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Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race: annual ~1,000-mile Alaska sled dog race from Anchorage to Nome, first run 1973, founded by Joe Redington Sr. and Dorothy Page; alternating northern/southern routes, record 1,128 miles in 2025, declining fields, Jessie Holmes champion 2025-2026.
Idrissa Gueye
Idrissa Gueye, also known as Idrissa Gana Gueye, is a Senegalese defensive midfielder born in 1989 who played for Everton and Paris Saint-Germain and won AFCON 2021 with Senegal.
Idrissa Gueye (footballer, born 2006)
Idrissa Gueye, born 2006 in Mbour, Senegal, is a Senegalese centre-forward for Udinese, distinct from midfielder Idrissa Gana Gueye (born 1989); ex-Génération Foot and Metz, signed 2025 for 8–10 million euros.
Ids Postma
Ids Postma (Ids Hylke Postma), Dutch long-track speed skater born 1973 in Dearsum, Friesland. Olympic 1000 m gold and 1500 m silver at Nagano 1998; world allround champion 1997 and 1998; first 5000 m single-distance world champion; retired 2004, married Anni Friesinger.
Iefke van Belkum
Iefke van Belkum, born 1986 in Leiden, is a Dutch water polo player who won Olympic gold with the Netherlands at Beijing 2008, played for Hawaii, Greek and Russian clubs, and later coached and directed ZVL-1886.
IEM Cologne Major 2026
IEM Cologne Major 2026, the 24th Counter-Strike (CS2) Major and ESL's 11th, held June 2–21, 2026 in Cologne; 32 VRS-qualified teams, $1,250,000 prize pool, first all-Bo3 Stage 3; Team Falcons beat FURIA in the LANXESS arena grand final.
IF Elfsborg
IF Elfsborg, Swedish football club from Borås founded 26 June 1904 as Borås Fotbollslag; six Allsvenskan titles (1936, 1939, 1940, 1961, 2006, 2012), two Svenska Cupen wins, plays at Borås Arena.
Ifeanyi Ndukwe
Ifeanyi-Arthur Ndukwe, Austrian center-back born 2008 in Vienna; ex-Austria Wien, signed by Liverpool for €3 million in 2026, loaned to Levante UD because post-Brexit GBE rules deny him a UK work permit.
IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper
IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper: annual men's goalkeeper award by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics, voted for the calendar year since 1987; first winner Jean-Marie Pfaff; Casillas, Buffon, and Neuer each won five times.
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg (Blåvitt), Swedish football club founded 1904 in Gothenburg; 18 Allsvenskan titles, 8 Swedish Cups, and UEFA Cup wins in 1982 and 1987; plays at Gamla Ullevi.
IFK Norrköping
IFK Norrköping (Peking), Swedish football club founded 29 May 1897 in Norrköping; 13 Swedish championships (last 2015), 6 Svenska Cupen titles; home Norrköpings Idrottspark; relegated to Superettan in 2025 after heavy financial losses.
Iftikhar Ahmed (افتخار احمد) (cricketer)
Iftikhar Ahmed (افتخار احمد), born 1990 in Peshawar, is a Pakistani middle-order batsman and off-break all-rounder; Test, ODI, and T20I cricketer, PSL regular with Multan Sultans and Peshawar Zalmi.
Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi
Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi (Nawab of Pataudi Sr), eighth Nawab of Pataudi, 1910-1952, the only Test cricketer to play for both England (Bodyline tour, debut century) and India (captain, 1946).
Iga Baumgart Witan
Iga Baumgart-Witan, Polish 400m sprinter born 1989 in Bydgoszcz; Olympic gold (mixed 4x400m) and silver (women's 4x400m) at Tokyo 2020; world and European relay medallist; coached by mother Iwona Baumgart.
Iga Świątek
Iga Świątek (Iga Swiatek), Polish tennis player born 2001 in Warsaw; six Grand Slam titles including four Roland Garros, US Open 2022, Wimbledon 2025; WTA No. 1 from April 2022; 37-match win streak in 2022.
