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Brazil national under-20 football team
Brazil national under-20 football team (Seleção Brasileira Sub-20), CBF-run men's youth side for players aged 20 and under; five FIFA U-20 World Cup titles (1983, 1985, 1993, 2003, 2011) and a record 13 South American U-20 Championship titles, second to Argentina's six world crowns.
Brazil national under-23 football team
Brazil national under-23 football team, the CBF's Olympic-age men's side (Seleção Olímpica), record seven Olympic medals including back-to-back golds at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, but failed to qualify for Paris 2024.
Brazil v Germany (2014 FIFA World Cup)
Brazil v Germany (2014): the World Cup semi-final on July 8, 2014 at the Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, where Germany beat hosts Brazil 7-1, the Mineirazo, leading 5-0 in 29 minutes.
Brazil women's national football team
Brazil women's national football team (Seleção Brasileira Feminina), CBF/CONMEBOL side; eight Copa América Femenina titles plus 2025 unbeaten win under Arthur Elias; 2007 World Cup runners-up, Olympic silver 2004, 2008, 2024; hosts 2027 World Cup.
Brazil women's national volleyball team
Brazil women's national volleyball team (seleção brasileira feminina de vôlei), CBV-administered indoor team; Olympic golds 2008 and 2012, Tokyo 2020 silver, 24 South American titles, 2026 CSV crown and LA28 qualification.
Brazilian Football Confederation
Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF, Confederação Brasileira de Futebol), Brazil's football governing body, founded 1914 as FBS, renamed CBD 1916, CBF 1979; organizes national competitions and the Seleção, five-time World Cup winner.
Brazilian Grand Prix
Brazilian Grand Prix (Grande Prêmio do Brasil, now São Paulo Grand Prix): Formula One race first held as a championship round in 1973 at Interlagos, alternating with Rio's Jacarepaguá 1978-1989, back at Interlagos since 1990, contracted until 2030.
Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ), a grappling martial art developed in Brazil by the Gracie family from Mitsuyo Maeda's judo, emphasizes ground fighting and submissions; scored by points or submission under IBJJF and ADCC rulesets.
Brazilian jiu-jitsu ranking system
Brazilian jiu-jitsu ranking system: adult belts white, blue, purple, brown, black, plus coral and red degrees. IBJJF minimum times, stripes, kids belts, and promotion rules explained.
Brazilian Rally Championship
The Brazilian Rally Championship is Brazil's national rally championship, sanctioned by the Confederação Brasileira de Automobilismo and run as parallel speed rally and rally raid series.
BRDC International Trophy
BRDC International Trophy, Silverstone motor racing award founded by the British Racing Drivers' Club in 1949; a non-championship Formula One race 1950-1980, later F2/F3000, revived 2026 for British F4, won by George Proudford-Nalder.
BreaKey
BreaKey is a 2003 collectible game from Upper Deck Entertainment, licensed from Dutch firm BreaKey International BV, in which two players twist interlocked plastic keys until one breaks; the winner keeps the loser's key and codes for online play.
Breaking ball
Breaking ball: family of spun baseball pitches (curveball, slider, sweeper, slurve) that deviate from a straight path; usage shifted from curveballs (10.7% in 2019 to 8.5% in 2025) toward sliders and sweepers (22.6% in 2025).
Breakout (video game)
Breakout is Atari's 1976 arcade brick-breaking game, a single-player Pong variant. Prototype by Steve Wozniak in four days (~42 chips); production redesign by Gary Waters; inspired Space Invaders and Arkanoid.
Breakthru
Breakthru is a 1965 abstract strategy board game by Alex Randolph, published by 3M in its Bookshelf series: an 11x11 asymmetric evasion-or-capture game descended from the tafl family, with a gold flagship and escorts against 20 silver destroyers.
Breanna Stewart
Breanna Stewart (born 1994), also called Stewie, American WNBA forward for the New York Liberty; four-time UConn NCAA champion and only four-time Final Four MOP, 2016 No. 1 pick, 2x MVP, 3x WNBA champion, 3x Olympic gold medalist.
Breaststroke
Breaststroke: chest-down competitive swimming stroke with simultaneous arm pull and frog kick, an Olympic event since 1904; slowest, least efficient of the four strokes, governed by World Aquatics rules.
Breath of Fire (ブレス オブ ファイア)
Breath of Fire (ブレス オブ ファイア) is a Japanese role-playing game series by Capcom, running from 1993 to 2016, starring the dragon-transforming hero Ryu.
Brecht Rodenburg
Brecht Rodenburg (Engelbrecht Rodenburg), Dutch volleyball player born 1967, outside hitter, 202 cm. Won 1996 Atlanta Olympic gold with the Netherlands, beating Italy 3-2; also 1993/1995 European and 1994 World silver medalist.
Breckenridge Ski Resort
Breckenridge Ski Resort, a Vail Resorts-owned ski area on five peaks of Colorado's Tenmile Range near the town of Breckenridge. Opened 1961; 2,908 acres, 187 trails, base 9,600 ft, Imperial SuperChair at 12,840 ft.
Bree Hall
Bree Hall, born 2003 in Dayton, Ohio, is a 6-1 WNBA guard, 20th pick of the 2025 draft by the Indiana Fever, two-time NCAA champion with South Carolina.
Breece Hall
Breece Hall, born 2001, is a New York Jets running back drafted No. 36 overall in 2022 from Iowa State, where he set the school rushing touchdown record; 2025 first 1,000-yard Jet since 2015, signed to a 3-year, $45.75M extension in 2026.
Breeders Crown
Breeders Crown: annual series of 12 championship harness races for Standardbred trotters and pacers, run by the Hambletonian Society since 1984; richest series in the sport, over $239 million in purses, 2026 at Eldorado Scioto Downs.
Breeders' Cup
Breeders' Cup World Championships, annual Thoroughbred racing championship founded by John R. Gaines, announced 1982, first run 1984 at Hollywood Park; now a two-day, 14-race Grade 1 event with rotating host tracks and over $34 million in purses.
Breeders' Cup Classic
Breeders' Cup Classic: Grade 1, 1 1/4-mile dirt race for 3-year-olds and up, richest Breeders' Cup race at $7 million since 2024. Founded 1984 at Hollywood Park; weight-for-age; recent winners Sierra Leone (2024) and Japan's Forever Young (2025).
Breeders' Cup Turf
The Breeders' Cup Turf, also known as the BC Turf, is a Grade 1 Thoroughbred race on grass for horses three years old and older, first run in 1984.
Breeja Larson
Breeja Larson (born 1992, Mesa, Arizona) is an American breaststroke swimmer, 2012 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m medley relay (heats) and 6th in the 100 m breaststroke; Texas A&M Aggie, 2013 world champion, retired swimmer turned mindset mentor.
Breel Embolo
Breel Embolo, Swiss striker born in Yaoundé, Cameroon in 1997; career at Basel, Schalke, Mönchengladbach, Monaco, Rennes and Atlanta United; 92 caps and 26 goals for Switzerland.
Breeze BC
Breeze BC (Breeze Basketball Club) is a Miami-based 3-on-3 women's basketball club in Unrivaled, added with Hive BC as a 2026 Season 2 expansion team, coached by Noelle Quinn and built around first overall pick Paige Bueckers.
Breezy Johnson
Breezy Johnson (Breanna Noble Johnson, born 1996), American alpine skier from Jackson Hole, Wyoming; 2026 Olympic and 2025 World downhill champion; missed Beijing 2022 with injury and served a 14-month whereabouts suspension.