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Fairchild Channel F
Fairchild Channel F, originally the Video Entertainment System (VES): 1976 home console by Fairchild Semiconductor, first with ROM cartridges (Videocarts) and a microprocessor (F8 at 1.79 MHz), engineered under Jerry Lawson; about 350,000 sold.
Fairy chess piece
Fairy chess piece, also called heterodox piece: any chess piece outside the orthodox six, used in fairy chess problems and variants; includes leapers, riders, hoppers, and compounds like the amazon, with computer-measured values.
Faisal Halim
Faisal Halim (Muhammad Faisal Abdul Halim, nicknamed Mickey), born 1998, is a Malaysian winger and Selangor FC captain who survived a May 2024 acid attack, returned after 90 days, and has 15-plus Malaysia goals.
Faith Kipyegon
Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who holds world records in the 1500m and mile and won the 1500m at three straight Olympics, Rio 2016 through Paris 2024.
Faith Leech
Faith Leech (Faith Yvonne Leech-Touhy), Australian freestyle swimmer nicknamed the Flying Fish; 1956 Melbourne Olympic gold medallist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay and bronze in the 100 m freestyle; retired at 16 in 1957 on medical advice.
Faizon Brandon
Faizon Brandon is a true freshman quarterback, Tennessee Volunteers' 2026 starter, from Grimsley High School in Greensboro, N.C.; a five-star recruit (247Sports No. 2 overall) who committed in August 2024 and went 35-1 in high school.
Fakel
Fakel Voronezh (Факел Воронеж) is a Russian football club founded in 1947 at a secret Voronezh aviation plant; Soviet First League champion and USSR Cup semifinalist 1984, best RPL finish 11th in 2023-24, plays at the 34,800-seat Central Stadium of Trade Unions.
Faker (이상혁) (gamer)
Faker (Lee Sang-hyeok, 이상혁, born 1996) is a South Korean League of Legends mid laner for T1; record six World Championships (2013-2025), ten LCK titles, first Hall of Legends inductee, widely called the game's greatest player.
Fakhar Zaman (فخر زمان) (cricketer)
Fakhar Zaman (فخر زمان), born 1990, Pakistani left-handed ODI opener, ex-Pakistan Navy sailor; first Pakistani with an ODI double-hundred (210) and 2017 Champions Trophy final centurion vs India.
Falcão (futsal player)
Falcão (Alessandro Rosa Vieira), Brazilian futsal winger born 1977, 'King of Futsal'; 401 goals in 258 Brazil caps, 2008 and 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup winner, four-time FIFA world player, retired 2018 with Magnus.
Falcons Flight
Falcons Flight (also styled Falcon's Flight) is Intamin's LSM launch roller coaster at Six Flags Qiddiya City, Saudi Arabia, opened 31 December 2025; at 195 m, 250 km/h, and 4,250 m it is the world's tallest, fastest, and longest coaster.
Falkirk F.C.
Falkirk F.C. (the Bairns), founded 1876, is a fan-owned Scottish football club at the 7,937-capacity Falkirk Stadium. Back-to-back titles under John McGlynn returned it to the Premiership in 2025 after a 15-year absence.
Falko Zandstra
Falko Zandstra (De Gespierde Spijker), Dutch speed skater born 1971 in Heerenveen; 1992 Olympic 5,000 m silver, 1994 1,500 m bronze, 1993 world and European allround champion, small- and big-combination world record holder.
Fall Guys
Fall Guys (Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout) is a free-to-play cross-platform party royale game by Mediatonic, published by Epic Games since the March 2021 acquisition; 60-player obstacle-course elimination, launched August 2020, free to play since June 2022.
Fallas
Fallas (Faille, Fails) is a medieval Spanish tables race game from Alfonso X's Libro de los Juegos, played on a 2x12 board with 15 pieces and three dice, where a blocked player loses immediately; distinct from the Valencian festival.
Fallon Fox
Fallon Fox (born 1975) is a retired American MMA fighter, the first openly transgender athlete in professional mixed martial arts; she came out in March 2013, fought to a 5-1 record, and retired in 2014.
Fallon Sherrock
Fallon Sherrock is an English professional darts player who became the first woman to win a PDC World Championship match, beating Ted Evetts at Alexandra Palace in December 2019.
Fallou Ndiaye
Fallou Ndiaye (born 2001) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a center-back for Kerala Blasters FC of the Indian Super League, after a career in Finland.
Fallout (series)
Fallout: post-apocalyptic RPG franchise begun by Interplay in 1997, owned by Bethesda since 2007; six mainline games, SPECIAL system, 1950s retro-futurist setting, Prime Video TV series.
Fallout (video game)
Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game (Interplay, 1997) is a turn-based post-apocalyptic RPG by Tim Cain, Leonard Boyarsky, and Brian Fargo, using the SPECIAL system after GURPS was declined; it founded the Fallout series.
Fallout 2
Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game is a 1998 isometric turn-based RPG by Black Isle Studios and Interplay, sequel to Fallout, following the Chosen One of Arroyo seeking the GECK; made in about 8 months, scored 86 on Metacritic.
Fallout 3
Fallout 3 (2008), Bethesda's action RPG in post-apocalyptic Washington D.C., introduced V.A.T.S. pause-targeting, sold about 12.4 million copies, and spawned five DLC packs and a GOTY edition.
Fallout 4
Fallout 4 is Bethesda Game Studios' 2015 open-world action RPG set in post-nuclear Boston (the Commonwealth), released November 10, 2015, known for settlement building, crafting, a voiced protagonist, and the Far Harbor add-on.
Fallout 76
Fallout 76 (2018) is Bethesda Game Studios' online open-world multiplayer RPG set in post-nuclear Appalachia, West Virginia. Launched without human NPCs to poor reviews, it was rebuilt through free updates such as Wastelanders (2020).
Fallout Shelter
Fallout Shelter is a free-to-play construction and management simulation by Bethesda Game Studios set in the Fallout universe, released on iOS in June 2015 and later on many platforms.
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel, also called Fallout Tactics, is a 2001 Micro Forté and 14° East squad-based tactical combat game for PC, the third Fallout-universe game, first with multiplayer, non-canon except pivotal events.
Fallout: Bakersfield
Fallout: Bakersfield (Saur X / Red888guns, Alexander and Denis Berezin) is an unreleased GZDoom total conversion mod reimagining 1997's Fallout as a retro FPS, retelling the Necropolis sequence in Bakersfield, California; no release date.
Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel
Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel is a 2004 Interplay action RPG for PS2 and Xbox, the first console Fallout game and second spin-off; non-canon, linear hack-and-slash, Metacritic 64/66, distinct from Fallout Tactics (2001).
Fallout: New Vegas
Fallout: New Vegas is a 2010 action role-playing game by Obsidian Entertainment, set in the Mojave Wasteland around a post-apocalyptic Las Vegas, where a courier pursues the stolen Platinum Chip.
FAME Casino
FAME Casino names several unrelated gambling businesses: a licensed land-based casino in Minsk, Belarus (opened March 2018, Marriott/Falcon Club, 13 tables, 60-78 slots), Fame Casino Batumi in Georgia, the Turkish online Famecasino, and the US sweepstakes brand PlayFame.