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Big 12 Championship Game
The Big 12 Championship Game, also called the Big XII Championship Game, is the annual college football title game of the Big 12 Conference, reinstated in 2017.
Botola
Botola (البطولة, from Arabic buṭūla, championship): Morocco's professional football league, run by the LNFP under FRMF delegation. Botola Pro 1 has 16 clubs over 30 matchdays; it is Africa's highest-rated league in Opta's global ranking.
Bowl Championship Series
Bowl Championship Series (BCS), 1998-2013 college football postseason system matching the top two BCS-ranked teams in a title game via polls, computer rankings, and schedule strength; replaced by the College Football Playoff.
Bowl game
A bowl game is a post-season college football game, named after the Rose Bowl stadium; the first was the 1902 Tournament East-West game, Michigan beating Stanford 49-0.
Brazil at the 1970 FIFA World Cup
Brazil at the 1970 FIFA World Cup: the Seleção squad coached by Mário Zagallo that won all six matches in Mexico, beat Italy 4-1 in the final, claimed the Jules Rimet trophy outright, and featured Pelé and Jairzinho.
Brazil at the 2006 FIFA World Cup
Brazil at the 2006 FIFA World Cup (Seleção, quadrado mágico): defending champions under Parreira won Group F and beat Ghana, then lost 1-0 to France in the quarter-finals; Ronaldo set the all-time World Cup scoring record at 15 goals.
Brazil at the FIFA World Cup
Brazil at the FIFA World Cup: the Seleção, only ever-present nation and record five-time champion (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002), covering the Maracanazo, the 7-1 Mineiraço, records, and the Ancelotti era.
Brazil national football team
Brazil national football team (Seleção), CBF/CONMEBOL men's side since 1914; only team at every World Cup with a record five titles (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002), nine Copa América titles, Carlo Ancelotti coach since 2025.
Brazil v Germany (2014 FIFA World Cup)
Brazil v Germany (2014): the World Cup semi-final on July 8, 2014 at the Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, where Germany beat hosts Brazil 7-1, the Mineirazo, leading 5-0 in 29 minutes.
Brazil women's national football team
Brazil women's national football team (Seleção Brasileira Feminina), CBF/CONMEBOL side; eight Copa América Femenina titles plus 2025 unbeaten win under Arthur Elias; 2007 World Cup runners-up, Olympic silver 2004, 2008, 2024; hosts 2027 World Cup.
British Home Championship
British Home Championship: annual football tournament of England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland/Northern Ireland, 1884-1984, the world's first international competition; England won 54 titles, Northern Ireland the last.
Bukhungu Stadium
Bukhungu Stadium is a football stadium in Kakamega, Kenya, opened in 1957 and home to Kakamega Homeboyz, listed at 12,000 capacity before an upgrade targeting December 2026 for AFCON 2027.
Bundesliga
Bundesliga (Fußball-Bundesliga): Germany's top men's football division, founded by DFB decision in 1962 and first played 1963/64 with 16 clubs. Distinguished by promotion/relegation play-offs, the 50+1 ownership rule, and Europe's highest average attendances.
CAF Champions League
CAF Champions League, formerly African Cup of Champions Clubs (1964, renamed 1997), CAF's premier African club football competition; Al Ahly hold a record 12 titles, Mamelodi Sundowns won 2025/26 for USD 6 million.
CAF Confederation Cup
CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's second-tier club football competition run by CAF since 2004 (merger of the African Cup Winners' Cup and CAF Cup). 16-team group stage; 2025/26 winner's prize USD 4 million; most titles: CS Sfaxien and Etoile du Sahel, four each.
CAF qualification for the FIFA Women's World Cup
CAF qualification is the route by which African women's national teams reach the FIFA Women's World Cup, with four direct places for the 2027 tournament in Brazil.
CAF Super Cup
CAF Super Cup (TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup), annual one-off match since 1993 between the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup winners; Al Ahly hold a record eight titles; 2025 won by Pyramids FC.
CAF Women's Champions League
CAF Women's Champions League (TotalEnergies CAF WCL): Africa's annual women's club football championship, run by CAF since its first edition in Egypt in November 2021; Mamelodi Sundowns and AS FAR are the two-time champions.
Calciopoli
Calciopoli: 2006 Italian football referee-appointment scandal exposed by Naples wiretaps, centered on Juventus GM Luciano Moggi; Juventus relegated and stripped of titles, 2005/06 Scudetto given to Inter, litigation closed in 2023.
Cambodia national football team
Cambodia national football team (ក្រុមបាល់ទាត់ជម្រើសជាតិកម្ពុជា), the Kouprey, Cambodia's FFC-run men's team; formed 1953, fourth at the 1972 AFC Asian Cup, 1973 President's Cup joint winners, seven World Cup qualifying campaigns.
Cameroon national football team
Cameroon national football team, Les Lions Indomptables (The Indomitable Lions), CAF men's team run by FECAFOOT; eight World Cup appearances, 1990 quarter-finalists after beating Argentina, AFCON winners including 2017, ranked as high as 11th by FIFA.
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (Brasileirão), Brazil's top men's football division run by the CBF since 1971, played as a points round-robin since 2003; studied as more competitively balanced than Europe's big leagues.
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, Brazil's second football division run by the CBF: 20 clubs, 38 rounds, top two promoted directly, 3rd–6th playoff from 2026, bottom four relegated to Série C.
Campeonato Paulista
Campeonato Paulista (Paulistão), São Paulo state's top football league, Brazil's oldest competition (since 1902), run by the FPF since 1941; Corinthians lead titles with 23, and it tops state championships in attendance and revenue.
Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio
Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio, San Marino's top men's football league run by the FSGC since 1985; amateur single-group Girone Unico with play-offs, champion to Champions League qualifying, ranked 55th in UEFA.
Canada women's national soccer team
Canada women's national soccer team (CANWNT), Canada Soccer's senior women's side; eight straight Women's World Cups since 1995, Olympic bronze 2012 and 2016, gold at Tokyo 2020, best World Cup finish fourth in 2003, coached by Casey Stoney.
Canadian Championship
Canadian Championship (TELUS Canadian Championship, Battle of the North): Canada Soccer's annual men's domestic knockout cup for the Voyageurs Cup, first played 2008; winner qualifies for the Concacaf Champions Cup; Toronto FC holds a record seven titles.
Canadian Premier League
Canadian Premier League (CPL), Canada's Tier 1 men's professional soccer league; launched April 27, 2019 with seven clubs, eight clubs in 2026, 28-match season, CPL Shield and North Star Cup, Concacaf Champions Cup berths.
Cap (sport)
Cap (sport): an appearance for a national or select team in football, rugby, or cricket. Originated with Rugby School headwear and the English FA's 1886 award; Ronaldo holds the men's record.
Carrow Road Stadium
Carrow Road, Norwich City FC's stadium since 1935, built in 82 days after leaving The Nest; opened 31 August 1935 with a 4-3 win over West Ham; capacity about 27,300, record crowd 43,984 in 1963.