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Fortuna Arena

Fortuna Arena, formerly Eden Arena and Sinobo Stadium, is Slavia Prague's 19,370-seat football stadium in Prague-Vršovice, the Czech Republic's largest, opened 2008 on the old Stadion Eden site and named Fortuna Arena since 2022.

Fortuna Düsseldorf

Fortuna Düsseldorf (Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V.), German football club founded 1895, 2. Bundesliga side at MERKUR SPIEL-ARENA; German champions 1933, DFB-Pokal 1979 and 1980, 1979 Cup Winners' Cup final.

Fortuna Sittard

Fortuna Sittard, Dutch Eredivisie club from Sittard, Limburg, formed 1 July 1968 from merger of Fortuna '54 and RKSV Sittardia; cup finals 1984 and 1999, promoted 1982 and 2018.

Fortune Gordien

Fortune Gordien (Fortune Everett Gordien, 1922–1990), American discus thrower: four-time world record holder (best 59.28 m, 1953), Olympic bronze 1948, silver 1956, fourth 1952, also a shot putter, coach, and actor.

Forward (association football)

Forward (association football): attacking player roles including striker, winger, inside forward, target man, and false nine; evolved from seven forwards in 1872 to modern flexible, pressing front lines.

Forward pass

The forward pass is American football's legal downfield throw, thrown from behind the line of scrimmage, one per down. Legalized in 1906 after Roosevelt's safety reforms; first legal completion by Bradbury Robinson, September 5, 1906.

Forza

Forza is a racing video game franchise published by Xbox Game Studios, pairing the circuit-racing Forza Motorsport simulation with the open-world Forza Horizon series since 2005.

Forza Horizon

Forza Horizon is Playground Games' open-world action racing series for Xbox Game Studios, launched 2012 in Colorado; six entries through Forza Horizon 6 (Japan, May 2026), sharing Forza Motorsport's 360 fps physics engine and Drivatar AI.

Forza Horizon 2

Forza Horizon 2 (2014) is an open-world racing game by Playground Games (Xbox One) and Sumo Digital (Xbox 360) under Turn 10, set in France and Italy, with Drivatars, dynamic weather, 200+ cars, Storm Island DLC, Metacritic 86, delisted 2018.

Forza Horizon 3

Forza Horizon 3 is a 2016 open-world racing game by Playground Games and Microsoft Studios, set in Australia with 350+ cars, first Forza cross-play, Metacritic 91, delisted September 27, 2020.

Forza Horizon 4

Forza Horizon 4: Playground Games' 2018 open-world racing game set in Britain, known for weekly dynamic seasons, a 72-player shared world, 450+ cars, and its December 2024 digital delisting.

Forza Horizon 5

Forza Horizon 5 (FH5) is an open-world racing game by Playground Games and Xbox Game Studios, set in Mexico, released November 9, 2021; Metacritic 92, PS5 port April 2025 with over 5 million copies sold.

Forza Horizon 6

Forza Horizon 6 (FH6) is Playground Games' open-world racer set in Japan, revealed at Tokyo Game Show 2025, launched May 19, 2026 on Xbox Series X|S and PC, with PS5 on January 26, 2027; 550+ cars, cover car 2025 GR GT Prototype.

Forza Motorsport 6

Forza Motorsport 6 is a 2015 racing simulation game by Turn 10 Studios for Xbox One, the sixth main Forza entry and the first with weather and night racing.

Forza Motorsport 7

Forza Motorsport 7, also known as Forza 7, is a 2017 racing video game developed by Turn 10 Studios and published by Microsoft Studios for Xbox One and Windows 10.

Fosbury flop

Fosbury flop, the back-first high jump technique developed by Dick Fosbury, gold medalist at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics with an Olympic record 2.24 m; now used by nearly all elite high jumpers.

Fossilized Wonders (東方錦上京)

Fossilized Wonders (東方錦上京, Touhou Kinjoukyou) is the 20th mainline Touhou bullet hell shooter by Team Shanghai Alice, released on Steam August 16, 2025, featuring Reimu and Marisa, an eight Anomaly Stone equip system, and AI-generated background textures.

Foster Griffin

Foster Griffin (Fred Foster Griffin, born 1995, Orlando) is a left-handed MLB pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians; drafted 28th overall by Kansas City in 2014, debuted on his 25th birthday in 2020, rebuilt his career with the Yomiuri Giants, and was a 2026 All-Star with Washington before an August 2026 trade to Cleveland.

Fouaad Mirza

Fouaad Mirza (born 1992) is an Indian eventing rider, double silver medallist at the 2018 Asian Games, 23rd at Tokyo 2020, India's third Olympic equestrian, and 2019 Arjuna Awardee.

Foul (basketball)

A foul in basketball is illegal personal contact with an opponent. Excessive contact draws flagrant fouls, and players are disqualified after six fouls in the NBA or five under FIBA rules.

Foul ball

Foul ball: a batted ball outside fair territory in baseball. Dead ball, strike unless count has two strikes; foul tip caught by catcher stays live. Modern definition dates to 1920; foul-strike rule adopted 1901-03.

Fouls and misconduct (association football)

Fouls and misconduct in association football are the offenses governed by Law 12 of the Laws of the Game, punished with free kicks, penalty kicks, and yellow or red cards.

Foundation (video game)

Foundation is a gridless medieval city-building game by Polymorph Games for PC, in Steam Early Access from February 2019 and fully released January 31, 2025, known for organic city growth, modular monuments, and the Harvest Festival DLC.

Four Continents Figure Skating Championships

Annual ISU figure skating championship (Four Continents Championships) for skaters from Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania, held since 1999 in men's, women's, pairs, and ice dance; 2026 in Beijing, 2027 in Astana.

Four Continents Short Track Speed Skating Championships

Four Continents Short Track Speed Skating Championships, an ISU short track title event for non-European members; 2025 edition held November 8-9, 2024 at Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City, with 500/1000/1500 m and relay events.

Four Continents Speed Skating Championships

The Four Continents Speed Skating Championships is an annual long-track speed skating championship for non-European skaters, created by the ISU in 2019 and first held in 2020.

Four Hills Tournament

Four Hills Tournament (Vierschanzentournee), annual ski jumping series since 1953 at Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck, Bischofshofen; Golden Eagle won on total points; first women's edition 2026/27.

Four of a kind

Four of a kind (quads): four cards of the same rank, the second-highest poker hand below a straight flush; 624 five-card hands, 1 in 4,165. Also a 1950s American vying card game by William Moore with a high-low split pot.

Four square

Four square, also called box ball, is a playground ball game for four players on a square court of four equal squares; players bounce an 8.5-inch rubber ball between squares, and errors send them to the back of a waiting line.

Four-minute mile

Four-minute mile: running 1,609.04 m under 4:00, first achieved by Roger Bannister (3:59.4, Oxford, 6 May 1954). Over 1,000 men have since done it; men's record now Josh Kerr's 3:42.66, women's record Faith Kipyegon's 4:07.64.