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Lightweight
Lightweight, a combat sports weight class: 135 lb (61.2 kg) limit in professional boxing, 155 lb in UFC/MMA. Created 1738 by Jack Broughton at 160 lb; boxing limit set at 135 lb in 1909.
Ligier
Ligier is a French racing car manufacturer founded in 1969 by former driver Guy Ligier. Its Formula One team competed from 1976 to 1996, winning nine Grands Prix.
Ligue 1
Ligue 1 (Ligue 1 McDonald's) is France's top professional football division, run by the LFP since its 1932 founding; 18 clubs, 34 rounds, PSG the dominant champion, with TV-rights losses marking it among Europe's Big Five.
Ligue 1 (Ivory Coast)
Ligue 1 is the top football league of Ivory Coast, where clubs play 30 matches per season; the 2024–25 title race ended with Stade d'Abidjan and ASEC Mimosas tied on 59 points.
Ligue 2
Ligue 2 (Ligue 2 BKT) is France's second-division men's football league, run by the LFP below Ligue 1; top two promoted, playoffs and barrages with Ligue 1 and National, DNCG administrative relegation possible.
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, also known as Like a Dragon 8, is a 2024 turn-based role-playing game by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and Sega, set in Hawaii.
Like a Dragon: Ishin!
Like a Dragon: Ishin! (Ryū ga Gotoku Ishin! Kiwami) is Sega's 2023 Unreal Engine 4 remake of the 2014 Japan-only Yakuza spin-off, casting Kiryu as Sakamoto Ryoma in Bakumatsu Kyoto with Swordsman, Gunman, Brawler, and Wild Dancer combat styles.
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is a 2025 Sega/RGG Studio action spin-off starring an amnesiac Goro Majima as a pirate captain in Hawaii, returning to real-time brawler combat with ship battles, released February 21, 2025.
Like Mike
Like Mike is a 2002 American family sports fantasy comedy directed by John Schultz, starring Lil' Bow Wow as an orphan whose magic sneakers make him an NBA star.
Lilia Izquierdo
Lilia Izquierdo (Lilia Izquierdo Aguirre), Cuban setter born 1967 in Havana, won Olympic volleyball gold with Cuba at Barcelona 1992 and Atlanta 1996, plus World Championship, World Cup, Pan American, and Central American and Caribbean Games titles.
Lilia Podkopayeva (Лілія Олександрівна Подкопаєва)
Liliya Podkopaieva (Лілія Подкопаєва, also spelled Lilia Podkopayeva), born 1978 in Donetsk, is a Ukrainian artistic gymnast: 1996 Olympic all-around and floor champion, 1995 world all-around champion, retired 1998, Hall of Fame 2008.
Lilian Garcia
Lilian Garcia, WWE ring announcer who debuted on Raw in August 1999, first female to announce WrestleMania (WrestleMania 22), singer of albums ¡Quiero Vivir! and My Time, PFL cage announcer, and host of the podcast Chasing Glory.
Lilian Harpur
Lillian Harpur (born 1948) is an Irish-born Australian race walker for South Australia, 1970-1983, with six national titles, a 1977 world best 20 km of 1:43:38, and a 5:27:11 50 km walk.
Lilian Odira
Lilian Odira (born 1999, Migori County, Kenya) is a Kenyan 800m runner and Kenya Prisons Service officer; world champion Tokyo 2025 in a championship record 1:54.62, Commonwealth silver 2026, African silver 2024.
Lilian Thuram
Lilian Thuram (Ruddy Lilian Thuram-Ulien, b. 1972, Pointe-à-Pitre), French defender, 142-cap record holder, 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000 winner; clubs Monaco, Parma, Juventus, Barcelona; later anti-racism foundation founder.
Liliana Gafencu
Liliana Gafencu, Romanian rower (born 1975), triple Olympic champion in the women's eight at Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, and Athens 2004 with Dinamo București; also world champion in the eight in 1997 and 1998.
