hotchpotch/wikipedia-multilingual-ir-related-lead-pairs huggingface dataset:
Sport in Africa
Sports in Africa is organized, with many sports having professional leagues. Association football (also known as soccer) is the most popular sport in almost all African countries. Some African nations, like Kenya and Ethiopia, are very dominant at long distance running, whilst north African countries such as Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia are dominant in handball. Rugby and golf are reasonably popular in a few African countries, though rugby is very popular in South Africa.

Traditional sports were strictly marginalised during the colonial era, and many are dying or have gone extinct under the pressure of modernisation, however lots remain popular despite not having formal governmental recognition or support.: 193–194  In 2010, South Africa became the first African nation to host the FIFA World Cup.

Mediterranean Games
The Mediterranean Games is a multi-sport event organised by the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (CIJM). It is held every four years among athletes from countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea in Africa, Asia and Europe. The first Mediterranean Games were held in 1951 in Alexandria, Egypt, while the most recent games were held in 2022 in Oran, Algeria.
John Haiman
John Michael Haiman (31 Jan 1946 – 7 April 2025) was an American linguist and professor emeritus at Macalester College. He did fieldwork on the Hua language of Papua New-Guinea and published on Khmer, Rhaeto-Romance and Germanic linguistics. In 1989 he received a Guggenheim fellowship for the study of sarcasm.

He graduated from the University of Toronto (BA) and Harvard University (PhD).

Rhaeto-Romance languages
Rhaeto-Romance, Rheto-Romance, Rhaeto-Italian, or Rhaetian, is a purported subfamily of the Romance languages that is spoken in south-eastern Switzerland and north-eastern Italy. The name "Rhaeto-Romance" refers to the former Roman province of Raetia. The question of whether these languages actually form a subfamily is called the Questione Ladina. The Italian linguist Graziadio Ascoli, writing in 1873, found them to share a number of intricacies and believed they formed a linguistic group.  The Rhaeto-Romance languages differ from Italian in their evolution from Latin by having passed through a stage with phonemic vowel length, undergone certain consonant developments, and possibly developed a pair of central rounded vowels (now lost everywhere). If the subfamily is genuine, three languages would belong to it: Romansh in Switzerland, and Ladin and Friulian in Italy. Their combined number of speakers is about 660,000; the large majority of these (about 500,000) speak Friulian.
Warembori language
Warembori (native name Waremboivoro) is a moribund language spoken by about 600 people in Warembori village, Mamberamo Hilir District, Mamberamo Raya Regency, located around river mouths (including the mouth of the Warembari River) on the north coast of Papua, Indonesia.

Mamberamo Raya Regency
Mamberamo Raya Regency or Greater Mamberamo Regency is one of the regencies (kabupaten) in Papua Province, Indonesia. Tt was created on 15 March 2007 from parts of Sarmi Regency and Waropen Regency. The regency gets its name from the Mamberamo River. The largest regency by land in Papua province, It covers an area of 23,813.91 km2, but had a population of only 18,365 at the 2010 Census which had almost doubled to 36,483 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 39,390 (up from 37,616 in mid 2022). The administrative centre is at the town of Burmeso in Mamberamo Tengah (Central Mamberamo District).
Gnana Kuzhandhai
Gnana Kuzhandhai (pronounced [ɲaːnakkːuɻan̪ðaɪ] transl. Child of Wisdom) is a 1979 Indian Tamil-language Hindu mythological film, directed by K. Kameshwara Rao and written by Era. Pazhanisamy. The film stars Baby Sudha and Master Sridhar, with Gemini Ganesan Venniradai Nirmala V. S. Raghavan R. S. Manohar, S. V. Subbaiah, Jai Ganesh, Latha and K. A. Thangavelu in supporting roles. It was released on 24 June 1979.

K. A. Thangavelu
Karaikal Arunachalam Thangavelu (15 January 1917 – 28 September 1994) popularly known as "Danaal Thangavelu", was an Indian actor and comedian popular in the 1950s to 1970s. Not known for physical, acrobatic comedy like his contemporaries J. P. Chandrababu and Nagesh, Thangavelu's humour is recognised for his impeccable timing in verbal agility and the characteristic twang of his delivery. He exclusively acted in Tamil films.
Inuvik Region
The Inuvik Region or Beaufort Delta Region is one of five administrative regions in the Northwest Territories of Canada. According to Municipal and Community Affairs the region consists of eight communities with the regional office situated in Inuvik. Most of the communities are in the Beaufort Sea area and are a mixture of Inuit (mostly Inuvialuit) and First Nations (mostly Gwichʼin).

Formerly, there was also a Statistics Canada designated census division named Inuvik Region, Northwest Territories, which was abolished in the 2011 Canadian census. The territorial extent of this census division was somewhat larger than the administrative region of the same name.

