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Arpad Orban
Árpád Orbán (1938–2008), Hungarian central defender from Győr; won football gold at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics with Hungary, and with Győri ETO won the 1963 league title and three Hungarian Cups. Not to be confused with Willi Orbán or Viktor Orbán.
Arrigo Sacchi
Arrigo Sacchi (born 1946, Fusignano) is an Italian football coach, "Prophet of Fusignano", who led AC Milan 1987-91 to back-to-back European Cups and Italy to the 1994 World Cup final, revolutionizing tactics with zonal marking and high pressing.
Arron Afflalo
Arron Afflalo, born 1985, is a retired American NBA shooting guard from UCLA, drafted 27th overall by Detroit in 2007; 12-year career averaging 10.8 points with Denver, Orlando, Portland, New York, and Sacramento.
Arrow
Arrow: the projectile a bow shoots, made of point, shaft, fletching and nock. Modern competition arrows are aluminium, carbon or hybrid, spine-matched to the bow, with 9.3 mm shaft limits in World Archery rules.
Arrowhead Stadium
Arrowhead Stadium, home of the Kansas City Chiefs in Kansas City, Missouri, since 1972; Guinness record 142.2 dBA crowd roar (2014); hosted 2026 World Cup matches as Kansas City Stadium; Chiefs move to a new Kansas dome in 2031.
Arrows Grand Prix International
Arrows Grand Prix International, British Formula 1 team 1978-2002 founded by ex-Shadow staff (Ambrosio, Rees, Oliver, Wass, Southgate); raced as Footwork 1991-96; 382 starts, no wins; liquidated 2002-03.
Arsen Fadzayev
Arsen Fadzayev (Арсен Сулейманович Фадзаев, born 1962), Soviet and Unified Team freestyle wrestler, two-time Olympic lightweight champion 1988 and 1992, six-time world champion, later Russian Duma member.
Arsen Galstyan
Arsen Galstyan (Арсен Жораевич Галстян), Russian judoka born 1989 in Armenia; Olympic gold, men's −60 kg, London 2012, Russia's first gold there and first Russian judo gold in 32 years; later head coach of Russia's men's team.
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal F.C., the Gunners, London football club founded 1886 at the Royal Arsenal factory in Woolwich; moved to Highbury 1913 and the 60,000-seat Emirates Stadium in 2006; won its 14th English title, the 2025/26 Premier League, under Mikel Arteta.
Arsenal F.C. in international football
Arsenal F.C. in international football: the Gunners' European record, with two trophies (1970 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, 1994 Cup Winners' Cup), five lost finals including the 2006 and 2026 Champions League finals, and no European Cup win.
Arsenal F.C. supporters
Arsenal F.C. supporters, or Gooners, are fans of the north London club founded in 1886, organized through worldwide supporters' clubs, the Arsenal Supporters' Trust, Gay Gooners, and the anthem North London Forever.
Arsenal F.C.–Chelsea F.C. rivalry
Arsenal–Chelsea rivalry: London football derby first played 9 November 1907 (Chelsea 2-1 Woolwich Arsenal). Over 215 meetings; Chelsea 66 wins, Arsenal 87. Defined by Mourinho-Wenger, 2004 Champions League tie, cup finals, and Arsenal's recent dominance.
Arsenal F.C.–Manchester United F.C. rivalry
The Arsenal F.C.–Manchester United F.C. rivalry is a fixture between two of England's most decorated clubs, first played in 1894 and most intense from 1996 to 2004.
Arsenal Stadium
Arsenal Stadium, universally known as Highbury, was Arsenal FC's home ground in north London from 1913 to 2006. Designed by Archibald Leitch with Art Deco East and West Stands, it is now the Highbury Square residential development.
Arsenal W.F.C.
Arsenal W.F.C. (Arsenal Women), founded 1987 by Vic Akers, is Arsenal's women's team in the English WSL. Record English women's club, UEFA Women's Cup 2007 and Champions League 2025 winners, the only English club with a European title.
