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Boris Shukhov
Boris Shukhov (Борис Хабалович Шухов), born 1947, Soviet road cyclist; 1972 Munich Olympic gold and 1970 Leicester world champion in the 100 km team time trial; first Olympic champion from Kabardino-Balkaria.
Boris Spassky (Борис Васильевич Спасский)
Boris Spassky (Борис Васильевич Спасский, 1937–2025), Soviet-French grandmaster, tenth World Chess Champion (1969–1972); beat Petrosian 1969, lost the 1972 'Match of the Century' to Fischer 12½–8½ in Reykjavik.
Boris Tatushin
Boris Tatushin (Борис Георгиевич Татушин, 1933–1998), Soviet right winger for Spartak Moscow and the USSR national team, 1956 Melbourne Olympic football champion, disqualified in the 1958 Streltsov affair until 1961.
Boris Tereshchuk
Boris Tereshchuk (Борис Павлович Терещук), Soviet volleyball setter born 1945 in Kyiv, died 2011; 1968 Olympic champion with the USSR, 1971 European champion, later Honored Coach of the USSR.
Boris Zaychuk
Boris Zaychuk (Борис Павлович Зайчук), Soviet hammer thrower born 1947 in Kazakhstan; set the 80.14 m world record in Moscow on 9 July 1978, first man over 80 m, later a Canadian masters thrower in Ottawa.
Boris Zaytsev
Boris Mikhaylovich Zaytsev (Борис Михайлович Зайцев, 1937–2000), Soviet ice hockey goaltender with Dynamo Moskva; won 1964 Olympic gold and 1963–64 World and European titles, later Dynamo coach. Not Oleg Zaytsev.
Borislav Gidikov
Borislav Gidikov (Борислав Гидиков), Bulgarian weightlifter born 1965 in Pazardzhik; 1988 Seoul Olympic middleweight (≤75 kg) gold with 375.0 kg total, 1987 World Champion, 1986 middleweight snatch world record holder.
Borislav Slavov (Борислав Славов)
Borislav Slavov (Борислав Славов), Bulgarian video game composer born 1973 in Sofia; composer of Divinity: Original Sin II and Baldur's Gate 3, winner of the 2024 BAFTA Games Music Award, now scoring Larian's Divinity.
Borja Iglesias
Borja Iglesias (Borja Iglesias Quintás, born 1993), Spanish striker nicknamed El Panda, Celta Vigo forward and 2026 World Cup winner with Spain; former Espanyol and Real Betis (€28m) centre-forward.
Borja Mayoral
Borja Mayoral (born 1997, Parla) is a Spanish centre-forward from Real Madrid's academy who played for Wolfsburg, Levante, Roma, and Getafe; Europa League top scorer 2020-21, Zarra Trophy 2023-24, 111 career goals.
Borja Valero
Borja Valero Iglesias (born 1985, Madrid) is a Spanish retired central midfielder; Real Madrid youth product who became the Spanish player with most Fiorentina appearances (233), also played for Inter, Villarreal, West Brom, and Mallorca, and won one Spain cap.
Borje Leander
Börje Leander (Oscar Börje Leander, 1918–2003), Swedish footballer, AIK centre-half 1938–53 with 249 Allsvenskan games, 23 Sweden caps, and 1948 London Olympic football gold; also a bandy player.
Börje Salming
Börje Salming (Anders Börje Salming), nicknamed "The King," was a Swedish defenseman who starred for the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1973 to 1989 and entered the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1996.
Borna Ćorić
Borna Ćorić (born 1996, Zagreb) is a Croatian tennis player, career-high No. 12, 2013 US Open junior champion, 2018 Halle winner, and 2022 Cincinnati Masters champion as World No. 152, the lowest-ranked Masters 1000 winner.
