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Costel Pantilimon
Costel Pantilimon (Costel Fane Pantilimon), Romanian goalkeeper born 1987 in Bacău, 2.03 m tall, ex-Manchester City, Sunderland, Watford, Nottingham Forest, Omonia Nicosia and Denizlispor; 27 Romania caps, Euro 2016 squad, 2014 Premier League champion.
Costello van Steenis
Costello van Steenis, nicknamed "The Spaniard", is a Spanish-Dutch mixed martial artist who won the PFL Middleweight World Championship in 2025 by submitting the previously undefeated Johnny Eblen.
Costinha
Costinha (Francisco José Rodrigues da Costa, born 1974) is a Portuguese former defensive midfielder, 53 caps, who won the 2004 Champions League with FC Porto and later coached in Portugal.
Costume Quest 2
Costume Quest 2 is Double Fine's 2014 Halloween-themed turn-based RPG, sequel to Costume Quest, released on eight platforms via Midnight City. Twins Reynold and Wren use costumes and time travel to stop dentist Dr. Orel White; Metacritic PC score 68.
Cosworth DFV
Cosworth DFV (Double Four Valve), 3.0-litre Ford-funded V8 racing engine by Cosworth; debuted 1967 Dutch GP with Jim Clark's Lotus 49; 155 F1 wins, 12 drivers' titles, 1967-1983; DFX won ten straight Indy 500s.
COTA Racing & Entertainment LLC (Circuit of the Americas)
COTA Racing & Entertainment LLC is an Austin, Texas motorsport company that manages the Circuit of the Americas, host of the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix.
Cottbus (football club)
FC Energie Cottbus, founded 31 January 1966 as BSG Energie Cottbus in Brandenburg, is a German club that played six Bundesliga seasons (2000-03, 2006-09) and returned to the 2. Bundesliga in 2026.
Cotton Bowl (stadium)
Cotton Bowl Stadium, Dallas Fair Park venue opened 1930 as Fair Park Stadium; original home of the Cotton Bowl Classic 1937-2009, now hosts Red River Rivalry; capacity 92,100.
Cotton Bowl Classic
Cotton Bowl Classic, also Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, annual college football bowl game in Texas since January 1, 1937 (first: TCU 16, Marquette 6), played at Dallas's Cotton Bowl Stadium through 2009 and at AT&T Stadium in Arlington since 2010, now a College Football Playoff host.
Cotton Fitzsimmons
Cotton Fitzsimmons (Lowell Gibbs Fitzsimmons, 1931-2004) was an NBA head coach who won 832 games with the Suns, Hawks, Braves, Kings, and Spurs, twice Coach of the Year, and a 2021 Hall of Fame Contributor.
Couillon
Couillon is a Belgian partnership trick-taking card game for four players using a 24-card pack, scored by erasing chalk lines on a slate; related variants include Couillon Forcé, Kwajongen, Kujong, and Troeven.
Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike: tactical FPS series begun as a 1999 Half-Life mod by Minh Le and Jess Cliffe, released by Valve November 1, 2000; iterations 1.6, Source, CS:GO (free-to-play since December 2018), and Counter-Strike 2; bomb-defusal rounds and Major esports.
Counter-Strike (video game)
Counter-Strike (Half-Life: Counter-Strike), 1999 Half-Life mod by Minh Le and Jess Cliffe, full release 2000, version 1.6; round-based terrorist vs counter-terrorist shooter that spawned Source, Global Offensive, and Counter-Strike 2.
Counter-Strike 2
Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) is Valve's free-to-play tactical first-person shooter, released September 27, 2023 as a Source 2 replacement for CS:GO, featuring sub-tick networking, dynamic smoke grenades, and record esports viewership.
Counter-Strike coaching bug scandal
Counter-Strike coaching bug scandal: 2020-2022 CS:GO esports crisis in which coaches exploited a spectator-mode camera bug; ESIC banned 37 coaches in September 2020, Valve added Major bans, and further variant charges followed in 2022.
Counter-Strike match fixing scandal
The Counter-Strike match fixing scandal (iBUYPOWER scandal): iBUYPOWER players bet skins against their own team and lost 16-4 to NetcodeGuides.com in CEVO Season 5, August 2014, drawing Valve's January 26, 2015 bans on seven people.
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero (CZ) is Valve's March 1, 2004 single-player-oriented Counter-Strike release, featuring the Tour of Duty bot campaign, the 12-mission Deleted Scenes, and updated 1.6 multiplayer.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO), Valve's 2012 team-based tactical FPS, fourth main Counter-Strike after the 1999 mod, Source, and Condition Zero; released 21 Aug 2012, replaced by Counter-Strike 2 on 27 Sep 2023, restored standalone in 2026.
Counter-Strike: Source
Counter-Strike: Source (CS:S), Valve's 1 November 2004 remake of Counter-Strike 1.6 on the new Source engine, added HDR lighting, ragdoll physics, and larger hitboxes but never displaced 1.6 in competitive play.
Country club
Country club: a private members' club, usually suburban, built around golf, a clubhouse, dining, and family amenities. Founded in the 1880s US (Myopia 1879, Brookline 1882); average initiation fee now about $65,000 with post-2020 waitlists.
County Championship
County Championship (Rothesay County Championship), England and Wales' first-class domestic cricket competition since 1890, run by the ECB: 18 counties, two divisions of 10 and 8, 14 matches each, 16 points a win; Warwickshire are the 2026 champions.
County Championship 1970–1999
The County Championship 1970–1999 was the final era of the English County Championship as a single division, ending when the ECB voted in 1998 to split it into two from 2000.
County Championship seasons 1890–1914
The County Championship seasons 1890–1914 cover the first official era of England's county cricket competition, begun by eight counties in 1890 and suspended on the outbreak of World War I.
County Championship seasons 1946–1969
The County Championship seasons 1946 to 1969 were decided by shifting points formulas and produced Surrey's seven straight titles, Yorkshire's dominance, and Hampshire's first Championship in 1961.
County cricket
County cricket: domestic cricket in England and Wales played by the 18 Professional County Clubs, featuring the Rothesay County Championship (first-class, two divisions), the Vitality Blast T20 and the One-Day Cup, governed by the ECB.
County football association
A county football association (CFA) is a sub-national governing body that administers grassroots football for the national association; England has 50 beneath The FA, Wales uses six Area Associations.
Coupe de France
Coupe de France (Coupe Charles Simon; Coupe de France Crédit Agricole from 2025-26): France's open-entry FFF knockout cup since 1917, 7,298 clubs in 2024-25 including overseas teams, PSG record holder with 16 titles, winner qualifies for the Europa League.
Coupe de la Ligue
Coupe de la Ligue, the French League Cup: knockout cup for Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 clubs run by the LFP from 1994 to 2020; PSG won 9 titles; abolished after 2019-20 when no TV broadcaster was found.
Courchevel
Courchevel, French Alpine ski resort in Savoie, part of Les 3 Vallées (600 km linked pistes). Founded 1946; six villages from Le Praz 1,300 m to Courchevel 1850; 150 km of pistes, luxury hotels, Michelin dining, €79 day pass.
Court McGee
Court McGee, "The Crusher" (born 1984), Utah-born American MMA welterweight; won The Ultimate Fighter season 11 in 2010 after surviving heroin addiction; retired 2026 at UFC 332 with a 22-15 record.