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Gaigel
Gaigel, a Swabian trick-taking card game related to 66/Schnapsen, played by four in partnerships with a 48-card Württemberg double pack; first team to 101 points calls "Aus!" and wins.
Gaijin Entertainment
Gaijin Entertainment, independent European game developer and publisher founded 2002, HQ Budapest; maker of War Thunder, Crossout, Enlisted, and the Dagor Engine, released open source in 2023.
Gail Amundrud
Gail Amundrud (born 1957, Toronto) is a Canadian swimmer, bronze medalist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay at Montreal 1976, with World, Commonwealth, and Pan American Games medals.
Gail Devers
Gail Devers (Yolanda Gail L. Devers), American sprinter-hurdler born 1966 in Seattle; three Olympic golds (100m 1992, 1996; 4x100m relay 1996), five world outdoor titles, overcame Graves' disease; 100m hurdles American record 12.33.
Gail Goodrich
Gail Goodrich, nicknamed Stumpy, is a retired American NBA guard (Lakers, Suns, New Orleans Jazz, 1965-79) and UCLA star who won the 1964 and 1965 NCAA titles, scored 42 points in the 1965 final, led the 1971-72 champion Lakers in scoring, and entered the Hall of Fame in 1996.
Gail Kim
Gail Kim, born 1976 in Toronto, is a retired Canadian professional wrestler, also known as La Felina, who won the WWE Women's Championship in her 2003 RAW debut, was TNA's first Knockouts Champion, and became the first female TNA/Impact Hall of Fame inductee in 2016.
Gail Miller
Gail Miller (Gail Louise Miller-Tune), Australian water polo driver born 1976 in Canberra; won gold with Australia at Sydney 2000, the first Olympic women's water polo tournament; later a Brisbane real estate director and OAM recipient. Distinct from the Utah Jazz owner of the same name.
Gail Neall
Gail Neall (Gail Yeo), born 1955, Australian swimmer; 1972 Munich Olympic gold and world record 5:02.97 in the 400m individual medley; Commonwealth Games silver 1970, bronze 1974; Hall of Fame member.
Gaizka Mendieta
Gaizka Mendieta Zabala (born 1974, Lekeitio), Spanish midfielder; Valencia captain 1993-2001, Copa del Rey 1999, Champions League runner-up 2000 and 2001, UEFA Best Midfielder both seasons; later Lazio, Barcelona, Middlesbrough; 40 Spain caps.
Gakuen Idolmaster
Gakuen Idolmaster (学園アイドルマスター, Gakumas) is Bandai Namco's 2024 free-to-play idol training simulation, the first school-set, first mainline new-content Idolmaster game in six years; 9 idols, evolving live scenes, ~$150M 2024 revenue, 2M downloads in five months.
Gal Fridman
Gal Fridman (גל פרידמן), born 1975, Israeli windsurfer; bronze at Atlanta 1996 and gold at Athens 2004 in men's Mistral, Israel's first Olympic gold, later coach of Tom Reuveny's Paris 2024 gold.
Galabin Boevski
Galabin Boevski (Гълъбин Боевски), Bulgarian weightlifter born 1974 in Knezha, won 69 kg gold at Sydney 2000 with 357.5 kg, held six world records, then received an eight-year doping ban in 2004 and was convicted of cocaine trafficking in Brazil and Portugal.
Galácticos
Galácticos: Real Madrid's superstar recruitment policy under Florentino Pérez, launched with Figo (€62m, 2000) and Zidane (€77.5m, 2001); commercial triumph, sporting decline after 2003, revived from 2009.
Galaga
Galaga (ギャラガ) is Namco's 1981 fixed-screen arcade shooter, successor to Galaxian, designed by Shigeru Yokoyama. Known for the Boss Galaga tractor-beam capture, Dual Fighter mode, and Challenging Stages; sixth top earner in Japan in 1981.
Galal Yafai
Galal Yafai, Birmingham flyweight boxer, Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medallist (beat Carlo Paalam 4-1), Rio 2016 Olympian, 2018 Commonwealth champion, brother of Kal and Gamal Yafai, later WBC interim flyweight champion with Matchroom.
