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ISU Judging System

ISU Judging System (IJS, Code of Points): figure skating scoring system adopted in 2004 after the 2002 Olympic scandal, replacing the 6.0 system; base values plus GOE from −5 to +5, program components 0.25–10, nine-judge panels with high and low marks dropped.

ISU Junior Grand Prix

The ISU Junior Grand Prix is a series of junior-level international figure skating competitions run by the International Skating Union since 1997, with seven events each season.

ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup

ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup: the ISU's annual short track series on a 111.12m oval, with 500m/1000m/1500m and relays, knockout heats, and Crystal Globe winners; replaced by the Short Track World Tour in 2024/25.

ISU Speed Skating World Cup all-time statistics

All-time statistics for the ISU Speed Skating World Cup, the International Skating Union's season-long long-track series since 1985/86, covering race-win leaders like Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann and Jeremy Wotherspoon and the ten crystal globes awarded each season.

ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating

The ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating is a biennial competition run by the ISU since 2009, in which six national teams of eight skaters compete.

It Takes Two (video game)

It Takes Two is a 2021 co-op-only platform adventure by Hazelight Studios and Josef Fares, published by EA Originals, in which couple Cody and May are turned into dolls; it won Game of the Year 2021 and sold 30 million copies.

It's dangerous to go alone!

"It's dangerous to go alone! Take this." is a line from the 1986 game The Legend of Zelda, spoken by an old man who gives Link a sword.

Italian Figure Skating Championships

The Italian Figure Skating Championships, known in Italy as the Assoluti, are the annual national championships of figure skating in Italy, organized by the FISG.

Italian football clubs in international competitions

Italian football clubs in international competitions: Serie A sides in UEFA's Champions League, Europa League, and Conference League and FIFA's Club World Cup. Ten European Cups by 2003, four all-Italian UEFA Cup finals in the 1990s, and 2nd place in the 2026/27 UEFA coefficient with seven clubs.

Italian Football Federation

Italian Football Federation (Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio, FIGC), founded Turin 1898, FIFA member 1905, UEFA founding member 1954; governs Italian football, four World Cups, president Giovanni Malagò since June 2026.

Italian Football League

Italian Football League (IFL): top Italian American football division under FIDAF, founded 2008 replacing NFL Italy; final is the Italian Bowl (since 1981); restructured as IFL Srl in 2026.

Italian Grand Prix

Italian Grand Prix (Gran Premio d'Italia), Formula One's Italian round since 1950, held at Monza every year except 1980 (Imola); first run 1921 at Montichiari; Ferrari leads with 22 wins.

Italian Open (tennis)

The Italian Open (Internazionali BNL d'Italia, also Rome Masters) is a combined ATP Masters 1000 and WTA 1000 red-clay tournament held each May at Rome's Foro Italico; Nadal holds ten titles.

Italian Rally Championship

The Campionato Italiano Rally, currently branded as the CIAR Sparco, is Italy's domestic rally championship organized by ACI Sport under the Automobile Club d'Italia, decided over seven rounds on asphalt.

Italo Ferreira

Italo Ferreira, full name Ítalo Ferreira da Costa, is a Brazilian surfer from Baía Formosa who won the first Olympic surfing gold at Tokyo 2020 and the 2019 WSL world title.

Italy at the FIFA World Cup

Italy at the FIFA World Cup: the Azzurri's record as four-time champions (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006), runners-up in 1970 and 1994, and their three straight qualification failures for 2018, 2022 and 2026.

Italy national football team

Italy national football team (Nazionale di calcio dell'Italia), the Azzurri: men's team of the FIGC, founded 1910; four World Cups (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006), two Euros (1968, 2021); missed the last three World Cups; coached by returning Roberto Mancini since July 2026.

Italy national rugby union team

Italy national rugby union team, the Azzurri, governed by the Federazione Italiana Rugby; first test 1929 vs Spain, Six Nations member since 2000, best finishes fourth in 2013 and fifth in 2024, never beaten England.

Italy national under-21 football team

Italy national under-21 football team (Nazionale Under 21), FIGC-run men's youth side for players 21 and under. Record five UEFA U21 titles (1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2004), seven finals, most matches played in the competition.

Itamambuca Beach

Itamambuca Beach (Praia de Itamambuca), Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil: a consistent river-mouth beach break hosting national and international surf championships since Brazil's first 1968 surf festivals, with 2 m winter swells and SAI community management since 1977.

Itch.io

itch.io is an open marketplace for independent digital creators, founded by Leaf Corcoran in 2013 and focused on indie video games, with seller-chosen revenue sharing and large community game jams.

Iterated Prisoners Dilemma

Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma (IPD): the repeated two-player Prisoner's Dilemma with payoffs T>R>P>S. Known for Axelrod's 1980 tournaments won by Tit For Tat, folk-theorem equilibria, noise-robust strategies like Pavlov, and zero-determinant strategies.

ITF Men's World Tennis Tour

ITF Men's World Tennis Tour: entry-level men's pro tennis circuit (M15, M25 events, formerly Futures), run by the ITF since 2019 between juniors and the ATP Challenger Tour, feeding ATP ranking points.

ITF Women's World Tennis Tour

ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, also called the Women's World Tennis Tour, is the ITF-run entry and mid-level women's professional circuit of about 600 tournaments in 65 countries at W15-W100 prize money levels, feeding the WTA Ranking and pathway.

ITTF World Tour

The ITTF World Tour, launched as the ITTF Pro Tour in 1996, was the international table tennis circuit of Open tournaments, replaced by the WTT Series in 2021.

Ittihad el shorta

Ittihad El-Shorta (الاتحاد الشرطة), Egyptian Police-affiliated football club from Cairo playing in the Egyptian Second Division Group B at the 12,000-capacity Police Academy Stadium; foundation date reported as 1980 or 2004.

Itze Gunst

Itze Gunst (Fritz Gunst, 1908-1992), German water polo player from Hannover; Olympic gold 1928, silver 1932 and 1936 as team captain, four European Championship medals, 1990 International Swimming Hall of Fame inductee.

Itzhak de Laat

Itzhak de Laat, Dutch short track speed skater (born 1994, Leeuwarden), three-time Olympian who won 2026 Olympic gold in the men's 5000 m relay, multiple world and European relay titles, retired June 2026, also a helmet designer.

Iulica Ruican

Iulica Ruican (Iulică Ruican), Romanian rower born 1971 in Cujmir; 1992 Barcelona Olympic gold in coxed fours and silver in eights, three world coxed-four titles, 7th at Atlanta 1996.

Iuri Leitao

Iuri Leitao (Iúri Leitão), Portuguese track and road cyclist born 1998 in Viana do Castelo. Olympic Madison gold and omnium silver at Paris 2024 with Rui Oliveira; two-time omnium world champion (2023, 2026); rides for Caja Rural-Seguros RGA.