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Afanasijs Kuzmins
Afanasijs Kuzmins (Afanasy Ivanovich Kuzmin, Афанасий Иванович Кузьмин), born 1947, is a Latvian 25 m rapid fire pistol shooter, 1988 Seoul Olympic champion for the USSR and 1992 Barcelona silver medalist for Latvia, who competed at nine Olympic Games from 1976 to 2012.
Afanasy Fet
Afanasy Fet (Афанасий Фет; born Afanasy Afanasyevich Shenshin, 1820–1892) was a Russian lyric poet and translator known for impressionistic poems on nature and love, and for the late collection Evening Lights, which helped prepare Russian symbolism.
Afanasy Ordin-Nashchokin
Afanasy Ordin-Nashchokin (Афанасий Лаврентьевич Ордин-Нащокин) was a Russian statesman and diplomat who served Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, negotiated the Truce of Andrusovo in 1667, and headed the Posolsky Prikaz.
Afanc
Afanc (also Addanc, avanc): water monster of Welsh mythology, blamed for floods and drownings, captured by a maiden's lure and dragged away by oxen; modern Welsh afanc means beaver, but medieval sources describe a monster, as in the Peredur episode.
Afanggong Fu
Afanggong Fu (阿房宫赋) is a fu written in 825 by the Tang poet Du Mu, warning through the fall of Epang Palace that extravagance destroyed the Qin.
Afaq
Afaq, Arabic for "Horizons," is the shared name of several Arabic literary and cultural magazines, most notably a Moroccan literary review founded in 1963 as the organ of the Union of Moroccan Writers.
Afar Liberation Front
The Afar Liberation Front (ALF) was an Afar insurgent movement founded in Ethiopia in 1975 by Sultan Ali Mirah Hanfare of Awsa, fighting the Derg for Afar autonomy.
Afar people
The Afar are a Cushitic-speaking pastoralist people of northeastern Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti, about two million strong, organized in clans under Maada customary law and historic sultanates, facing drought and agro-pastoral transition.
Afar Region
Afar Region: Ethiopian regional state in the northeast lowlands, home of the Afar (Danakil) Depression triple junction, Cushitic-speaking pastoralist Afar people, drought, and Tigray-war spillover conflict.
Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front
The Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front (ARDUF), locally Ugugumo, is an Afar armed movement founded in 1993 seeking to unite Afar territories in Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti.
Afar–Issa conflict
The Afar–Issa conflict is a long-running conflict between the Afar and Somali-origin Issa peoples over pasture, water, and territory along the Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Eritrea border zone.
Afatinib
Afatinib, sold as Gilotrif, is an oral irreversible tyrosine kinase inhibitor approved in 2013 for first-line treatment of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer with EGFR mutations.
Afatinib/cetuximab regimen
The afatinib/cetuximab regimen is a cancer treatment pairing oral afatinib with intravenous cetuximab to block EGFR signaling, studied in EGFR-mutant lung cancer but no longer recommended by current guidelines.
AFC Ajax
AFC Ajax, also known as Ajax Amsterdam, is a Dutch professional football club founded in Amsterdam in 1900. It has won a record 36 Dutch championships and four European Cups.
AFC Asian Cup
AFC Asian Cup: Asia's men's continental football championship, held every four years since 1956 (first edition Hong Kong); 24 teams since 2019; next edition Saudi Arabia, January 7 to February 5, 2027.
AFC Bournemouth
AFC Bournemouth, the Cherries, an English football club founded 1899 in Boscombe, Dorset, playing at Vitality Stadium (12,357 seats, expanding to ~20,200). Premier League since 2022; sixth place and first Europa League qualification in 2025-26.
AFC Bournemouth Women
AFC Bournemouth Women, founded 1992 as Bournemouth, is the women's team of AFC Bournemouth. Semi-professional since 2023-24, it won the FA WNL Division One South West title unbeaten in 2024-25, reaching the third tier.
AFC Champions League
AFC Champions League, since 2024/25 the AFC Champions League Elite, Asia's premier club football competition, founded 1967 as the Asian Club Championship, merged with the Asian Cup Winners' Cup in 2002, 24-team West/East format expanding to 32 teams in 2026/27.
AFC Championship Game
AFC Championship Game: annual NFL playoff game deciding the American Football Conference champion since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger; winner advances to the Super Bowl. 55 games played; home teams dominate, especially since the 2010s.
AFC Cup
AFC Cup, Asia's second-tier club football competition run by the AFC from 2004 for developing member associations; winners included Al-Kuwait SC and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (three titles each); renamed AFC Champions League Two from 2024/25.
AFC East
The AFC East is an NFL division in the American Football Conference comprising the Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, and New York Jets.
AFC North
The AFC North is an AFC division made up of the Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, and Pittsburgh Steelers, with Pittsburgh holding the most division titles.
AFC qualification for the FIFA Women's World Cup
AFC qualification for the FIFA Women's World Cup, also run via the AFC Women's Asian Cup, gives Asia six direct slots plus two play-off slots; Australia, China PR, Japan, Korea Republic, Korea DPR, and the Philippines qualified for 2027.
AFC South
AFC South: NFL division of the Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Tennessee Titans, created in the 2002 realignment when Houston joined as the 32nd expansion franchise.
AFC Toronto
AFC Toronto (Association Football Club Toronto) is a founding club of the Northern Super League, Canada's first professional women's soccer league; 2025 Supporters' Shield champion playing at York Lions Stadium and BMO Field.
AFC U-23 Asian Cup
AFC U-23 Asian Cup, formerly AFC U-22/U-23 Championship: biennial AFC under-23 men's national team tournament since 2013, 16 finalists, Olympic qualifier in alternate editions; Japan holds three titles and hosts 2028.
AFC West
AFC West, American Football Conference Western Division, NFL division of the Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Las Vegas Raiders, and Los Angeles Chargers; founded 1960 as AFL West, defined by Chiefs' nine straight titles through 2024.
AFC Wimbledon
AFC Wimbledon is a professional football club in Wimbledon, London, formed in 2002 by Wimbledon F.C. supporters; it plays in League One at Plough Lane.
Afcom Holdings
Afcom Holdings Limited is a Chennai-based Indian air cargo airline operating Boeing 737-800 freighters to ASEAN and Middle Eastern markets, listed on the BSE SME platform.
AfD Thuringia
AfD Thuringia (AfD Landesverband Thüringen) is the Thuringia state branch of Alternative für Deutschland, founded 2013, led by Björn Höcke and Stefan Möller; it won the 2024 state election with 32.8 percent, a postwar first, and is classified as confirmed right-wing extremist.