
List of World Chess Championships
World Chess Championship: the title series from Steinitz–Zukertort 1886 through FIDE control, the 1993 PCA split, and champions Ding Liren and Gukesh D; plus the FIDE Women's Championship founded 1927 with Vera Menchik first champion.
List of world folk-epics
List of world folk-epics: oral and oral-derived heroic narratives such as Manas, Gesar, Mongol Tuuli, Sun-Jata, Sîrat Banî Hilal, bylyny, Siri, and Biag ni Lam-ang, their singers, textualization, and UNESCO recognition.
List of world heavyweight boxing champions
World heavyweight boxing champions: the 154-reign lineage from John L. Sullivan (1885) through the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, lineal and Ring titles, undisputed champions Tyson, Lewis and Usyk, and the 2024–2026 title picture.
List of World Heritage in Danger
The List of World Heritage in Danger is UNESCO's roster of threatened World Heritage properties, inscribed by the World Heritage Committee for ascertained or potential dangers to unlock emergency funding and corrective measures.
List of World Heritage Sites by year of inscription
World Heritage Sites by year of inscription: annual UNESCO World Heritage Committee sessions since 1978 decide which properties join the List, currently 1,273 sites under ten criteria.
List of World Heritage Sites in Africa
World Heritage Sites in Africa: UNESCO-listed properties of Outstanding Universal Value on the continent, 112 sites after 2025, governed by the 1972 Convention and the Africa Strategy 2022–2029.
List of World Heritage Sites in India
India's UNESCO World Heritage Sites: 45 inscribed properties (37 cultural, 7 natural, 1 mixed), from the Taj Mahal and Ajanta Caves to Sarnath (2026), with 78 Tentative List sites.
List of World Heritage Sites in Italy
List of World Heritage Sites in Italy: 62 UNESCO properties (56 cultural, 6 natural), the most of any country; ratified the Convention 23 June 1978; first site Valcamonica rock art (1979); latest Via Appia (2024), domus de janas (2025), condominio theatres (2026).
List of World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom
The UK's 35 UNESCO World Heritage Sites: 29 cultural, 5 natural, 1 mixed, inscribed since ratification of the World Heritage Convention on 29 May 1984, including Stonehenge, Bath, and transnational sites.
List of World Heritage Sites in the United States
The List of World Heritage Sites in the United States covers the 27 US properties inscribed by UNESCO, beginning with Mesa Verde and Yellowstone in 1978.
List of world number one male golfers
World number one male golfers: players topping the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR), launched 6 April 1986 with Bernhard Langer first. Tiger Woods holds records of 683 total and 281 consecutive weeks; 24 players had reached No. 1 by 2021.
List of world number one snooker players
World number one snooker players: the 12 professionals who have topped the WPBSA official world ranking list since May 1975, led by Ray Reardon, with Stephen Hendry holding the record 471 weeks and Judd Trump current since August 2024.
List of World Rally Championship Co-Drivers' champions
The list of World Rally Championship Co-Drivers' champions covers the annual FIA title for co-drivers, first awarded in 1973, won in 2025 by Vincent Landais.
List of World Rally Championship Drivers' champions
List of World Rally Championship Drivers' champions, 1977 FIA Cup to 2026; winners include Loeb (9 titles), Ogier (9), Kankkunen and Mäkinen (4 each); latest champion Elfyn Evans.
List of world records in athletics
List of world records in athletics: World Athletics' official ratified record list (IAAF, founded 1912). Includes Bolt's 9.58/19.19, Koch's 47.60, Sawe's 1:59:30 marathon, and a stable ~10% gender gap since 1983.
List of world records in chess
World records in chess: youngest grandmaster Abhimanyu Mishra (12y4m25d), youngest world champion Gukesh at 18, Carlsen's 2882 rating, largest tournament 43,157 players, 60-hour marathon.
List of world records in masters athletics
World records in masters athletics: WMA-ratified best performances by athletes 35 and over in five-year age groups (M35/W35 to M100+), separate outdoor, indoor, and non-stadia lists, distinct from open World Athletics records.
List of world records in speed skating
List of world records in speed skating, also called ISU long track world records: official fastest times per distance. As of January 2026, Stolz holds 1:05.37 (1000m), Eitrem 5:58.52 (5000m), Kok 36.09 (500m women).
List of world records in speedcubing
The list of world records in speedcubing catalogs the fastest WCA-ratified solve times for twisty puzzles, from a 2.51-second 3x3x3 single by Xuanyi Geng to blindfolded and fewest-moves events.
List of world records in swimming
World records in swimming, ratified by World Aquatics for long course (50 m) and short course (25 m) pools; includes supersuit-era marks, 2026 record breakers like McEvoy (20.88) and Douglass (23.19), and progression research.
List of World Series broadcasters
The List of World Series broadcasters records announcers who called the series, starting in 1921 with Tommy Cowan and featuring 2026 coverage on FOX and TUDN.
List of World Series of Poker Main Event champions
WSOP Main Event champions: winners of the annual $10,000 no-limit hold'em World Championship in Las Vegas since 1970, from Johnny Moss's vote win to Lucas Jumalon's 2026 title, including repeat champions Moss, Brunson, Ungar, and Chan.
List of World Tag Team Champions (WWE)
World Tag Team Championship (WWE), original WWWF tag team title established June 3, 1971, renamed WWF Tag Team Championship 1979, unified at WrestleMania XXV, retired August 16, 2010 with The Hart Dynasty as final champions; distinct from the 2002 lineage.
List of World War I films
List of World War I films: survey of cinema about the 1914-1918 First World War, from Britain Prepared (1915) and All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) to 1917 and the 2022 German remake, with key titles, dates, and genre history.
List of World War II battles involving the United States
Major World War II battles and campaigns with the United States as a principal participant, from Pearl Harbor (December 1941) through Midway, Guadalcanal, Normandy, the Bulge, and Okinawa, with dates, theaters, and casualty figures.
List of World War II films
World War II films: feature films, documentaries, and TV depicting the 1939-1945 war, from wartime propaganda and Bataan (1943) to Saving Private Ryan, Downfall, and The World at War, with genre history and accuracy debates.
List of World War II films since 1990
World War II films since 1990, also covered by genre scholarship on the post-1998 revival: the 1990s low point in U.S. combat films, Saving Private Ryan (1998) as turning point, the 2000–2006 cycle (U-571, Pearl Harbor, The Pianist, Flags of Our Fathers), Holocaust narratives, and the 2020s wave including Blitz, Quisling: The Final Days, and new French Occupation films.
List of World War II infantry weapons
The list of World War II infantry weapons covers the rifles, submachine guns, machine guns, and antitank weapons used by foot soldiers from 1939 to 1945.