FIFA

From French Fédération Internationale de Football Association (“International Federation of Association Football”).

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association football
association football

(soccer) The International Federation of Association Football, the international governing body of the sport of association football.

فِيفَا

the International Federation of Association Football


X

From the Etruscan letter 𐌗 (x, “ex”), from the Ancient Greek letter Χ (Kh, “chi”), created ex nihilo.

Coordinate term: / (spare)


ASA

American Samoa
American Samoa#Translingual

(sports) Abbreviation of American Samoa.


prêt

From French prêts, from French prêt (“ready”).

(fencing) The command to make ready; used regardless of language of the participants; in the sequence "en garde, prêt, aller".


ready

From English ready, from the English-language sequence on your marks, ready, set, go, of which only ready is used translingually.

(sports) The command to make ready, regardless of language of competitors, used in multiple sports to get contestants to their marks in preparation to start.


(tennis) score after a player has scored one point in a game


(tennis) A score after a player has scored three points in a game, one point away from winning the game.


(cricket) Used to marks a score or statistic that is incomplete, such as the score of a batsman who is (or was) not out.


VIN

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines#Translingual

(sports) Abbreviation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.


aller

From French allez, from French aller (“go”).

(fencing) The command to start; used regardless of language of the participants; in the sequence "en garde, prêt, aller".


The hyphen-minus, a catch-all symbol for certain dash and dash-like characters.


O

From the Etruscan letter 𐌏 (o, “o”), from the Ancient Greek letter Ο (O, “omikron”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤏 (ʿ, “ʿayin”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓁹.


NED

(sports) Netherlands Abbreviation of Nederlands.


SOL

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands#Translingual

(sports) Abbreviation of Solomon Islands.


ROA

(sports) Initialism of refugee Olympics athletes. (country code for the team)


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† (English symbol name dagger or obelus)

dagger (English name symbol)
obelus (English name symbol)

Derives from the obelus, ⟨⸓⟩. Originally shaped like a dagger, it is now sometimes identical in shape to a Latin cross.

(cricket) Used in scorecards to indicate the wicketkeeper.


L-L

(sports) Late result (results not received at the time of publication)


en garde

(fencing) The command to go to starting positions; used regardless of language of the participants; in the sequence "en garde, prêts, allez".


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(motor racing) Initialism of Formula One / Formula 1.


FIBA

(basketball) The Fédération Internationale de Basketball. Also known in English as International Basketball Federation. Originally known as "Fédération Internationale de Basketball Amateur" (international federation of amateur basketball); from its French name, hence the initialism.


FR

Formula Regional
Formula Regional#English

(motor racing) Initialism of Formula Regional.: Formula Regional / Formula R; a category on the FIA single seat open wheel open cockpit formula racing ladder. Multinational regional designation for F3 series, such as continental based series.


FINA

Abbreviation of French Fédération Internationale de Natation (International Swimming Federation).

(swimming) Fédération Internationale de Natation, the world's governing body for swimming


(sports) the plus-minus statistic for a player, which represents the number of points or goals scored while the player is on the playing surface, positive added for the player's team scoring for, negative added for opponent's team scoring against.


★ (English symbol name star or five-pointed star)

star (English name symbol)
five-pointed star (English name symbol)

Likely from Egyptian 𓇼 (“determinative for stars and constellations”) (image: dwA). However, around the same time in Mesopotamia, non-cuneiform depictions of a star with eight- or six-points are attested; compare Sumerian 𒀭, a cuneiform character descended from such drawings.

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(sports, originally soccer) On a kit, indicates a tournament or championship victory.


CAF

From French Confédération africaine de football.

Confederation of African Football
w:Confederation of African Football

(soccer) Initialism of Confederation of African Football (alternatively African Football Confederation), the governing body for the sport of association football in Africa.


Formula Three
Formula Three#Translingual

(motor racing) Initialism of Formula Three / Formula 3.


ANT

Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda#Translingual

(sports) Abbreviation of Antigua and Barbuda.


ISV

Virgin Islands
Virgin Islands#Translingual

U.S. Virgin Islands
U.S. Virgin Islands#English

(sports) Abbreviation of Virgin Islands.(U.S. Virgin Islands)


TPE

(sports): Abbreviation of Taipei. (Taiwan)

Republic of China
Republic of China#English

(sports) Chinese Taipei (Republic of China / Taiwan).


IOP

(sports) Abbreviation of independent Olympics participants or individual Olympics participants. (country code for the team)


EOR

(sports) Abbreviation of French équipe olympique des réfugiés (“Olympic Team of Refugees”).; an International Olympic Committee country code.


(sports) pertaining to a grouping of people who are under 17 years of age


(sports) pertaining to a grouping of people who are under 21 years of age


(sports) pertaining to a grouping of people who are under 20 years of age


(sports) pertaining to a grouping of people who are under 18 years of age


(sports) pertaining to a grouping of people who are under 16years of age


(sports) pertaining to a grouping of people who are under 15 years of age


(sports) pertaining to a grouping of people who are under 19 years of age


BDN

Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
w:en:Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

(sports) Abbreviation of Brandon. (Brandon, Manitoba, Canada)


IOA

(sports) Abbreviation of independent Olympics athletes or individual Olympics athletes. (country code for the team)


CGO

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo#English

(sports) Abbreviation of Congo. (Congo-Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo)


GEQ

Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea#English

Guinée équatoriale
Guinée équatoriale#French

(sports) Equatorial Guinea Abbreviation of Guinée équatoriale.


IVB

British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands#English

Îles vierges britanniques
Îles vierges britanniques#French

(sports) British Virgin Islands Abbreviation of Îles vierges britanniques.


CAY

Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands#Translingual

(sports) Abbreviation of Cayman Islands.


SKN

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis#Translingual

(sports) Abbreviation of Saint Kitts and Nevis.


TCH

(historical, sports) IOC Olympics country code for Czechoslovakia


Fina

(swimming, sports) Alternative form of FINA


FISA

w:en:Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile

(motor racing) FISA: Acronym of Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile.; from French FISA; the international wheeled terrestrial motorsports world federation sports authority; part of the FIA, the international wheeled terrestrial vehicle world federation


MXG

(sports) Abbreviation of English mixed group.; for country codes of non-national mixed groupings in competitions where other groupings are national teams


(motor racing) Initialism of Formula 4.: Formula 4 / Formula Four; the fourth level of the FIA single seat open wheel open cockpit formula racing ladder. Unlike many Formula series, the "4" is not a displacement rating, in refers to a performance level below Formula One (“F1”), the third step below it. Many national formula racing series are F4-based series. The current iteration of F4 is a spec series.


AIN

(IOC country code): From French athlètes individuels neutres (“neutral individual athletes”), from athlète+individuel+neutre

International Olympic Committee
International Olympic Committee#English

(Olympics, sports, politics) An International Olympic Committee country code for neutral Olympic competitors