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Lisa Schmidla

Lisa Schmidla (born 1991, Krefeld) is a retired German rower, stroke of the women's quadruple sculls. Olympic gold Rio 2016, world champion 2014 with World Best Time 6:06.84, European champion 2015 and 2016.

Lisa Sthalekar

Lisa Carprini Sthalekar (born 1979, Pune) is an Australian former cricketer, ICC Hall of Fame all-rounder, four-time World Cup winner, first woman to 1,000 runs and 100 ODI wickets, later a commentator and FICA pioneer.

Lisa Theresa Hauser

Lisa Theresa Hauser (born 1993, Kitzbühel) is an Austrian biathlete, first Austrian biathlon world champion (mass start, Pokljuka 2021), with six World Cup wins, four Olympics, retired March 2026.

Lisa Unruh

Lisa Unruh (born 1988, Berlin) is a retired German recurve archer, Olympic silver medallist Rio 2016 individual and Tokyo 2020 team bronze, two-time world field champion, 2021 World Cup Final champion.

Lisa Vittozzi

Lisa Vittozzi (born 1995 in Pieve di Cadore) is an Italian biathlete who won the 10 km pursuit at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics, Italy's first biathlon gold.

Lisa: The Painful

LISA: The Painful (Lisa: The Painful RPG) is a 2014 RPG Maker post-apocalyptic RPG by Dingaling Productions set in Olathe, where Brad Armstrong makes permanent sacrifice choices, losing party members or limbs; Definitive Edition released July 18, 2023.

Lisandro Martínez

Lisandro Martínez (Licha), born 1998 in Gualeguay, Argentina, is a left-footed Manchester United and Argentina central defender; Ajax signing of 2022, World Cup 2022 winner, ACL injury February 2025, fined after October 2026 interview criticizing Jason Wilcox.

Lisanne de Roever

Lisanne de Roever (born 1979, Amstelveen) is a Dutch former field hockey goalkeeper, 40 caps 2001-2008, Olympic gold 2008 and silver 2004, world champion 2006, later Topsport Haarlemmermeer coordinator and DISC trainer.

Lisav Eissat

Lisav Naif Eissat (ליסב עיסאת), born 2005 in Haifa, is a Romanian centre-back at Bristol City, signed from Maccabi Haifa in July 2026 for £2.1m, who chose Romania over Israel through his Romanian mother and grandmother.

Lisbon Lions

Lisbon Lions: the Celtic FC side that won the 1966-67 European Cup, beating Inter Milan 2-1 in Lisbon on 25 May 1967 as the first British club, all eleven players born within 30 miles of Glasgow.

Lisell Jaatma

Lisell Jäätma (born 1999) is an Estonian compound archer from Türi, sister of Robin Jäätma. Three-time Nimes champion, Estonian record holder (709), and 2026 Shanghai World Cup gold medalist.

Liselott Linsenhoff

Liselott Linsenhoff (1927–1999), German dressage rider, née Schindling; won five Olympic medals 1956–1972 and was the first woman to win Olympic equestrian gold, individual dressage on Piaff at Munich 1972. Not her granddaughter Liselott Marie Linsenhoff.

Liselotte Landbeck

Liselotte Landbeck (1916-2013), Austrian-born speed skater and figure skater for Belgium; first woman under 1 minute at 500 m, five world records, 1933 unofficial world allround champion, fourth at the 1936 Winter Olympics.

Lisette Sevens

Lisette Sevens (Elisabeth Anthonius Maria Ignatius Sevens, born 1949, Helmond) is a Dutch field hockey midfielder and captain who won gold at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and four World Cups (1974, 1978, 1979, 1983) with the Netherlands.

Lisolo

Lisolo, also written Isolo, is a two-rank mancala game of the Bemba people of Zambia, first described by J. H. Chaplin in 1956; a related royal Isolo is played by the Sukuma of Tanzania.

List A cricket

List A cricket: official classification for top-level one-day (limited-overs) matches, the one-day equivalent of first-class status; devised by the ACS, adopted by the ICC in 2006, 40+ overs per side, with Twenty20 as a separate sub-category.

