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Clark–Reese rivalry

Clark–Reese rivalry: Caitlin Clark (Indiana Fever) vs Angel Reese (LSU, Chicago Sky, Atlanta Dream), from the 2023 NCAA title game 'you can't see me' moment through record-viewing Elite Eight and WNBA matchups.

Clarke Carlisle

Clarke Carlisle (Clarke James Carlisle, born 1979, Preston) is an English ex-footballer, centre-back for Blackpool, QPR, Leeds, Watford, and Burnley, former PFA chairman, Britain's Brainiest Footballer, and mental health advocate.

Clarke Scholes

Clarke Scholes (Clarke Currie Scholes, 1930–2010), American swimmer, 1952 Helsinki Olympic gold medalist in the 100 m freestyle (57.4, tied with Hiroshi Suzuki), 1955 Pan American Games double gold medalist, five-time NCAA champion for Michigan State.

Clas Thunberg

Clas Thunberg (Arnold Clas Robert Thunberg, 1893-1973), Finnish speed skater nicknamed Jääkenttien Nurmi; won five Olympic golds at Chamonix 1924 and St. Moritz 1928, five world allround titles, and boycotted Lake Placid 1932 over mass-start rules.

Clash at the Castle (2024)

Clash at the Castle: Scotland, WWE Premium Live Event, June 15, 2024, OVO Hydro, Glasgow; first WWE PLE in Scotland; CM Punk cost Drew McIntyre the World Heavyweight title as Damian Priest retained; Cody Rhodes beat AJ Styles in an I Quit match.

Clash in Italy

Clash in Italy (WWE Clash in Italy 2026) was WWE's first Premium Live Event in Italy, held May 31, 2026 at the Inalpi Arena, Turin. Roman Reigns beat Jacob Fatu in Tribal Combat; Sol Ruca won the Women's Intercontinental Title.

Clash in Paris

Clash in Paris, a WWE Premium Live Event at Paris La Défense Arena on August 31, 2025, the first WWE PLE in the French capital; 30,343 attendance, Seth Rollins retained the World Heavyweight Championship, John Cena beat Logan Paul.

Clash of Champions (2016)

WWE Clash of Champions 2016, the inaugural Clash of Champions and first Raw-exclusive New Era pay-per-view, held September 25, 2016 in Indianapolis; Kevin Owens retained the Universal Title over Seth Rollins amid Chris Jericho interference, and Roman Reigns won the United States Championship from Rusev.

Clash of Champions (2017)

Clash of Champions (2017), WWE's December 17, 2017 SmackDown-exclusive pay-per-view at TD Garden, Boston: AJ Styles retained the WWE Title against Jinder Mahal, Ziggler won the United States Title, and Owens and Zayn survived a career match.

Clash of Champions (2019)

Clash of Champions (2019) was a WWE pay-per-view held September 15, 2019 at Spectrum Center, Charlotte, where every active title was defended. Rollins retained the Universal Championship over Strowman before The Fiend attacked; only the two men's tag titles changed hands.

Clash of Champions (2020)

Clash of Champions (2020), WWE pay-per-view, September 27, 2020, WWE ThunderDome at Amway Center, Orlando; all Raw and SmackDown titles defended; Sami Zayn won the only title change, the Intercontinental Championship, in a ladder match.

Clash of Clans

Clash of Clans is a free-to-play mobile base-building strategy game by the Finnish company Supercell, launched globally on iOS in 2012, where players build villages and battle in clans.

Clash of the Champions

Clash of the Champions: WCW/Jim Crockett Promotions series of 35 free TBS wrestling specials, 1988-1997, created by Dusty Rhodes; first aired opposite WrestleMania IV, headlined by Sting vs. Ric Flair. Distinct from WWE's 2016-2020 Clash of Champions pay-per-view.

Clash Royale

Clash Royale (Clash Royale) is Supercell's free-to-play real-time mobile card-battle game, launched globally in 2016, where players use elixir to deploy Clash of Clans-style troop, spell, and defense cards and destroy enemy towers in 1v1 and 2v2 duels.

