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Fifth generation of video game consoles
Fifth generation of video game consoles (1993–2001), the 32-bit/64-bit or 3D era, defined by Sega Saturn, Sony PlayStation, and Nintendo 64; PlayStation won with over 100 million sold, shifting games to polygonal 3D and CD-ROM media.
Fifth ODI, Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2005–06
Fifth ODI, Australia in South Africa 2005-06, Johannesburg, 12 March 2006: Australia posted a then world-record 434/4 (Ponting 164) and South Africa chased 438/9 (Gibbs 175) to win by 1 wicket and the series 3-2.
Fifty five
Fifty five (55) is an Irish bidding trick-taking card game of the Spoil Five family, descended from Twenty-Five. Two to nine players, 52 cards, kitty, bids of 10-60; first to 55 points wins; 110 and 220 are higher-target variants.
Fifty six
Fifty six (56, Ambathiyaaru, അൻപത്താർ) is a Kerala partnership trick-taking card game of the Jass family, played with 48 cards from two packs; Jacks and Nines rank highest and the pack holds 56 card points.
Fight Night Champion
Fight Night Champion is EA Sports' 2011 boxing game for Xbox 360 and PS3, the last Fight Night title, known for its Mature-rated Andre Bishop story mode, Full Spectrum Punch Control, and Metascore 86.
Fight of the Century
Fight of the Century: Joe Frazier vs Muhammad Ali I, March 8, 1971, Madison Square Garden; first title fight between two undefeated heavyweights; Frazier won a 15-round unanimous decision with a 15th-round knockdown; $2.5 million purses each.
Fighting (2009 film)
Fighting is a 2009 American action-drama film directed by Dito Montiel, starring Channing Tatum and Terrence Howard, about a street counterfeiter drawn into New York's underground bare-knuckle fighting circuit.
Fighting Fantasy
Fighting Fantasy is a gamebook series by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone, first published by Puffin in 1982 with The Warlock of Firetop Mountain; dice-based Skill, Stamina, and Luck rules distinguish it from pure branching books like Choose Your Own Adventure, with over 20 million copies sold.
Fighting game
Fighting game genre: one-on-one close-range combat in 2D or 3D arenas. Defined by Street Fighter II (1991), frame-based 60 fps mechanics, delay-based versus rollback netcode, and the arcade-rooted FGC, distinct from beat 'em ups and platform fighters.
Fighting in ice hockey
Fighting in ice hockey: bare-fisted combat between players, penalized with a 5-minute major in the NHL but a game misconduct (ejection) under IIHF and most amateur rules; rates have declined sharply since a 1987 peak.
Fighting Nerds
Fighting Nerds: São Paulo MMA team founded 2014 by Pablo Sucupira and Caio Borralho, motto 'Estudar, Pensar, Lutar, Evoluir', famous for Borralho, Prates, Ruffy, and Jean Silva's UFC run and nerd glasses.
Fighting with My Family
Fighting with My Family (2019) is Stephen Merchant's biographical comedy-drama about WWE wrestler Paige (Saraya Bevis) and her Norwich wrestling family, based on a Channel 4 documentary, starring Florence Pugh and Dwayne Johnson.
Figueirense
Figueirense Futebol Clube, also called Furacão or Time do Povo, is a Florianópolis, Santa Catarina football club founded 12 June 1921, an 18-time state champion, Copa do Brasil 2007 runner-up, now a SAF playing Série C.
Figure skating
Figure skating: judged ice sport with singles, pairs, ice dance, and synchronized disciplines, governed by the ISU since 1892, scored under the International Judging System (TES plus PCS) introduced after the 2002 scandal.
Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics, Salt Lake City: pairs gold first went 5-4 to Russia's Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze over Canada's Salé and Pelletier; a French-judge vote-trading scandal led to duplicate gold medals and the Code of Points judging system.
Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Pair skating
Pair skating at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, the pairs figure skating event won by Russia's Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze over Canada's Salé and Pelletier in a 5-4 vote, later annulled into dual gold medals after French judge Marie-Reine Le Gougne's vote-trading fraud, prompting the ISU's International Judging System.
Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Figure skating at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics: five events including the debut team event won by Russia; Adelina Sotnikova, 17, beat Yuna Kim 224.59 to 219.11 for ladies' gold, sparking a judging controversy and South Korean ISU complaint.
Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Figure skating at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, held 9–25 February 2018 at Gangneung Ice Arena: five events (men's, ladies, pairs, ice dance, team), ISU judging system with nine-judge trimmed mean, Zagitova's record 82.92 short program, and Chen's five quadruple jumps.
Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Figure skating at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: five events at Capital Indoor Stadium, ROC won six medals, and the Kamila Valieva trimetazidine doping case canceled team medals and led to 2024 re-ranking.
Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics
Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics (Milano Cortina 2026), February 6–19 at the Milano Ice Skating Arena: five events, USA won team gold and Alysa Liu women's gold, Mikhail Shaydorov men's gold, Japan pairs, France ice dance.
Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Ice dance
Ice dance at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, held February 9 and 11, 2026. Gold: Fournier Beaudry/Cizeron (France, 225.82); silver Chock/Bates (USA, 224.39); bronze Gilles/Poirier (Canada).
Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's singles
Men's singles figure skating at Milano Cortina 2026, held 10 and 13 February 2026 with 29 skaters; Ilia Malinin led the short program at 108.16 but finished eighth after popping his quad axel.
Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Pair skating
Pair skating at Milano Cortina 2026, held 15-16 February at Milano Ice Skating Arena; Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara won Japan's first Olympic pairs gold with 231.24, ahead of Georgia's Metelkina/Berulava and Germany's Hase/Volodin.
Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Team event
The mixed-gender figure skating team event at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina ran February 6–8, 2026; the U.S. won gold, Japan took silver, and Italy won bronze.
Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Women's singles
Women's singles figure skating at Milano Cortina 2026, held 17 and 19 February at Milano Ice Skating Arena; 29 skaters from 21 NOCs. Alysa Liu (USA) won gold, Kaori Sakamoto and Ami Nakai (Japan) silver and bronze.
Figure skating at the Olympic Games
Figure skating at the Olympic Games: five medal events (men's and women's singles, pairs, ice dance, team event) under the ISU Judging System; debuted at the 1908 London Summer Olympics, permanent since Chamonix 1924.
Figure skating jumps
Figure skating jumps: the six ISU-recognized jumps (toe loop, Salchow, loop, flip, Lutz, Axel), split into edge and toe pick-assisted takeoffs, with quad base values 9.5 to 12.5 points and the Axel as the only forward-takeoff jump.
Figure skating lifts
Figure skating lifts: partner-carrying elements in pair skating and ice dance. Pair lifts use five grip-based groups (armpit, waist, hand-to-hip, hand-to-hand, lasso) with base values 1.40-7.00; ice dance lifts are non-overhead, classified as stationary, curve, straight line, or rotational.
Figure skating spins
Figure skating spins: rotational elements in upright, camel, and sit positions, scored under the ISU Code of Points with base values and GOE; sit spin credited to Jackson Haines.
Figure skating spirals
Figure skating spirals: a glide on one foot with the free leg extended behind above hip level, derived from ballet's arabesque. Also called spiral sequences; distinguished from spins by gliding without rotation; defined in ISU regulations and showcased by Michelle Kwan and Sasha Cohen.