List of 100-point games in college football

List of 100-point games in college football: games where one team scored 100+ points, from Yale 113-0 (1884) and Georgia Tech 222-0 (1916) to Houston 100-6 over Tulsa (1968), the last FBS instance, with only three such games since 1970.

List of 2008 Indian Premier League auctions and personnel signings

2008 IPL player auction, 20 February 2008, Mumbai; first IPL auction under a $5m team cap. MS Dhoni top buy at $1.5m (CSK), Symonds $1.35m (Deccan); five icon players signed pre-auction at 15% premium.

List of 2017 Indian Premier League personnel changes

2017 IPL personnel changes: mini auction held February 20, 2017 in Bengaluru; 66 of 351 players sold for ₹91.15 crore; Ben Stokes record ₹14.5 crore to Rising Pune Supergiant; Rashid Khan first Afghan player; Wasim Akram left KKR.

List of 2018 Indian Premier League personnel changes

The 2018 Indian Premier League personnel changes were the retentions and two-day auction, held in Bengaluru, through which eight franchises rebuilt squads after Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals returned.

List of 2019 Indian Premier League personnel changes

The 2019 Indian Premier League personnel changes were the squad moves by the eight IPL franchises: retentions, releases, trades, a Jaipur auction on 18 December 2018, and in-season injury replacements.

List of 2020 Indian Premier League personnel changes

2020 IPL personnel changes: 127 players (35 overseas) retained by eight franchises on 15 Nov 2019; trades sent Ashwin and Rahane to Delhi Capitals; Kolkata auction on 19 Dec 2019 sold 62 players including Pat Cummins for Rs 15.5 crore.

List of 2022 FIFA World Cup controversies

2022 FIFA World Cup controversies cover Qatar's disputed 2010 selection, bribery allegations, migrant worker deaths and wage abuse under kafala, LGBT rights, the OneLove armband and alcohol bans, and FIFA's unpaid $440 million compensation debt.

List of 2024 Summer Olympics medal winners

Paris 2024 Summer Olympics medal winners: medalists in 329 events across 32 sports, 1–11 August 2024. United States topped the table with 40 golds ahead of China; medals contained Eiffel Tower iron.

List of 2025–26 NBA season transactions

2025–26 NBA season transactions: trades, signings, extensions, and waivers by all 30 teams from June 2025 to June 2026, headlined by Kevin Durant's seven-team trade to Houston and a $154.647 million salary cap.

List of 2026 FIFA World Cup controversies

Controversies of the 2026 FIFA World Cup (USA, Canada, Mexico): first 48-team, 104-match edition; dynamic ticket pricing ($6,730 to $10,990 final tickets), US travel bans and $15,000 visa bonds, draw-seeding manipulation, heat above FIFPRO limits, and FIFA investigations.

List of 2026 Indian Premier League personnel changes

2026 IPL personnel changes: Sanju Samson to CSK and Ravindra Jadeja to RR trades, December 16, 2025 Abu Dhabi mini-auction (Cameron Green ₹25.20 crore record), injury replacements, and Yuvraj Singh's Delhi Capitals coaching appointment.

List of 2026 Winter Olympics medal winners

2026 Winter Olympics (Milano Cortina) medal winners: Norway led with 18 gold, 41 total; USA second (33), Netherlands third (20); Italy fourth with 30; 30 nations medaled, Brazil and Georgia first-timers.

List of 2026–27 EuroLeague transactions

2026-27 EuroLeague transactions: confirmed signings, departures, extensions, and coaching changes for the 20-team season starting September 24, 2026, with wildcards Paris Basketball and Beşiktaş replacing Monaco, NBA arrivals like Valanciunas, Mills, and Theis, and Larkin's move to Fenerbahçe.

List of 2026–27 NBA season transactions

2026-27 NBA season transactions: trades, signings, extensions, and retirements for the league year starting July 1, 2026, under a $164.961 million salary cap; headlined by LaMelo Ball to Minnesota, Ja Morant to Portland, Jaylen Brown and LeBron James to Philadelphia, and the Clippers cap-circumvention punishment.