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Beach Soccer World Championships
Held annually from 1995 to 2004, the Beach Soccer World Championships was the first world tournament of the sport. Brazil won nine titles, while Portugal claimed the 2001 championship.
Beach tennis
Beach tennis, also called matkot-adjacent beach racket sport, is a sand-court doubles game with stringless paddles, a Stage 2 orange ball, a 1.7 m net, and no bounce, governed by the ITF (World Tennis) and the IFBT since its 1978 Ravenna origins.
Beach volleyball
Beach volleyball: two-a-side volleyball on sand, FIVB-governed, Olympic since Atlanta 1996; sets to 21 points, 16 x 8 m court, block counts as a hit, no substitutions.
Beach wrestling
Beach wrestling: sand-based wrestling style codified by FILA/UWW in 2004; single 3-minute bout, first to 3 points wins via takedowns, pushouts, throws; featured at ANOC Beach Games, FISU, and Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics.
Beachclub Blankenberge
Beachclub Blankenberge (formerly O'Neill Beachclub) is a water and beach sports club at Zeedijk 245, Blankenberge, Belgium, near the Pier. It offers windsurfing, kitesurfing, wave surfing, SUP lessons and rental, youth team Rebels, and summer surf camps, open April to October.
Beagling
Beagling: chiefly British sport of hunting hares on foot with packs of beagle hounds, about 16 inches tall. Practised since classical times, declined to ten UK packs by 1875, revived, and restricted by the Hunting Act 2004.
Beals Wright
Beals Coleman Wright (1879-1961), American left-handed tennis player; first American Olympic tennis champion with 1904 singles and doubles golds, 1905 U.S. champion, Wimbledon All-Comers finalist 1910, Hall of Fame 1956.
BeamNG.drive
BeamNG.drive is a soft-body vehicle simulator by BeamNG GmbH (Bremen), on Steam Early Access since May 2015, using node-beam physics at 2 kHz; v0.39 (2026) overhauled graphics and UI, and a PS5 version arrives in 2026.
Beanie Bishop
Beanie Bishop Jr. (born 1999) is an American NFL cornerback from Louisville, Kentucky; a 2023 West Virginia consensus All-American who as a 2024 Steelers undrafted rookie had 4 interceptions and was NFL Defensive Rookie of the Month for October.
Bear Bronson
Bear Bronson (Joseph Fitzgerald, born 1995), American professional wrestler from East Islip, New York; ex-Bear Country and Iron Savages tag wrestler in AEW/ROH, now signed to TNA and a member of The System.
Bear Bryant
Bear Bryant (Paul William Bryant, 1913-1983), American college football coach at Maryland, Kentucky, Texas A&M, and Alabama; 323-85-17 career record, six Alabama national championships, houndstooth hat, surpassed Amos Alonzo Stagg with 315 wins.
Bear Grylls
Bear Grylls, born Edward Michael Grylls in 1974, is a British adventurer and TV presenter best known for Man vs. Wild and as the youngest ever Chief Scout of the United Kingdom.
Bear hunting
Bear hunting: regulated or subsistence killing of black, brown, and polar bears for recreation, management, or food. Sustainable mortality limits are low (5.7% grizzly, 14.2% black bear), with indirect demographic and evolutionary effects.
Bear spray
Bear spray, also called bear deterrent or bear repellent, is an EPA-registered capsaicin aerosol (1-2% capsaicinoids) sprayed as a cloud at charging bears; studies show over 90% effectiveness in Alaska and 18 of 19 polar bear incidents.
Bear-baiting
Bear-baiting: blood sport setting dogs on a bear tethered to a stake, popular in England from the 11th century, centered on Bankside bear gardens, declined under Puritan and welfare criticism, outlawed in the 19th century, persists in Pakistan.
Bears–Packers rivalry
Bears–Packers rivalry: the NFL's oldest and most-played series, begun Nov. 27, 1921 (Staleys 20-0). 213 meetings through Jan 2026; Packers lead 109-98-6, with three playoff games.
Beast of Reincarnation
Beast of Reincarnation is a 2026 post-apocalyptic action RPG by Game Freak (Pokémon studio), directed by Kota Furushima, published by Fictions. Emma and her dog Koo fight blight in Japan, year 4026; released Aug 4, 2026 on PS5, Xbox, PC, Game Pass; Metacritic 72.
Beat 'em up
Beat 'em up, also called brawler, is a video game genre where players fight waves of enemies while moving through side-scrolling stages, distinct from one-on-one fighting games.
Beat Feuz
Beat Feuz, Swiss alpine skier born 1987 in Schangnau, Bern; 2022 Olympic downhill gold, 2018 silver and bronze, 2017 world downhill champion, four straight downhill World Cup titles 2018-2021, 16 World Cup wins, retired January 2023.
Beat Hefti
Beat Hefti (born 1978) is a Swiss bobsledder, pusher then pilot, competing at four Olympics 2002–2014 with 1 gold and 3 bronze, plus 2007 world four-man title and European and World Cup two-man titles.
Beat Saber
Beat Saber: VR rhythm game by Beat Games (Prague, formerly Hyperbolic Magnetism), Early Access May 2018, acquired by Facebook's Oculus in 2019. Players slash color-coded blocks with sabers; scoring rewards swing form, not timing; 6M+ users, top-grossing VR app.
Beata Olsson
Beata Karin Eleonora Olsson (born 2001) is a Swedish forward at Liverpool in the WSL, formerly Enköping, Uppsala, Florida State, AIK, and Kristianstads DFF; record six goals in her first eight WSL starts.
Beate Anders Gummelt
Beate Anders Gummelt (Helga-Beate, born 1968, Leipzig) is a German race walker; 1989 World Cup winner, 1991 World Indoor 3000 m walk champion, three-time Olympian (1992, 1996, 2000), later a Neuruppin teacher.
Beate Schramm
Beate Schramm (born 1966) is a German rower, 1988 Seoul Olympic champion in the women's quadruple sculls for East Germany, and four-time world double sculls champion (1986, 1989, 1990, 1991); 12th in single sculls at Barcelona 1992.
Beater (hunting)
Beater (hunting): a person on a driven shoot who walks in a line through cover, flushing gamebirds toward the Guns. British tradition from the 1796 battue; lines of 3 to 40, plus stops and flankers.
Beatrice Chebet
Beatrice Chebet, born in 2000, is a Kenyan long-distance runner holding the 5,000 m, 10,000 m, and 5 km road world records, and the first Kenyan to win an Olympic distance double.
Beatrice Edwige
Béatrice Edwige (Béatrice Seynabou Edwige), born 1988, French pivot and defensive specialist; Olympic gold 2020, silver 2016, world champion 2017, European champion 2018; first Guianese Olympic handball player; retired 2025.
Beatrice Vio
Beatrice Vio, known as Bebe Vio, is an Italian wheelchair fencer who won Paralympic foil gold at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 despite losing all four limbs.
Beatriz Flamini
Beatriz Flamini, born circa 1972, is a Spanish extreme athlete, mountaineer, and climber from Madrid who spent just over 500 days alone in a cave near Motril, Granada.
Beatriz Haddad Maia
Beatriz Haddad Maia, Brazilian left-handed tennis player born 1996 in São Paulo; first Brazilian woman in the WTA top 10, 2023 Roland Garros semifinalist, four WTA singles titles, 2022 Nottingham and Birmingham champion.