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Cercle Brugge K.S.V.

Cercle Brugge K.S.V. (Koninklijke Sportvereniging Cercle Brugge), Belgian Pro League club founded 1899 in Bruges; shares Jan Breydel Stadium with rival Club Brugge; Belgian champions 1911 and 1927, cup winners 1985, AS Monaco majority-owned.

Cerebral palsy sport classification

Cerebral palsy sport classification: Para sport systems grouping athletes with CP-related hypertonia, ataxia, or athetosis into classes, from the CP-ISRA C1-C8 system to sport-specific classes in athletics, swimming, boccia, and CP football.

Cerezo Osaka

Cerezo Osaka (セレッソ大阪), J1 League football club in Osaka, Japan; founded 1957 as Yanmar Diesel Soccer Club, renamed 1993; pink kits, YANMAR HANASAKA STADIUM, 2017 Emperor's Cup and Levain Cup double.

Cesana Pariol

Cesana Pariol: artificially refrigerated bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track at Cesana Torinese near Torino, built for the 2006 Winter Olympics (1,435 m, 19 curves), modified after 2005 test-event crashes, homologated 31 October 2005, later abandoned.

César Azpilicueta

César Azpilicueta (César Azpilicueta Tanco, born 1989, Zizur Mayor, Navarra), Spanish defender nicknamed Dave; Chelsea captain 2012-2023, won 2021 Champions League, retired May 2026 after Sevilla.

Cesar Cielo

Cesar Cielo Filho, Brazilian sprint swimmer born 1987, first Brazilian Olympic swimming champion (50m free, Beijing 2008); held 50m free world record 20.91 from 2009 until McEvoy's 20.88 in 2026.

Cesar Delgado

Cesar Delgado (César Fabián Delgado Godoy, 'Chelito'), Argentine winger born 1981 in Rosario; 2004 Olympic football gold medalist; played for Rosario Central, Cruz Azul, Lyon, Monterrey, and Central Córdoba; distinct from other athletes named Delgado.

César Tovar

César Tovar (Pepito), Venezuelan MLB utility player (1940-1994) for the Twins, Phillies, Rangers, A's, and Yankees; second player to play all nine positions in one game (Sept. 22, 1968); .278 career hitter, Twins Hall of Famer 2022.

Cesare Casadei

Cesare Casadei (born 2003, Ravenna) is an Italian central midfielder for Torino FC, formerly of Inter, Chelsea, Reading and Leicester. 2023 U-20 World Cup Golden Ball and Golden Boot winner; first senior Italy call-up March 2025.

Cesare Facciani

Cesare Facciani (Cesare Francesco Facciani, 1905-1938), Italian cyclist from Torino; won 1928 Amsterdam Olympic gold in the 4,000 m team pursuit with Gaioni, Lusiani, and Tasselli; later rode for Alcyon-Dunlop and Frejus, 26th in the 1933 Giro d'Italia.

Cesare Maldini

Cesare Maldini (1932–2016) was an Italian football defender and coach who captained AC Milan to the 1963 European Cup and managed Italy at the 1998 World Cup.

Cesare Prandelli

Cesare Prandelli (Claudio Cesare Prandelli), born 1957 in Orzinuovi, is an Italian football manager and ex-Juventus midfielder; Italy head coach 2010-2014, EURO 2012 runner-up, resigned after the 2014 World Cup group-stage exit.

Cesare Rubini

Cesare Rubini (1923-2011), Italian water polo and basketball figure nicknamed il Principe; Olympic water polo gold 1948 and bronze 1952, then coach of Olimpia Milano and manager of Italy's national basketball team, inducted into both sports' Halls of Fame.

Cesare Salvadori

Cesare Salvadori (1941-2021), Italian sabre fencer from Turin; Olympic team sabre gold at Munich 1972, silver at Tokyo 1964 and Mexico City 1968; later led the Filadelfia Foundation rebuilding Torino FC's stadium.

Cesario (シーザリオ) (horse)

Cesario (シーザリオ), Japanese-bred filly by Special Week out of Kirov Premiere; won 2005 Japanese Oaks and American Oaks (G1), first Japanese-bred winner of a North American Grade 1.