IGG Inc.
IGG Inc (HKEX: 799) is a Singapore-headquartered mobile game developer founded in 2006, known for Lords Mobile, Castle Clash, and Doomsday: Last Survivors, with about HK$5.5 billion 2025 revenue and a growing APP Business.
Igman
Igman (FK Igman Konjic), "Romantičari s Neretve", a Konjic football club founded 1920, 2021/22 Prva Liga FBiH champions, two Premijer Liga seasons, now in the second tier.
Igman Olympic Jumps
Igman Olympic Jumps: ski jumping complex at Malo Polje, Mount Igman near Sarajevo, built by the Gorišek brothers for the 1984 Winter Olympics; destroyed in the Bosnian War, now ruins beside a recreational ski centre.
IGN
IGN, whose name once stood for Imagine Games Network, is a U.S.-based video game and entertainment website founded in 1996 and owned by Ziff Davis since 2013.
Ignacio Ortiz
Ignacio Horacio "Nano" Ortiz, Argentine field hockey midfielder (born 1987, Olivos), Banco Provincia club; won 2016 Rio Olympic gold with Los Leones, scoring in the 4-2 final win over Belgium, and played at Tokyo 2020.
Ignas Sargiūnas
Ignas Sargiūnas, born 1999, is a Lithuanian professional basketball guard who starred for Rytas Vilnius and agreed to join Fenerbahçe; he scored 9 points in 9 seconds to beat Great Britain in November 2025.
Ignaz Gschwentner
Ignaz Gschwentner, Austrian speed skater (born 2002, Innsbruck), USCI club sprinter; gold in mixed team sprint at Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympics, 29th in 500 m at Milano Cortina 2026, Austrian 500 m record 35.20.
Ignazio Abate
Ignazio Abate (born 1986), Italian right back and AC Milan veteran with 306 appearances, EURO 2012 finalist with Italy, now football coach, Torino head coach from 2026.
Igor Akinfeev (Игорь Владимирович Акинфеев)
Igor Akinfeev (Игорь Владимирович Акинфеев), born 1986, is a Russian goalkeeper and captain of CSKA Moscow, his only club since 2003. Six-time Russian champion, UEFA Cup winner, 111 caps for Russia, 2018 World Cup penalty hero against Spain.
Igor Boldin
Igor Boldin (Игорь Петрович Болдин), born 1964, Russian ice hockey forward; 1992 Olympic gold with the Unified Team; longtime Spartak Moskva player, later Spartak coach; drafted by St. Louis Blues 1992.
Igor Cassina
Igor Cassina, born 1977 in Seregno, is an Italian gymnast, 2004 Athens Olympic gold medalist on horizontal bar (9.812). The FIG named his Kovacs-plus-full-twist release skill the Cassina, a G-difficulty element.
Igor Chumak
Igor Chumak (Игорь Владимирович Чумак), Russian handball player born 1964 in Vladivostok; two-time Olympic champion in men's handball, gold for the Soviet Union at Seoul 1988 and for the Unified Team at Barcelona 1992.
Igor Dobrovolsky
Igor Dobrovolsky (Игорь Добровольский) is a retired Soviet and Russian midfielder, born in 1967, who won Olympic gold in 1988 and the 1993 European Cup with Marseille.
Igor Gocanin
Igor Gocanin (Игор Гочанин), born 1966 in Herceg Novi, is a Serbian water polo coach and former player who won Olympic gold with Yugoslavia at Seoul 1988 and European and World Cup medals.
Igor Grivennikov
Igor Grivennikov (Игорь Анатольевич Гривенников), Soviet swimmer born 1952 in Moscow, Dynamo Moscow; 1972 Munich Olympic silver (4x100 free relay) and bronze (4x200), 1973 world relay silver, later a biochemist.