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Cardoso Varela

Cardoso Varela (Cardoso Pinto Mandume Varela, born 2008), Portuguese winger with Angolan roots; Porto youth product, controversial 2025 move to Dinamo Zagreb blocked partly by FIFA, Barcelona interest, returned to FC Porto B in July 2026.

Cards Against Humanity

Cards Against Humanity is a fill-in-the-blank party card game created in 2008 by eight Chicago-area friends, Kickstarter-funded in 2010, known as a vulgar Apples to Apples variant, free PDF downloads, and publicity stunts.

Career of Virat Kohli

Career of Virat Kohli: Indian batter (debut 2008), record 55 ODI centuries, India's most successful Test captain with 40 wins; 2011 World Cup winner; retired T20Is 2024 and Tests 2025; CWC27 his last World Cup.

Caren Metschuck

Caren Metschuck (Caren Mahn), born 1963 in Greifswald, East German swimmer who won three golds and a silver at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, set two relay world records, and was later linked to GDR doping.

Carey Hart

Carey Hart (born 1975, Las Vegas) is an American freestyle motocross pioneer, first to backflip a 250cc motorcycle in competition (2000 Gravity Games), inventor of the Hart Attack, founder of Hart & Huntington Tattoo and RCH Racing, and husband of singer Pink.

Carey Price

Carey Price, Canadian goaltender (born 1987, Anahim Lake, BC), played 15 NHL seasons with the Montreal Canadiens; franchise-record 712 games and 361 wins, 2014-15 Hart/Vezina/Lindsay winner, Sochi 2014 Olympic gold, Hockey Hall of Fame 2026.

Caribbean Premier League

Caribbean Premier League (CPL), Republic Bank CPL, Caribbean T20 franchise cricket league founded in 2013, run each August-September; seven teams from 2026, Trinbago Knight Riders hold five titles, 1.17 billion viewership in 2025.

Caribbean Series

The Caribbean Series, also known as Serie del Caribe, is an annual baseball tournament between the champions of Caribbean winter leagues, first played in Havana in 1949.

Caribbean stud

Caribbean stud (Caribbean Stud Poker, Casino Stud Poker, Cyberstud Poker) is a house-banked five-card casino poker game against a dealer who qualifies with ace-king; fold or raise 2x the ante, house edge 5.224% of the ante, 2.555% element of risk, with a progressive jackpot side bet averaging 26.46% edge.

Carie Graves

Carie Graves (Carolyn Brand Graves, 1953–2021), American rower and coach; bronze 1976 and gold 1984 Olympic women's eight, 1980 boycott, three world silvers, first head coach at Northeastern and Texas rowing.

Carien Kleibeuker

Carien Kleibeuker (Meiskelina Catharina Anna Kleibeuker), Dutch speed skater born 1978, won 5000 m bronze at Sochi 2014 after a 2006 Turin debut, held Dutch 5000 m and one-hour records, and retired in 2021.

Carin Cone

Carin Cone (Carin Alice Cone-Vanderbush, 1940-2025), American backstroke swimmer; 1956 Olympic silver in 100 m backstroke after a 1:12.9 dead-heat with Judy Grinham; 16 AAU titles, seven world records, 1959 Pan Am double gold.

Carin Gabarra

Carin Gabarra (Carin Jennings), born 1965, American soccer forward; 1991 World Cup champion and Golden Ball winner, 1996 Olympic gold medalist, 117 caps, 53 goals; Navy women's soccer head coach since 1993 with 400+ wins.

Carina Bar

Carina Bär (Bär-Mennigen), German rower born 1990 in Heilbronn; Olympic silver 2012 and gold 2016 in women's quadruple sculls, world champion 2013 and 2014; later a physician and German Rowing Association vice president.

Carina Benninga

Carina Benninga is a Dutch former field hockey midfielder who won Olympic gold in 1984 and captained the Netherlands to the 1990 World Cup title.