Cesc Fàbregas

Cesc Fàbregas (Francesc Fàbregas Soler), Spanish midfielder born 1987, played for Arsenal, Barcelona, Chelsea, Monaco and Como, won the 2010 World Cup and Euros 2008 and 2012, retired 2023, and now manages Como 1907 in Serie A.

Ceskoslovensky olympijsky vybor

Ceskoslovensky olympijsky vybor (ČSOV), the Czechoslovak Olympic Committee, founded 13 June 1919 by Jiří Guth-Jarkovský; successor to the 1899 Czech committee; disbanded 27 March 1993 into Czech and Slovak NOCs.

Cesky olympijsky vybor

The Cesky olympijsky vybor (Český olympijský výbor, ČOV), in English the Czech Olympic Committee, is the National Olympic Committee of Czechia, founded in Prague in 1899.

Ceyair Wright

Ceyair Wright, American cornerback from Los Angeles (Loyola HS, USC 2021-23, Nebraska 2024-25); four-star recruit, 2025 All-Big Ten nickel, and actor who played LeBron James's son in Space Jam: A New Legacy.

CF Benidorm

CF Benidorm (Club de Fútbol Benidorm) is a Spanish football club in Benidorm, Alicante, formed in 2023 from the merger of Racing CF Benidorm and Atlético Benidorm CD, managed by David Villa's DV7 Group, playing at the 9,000-seat Estadio Municipal Guillermo Amor in the Lliga Comunitat.

CF Montréal

CF Montréal, also known as Club de Foot Montréal, is a professional soccer club in Montreal that joined Major League Soccer in 2012 as the Montreal Impact, rebranding in 2021.

CFOP method

CFOP (Fridrich method) is the dominant 3x3 speedcubing method: Cross, F2L, OLL, PLL. Full last layer needs 57 OLL plus 21 PLL algorithms; developed by Jessica Fridrich, 1981-1983.

CFR Cluj

CFR 1907 Cluj (Feroviarii, Railwaymen), Romanian football club founded 1907 in Cluj-Napoca; 8 Liga I titles (2008-2022), 5 Romanian Cups, three Champions League group stages, 2014 UEFA FFP sanction.

CFU Club Shield

CFU Club Shield, formerly Concacaf Caribbean Club Shield, annual Caribbean knockout club football cup run by the Caribbean Football Union since 2024; its two finalists qualify for the Concacaf Caribbean Cup. Reigning champion: Mount Pleasant FA (2026).

Cha Bum-kun (차범근)

Cha Bum-kun (차범근), born 1953, South Korean forward and pioneer in the Bundesliga; 98 goals in 308 matches for Darmstadt, Eintracht Frankfurt, and Bayer Leverkusen; two UEFA Cups; later South Korea coach at the 1998 World Cup.

Cha Dong Min

Cha Dong Min (차동민), born 1986 in Seoul, is a South Korean Olympic taekwondo heavyweight: gold at Beijing 2008, bronze at Rio 2016, first Korean man to compete at three consecutive Games, now coaching in Australia.

Cha Jae-Gyeong

Cha Jae-Gyeong (차재경, also Cha Jae-Kyung), South Korean handball player born 1971; won gold in women's handball at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and gold at the 1994 Hiroshima Asian Games.

Chad Bradford

Chad Bradford, born Chadwick Lee Bradford in 1974 in Jackson, Mississippi, is a retired American relief pitcher known for his extreme submarine delivery, releasing the ball inches from the ground.

Chad Carvin

Chad Carvin (Chad Robb Carvin), American distance freestyle swimmer born 1974, 2000 Olympic 4x200 m relay silver medalist who overcame viral cardiomyopathy and a back injury, with short-course world record 7:01.33.

Chad Dawson

Chad Dawson, nicknamed "Bad Chad", is an American professional boxer from New Haven, Connecticut, who held WBC and IBF world light heavyweight titles and beat Bernard Hopkins in 2012.