Classic NES Series

Classic NES Series (Famicom Mini, ファミコンミニ, in Japan; NES Classics in Europe) was Nintendo's 2004–2005 line of emulated NES/Famicom games on Game Boy Advance cartridges, 12 Western titles at $19.99 versus 30 in Japan, with anti-emulation measures and squished resolution.

Classic Tetris World Championship

The Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) is an annual tournament on the 1989 NES version of Tetris, held since 2010 and dominated for years by seven-time champion Jonas Neubauer.

Claude Bracey

Claude Bracey (Claude Odell Bracey, Jr., "The Flying Texan", 1909-1940), American sprinter for Rice Owls and 1928 US Olympian; won the 1928 NCAA sprint double and ran an unratified 9.5 world best for 100 yards at the 1929 Texas Relays.

Claude Buckenham

Claude Percival "Percy" Buckenham (1876-1937), English right-arm fast bowler for Essex 1899-1914 and England in four 1909-10 Tests, who won football gold at the 1900 Paris Olympics with Upton Park FC.

Claude Giroux

Claude Giroux, Canadian NHL right wing for the Ottawa Senators; 2006 first-round pick (22nd) of Philadelphia, longest-serving Flyers captain, second in Flyers points (900), 1,165 career points, seven-time All-Star.

Claude Lemieux

Claude Lemieux (1965-2026), Canadian NHL right wing nicknamed Pepe, won four Stanley Cups with Montreal, New Jersey, and Colorado, took the 1995 Conn Smythe with 13 playoff goals, and ranked ninth all-time with 80 playoff goals.

Claude Makélélé

Claude Makélélé, French defensive midfielder born 1973 in Kinshasa, 71 France caps, 2006 World Cup finalist; won the 2002 Champions League with Real Madrid and two Premier Leagues with Chelsea; the holding-midfielder position is named the Makélélé role.

Claude Netter

Claude Netter (1924-2007), French foil fencer, Olympic team gold Helsinki 1952 and silver Melbourne 1956, three world team titles (1951, 1953, 1958), 1959 world individual foil silver, French champion 1952.

Claude Nicolas

Claude Nicolas, born 1941 in Exincourt, France, is a former middle-distance runner, 1968 Olympic 1500m finalist-round competitor and member of France's 4x1500m relay world-record team (14:49.0, 1965).

Claude Puel

Claude Puel, born 1961 in Castres, is a French football manager and former Monaco midfielder who managed Monaco, Lille, Lyon, Nice, Southampton, Leicester, and Saint-Étienne, winning Ligue 1 in 2000, and returned to Nice from December 2025 to June 2026.

Claudia Clevenger

Claudia Jean Clevenger (born 1955, San Jose, California), American breaststroke swimmer; 1972 Olympic fourth place in 200 m breaststroke and 1971 world record 4:27.3 in the 4x100 medley relay.

Cláudia Gadelha

Cláudia Gadelha (Ana Cláudia Dantas Gadelha, "Claudinha"), born 1988, is a retired Brazilian UFC strawweight, 18-5 pro, who twice fought Joanna Jędrzejczyk, lost the 2016 title fight, retired in 2021 over post-concussion symptoms, and now works for the UFC developing Brazilian fighters.

Claudia Hempel

Claudia Hempel (Thamke), born 1958 in Merseburg, East German swimmer with Berliner TSC; 1976 Olympic silver in 4x100 m freestyle relay, 1975 Cali world champion, later a sport school teacher in Cottbus.

Claudia Iovan

Claudia Iovan, later Claudia Ștef (born 1978, Craiova), Romanian race walker; 1997 European junior 5000m walk champion, 1999 world indoor 3000m walk record holder (11:40.33), 1999 Universiade 10km gold, and 2012/2016 Olympian.

Claudia Kolb

Claudia Kolb (Claudia Anne Kolb, born 1949, Hayward, California), American swimmer, Santa Clara SC: 1964 Tokyo silver in 200m breaststroke at 14, 1968 double IM gold, 23 world records, 25 AAU titles, Hall of Fame 1975.

Claudia Kunzel Nystad

Claudia Künzel-Nystad (born 1978, Zschopau), German cross-country skier, also raced as Claudia Künzel; six Olympic medals including 2002 relay and 2010 team sprint gold, five World Championship medals.