Galatasaray S.K. (football)
Galatasaray S.K. (Cimbom), Istanbul football club founded 1905 by Ali Sami Yen at Galatasaray High School; 23 Turkish league titles, 18 cups, and the only Turkish winner of a major UEFA trophy (2000 UEFA Cup, Super Cup).
Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball)
Galatasaray men's basketball section, founded 1911 at Galatasaray High School; 18 Turkish championships, 2016 EuroCup winner, 2025 BCL runner-up, playing at Basketbol Gelişim Merkezi in Istanbul.
Galaxian
Galaxian (ギャラクシアン) is Namco's 1979 fixed-shooter arcade game, its first space shooter, built to beat Space Invaders with full-color sprites and dive-bombing aliens; Midway licensed it for the US, and Galaga followed in 1981.
Gale Fitzgerald
Gale Lillian Fitzgerald, born 1951 in Newark, New Jersey, is an American former pentathlete who placed 19th at the 1972 and 13th at the 1976 Olympics, won 1975 Pan American Games silver, ran on four 4x440 yard relay world records, and later worked in film production.
Gale Sayers
Gale Sayers, the Kansas Comet, Chicago Bears Hall of Fame running back 1965-71; 4,956 rushing yards, 22-TD rookie record, six-TD game, youngest Hall inductee at 34; Brian's Song subject.
Galen Rupp
Galen Rupp (born 1986) is an American long-distance runner from Portland, Oregon, who won Olympic silver in the 10,000 meters in 2012 and bronze in the marathon in 2016.
Galicia national football team
Galicia national football team (Selección de fútbol de Galicia, A Irmandiña), Galicia's regional selection in Spain; debuted 1922, revived 2005 with a 3-2 win over Uruguay, unbeaten until a 2024 loss to Panama; amateur side won the 2023 UEFA Regions' Cup.
Galina Bystrova
Galina Bystrova (Галина Петровна Быстрова, 1934–1999), Soviet pentathlete and 80 m hurdler; 1964 Olympic pentathlon bronze, European champion 1958 and 1962, three world records.
Galina Chistyakova
Galina Chistyakova (Halyna Chystiakova, born 1962, Izmail) is a Soviet and Slovak long and triple jumper; her 7.52 m women's long jump world record from Leningrad, 11 June 1988, still stands, and she won Olympic bronze at Seoul 1988.
Galina Gorokhova
Galina Gorokhova (Галина Горохова), born in Moscow in 1938, is a Soviet and Russian foil fencer who won three Olympic golds and nine world titles, then coached Soviet fencing.
Galina Kreft-Alekseyeva
Galina Kreft-Alekseyeva (Галина Сергеевна Крефт-Алексеева), Soviet kayaker (1950-2005), also competed as Galina Kreft and Galina Alekseyeva; K2 500 m Olympic gold 1976 and silver 1980 with Nina Gopova-Trofimova, seven world silvers.
Galina Kukleva
Galina Alekseyevna Kukleva (Галина Алексеевна Куклева), Russian biathlete (1972–2026), 1998 Nagano Olympic sprint champion, three-time Olympic medalist, six world championship medals, 23 World Cup wins, retired 2003.
Galina Kulakova
Galina Kulakova (Галина Алексеевна Кулакова, born 1942), Soviet cross-country skier from Udmurtia; four Olympic golds among eight medals 1968–1980, Sapporo 1972 triple, five world titles, first Women's World Cup winner 1978–79, 1976 ephedrine disqualification.
Galina Leontyeva
Galina Leontyeva (Галина Александровна Леонтьева, born Yelnitskaya, 1941–2016), Soviet volleyball setter; two Olympic golds (1968, 1972), world champion 1970, European champion 1967 and 1971 with Spartak Leningrad.
Galina Prozumenshchikova Stepanova
Galina Prozumenshchikova Stepanova (Галина Прозуменщикова, 1948–2015), Soviet breaststroke swimmer, first Soviet Olympic swimming gold, 200 m breaststroke Tokyo 1964, five Olympic medals, five world records.