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Le Mans Hypercar

Le Mans Hypercar (LMH), top FIA WEC and Le Mans class since 2021 replacing LMP1; races alongside LMDh under BoP; 1030 kg, ~500-520 kW; Toyota, Ferrari, Porsche, Peugeot, Cadillac, Alpine, BMW, Aston Martin.

Le Mans Prototype

A Le Mans Prototype (LM P) is a purpose-built sports-prototype racing car used at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and in the FIA World Endurance Championship.

Le Mans Ultimate

Le Mans Ultimate is Studio 397's official FIA WEC and 24 Hours of Le Mans PC simulation, Early Access 20 February 2024, Version 1.0 on 22 July 2025, with Hypercar through GTE classes, laser-scanned tracks, RaceControl ranked online racing, and season DLC.

Le Maosheng

Le Maosheng (乐茂盛, born 1978, Ningyuan, Hunan), Chinese weightlifter in the 62 kg class; 2004 Athens Olympic silver medalist, 1999 world champion, and two-time clean & jerk world record holder (180.5 and 182.5 kg).

Le'Veon Bell

Le'Veon Bell, NFL running back 2013-2021 (Steelers, Jets, Chiefs, Ravens, Buccaneers), known for patient rushing style, 2018 franchise-tag holdout, and four-year $52.5M Jets contract.

Le'Veon Moss

Le'Veon Moss (born 2002), Texas A&M running back from Walker, Louisiana; 1,767 career rushing yards and 22 touchdowns; All-SEC 2024; knee and ankle injuries; 2026 undrafted free agent signee of Miami who retired in May 2026.

Lea Alaerts

Lea Alaerts is a Belgian retired sprinter, born in 1954 in Leuven, who competed at the 1976 Montreal and 1980 Moscow Olympics and held fifteen Belgian records.

Lea Henry

Lea Henry (Ludi "Lea" Henry-Manning), born 1961 in Colquitt, Georgia, is an American basketball point guard who won 1984 Olympic gold and later head-coached Mercer and Georgia State.

Lea Nordheim

Lea Nordheim (Helena Nordheim, 1903–1943), Dutch Jewish gymnast, won gold in the first Olympic women's gymnastics team event at Amsterdam 1928 (316.75 points); murdered with her husband Abraham Kloot and daughter Rebecca at Sobibór on 2 July 1943.

Lead climbing

Lead climbing: roped climbing where the leader clips the rope into bolts or gear above the last protection, facing leader falls; an IFSC and Olympic sport climbing discipline since Tokyo 2020.

League of Ireland

League of Ireland, the Republic of Ireland's association football league founded in 1921 with the FAI; three senior divisions under FAI administration since 2006, record 2025 attendances, and loss-making club finances.

League of Ireland Premier Division

League of Ireland Premier Division: top tier of men's football in the Republic of Ireland, SSE Airtricity-sponsored, founded 1985, summer season since 2003, 10 clubs, average attendance 3,775 in 2025, Shamrock Rovers champions 2020-2023.

League of Legends

League of Legends (LoL), Riot Games' free-to-play MOBA since 2009, born from the DotA Allstars mod: 5v5 Summoner's Rift matches, 170+ champions, 100M+ monthly players, franchised esports, and the Netflix series Arcane.

League of Legends Champions Korea (리그 오브 레전드 챔피언스 코리아)

League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK, 리그 오브 레전드 챔피언스 코리아) is South Korea's top League of Legends league: ten Seoul-based teams, franchised since 2021, single-season format since 2025, three Worlds slots.

League of Legends Championship Pacific

League of Legends Championship Pacific (LCP) is Riot Games' top-tier APAC LoL esports league, launched 2025, hosted in Taipei, with 8 partner and guest teams from Vietnam, Taiwan, Japan, and Southeast Asia; Team Secret Whales swept the 2026 titles.

League of Legends EMEA Championship

The League of Legends EMEA Championship (LEC), formerly the EU LCS, is Riot Games' top League of Legends league for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

League of Legends Pro League

League of Legends Pro League (LPL, 英雄联盟职业联赛), China's Tier 1 LoL esports league founded 2013 with 8 teams, now 14 teams; sole Mainland China path to First Stand, MSI, and Worlds.

League of Legends World Championship

League of Legends World Championship (Worlds), Riot Games' annual international esports tournament since 2011, held September to November. Play-In, Swiss, and knockout stages decide the Summoner's Cup; South Korea leads with eight titles, T1 reigning three-time champion.

League of Legends: Wild Rift

League of Legends: Wild Rift is Riot Games' free-to-play 5v5 mobile MOBA, announced October 2019, in regional beta from September 2020, with ~20-minute matches, no PC cross-play, and a China-centered esports scene.

League Park

League Park was Cleveland's historic baseball park at East 66th and Lexington, home of the Spiders, Indians, and Buckeyes from 1891, site of the 1920 World Series, restored in 2014.

Leagues Cup

Leagues Cup: annual Concacaf-sanctioned soccer tournament between MLS and Liga MX, 36 clubs, launched 2023 (event from 2019); champions Inter Miami, Columbus, Seattle, Toluca.

Leah Neale

Leah Neale, born 1995 in Ipswich, Queensland, is an Australian freestyle swimmer and 4x200 m relay specialist: Olympic silver Rio 2016, bronze Tokyo 2020, 2018 Commonwealth gold, short-course world record 7:30.87.

Leah Smith

Leah Grace Smith (born 1995), American distance freestyle swimmer from Pittsburgh; 2016 Olympic gold (4x200 relay) and bronze (400 free), four-time NCAA champion for Virginia, 29 World Aquatics medals.

Leah Williamson

Leah Williamson (born 1997, Milton Keynes) is an Arsenal defender and England captain who lifted EURO 2022 and 2025, the first woman to win a major trophy with England, with 69 caps.

Leamon King

Leamon King (1936–2001), American sprinter and 1956 Melbourne Olympic 4x100m relay gold medalist in world-record 39.5; tied 100m world record 10.1 twice and 100-yard record 9.3 in 1956; ran for California, Berkeley.

Lean on Pete

Lean on Pete is a 2017 drama by Andrew Haigh, adapted from Willy Vlautin's 2010 novel, starring Charlie Plummer as a teen who journeys across the Pacific Northwest with a failing racehorse; premiered at Venice 2017, released by A24 in 2018.

Leander Dendoncker

Leander Dendoncker, Belgian defensive midfielder (born 1995, Passendale), ex-Anderlecht, Wolves, Aston Villa, Napoli loan, Real Oviedo; now HNK Hajduk Split; 32 Belgium caps, 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

Leander Paes

Leander Paes (born 1973, Kolkata), Indian tennis great; 18 Grand Slam doubles titles (8 men's, 10 mixed), 1996 Olympic singles bronze, seven Olympics, record Davis Cup doubles wins, Hall of Fame 2024.

Leandrina Bulzacchi

Leandrina Bulzacchi (1912–?) was an Italian middle-distance runner who won eleven national titles and set a 3 × 800 meters relay world record in 1937.

Leandro Bacuna

Leandro Bacuna (Leandro Jones Johan Bacuna), born 1991 in Groningen, is a midfielder/right-back for Iğdır FK and captain of Curaçao, a Netherlands U21 player who became Curaçao's most-capped player and led it at the 2026 World Cup.