Arsène Wenger
Arsène Wenger (born 1949, Strasbourg) is a French football manager, Arsenal manager 1996-2018 (three Premier League titles, seven FA Cups, unbeaten 2003-04 Invincibles season), and FIFA Chief of Global Football Development since 2019.
Arshad Nadeem
Arshad Nadeem, Pakistani javelin thrower from Mian Channu; Paris 2024 Olympic gold with 92.97 m Olympic record, 2022 Commonwealth Games champion, 2023 world silver, first Pakistani Olympic athletics medal.
Arshdeep Singh (ਅਰਸ਼ਦੀਪ ਸਿੰਘ) (cricketer)
Arshdeep Singh (ਅਰਸ਼ਦੀਪ ਸਿੰਘ), Indian left-arm medium-fast bowler for Punjab and Punjab Kings, India T20I debut 2022, 2024 T20 World Cup winner, death-overs and yorker specialist with 100 T20I wickets by September 2025.
Arsi Harju
Arsi Harju (born 1974, Kurikka, Finland), nicknamed Kulta-Arsi, is a Finnish shot putter who won Olympic gold at Sydney 2000 with 21.29 m, Finland's first shot put title in 80 years, plus 2001 World bronze.
Art Briles
Art Briles (born 1955), American football coach; rebuilt Stephenville HS, Houston, and Baylor, winning two Big 12 titles; fired by Baylor in May 2016 after the Pepper Hamilton sexual assault investigation; no NCAA show-cause; coaches Texas high school football.
Art Child
Art Child (Arthur John Child, 1915 or 1916 to 1996) was a British-born Canadian goaltender, reserve on Great Britain's 1936 Olympic gold medal ice hockey team, later a Hamilton Tigers player, marketing executive, and politician.
Art competitions at the Summer Olympics
Art competitions at the Summer Olympics: Olympic medal events in architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture inspired by sport, held 1912–1948, founded by Pierre de Coubertin, abolished over amateurism, replaced by art exhibitions and the Cultural Olympiad.
Art Cook
Art Cook (Arthur Edwin Cook, 1928-2021), American rifle shooter nicknamed Cookie, won 50 m small-bore prone gold at the 1948 London Olympics with a world-record 599/600 after a tie-breaker with Walter Tomsen; youngest US Olympic shooting gold medalist until 2008.
Art Davie
Art Davie, Brooklyn-born former advertising executive and Marine, co-founded the UFC with Rorion Gracie as "War of the Worlds", produced UFC 1 in Denver in 1993, sold his stake in 1995, and entered the UFC Hall of Fame in 2018.
Art Harnden
Art Harnden (Arthur Harold Harnden, 1924-2016), American sprinter from Yoakum, Texas, not the curler E.J. Harnden; won 1948 Olympic gold in the 4x400m relay running the opening leg in 48.0 for Texas A&M.
Art Howe
Art Howe (born 1946), American MLB infielder and manager of the Astros, Athletics, and Mets (1989-2004); led the 2002 'Moneyball' A's to 103 wins and a 20-game streak; 1,129-1,137 career record.
Art Modell
Art Modell (1925–2012), NFL owner of the Cleveland Browns (1961–95) and Baltimore Ravens (1996–2004), moved the Browns to Baltimore in 1996, creating the Ravens; two-time champion, never elected to the Hall of Fame.
Art Mollner
Art Mollner (Arthur Owen Mollner, 1912-1995), American basketball player, gold medalist with the USA at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, the first Olympic basketball tournament; Universal Pictures and 20th Century Fox AAU player, LAPD sergeant.
Art Monk
Art Monk (James Arthur Monk), Washington Redskins wide receiver 1980-1993, later Jets and Eagles; Hall of Fame 2008; 940 catches, 12,721 yards, three Super Bowls, then-NFL record 106 catches in 1984; No. 81 retired in 2025.
Art of Fighting (龍虎の拳) (video game)
Art of Fighting (龍虎の拳, Ryuuko no Ken) is SNK's 1992 Neo Geo fighting game where Ryo Sakazaki and Robert Garcia rescue kidnapped Yuri, introducing the spirit gauge, zoom camera, and first super special move; sequels 1994 and 1996.