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Ashley Giles
Ashley Giles (Ashley Fraser Giles, born 1973, Chertsey) is an English cricket administrator and former slow left-arm spinner; 143 Test wickets, 2005 Ashes winner, England managing director 2018-2022, Worcestershire CEO since 2023.
Ashley Lawrence
Ashley Lawrence (born 1995) is a Canadian soccer full-back for OL Lyonnes and Canada, an Olympic gold (Tokyo 2020) and bronze (Rio 2016) medalist, 2019 Canada Soccer Player of the Year, and former PSG and Chelsea player.
Ashley Massaro
Ashley Massaro (1979–2019), American model and WWE wrestler, won the 2005 Raw Diva Search, posed for Playboy, competed on Survivor: China, and died by suicide at 39.
Ashley ShahAhmadi
Ashley ShahAhmadi, American sports broadcaster; NBC Sports NBA courtside reporter (2025) and ESPN SEC Network college football sideline reporter; formerly Charlotte Hornets sideline reporter for Bally Sports South, 2018-2024.
Ashley Tappin
Ashley Tappin (Tappin-Doussan), born 1974, American sprint freestyle swimmer; three Olympic relay golds (Barcelona 1992, Sydney 2000), 1991 Pan Am triple gold, six NCAA titles, later UNO head coach and Hartley's Hearts Foundation founder.
Ashley Wagner
Ashley Wagner is a retired American figure skater who won team bronze at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, world silver in 2016, and three U.S. ladies' titles.
Ashley Ward
Ashley Ward (born 1970, Manchester), English forward 1989-2005; played for five Premier League clubs, relegated four times, 110 league goals; later a property developer.
Ashley Whitney
Ashley Whitney (Ashley Ann Whitney, born 1979, Nashville) is an American swimmer who won 1996 Olympic gold in the 4x200 m freestyle relay, 1997 Pan Pacific gold, and 1998 Worlds silver, later an open water swimmer and coach.
Ashley Williams (footballer)
Ashley Errol Williams (born 1984) is a Welsh former central defender, 86-cap Wales captain at Euro 2016, League Cup winner with Swansea City in 2013, later Everton, Stoke, Bristol City, and Wales coach.
Ashley Young
Ashley Simon Young (born 1985, Stevenage), English footballer, winger turned full-back; Watford, Aston Villa, Manchester United, Inter Milan, Everton, Ipswich Town; 39 England caps; retired April 2026 aged 40.
Ashly Burch
Ashly Burch (born 1990) is an American voice actress, actress, and writer, voice of Aloy in Horizon, Tiny Tina in Borderlands, and Chloe Price in Life is Strange, and star and writer of Mythic Quest.
Ashlyn Harris
Ashlyn Harris (born 1985) is a retired American soccer goalkeeper, 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup champion with the USWNT (25 caps), 2002 U-19 World Cup winner, NWSL Goalkeeper of the Year 2016, equal pay lawsuit lead plaintiff, and subject of the Roku documentary Gamechangers.
Ashtapada
Ashtapada (aṣṭāpada), ancient Indian 8x8 board game and race game with dice, named in the Vinayapitaka among games Buddha would not play; the board later carried chaturanga, the ancestor of chess.
Ashton Agar
Ashton Agar (Ashton Charles Agar, born 1993) is an Australian left-arm orthodox all-rounder from Melbourne who scored a record 98 on Test debut in the 2013 Ashes, played 49 T20Is, and won the 2021 T20 World Cup.
Ashton Bell
Ashton Bell, Canadian ice hockey defenceman (born 1999, Deloraine, Manitoba); 2022 Olympic gold and 2021/2022 world champion with Team Canada; first captain of the PWHL's Vancouver Goldeneyes after the 2025 expansion draft.
Ashton Eaton
Ashton Eaton (born 1988, Portland, Oregon) is a retired American decathlete, two-time Olympic champion (2012, 2016), decathlon world record holder (9,045, 2015) and heptathlon record holder (6,645), later broken by Kevin Mayer.
Ashton Gillotte
Ashton Gillotte (born 2002) is an American football defensive end for the Kansas City Chiefs, drafted 66th overall in 2025 from Louisville, a First-Team All-ACC pass rusher with 26.5 college sacks.
Ashvir Singh Johal
Ashvir Singh Johal is an English football coach and manager who, upon appointment to Morecambe FC in 2025, became the first Sikh to lead a professional British club.
Ashwini Ponnappa (ಅಶ್ವಿನಿ ಪೊನ್ನಪ್ಪ ಮಾಚಿಮಂದ)
Ashwini Ponnappa Machimanda (ಅಶ್ವಿನಿ ಪೊನ್ನಪ್ಪ ಮಾಚಿಮಂದ), born 1989, is an Indian doubles badminton player: 2010 Commonwealth Games gold and 2011 World Championships bronze with Jwala Gutta, three Olympics, later partners Sikki Reddy and Tanisha Crasto.
Asi Keliya
Asi Keliya, also called Sonaru, is a traditional Sri Lankan cross-and-cross race game for four players in two teams, related to Pachisi, played with cowrie shells and the special So-hatara throw, documented by Parker in 1909.
Asia Cup
Asia Cup (ACC Asia Cup), men's international cricket tournament run by the Asian Cricket Council since 1984, alternating ODI and T20I formats. 17 editions through 2025; India lead with 9 titles, Sri Lanka 6, Pakistan 2; 2025 won by India in Dubai.
Asia-Pacific Rally Championship
The Asia-Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) is an FIA continental rallying series founded in 1988, contested across two continents from Australia and New Zealand to Japan, China, and India.
Asian Archery Championships
Asian Archery Championships: continental archery titles run by World Archery Asia (founded 1978 as AAF), first held Kolkata 1980, 24 editions to 2025; recurve and compound, individual, team, mixed team; South Korea leads all-time medals with 96 gold.
Asian Baseball Championship
The Asian Baseball Championship is Asia's premier baseball tournament for national teams, organized by the Baseball Federation of Asia, first held in Manila in 1954, and serving as Olympic qualification.
Asian Championships of Ski Mountaineering
The Asian Championships of Ski Mountaineering, also known as the Asian Ski Mountaineering Championships, are continental ski mountaineering competitions governed by the International Ski Mountaineering Federation (ISMF).
Asian Cricket Council
Asian Cricket Council (ACC), formerly Asian Cricket Conference, founded New Delhi 19 September 1983; body organizing and developing cricket in Asia, runs the Asia Cup, headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, current president Mohsin Naqvi.
Asian Games
The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, are a multi-sport event held every four years by the Olympic Council of Asia, first staged in New Delhi in 1951.
Asian Games records in track cycling
Asian Games records in track cycling are the fastest times ridden in Asian Games track cycling events, distinct from Asian records compiled by the Asian Cycling Confederation.
Asian nations at the FIFA World Cup
Asian nations at the FIFA World Cup: AFC teams' record at the tournament, from the Dutch East Indies' 1938 debut and South Korea's 2002 semi-final run to a record nine AFC sides at the 2026 World Cup, where only Australia and Japan reached the Round of 32.
Asian Paralympic Committee
The Asian Paralympic Committee (APC), founded 2002 in Busan, is the IPC's regional body for Asia with 45 NPCs in five sub-regions. It runs the Asian Para Games, with the 5th edition in Aichi-Nagoya, October 2026, under President Majid Rashed.