Inuvialuit
The  Inuvialuit (sing. Inuvialuk; 'the real people') or Western Canadian Inuit are Inuit who live in the western Canadian Arctic region. They, like all other Inuit, are descendants of the Thule who migrated eastward from Alaska. Their homeland – the Inuvialuit Settlement Region – covers the Arctic Ocean coastline area from the Alaskan border, east through the Beaufort Sea and beyond the Amundsen Gulf which includes some of the western Canadian Arctic Islands, as well as the inland community of Aklavik and part of Yukon. The land was demarked in 1984 by the Inuvialuit Final Agreement.
Lauderdale Maitland
Lauderdale Valentine John Maitland (1878 – 28 February 1929) was a British stage and film actor.

He was born in 1878 in Merton, at that time in Surrey, the son of Adele and William Lauderdale Maitland, a florist. On 29 April 1905 he married Sara Gertrude Tomlinson. The marriage was later dissolved. In 1908 he played Prince Olaf in The Prince and the Beggar Maid and Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet opposite Nora Kerin as Juliet and Matheson Lang as Romeo. In about 1920 he played Harry Maylie in Oliver Twist. All three productions were staged at the Lyceum Theatre in London.

Maitland died in 1929 at the Bethlem Royal Hospital in Southwark in London. He left an estate valued at £521 17s 7d to his widow, the actress Kate Janet Maitland.

The Prince and the Beggar Maid (play)
The Prince and the Beggar Maid is a romantic drama in four Acts and ten scenes by Walter Howard.

The production opened at the Lyceum Theatre in London on 6 June 1908 and ran for 82 performances. It had another short run of 19 performances in a revival at the Lyceum in April and May 1910. The drama was equally successful in Australia and New Zealand, playing, among other venues, at the Criterion Theatre in Sydney, Australia in December 1910 where it was produced by William Anderson.
Sidalcea cusickii
Sidalcea cusickii, or Cusick's checkerbloom, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is endemic to Oregon in the United States.

This species is a perennial herb reaching 1.8 meters in maximum height. It grows from a thick taproot and rhizomes. It produces several purple-tinged, often hollow stems lined with toothed, palmate leaves. They bear dense, spike-shaped inflorescences of many flowers.

This plant grows in moist to wet areas with fertile soils, such as mountain meadows. It may be associated with rushes and camas.

Camassia
Camassia is a genus of plants in the asparagus family native to North America. Common names include camas, quamash, Indian hyacinth, camash, and wild hyacinth.

It grows in the wild in great numbers in moist meadows. They are perennial plants with basal linear leaves measuring 20 to 80 centimetres (8 to 32 in) in length, which emerge early in the spring. They grow to a height of 30 to 130 cm (12 to 50 in), with a multi-flowered stem rising above the main plant in summer. The six-petaled flowers vary in color from pale lilac or white to deep purple or blue-violet. Camas can appear to color entire meadows when in flower.
Steamboat Lake (Cass and Hubbard counties, Minnesota)
Steamboat Lake is a lake in Cass and Hubbard counties, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.  Steamboat Lake and adjacent Steamboat River were so named from the frequent steamboat traffic once traveling their waters.

Cass County, Minnesota
Cass County is a county in the central part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,066. Its county seat is Walker. The county was formed in 1851, and was organized in 1897.

Cass County is included in the Brainerd, MN Micropolitan Statistical Area.

A substantial part of the Leech Lake Indian Reservation is in the county.
Elizabeth Davis (bassist)
Elizabeth Davis-Simpson is an American musician and songwriter best known as the bassist of the punk rock band 7 Year Bitch. She later worked on projects such as These Streets with Valerie Agnew, and has participated in a band named Clone.

C/Z Records
C/Z Records was a Seattle-based punk rock record label established in early 1985 by Chris Hanzsek and Tina Casale. It started with the release of Deep Six, which collected early recordings of what later came to be known as grunge. After Deep Six proved commercially unsuccessful, Hanzsek and Casale sold the label to Daniel House.
Battle of Qinnasrin
The Battle of Qinnasrin took place between the Zengids and the County of Tripoli following a successful campaign against Antioch led by Imad al-Din Zengi.

In 1135 Imad al-Din Zengi led a campaign against Antioch during which he captured Atharib, Zardana, Tell Aghdi, Ma’arat al-Nu’man, Ma’arrat Misrin and Kafartab.

The Count of Tripoli, Pons, in an attempt to make up for the loss of Ma’arat al-Nu’man and block the road that crossed Syria from north to south, launched an attack on Qinnasrin, however Zengi repelled the attack and the Franks retreated.

Zengid dynasty
The Zengid dynasty was a Turkoman Sunni Muslim dynasty of Seljuk mamluk origin. Initially an Atabegate of the Seljuk Empire created in 1127, it ruled parts of the Levant and Upper Mesopotamia, and eventually seized control of Fatimid Egypt in 1169. Imad ad-Din Zengi was the first ruler of the dynasty. In 1174, the Zengid state extended from Tripoli to Hamadan and from Yemen to Sivas, as it also included the Egyptian territories held by Saladin as governor in the name of Nur al-Din Zengi.

