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Dejan Milojević (Дејан Милојевић)

Dejan Milojević (Дејан Милојевић), Serbian basketball player and coach, three-time Adriatic League MVP (2004-06), Partizan star, Nikola Jokić's coach at Mega 2012-15, Golden State Warriors assistant and 2022 NBA champion; died 17 January 2024, aged 46.

Dejan Savićević

Dejan Savićević (Дејан Савићевић), born 1966 in Podgorica, Montenegrin attacking midfielder, 'Il Genio'; European Cup 1991 with Red Star, 1994 Champions League with Milan; Ballon d'Or runner-up 1991; FSCG president since 2001, FIFA Council member.

Dejan Stanković (Дејан Станковић)

Dejan Stanković (Дејан Stanković) is a Serbian football manager and former midfielder who won the 2010 Champions League with Inter after playing for Crvena zvezda, Lazio, and Inter.

Dejounte Murray

Dejounte Murray, NBA guard (Seattle, 1996), Spurs 2016 draftee, 2022 All-Star and steals champion, later Hawks and Pelicans; All-Defensive guard whose career was interrupted by ACL and Achilles tears.

DeJuan Blair

DeJuan Blair (born 1989) is an American former basketball player, a 6'7" power forward-center from Pittsburgh who played seven NBA seasons for the Spurs, Mavericks, and Wizards after a consensus All-American career at the University of Pittsburgh.

Deka

Deka is a two-row mancala-style sowing board game of the Yombe people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, documented by Townshend in 1977, played with two counters per hole and won by immobilizing the opponent.

Delanie Walker

Delanie Walker (Hubert Delanie Walker, born 1984) is a former NFL tight end, 2006 sixth-round pick by the 49ers, three-time Pro Bowler with the Titans (2013-19), 504 catches, 5,888 yards, retired 2022.

Delaware Blue Coats

Delaware Blue Coats, NBA G League affiliate of the Philadelphia 76ers based in Wilmington, Delaware, at the Chase Fieldhouse (2,500 seats). Formerly Utah Flash and Delaware 87ers; 2023 G League champions.

Delaware State Hornets football

Delaware State Hornets football: the NCAA FCS college football program of Delaware State University in Dover, Delaware, a MEAC member playing at Alumni Stadium; won the 2007 MEAC title and made its first FCS playoff appearance.

Delby Lemieux

Delby Lemieux, Dartmouth offensive lineman from Duxbury, Massachusetts (2022-2025), AP First-Team All-American, 2026 Senior Bowl participant, signed by the Minnesota Vikings after the 2026 NFL Draft.

Dele Alli

Dele Alli (Bamidele Jermaine Alli), English attacking midfielder born 1996; MK Dons to Tottenham, 67 goals in 269 games, two PFA Young Player awards, 37 England caps, later Everton, Besiktas, Como, without a club since September 2025.

Deleb

Deleb (Dèleb) is a traditional Somali running-fight board game of the tâb family: two teams throw four black-and-white sticks as dice, pass a three-stage opening, race pieces in a loop, and win by capturing all opposing pieces.

Delfine Persoon

Delfine Persoon, Belgian boxer (born 1985), WBC female lightweight champion 2014-2019 with nine defenses, lost two famous fights to Katie Taylor, also IBF lightweight titlist, worked as a police officer.

Delfines

Delfines de Ciudad del Carmen (Ciudad del Carmen Dolphins), Mexican League baseball expansion team 2012-2016 at Estadio Resurgimiento, managed by Félix Fermín, best season 2013 (63-46); moved to Durango in 2017 as Generales de Durango.

Delfino Pescara 1936

Delfino Pescara 1936, known as Pescara, is an Italian football club founded 4 July 1936 in Pescara, Abruzzo. The only Abruzzese club to reach Serie A, it plays at the Stadio Adriatico in white and blue.

Delfo Cabrera

Delfo Cabrera (Delfor Cabrera Gómez), Argentine runner, 1948 London Olympic marathon champion in 2:34:51.6; also 1951 Pan American Games marathon gold and 1952 Helsinki sixth place.

Delhi Capitals (दिल्ली कैपिटल्स)

Delhi Capitals (दिल्ली कैपिटल्स), formerly Delhi Daredevils, is a GMR-JSW co-owned IPL and WPL franchise founded 2008, based at Arun Jaitley Stadium; IPL runners-up 2020, WPL runners-up all four seasons.

Delhi Capitals in 2020

Delhi Capitals' 2020 IPL season: captained by Shreyas Iyer, played in the UAE bio-bubble, reached the franchise's first-ever final, and lost to Mumbai Indians by 5 wickets; Dhawan scored 618 runs, Rabada took 30 wickets.

Delhi cricket team

The Delhi cricket team is a first-class side run by the Delhi & District Cricket Association, based at the Arun Jaitley Stadium and a seven-time Ranji Trophy winner.

Delilah DiCrescenzo

Delilah DiCrescenzo (born 1983), American 3000m steeplechase runner, PB 9:40.63, two-time US Championships bronze medalist (2006, 2011), and inspiration for Plain White T's "Hey There Delilah".

Delisha Milton Jones

DeLisha Milton-Jones is an American basketball coach and retired player who won Olympic gold medals in 2000 and 2008, played 17 WNBA seasons, and now coaches Old Dominion University.

Delivery (cricket)

Delivery (cricket): a single ball bowled to a batter, also naming ball types like yorker, bouncer, googly, and slower ball. Six valid deliveries make an over; legality, speed ranges, and spin variation effectiveness are covered.

Dell Curry

Dell Curry (Wardell Stephen Curry Sr.), born 1964, NBA shooting guard, 16 seasons, 1986 first-round pick, 1994 Sixth Man of the Year with Charlotte Hornets, father of Stephen and Seth Curry.

Dell Pettus

Dell Pettus (born 2001) is an American football safety for the New England Patriots of the NFL, signed as an undrafted rookie out of Troy University in 2024.

Della James Pascoe

Della James Pascoe (Della Patricia James-Pascoe, nee James), British sprinter at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics, 4x200 m relay world record holder, WAAA 100 m champion, wife of hurdler Alan Pascoe.

Dellin Betances

Dellin Betances, born 1988 in New York, is a retired American relief pitcher who was a four-time All-Star with the New York Yankees from 2014 to 2018.

Deloitte Football Money League

Deloitte Football Money League: annual Deloitte Sports Business Group ranking of the world's highest revenue generating football clubs, first covering 1996/97; 2026 edition reports top 20 clubs at €12.4bn, Real Madrid first above €1bn.

Delon Wright

Delon Wright (born 1992, Los Angeles) is an American NBA guard, 2015 first-round pick (20th, Toronto), Bob Cousy Award winner at Utah, brother of Dorell Wright, known as a defensive backup point guard.

Delonte West

Delonte West is an American former professional basketball guard, born in 1983 in Washington, D.C., who played eight NBA seasons for Boston, Seattle, Cleveland, and Dallas after starring at Saint Joseph's University.

Delta Force (2025 video game)

Delta Force (formerly Hawk Ops) is Team Jade and TiMi Studio Group's free-to-play tactical FPS reviving NovaLogic's 1998-2009 series, with 32v32 Warfare, Hazard Operations extraction, and a Black Hawk Down campaign; 246,418 Steam peak.