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Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games (Juegos del Mediterráneo; Giochi del Mediterraneo): quadrennial multi-sport event for Mediterranean-basin NOCs, first held Alexandria 1951, governed by the ICMG in Athens, 26 members, 20th edition Taranto 2026.
National Games of India
National Games of India: the country's premier domestic multi-sport event, run by the Indian Olympic Association. Began as the Indian Olympic Games at Lahore in 1924, renamed National Games in 1940; 38th edition held in Uttarakhand 2025.
Newfoundland (organization)
Newfoundland Olympic Committee, the name under which the Dominion of Newfoundland appeared on a 1930 IOC invitee list; likely the Newfoundland Amateur Athletic Association, which never sent an Olympic team.
Nickelodeon Guts
Nickelodeon GUTS, 1992 kids' sports game show hosted by Mike O'Malley and referee Moira Quirk; three contestants in bungee events ending with the Aggro Crag climb; Global GUTS 1995, 2008 reboot.
North Korea at the 2016 Summer Olympics
North Korea (DPRK) at Rio 2016: 31 athletes in nine sports, winning 2 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze medals, 34th in the table; golds by Ri Se-Gwang (vault) and Rim Jong-Sim (75 kg weightlifting).
Olimpijski komite slovenije
Olimpijski komite Slovenije (OKS), the Olympic Committee of Slovenia, founded 15 October 1991, IOC member from 5 February 1992; president Franjo Bobinac for 2026-2030.
OLY
OLY is a post-nominal title created by the World Olympians Association in November 2017, letting athletes who competed at an Olympic Summer or Winter Games add OLY after their name, like PhD; the Paralympic equivalent is PLY.
Olympiad
Olympiad: the four-year cycle between Olympic Games, first reckoned from 776 BC at Olympia, used as a Greek dating system, and revived with the modern Games from Athens 1896.
Olympic Esports Games
The Olympic Esports Games were a planned IOC competitive video gaming event, created in 2024 and cancelled in October 2025 when the 12-year Saudi partnership ended.
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games are recurring four-yearly Summer and Winter multisport festivals run by the International Olympic Committee under the Olympic Charter. Revived at Athens 1896 after the ancient Olympia festival ended in the 390s CE, they are marked by high hosting costs and persistent cost overruns.
Pakistan at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Pakistan at the 2020 Summer Olympics (Tokyo, held July–August 2021) sent 10 athletes, 7 men and 3 women, in six sports; Arshad Nadeem placed 5th in javelin and Pakistan won no medals.
Pan American Games
Pan American Games, quadrennial multi-sport event for the Americas run by Panam Sports (PASO, founded 1948); first held Buenos Aires 1951; Santiago 2023 latest; Lima 2027 next.
Pankritio Stadium
Pankritio Stadium (Παγκρήτιο Στάδιο, Pan-Cretan Stadium) is a multi-purpose stadium in Heraklion, Crete; built 1990–2004 for about €50 million, it hosted 2004 Olympic football and is Ergotelis's home ground.
Patriot Games (event)
Patriot Games: name of the Army-Navy cadet-versus-midshipman five-event competition held on game weekend, and Trump's 2026 Freedom 250 national high school athletic event in Geneva, Ohio with a $250,000 scholarship prize.
Philippines at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Philippines at the 2016 Summer Olympics: 12-athlete Team Philippines (Olympedia lists 13) in Rio de Janeiro, August 5–21, 2016. Hidilyn Diaz's weightlifting silver was the only medal, the 10th overall and first since 1996; Ian Lariba was flag bearer.
SEA Games
SEA Games (Southeast Asian Games), successor to the 1959 SEAP Games, is a biennial multi-sport event for 11 Southeast Asian nations run by the SEAGF; renamed in 1977, Timor-Leste joined in 2003, Thailand hosted the 33rd edition in 2025, Malaysia hosts 2027.
Soft tennis at the 2026 Asian Games
Soft tennis at the 2026 Asian Games (ソフトテニス): five-event discipline at the Aichi-Nagoya Games, September 18–23, 2026, at Nagoya City Higashiyama Park Tennis Center; South Korea won 3 bronzes and no gold for the first time in 32 years.
South Asian Games
South Asian Games (formerly SAF Games), regional multi-sport event for South Asia run by the South Asia Olympic Council; first held Kathmandu 1984 with seven nations, renamed 2004; 14th edition in Pakistan April 2027.
Sport climbing at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Sport climbing at the 2020 Summer Olympics: Olympic debut, 3–6 August 2021, Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo. 40 climbers, combined speed, boulder, and lead event; Ginés and Garnbret won gold.
Squash at the 2028 Summer Olympics
Squash at the 2028 Summer Olympics (LA28): the sport's Olympic debut with men's and women's singles, 16-player draws, 32 athletes, at the Comcast Squash Center, Universal Studios, July 15-24, 2028.
Summer Olympic Games
Summer Olympic Games, the summer edition of the modern Olympics (first held Athens 1896), a quadrennial multisport event governed by the IOC; Paris 2024 drew about 10,500 athletes from 206 NOCs, with Los Angeles 2028 and Brisbane 2032 next.
Summer Paralympic Games
Summer Paralympic Games, also called the Paralympics, elite quadrennial sport competition for athletes with impairments; first held Rome 1960, co-located with Olympics since Seoul 1988, governed by the IPC, next Los Angeles 2028.
Tina and Milo
Tina and Milo are stoat sibling mascots of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games; Tina (white, Olympic) and Milo (brown, Paralympic) were chosen from 1,600 Italian schoolchildren's designs.
UAAP Season 89
UAAP Season 89, the 89th season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, hosted by FEU under the theme "For Everyone, UAAP," opened September 12, 2026 at the Mall of Asia Arena; men's basketball began September 13 with a compressed schedule for the Asian Games.
Venues of the 2028 Summer Olympics and Paralympics
Venues of the 2028 LA Olympics and Paralympics (LA28): 40+ existing and temporary competition venues across Southern California, Oklahoma City, and US football stadiums; no new permanent venues; SoFi Stadium swimming, Dodger Stadium baseball, Rose Bowl soccer finals.
Water polo at the 2026 Asian Games
Water polo at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026, September 19 to October 4. Eight men's teams in two groups and six women's teams in round-robin play at Nagoya City General Gymnasium (Rainbow Pool); draw held July 23, 2026.
White City Stadium
White City Stadium (The Great Stadium), London, built 1908 for the Franco-British Exhibition and the first purpose-built Olympic stadium; 68,000 seats, 1908 marathon finish, greyhound racing from 1927, demolished mid-1980s.
Winter Olympic Games
Winter Olympic Games: IOC multi-sport competition on snow and ice, first held as the 1924 Chamonix International Winter Sports Week, retroactively named first Winter Olympics in 1925; Milano Cortina 2026 is the current edition.
Winter Paralympic Games
The Winter Paralympic Games are a four-yearly international competition for athletes with disabilities, governed by the International Paralympic Committee.
Winter universiade
Winter Universiade (FISU World University Games Winter since 2020): biennial odd-year multi-sport games for university student-athletes run by FISU; first held Chamonix 1960, 29 winter editions, Torino 2025 was 32nd, Changchun 2027 next.