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Leandro Barbosa

Leandro Barbosa (Leandrinho, the Brazilian Blur), born 1982, is a Brazilian guard, 2003 draft pick 28, 2007 NBA Sixth Man of the Year with Phoenix, 2015 champion with Golden State, and later a Warriors and Kings assistant coach.

Leandro Damião

Leandro Damião (Leandro Damião da Silva dos Santos), Brazilian centre-forward born 1989 in Jardim Alegre. Copa Libertadores 2010 and Recopa 2011 winner with Internacional, 108 club goals, Olympic silver at London 2012, 18 Brazil caps; retired April 2025.

Leandro Faggin

Leandro Faggin (1933–1970), Italian track cyclist from Padova, pursuit specialist; double 1956 Melbourne Olympic gold medalist (1 km time trial, team pursuit) and professional world pursuit champion 1963, 1965, 1966.

Leandro Lo

Leandro Lo (Leandro Lo Pereira do Nascimento, 1989–2022) was a Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitor from São Paulo who won eight IBJJF world titles at black belt, the most of his generation.

Leandro Paredes

Leandro Daniel Paredes (born 1994, San Justo) is an Argentine defensive midfielder and Boca Juniors captain, formerly of Roma, Zenit, PSG, and Juventus; World Cup winner 2022, 2026 runner-up, Copa América 2021 and 2024 winner.

Leandro Trossard

Leandro Trossard, Belgian forward/left winger for Beşiktaş and Belgium; ex-Genk captain, Brighton, and Arsenal (174 games, 36 goals, 2025/26 Premier League title); 47 Belgium caps, 10 goals; two-footed finisher.

Leap Frog

Leap Frog (leapfrog, leap-frog, Froglet): a children's vaulting game played since at least the 18th century, and an English clearance-type abstract board game described by H. J. R. Murray, played on 15x15 to 18x18 grids with capture-by-jumping.

Learner Tien

Learner Tien (born 2005) is an American left-handed tennis player from Irvine, California; 2025 Australian Open fourth-round qualifier who upset Medvedev, 2025 Moselle Open champion and 2025 Next Gen ATP Finals winner.

Leatherheads

Leatherheads (2008) is a romantic sports comedy directed by and starring George Clooney as 1925 football captain Dodge Connolly, with Renée Zellweger and John Krasinski; from a 1992 Brantley-Reilly screenplay, grossing $31.2M.

Leave No Trace

Leave No Trace (LNT) is an outdoor ethics program and Boulder, Colorado nonprofit built on seven minimum-impact principles, developed with US federal land agencies since the 1980s and studied for effectiveness and critique.

Leazes Park Stadium

Leazes Park Stadium: unbuilt Newcastle United stadium proposals for Leazes Park and Castle Leazes, Newcastle, next to St James' Park; Sir John Hall's 1995 55,000-seat £65m scheme and a 2025 65,000-capacity £1.2bn plan, both blocked by park protection.

Lebanon (organization)

Lebanese Olympic Committee (Comité Olympique Libanais, اللجنة الأولمبية اللبنانية), Lebanon's National Olympic Committee, founded by decree 1350 on 28 December 1946, IOC-recognized, headquartered in Baabda; sends Lebanese teams to the Olympic Games and administers national anti-doping.

Lebanon national football team (منتخب لبنان لكرة القدم)

Lebanon national football team (منتخب لبنان لكرة القدم) is the men's football team of Lebanon, competing in the AFC Asian Cup since 1934, but never qualifying for a World Cup.

LeBron James

LeBron James, born 1984, in Akron, Ohio, is an American NBA forward, 2003 first overall pick, four-time champion and MVP, all-time leading scorer with 43,440 points, now with the Philadelphia 76ers in his 24th season.

Leca

Leca most commonly refers to the football environment of Leça da Palmeira, Portugal, centered on the Estádio do Leça Futebol Clube, home of Leça FC since 1986.

Lech Koziejowski

Lech Koziejowski, Polish foil fencer born 1949 in Warsaw, Olympic gold medalist in men's team foil at Munich 1972 and bronze medalist at Moscow 1980, three-time Olympian and four-time world team foil medalist.

Lech Łasko

Lech Łasko (born 1956, Świdnik) is a Polish volleyball middle blocker, 1976 Montreal Olympic champion, 1980 Moscow Olympian, 261-cap national team player, four-time European silver medalist, later coach in Italy; father of Michał Łasko.

Lech Poznań

Lech Poznań (KKS Lech Poznań), Polish football club founded 1922 in Poznań; ten Ekstraklasa titles and five Polish Cups; 2025/26 champions under Niels Frederiksen; origin of the 'Poznan' goal celebration.

Lechia Gdańsk

Lechia Gdańsk (KS BOP, 1945) is a Polish football club in white-green, twice winner of the Polish Cup and Superpuchar (1983, 2019), 1956 and 2018/19 bronze medalist, Ekstraklasa member.

Ledley King

Ledley King (born 1980, Bow, London), English one-club central defender for Tottenham Hotspur 1999-2012; 323 appearances, 2008 League Cup captain, 9.82-second fastest Premier League goal, 21 England caps, later Club Ambassador.

Lee Barnes

Lee Barnes (Lee Stratford Barnes Jr., 1906-1970), American pole vaulter; 1924 Paris Olympic gold at 3.95 m aged 17 via jump-off over Glenn Graham, fifth at 1928, world record 4.30 m in 1928, later appeared in Keaton's College.

Lee Bowyer

Lee Bowyer (born 1977, Canning Town) is an English former midfielder, 397 Premier League appearances mainly for Leeds, later manager of Charlton, Birmingham City, and Montserrat.

Lee Buchanan (footballer)

Lee David Buchanan (born 2001, Mansfield) is an English left-back/left wing-back for Birmingham City, formerly Derby County and Werder Bremen; England U19 and U21 youth international, sidelined by a knee injury since December 2024.

Lee Calhoun

Lee Calhoun (Lee Quincy Calhoun, 1933–1989), American hurdler, first man to win consecutive Olympic 110 m hurdles golds (Melbourne 1956, Rome 1960); tied the 13.2 world record in 1960.

Lee Camp (footballer)

Lee Camp (Lee Michael John Camp, born 1984, Derby) is a retired goalkeeper with 549 league appearances, mostly Championship, 9 Northern Ireland caps, longest at Nottingham Forest, now Accrington Stanley U18 manager.

Lee Capes

Lee Capes (born 1961, North Fremantle, WA), also Lee Capes-Nobbs, Australian Hockeyroo forward, #240; won gold at Seoul 1988, scoring in the 2-0 final over South Korea; 93 caps 1985-1991; mother of Kaitlin Nobbs.

Lee Carsley

Lee Kevin Carsley (born 1974, Birmingham) is an English coach and former midfielder, a 40-cap Republic of Ireland international, England MU21 head coach winning the 2023 and 2025 U21 EUROs, and England's interim senior manager in 2024.

Lee Cattermole

Lee Cattermole (born 1988, Stockton-on-Tees) is an English former defensive midfielder and current Gateshead manager. He made 271 Premier League appearances for Middlesbrough, Wigan, and Sunderland, reached the 2006 UEFA Cup and 2014 League Cup finals, and retired in 2020 at 32.

Lee Chang Hwan

Lee Chang Hwan (이창환), South Korean recurve archer born 1982 in Ansan; Olympic team gold Beijing 2008, four world titles including 2009 Ulsan individual gold, later Saudi Arabia recurve head coach.