Borneo F.C. Samarinda
Borneo FC Samarinda (formerly Pusamania Borneo FC), nicknamed Pesut Etam, is an Indonesian football club founded 7 March 2014 in Samarinda, playing at Stadion Segiri; Divisi Utama 2014 and Reguler Series Liga 1 2023/24 champion, now coached by Mauro Jeronimo.
Bornholm Surf Shop
Surf Bornholm (Bornholm Surf Shop), Balka Strand, Bornholm: Denmark's oldest windsurfing school, founded 1977 by Steen Paldan, run by Bjarke Clausen; WWS and Dansk Sejlunion certified, rentals and courses from age 5-6.
Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund (BVB), founded 1909, member-controlled German football club and the only listed one; eight titles, 1997 Champions League, 81,365-seat Signal Iduna Park, Yellow Wall, buy-low sell-high model, 2024 UCL final.
Borussia Dortmund (women)
Borussia Dortmund (women), BVB-Frauen: women's football department of Borussia Dortmund founded July 2021, built from the Kreisliga bottom rather than a bought licence; four straight promotions to the Regionalliga West by 2025/26, professional contracts, coach Markus Högner, Bundesliga target within two years.
Borussia Dortmund II
Borussia Dortmund II (BVB U23) is Borussia Dortmund's reserve team, playing 2025/26 in Regionalliga West under Mike Tullberg after relegation from the 3. Liga in 2024/25; it develops academy players for the first team.
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Mönchengladbach (Die Fohlen), German football club founded 1900, five Bundesliga titles all in the 1970s, two UEFA Cups, 12-0 record win over Dortmund, home at Borussia-Park since 2004.
Bosh
Bosh is a two-row mancala (sowing) board game played by the Darod clan in Somalia, first described by G. Marin in 1931; two rows of five holes, four stones each, Indian-style laps, capture beside an empty hole.
Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team
Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team (Zmajevi, the Dragons), men's team of the 1992-founded federation; first major tournament at Brazil 2014, second World Cup in 2026 under Sergej Barbarez with record scorer Edin Džeko.
Bostin Loyd
Bostin Loyd (1992–2022), also known as Big Daddy B, was an American bodybuilder and coach famous for publicly disclosing his steroid regimen in 2013; he won the NPC Contra Costa Championships and died at 29 of an aortic dissection after kidney failure from a peptide experiment.
Boston Bruins
Boston Bruins, NHL team founded November 1, 1924 as the league's first US franchise; six Stanley Cups (1929, 1939, 1941, 1970, 1972, 2011); play at TD Garden, owned by the Jacobs family since 1975.
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics, NBA team founded 1946, play at TD Garden. Record 18 NBA championships (1957-2024), eight straight 1959-66, Auerbach-Russell dynasty, 2008 and 2024 titles, record $6.1B Chisholm sale.
Boston College Eagles football
Boston College Eagles football: Boston College's ACC football program since 2005, playing at 44,500-seat Alumni Stadium since 1957; founded 1893, 37th head coach Bill O'Brien, 2025 record 2-10.
Boston Community Stadium
Boston Community Stadium (Jakemans Community Stadium), Wyberton, Boston, Lincolnshire: home of Boston United F.C. since December 2020, capacity 5,061, community interest company ownership, 3G pitch, planned £4m South Stand and Sports Hub.
Boston Garden
Boston Garden (Boston Madison Square Garden) was a 1928–1995 multi-purpose arena on Causeway Street, home of the Bruins and Celtics, host of concerts and rallies, demolished 1998 for TD Garden.
Boston Hunters
Based in Boston, the Boston Hunters is a professional women's baseball team and one of the four founding clubs of the Women's Pro Baseball League (WPBL) in 2026.
Boston Legacy FC
Boston Legacy FC, formerly BOS Nation FC, is an NWSL women's soccer expansion club in Boston owned by Boston Unity Soccer Partners (Jennifer Epstein); debuted 2026, $53M fee, playing at Gillette and Centreville Bank Stadium until White Stadium in 2028.