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Cape Town Fe
Cape Town Fe is the FIA designation for the 2.921 km, 12-turn Cape Town Street Circuit in Green Point, host of the 25 February 2023 Cape Town E-Prix, Formula E's first sub-Saharan African race, won by António Félix da Costa; no race has been held since.
Cape Town Stadium
Cape Town Stadium, now DHL Stadium, is the 2010 FIFA World Cup venue in Green Point, Cape Town; 68,000 seats at the World Cup, 62,000 maximum today, R4.4-4.5 billion cost, City-owned, Stormers rugby home.
Cape Verde national football team
Cape Verde national football team, the Blue Sharks (Tubarões Azules), CAF side that debuted at AFCON 2013, reached the 2023 quarter-finals, and qualified for its first World Cup in 2026, drawing Spain and reaching the Round of 32.
Capitol Wrestling Corporation
Capitol Wrestling Corporation (CWC) was a professional wrestling promotion that dominated the northeastern United States from 1957 and became the World Wide Wrestling Federation in 1963.
Capo Mannu
Capo Mannu is a limestone promontory on Sardinia's Sinis peninsula, Oristano province, and Italy's most famous surf spot: a powerful right-hand reef point break driven by mistral swells, best October to April.
Capoeira
Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian practice blending fight, dance, game, and music, created by enslaved Africans in Brazil. Criminalized by the 1890 Penal Code, it was recognized by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2014 and is now practiced worldwide.
Cappie Pondexter
Cappie Pondexter, American WNBA guard (born 1983, Oceanside, California), Rutgers star drafted 2nd overall in 2006 by Phoenix Mercury; two-time WNBA champion, 2007 Finals MVP, 2008 Olympic gold medalist, seven-time All-Star, fourth on the WNBA all-time scoring list with 6,638 points.
Cappuccino Jones
Cappuccino Jones, ring name of Ashad Rufai (also listed as born 16.08.2000), Tulsa-born American pro wrestler, 'Cold Brew' coffee gimmick, WWE ID prospect from November 2024, WWE ID Champion August 2025 to March 2026, Adrenaline Drip tag team with Jack Cartwheel.
Captain (association football)
Captain (association football): the armband-wearing team leader required by Law 3, with no special privileges; 'Only the captain' referee-approach guidelines effective 1 July 2025, compulsory from 1 July 2027.
Captain (cricket)
Captain (cricket): the nominated leader of an eleven-player cricket team, responsible for on-field tactics, the toss, and the Spirit of Cricket; also called skipper. ICC Playing Conditions define deputy and nomination rules; batsmen are chosen as captains far more often than bowlers.
Captain (ice hockey)
Captain (ice hockey): team leader wearing the "C" jersey letter, with alternate captains wearing "A"; sole right to discuss rule interpretation with referees. Goalies barred since the 1948-49 Durnan rule; Sidney Crosby is the longest-tenured NHL captain.
Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix
Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix is a 2023 French adult animated action series created by Adi Shankar for Netflix, in six episodes.
Capture the flag
Capture the flag is a folk outdoor team game: two teams each hide a flag, cross a center line to steal the enemy flag, and avoid tagging and jail. Variants span camps, FPS game modes, and cybersecurity CTF competitions.
Capture the Queen
Capture the Queen: removing the opponent's queen (value 9) in chess, by pins, forks, or skewers; also queen-capture rules in checkers and no-capture variants like All Queens Chess.
Carabiner
Carabiner (karabiner): spring-gated metal connector for climbing, rigging, and rescue; EN 12275/UIAA certified, rated 20 kN major axis closed, 5-8 kN gate open; adapted for climbing by Otto Herzog around 1910.
Caracole
Caracole: sixteenth-century cavalry maneuver in which ranks of pistol-armed reiters trotted forward, fired wheel lock pistols, and wheeled away to reload; also a dressage half-turn, from Spanish caracol, snail.
Caravan SandWitch
Caravan SandWitch is a 2024 no-combat exploration adventure by France's Studio Plane Toast (Dear Villagers), following Sauge across the Provence-inspired planet Cigalo in a van, searching for her missing sister Garance; released on PC, PS5, Switch, and later mobile.
Carcassonne (board game)
Carcassonne (board game): 2000 tile-laying Euro by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede, Hans im Glück; Spiel des Jahres 2001, 12M+ copies. Players place tiles and meeples to score cities, roads, monasteries, and contested farms.
Card counting
Card counting: blackjack advantage-play technique tracking high versus low cards remaining, proven by Edward Thorp's Beat the Dealer (1962), refined via Hi-Lo, wonging, and MIT team play; legal but barred by casinos, defeated by continuous shufflers.
Card game
Card game: any game played with a deck of cards, also called playing-card games. Includes trick-taking, shedding, collecting, and vying types; history from 14th-century Europe; poker luck-versus-skill debate; USD 13 billion 2025 market.
Card manipulation
Card manipulation: sleight of hand with playing cards for conjuring and cheating, from a 1408 Paris cheat reference through Erdnase (1902) to the FISM Manipulation category, won in 2025 by Francesco Della Bona.
Card marking
Card marking: secretly altering playing card backs or surfaces so cheats or magicians can identify cards. Methods include daubing, punchwork, luminous ink, and juiced cards; regulated casinos inspect and destroy suspect decks.
Card sharp
Card sharp (also cardsharp, card shark): a person skilful at manipulating cards or living by cheating at them. US coinage of the 1850s; methods include marked cards, false deals, and edge sorting.
Cardale Jones
Cardale Jones, born 1992 in Cleveland, is a quarterback who led Ohio State to the 2014 national championship in his first three starts, was drafted 139th overall by Buffalo in 2016, and played one NFL game.
Cardfight!! Vanguard (カードファイト!! ヴァンガード)
Cardfight!! Vanguard (カードファイト!! ヴァンガード) is Bushiroad's one-on-one trading card game launched February 2011, tied to a 600-plus-episode anime, set on Cray, played with ride decks, triggers, and Standard, V Premium, and Premium formats.
Cardiff Arms Park
Cardiff Arms Park (Parc yr Arfau Caerdydd), the Arms Park: 12,000-capacity rugby stadium in central Cardiff, home of Cardiff Rugby and Cardiff RFC beside the Principality Stadium; Welsh National Rugby Stadium 1968-1997, first floodlit rugby game 1966.
Cardiff City F.C.
Cardiff City F.C. (Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd), the Bluebirds, a Welsh professional football club founded 1899 as Riverside AFC, playing in the English league system; 1927 FA Cup winners, the only non-English club to win it.
Cardiff City Stadium
Cardiff City Stadium, football ground in Leckwith, Cardiff, home of Cardiff City FC and Wales football internationals; opened 22 July 2009 vs Celtic, capacity about 33,300 after 2014 Ninian Stand extension, cost £48m.
Cardiff Met F.C.
Cardiff Met F.C. (Cardiff Metropolitan University FC, the Archers), a Welsh semi-professional club at Cyncoed Campus, Cardiff; men in the Cymru Premier, women in the Adran Premier; first university club in Europa League and UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying.
Cardiff Rugby
Cardiff Rugby (formerly Cardiff Blues, originally Cardiff RFC) is a Welsh professional rugby union club founded in 1876, playing at Cardiff Arms Park in the United Rugby Championship, with European Challenge Cup wins in 2010 and 2018.