Carina Vogt

Carina Vogt (born 1992, Schwäbisch Gmünd) is a retired German ski jumper, first Olympic champion in women's ski jumping (Sochi 2014), five-time world champion, Bundespolizei officer, retired May 2022.

Carioca

Carioca, also known as Loba in Central America, is a Chilean contract-rummy card game played with two 52-card decks plus jokers (108 cards), with escalating trio and escalera contracts; lowest cumulative penalty score wins.

Carioca Arena 1

Carioca Arena 1 (Arena Carioca 1) is the largest indoor arena of Rio's Barra Olympic Park, a 16,000-seat venue that hosted 2016 Olympic basketball and Paralympic wheelchair basketball and rugby, later an Olympic Training Centre facility.

Caris LeVert

Caris LeVert (born 1994) is an American NBA guard, 2016 first-round pick, who has played for the Nets, Pacers, Cavaliers, Hawks, Pistons, and Bucks and overcame cancer found via a 2021 trade physical.

Carissa Moore

Carissa Moore (Carissa Kainani Moore), born 1992 in Honolulu, is a Hawaiian professional surfer with five WSL world titles (2011-2021), the first Olympic women's surfing gold (Tokyo 2020), 30 Championship Tour wins, and a 2026 comeback as a mother.

Carl Bjorkman

Carl Bjorkman (Carl August Björkman, 1869–1960), Swedish sport shooter; won gold in team free rifle and bronze in team military rifle at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, 34th in individual free rifle.

Carl Cain

Carl Cecil Cain (1934-2024), nicknamed Sugar, American basketball guard-forward from Freeport, Illinois; Iowa "Fabulous Five" All-American and 1956 Melbourne Olympic gold medalist; drafted by Rochester but never played pro.

Carl Crawford

Carl Demonte Crawford, born 1981 in Houston, is a former MLB left fielder for the Rays, Red Sox, and Dodgers; 480 steals, 123 triples, .290 average, four-time All-Star, 2009 All-Star Game MVP; not to be confused with Hall of Famer Sam Crawford.

Carl Ebbe Andersen

Carl Ebbe Andersen (Carl-Ebbe Andersen, 1929-2009), Danish rower and coxswain from Roskilde Roklub; won 1948 London Olympic gold in men's coxed pairs with Finn Pedersen and Tage Henriksen, his only Games.

Carl Edwards

Carl Edwards (born 1979, Columbia, Missouri) is a retired NASCAR driver, 28-time Cup winner and 2007 Xfinity champion known for his backflip celebrations, twice Cup runner-up, 2025 Hall of Fame inductee.

Carl Ehrenfried Carlberg

Carl Ehrenfried (Carl-Ernfrid) Carlberg, Swedish gymnast and engineer (1889-1962), won 1912 Stockholm Olympic gold in the team Swedish system; later founded Nazi-leaning Samfundet Manhem's forerunner and was fined for antisemitic writings. Not the shooter Vilhelm Carlberg.

Carl Eller

Carl Eller (born 1942), American Hall of Fame defensive end for the Minnesota Vikings 1964-1978 and Seattle Seahawks 1979; left end of the Purple People Eaters, four Super Bowls, 133.5 unofficial sacks, enshrined in Canton in 2004.

Carl Erhardt

Carl Erhardt (1897–1988) was an English ice hockey defenceman who captained Great Britain to Olympic gold in 1936, becoming the oldest player to win the title at 39.

Carl Fergie

Carl Fergie (born 1953) is an American retired professional wrestler and referee from Jackson, Tennessee; a Memphis CWA regular of the 1980s, cousin of Jerry Lawler and The Honky Tonk Man, and holder of the NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team and NWA Mid-America Heavyweight titles.

Carl Folcker

Carl Wilhelm Folcker (1889-1911), Swedish gymnast with Stockholms GF; won men's team gold at London 1908 (Sweden, 438 points); lieutenant in Varmland's regiment who died by suicide at Trossnas field, Karlstad.