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Ian Maatsen
Ian Maatsen, Dutch left-back for Aston Villa; ex-PSV and Chelsea academy (2018), loans at Charlton, Coventry, Burnley (2022/23 Championship title) and Borussia Dortmund (2024 Champions League final), sold to Villa in 2024 for a reported £37.5m/€44m.
Ian Machado Garry
Ian Machado Garry, 'The Future', Irish UFC welterweight born Dublin 1997, Cage Warriors champion, 17-2 record, lost UFC 330 title fight to Islam Makhachev by unanimous decision, August 15, 2026.
Ian McCall (fighter)
Ian "Uncle Creepy" McCall (born 1984) is a retired American flyweight MMA fighter, 13-7-1, Sherdog's 2011 Comeback Fighter of the Year, known for the disputed majority draw with Demetrious Johnson in the first UFC flyweight fight.
Ian Nepomniachtchi
Ian Nepomniachtchi ("Nepo"), Russian grandmaster born 1990 in Bryansk, two-time Candidates winner (2021, 2022) and World Championship challenger, losing to Carlsen 2021 and Ding Liren 2023; peak rating 2795.
Ian Poulter
Ian Poulter is an English professional golfer, born 1976, with 12 European Tour and 3 PGA Tour wins, known for his Ryder Cup match-play record and LIV Golf.
Ian Poveda
Ian Carlo Poveda-Ocampo, London-born Colombian winger (born 2000), ex-Barcelona and Manchester City academy, Leeds United, Sunderland, now Atlético Nacional; Colombia international, formerly England youth.
Ian Rush
Ian Rush is a Welsh former footballer and a prolific striker who served as Liverpool FC's record goalscorer, scoring 346 goals in 660 appearances over 15 years.
Ian Seymour
Ian Seymour (Ian Albert Seymour, born 1998, Madison, CT) is a Tampa Bay Rays left-handed pitcher drafted 57th overall in 2020 from Virginia Tech; MLB debut June 9, 2025, win at Fenway; 2026: 9-7, 4.21 ERA.
Ian St John
Ian St John (1938–2021), 'The Saint', Scottish forward for Motherwell and Liverpool; scored the extra-time winner in Liverpool's 1965 FA Cup final and co-presented ITV's Saint and Greavsie.
Ian Subiabre
Ian Martín Subiabre (born 2007, Comodoro Rivadavia) is an Argentine left-footed forward from River Plate's academy, now on loan at Tigre; U17/U20 World Cup player with a €100m release clause.
Ian Taylor
Ian Charles Boucher Taylor, born 1954 in Bromsgrove, is an English field hockey goalkeeper who won Olympic bronze (1984) and gold (1988) with Great Britain, earned a record 80 GB caps, and later led SportScotland.
Ian Thorpe
Ian Thorpe, nicknamed "Thorpedo", is an Australian swimmer who dominated middle- and long-distance freestyle from 1998 to 2004, winning five Olympic golds among nine medals.
Ian Turner
Ian Gordon Turner (1925-2010), American Olympic rower from Oakland, California; stroke seat of the UC Berkeley eight that won 1948 London Olympic gold in 5:56.7, brother of Dave Turner.
Ian Watson (football coach)
Ian Watson (born 1985, Washington, England) is an English football coach, head coach of Rochdale since June 2026; formerly South Shields manager (95-point National League North season) and Mike Williamson's assistant at Gateshead and MK Dons; distinct from the rugby league coach of the same name.
Ian Wheeler (American football)
Ian Wheeler (born 2001, Houston) is an NFL running back from Howard University; undrafted 2024 Bears signee, tore ACL as rookie, 2026 UFL United Bowl MVP with Louisville, later Bills and Eagles practice squads.
Ian Woosnam
Ian Woosnam (Woosie), Welsh golfer born 1958 in Oswestry; 1991 Masters champion, world No. 1 for 50 weeks, 29 European Tour wins, and winning 2006 European Ryder Cup captain at the K Club.
Ian Wright
Ian Wright, English former striker for Crystal Palace and Arsenal, 33 England caps, 185 Arsenal goals, later a leading TV pundit and The Overlap podcast regular.
Ianis Hagi
Ianis Hagi, Romanian attacking midfielder, son of Gheorghe Hagi; Viitorul, Fiorentina, Genk, Rangers (2020 Braga brace, 2020/21 title), Alavés loan, EURO 2024, now Alanyaspor.
İbo Aslan
İbo Aslan (Halil İbrahim Demiraslan, born 1996), "The Last Ottoman", is a Turkish-Austrian UFC light heavyweight from Niğde based in Vienna; 14-4 record with all 14 wins by knockout, 2-3 in the UFC.
Ibolya Csak
Ibolya Csak (Csák Ibolya, 1915–2006), Hungarian high jumper, 1936 Berlin Olympic gold via jump-off at 1.62 m and 1938 European champion after Dora Ratjen's disqualification; first Hungarian female athletics Olympic champion.
Ibrahim Afellay
Ibrahim Afellay, born 1986 in Utrecht, is a Dutch former attacking midfielder of Moroccan descent who played for PSV, Barcelona, Schalke 04, Olympiacos, and Stoke City, won the 2011 Champions League, earned 53 Netherlands caps, and retired in 2021.
Ibrahim Diarra (footballer)
Ibrahim Diarra, born 2006 in Mali, is a Malian left-sided midfielder and winger at FC Barcelona Atlètic; Africa Foot Academy product, 2023 U-17 World Cup captain with 5 goals, joined Barça 2024 until 2028.
Ibrahim Mbaye
Ibrahim Mbaye is a Senegalese professional footballer, born in 2008 in Trappes, France, who plays as a forward and won the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations with Senegal.
Ibrahim Moustafa
Ibrahim Moustafa (ابراهيم مصطفى), Egyptian Greco-Roman wrestler (1904–1968) from Alexandria; 1928 Amsterdam Olympic light-heavyweight champion, Egypt's second Olympic champion, later national coach who died at the 1968 Games.
Ibrahim Shams
Ibrahim Shams (ابراهيم حسنين شمس), Egyptian weightlifter (1917-2001), featherweight bronze at Berlin 1936 and lightweight gold at London 1948, two-time world champion and first Egyptian with Olympic medals at two Games.
Ibrahima Ba (footballer, born 2005)
Ibrahima Ba (born 2005, Boune, Senegal) is a Senegalese centre-back, 1.90 m, right-footed, who played for AJEL de Rufisque, Valenciennes and Famalicão before joining Sporting CP in July 2026 on a contract to 2031 with an €80 million buyout clause.
Ibrahima Konaté
Ibrahima Konaté, French centre-back born 1999 in Paris; ex-Sochaux, RB Leipzig, and Liverpool (183 games, Premier League 2025), joined Real Madrid in 2026; 30 France caps, 2022 World Cup finalist.
Ibrox Stadium
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow: home of Rangers FC since 1899 (Ibrox Park until 1997). Capacity about 50,817; Leitch's listed Main Stand (1929); disasters of 1902 and 1971; rebuilt 1981.
IBSA World Games
The IBSA World Games, formerly the IBSA World Championships and Games, are a quadrennial competition for blind and partially sighted athletes, first held in Madrid in 1998.
IBSF European Cup
The IBSF European Cup, historically called the Bob-Europacup, is the second-tier continental bobsleigh series run by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation exclusively on European tracks, feeding points into Olympic qualification.