Liliana Nastase
Liliana Năstase (née Alexandru), Romanian heptathlete and hurdler born 1962 in Vânju Mare; 1991 World heptathlon silver (6493), 1992 Olympic fourth with Romanian record 6619, 1992 European indoor pentathlon champion.
Liliana Szilagyi
Liliana Szilagyi (Szilágyi Liliána), born 1996 in Budapest, Hungarian butterfly swimmer; double 2014 Youth Olympic champion, 2016 European 200 fly silver medalist, two-time Olympian; in 2021 accused her father Zoltán Szilágyi of abuse; now a yoga instructor.
Lilita Zagere
Lilita Zagere (Lilita Zāģere, born 1941) is a Latvian Soviet sprinter, 1965 USSR 400m silver medalist (53.5), 1966 European Championships competitor, and member of the 1969 Latvian SSR 4x400m world-record relay team; distinct from Emīlija and Agnese Zāģere.
Lilith (Darkstalkers)
Lilith (リリス, Ririsu) is a succubus in Capcom's Darkstalkers series, debuting in Vampire Savior (Darkstalkers 3, 1997) as a split-off essence of Morrigan Aensland given a body by Jedah, with light-themed mirrored moves and crossovers in Marvel vs. Capcom and Namco × Capcom.
Liliya Akhaimova
Liliya Akhaimova (Лилия Игоревна Ахаимова, born 1997) is a retired Russian artistic gymnast, Tokyo 2020 Olympic team gold medalist for ROC, 2018 European team champion, and two-time world team silver medalist; vault specialist.
Liliya Nurutdinova
Liliya Foatovna Nurutdinova (Лилия Фоатовна Нурутдинова), Russian 800 m runner; 1991 world champion, 1992 Olympic 800 m silver and 4x400 m relay gold for the Unified Team; banned for stanozolol in 1993.
Liliya Vasilyeva
Liliya Vasilyeva (Лилия Леонидовна Васильева), Russian cross-country skier born 1994 in Mozhga, Udmurtia; competed for ROC at Beijing 2022, 15th in the 10 km classic; Eastern Europe Cup winner; not the runner, swimmer, or gymnast Vasilyeva.
Lille OSC
Lille OSC (LOSC, Lille Olympique Sporting Club), French Ligue 1 club founded 1944 from the merger of Olympique Lillois and SC Fives; four titles (1946, 1954, 2011, 2021), six Coupes de France, home at Stade Pierre-Mauroy.
Lilli Tagger
Lilli Tagger (born 2008, Lienz, Austria) is an Austrian tennis player, 2025 Roland Garros girls' singles champion and 2026 Prague WTA titlist, known for her one-handed backhand and coached by Francesca Schiavone.
Lillian Board
Lillian Barbara Board (1948-1970), British sprinter and 800 m runner, London Olympiades. 1968 Olympic 400 m silver (52.12), 1969 European 800 m and 4x400 m relay gold, three world records, MBE; died of cancer at 22.
Lillian Copeland
Lillian Copeland (Lillian Drossin, 1904–1964), American discus, shot put, and javelin thrower; 1928 Olympic discus silver, 1932 Olympic discus gold at 133 ft 2 in, nine AAU titles, 1935 Maccabiah triple gold, 1936 Berlin boycott participant.
Lilly King
Lilly King, American breaststroke swimmer from Evansville, Indiana; 2016 Rio Olympic 100m breaststroke champion (1:04.93 OR) famous for finger-wag confrontation with Russia's doped Yulia Efimova; six Olympic medals, 20 world titles; retired August 2025.
Lilly Reale
Lilly Reale (Lilly Ann Reale), American soccer defender from Hingham, Massachusetts; 2022 NCAA champion and Honda Sport Award winner at UCLA, 2025 NWSL Rookie of the Year with Gotham FC, later traded to Boston Legacy FC.
Lily Owsley
Lily Owsley (Lily Isabelle Owsley, born 1994, Bristol) is an English field hockey midfielder; Olympic gold Rio 2016 and bronze Tokyo 2020 with Great Britain, Commonwealth gold Birmingham 2022 with England.