The Zengid Atabegate became famous in the Islamic world for its successes against the Crusaders, and for being the Atabegate from which Saladin originated. Following the demise of the Seljuk dynasty in 1194, the Zengids persisted for several decades as one of the "Seljuk successor-states" until 1250.
Summer Night (TV series)
Summer Night (Thai: ความลับในคืนฤดูร้อน; 
RTGS: Khwam Lap Nai Khuen Ruedu Ron) is a 2024 Thai television series starring Phuwin Tangsakyuen, Nachcha Chuedang (Parn), Natachai Boonprasert (Dunk) and Bhasidi Petchsutee (Lookjun). It is based on Thai webtoon of the same name by Boran and Jormungan.

Directed by Rawiphon Hong-ngam (Captain) and produced by GMMTV together with LINE Webtoon Thailand, it was announced as one of the television series of GMMTV for 2024 during their "GMMTV2024: UP&ABOVE Part 1" event held on October 17, 2023. It aired on GMM25 and Viu from August 5 to October 7, 2024.

GMM25
GMM25 is a Thai digital terrestrial television channel. It is owned by GMM Grammy (via GMM Holding) and operated by The One Enterprise. The network offers drama, music, news and entertainment targeting teenagers.

It airs programs produced by GMMTV including teen, and Yaoi and Yuri (also known as "Boys' Love" and "Girls' Love", or simply "BL" and "GL") drama series daily evenings at 20:30 (8:30 pm), and weekend TV shows (mid-morning and late-night).

GMM25 was launched on 25 May 2014 after GMM Grammy was awarded with a digital TV license from the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Committee in December 2013.

The network partnered with Viu and Line TV in providing re-runs.

The CEO is Takonkiet Viravan, who is also the managing director of The One Enterprise and ONE31.
Conti roll
The conti roll, or continental roll, is a sandwich popular in Perth, Western Australia. It was originally referred to by local native speakers of Italian as a panino Italiano. Its Anglophone name alludes to continental Europe (as opposed to the British Isles), the source of the majority of its ingredients.

Continental Europe
Continental Europe or mainland Europe is the contiguous mainland of Europe, excluding its surrounding islands. It can also be referred to ambiguously as the European continent, – which can conversely mean the whole of Europe – and, by some, simply as the Continent. When Eurasia is regarded as a single continent, Europe is treated both as a continent and subcontinent.
Curtis Whitley
Curtis Wayne Whitley (May 10, 1969 – May 11, 2008) was an American professional football player who was a center in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Clemson Tigers and was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the fifth round of the 1992 NFL draft with the 117th overall pick. Whitley played six seasons for the Chargers (1992–1994), Carolina Panthers (1995–1996), and Oakland Raiders (1997).

Born in Smithfield, North Carolina, Whitley graduated from Smithfield-Selma High School before attending Clemson University. In the NFL, he was selected by the Carolina Panthers in the 1995 NFL expansion draft.

Whitley was found dead from a drug overdose in Texas on May 11, 2008, one day after his 39th birthday.

Smithfield-Selma High School
Smithfield-Selma High School is a public high school located in Smithfield, North Carolina. It is locally referred to as simply "SSS" (pronounced 'Triple S'). The school is part of Johnston County Schools.
Ohio State Route 191
State Route 191 (abbreviated as SR 191) is a north–south state highway in northwestern Ohio, a U.S. state. SR 191's southern terminus is at U.S. Route 6 (US 6) approximately four miles (6.4 km) south of Stryker. Its northern terminus is at the concurrency of US 20A and US 127 in downtown West Unity. Between its southern terminus and Stryker, SR 191 runs parallel to, and to the east of, the Tiffin River.

Tiffin River
The Tiffin River is a 54.9-mile-long (88.4 km) tributary of the Maumee River in northwestern Ohio in the United States. Headwater tributaries of the river rise in southeastern Michigan. The river drains a primarily rural farming region in the watershed of Lake Erie.  Early French traders called the river Crique Féve, translated as Bean Creek, due to the natural growth of bean plants along the shores.

The stream was renamed officially as the Tiffin River in 1822 after Edward Tiffin, the first governor of the state of Ohio.  The 56.3-mile-long (90.6 km) upper section of the river north of the Ohio Turnpike is still referred to as Bean Creek.
Jane Doe (Minami Takahashi song)
"Jane Doe" is the debut single by Japanese singer Minami Takahashi. It was released on April 3, 2013. The A-side is used as theme song for the Japanese drama Saki. The single was released in four versions, three CD Maxi+DVD editions and a limited theater edition.

The song is a rock ballad written from a male perspective, depicted as being in a relationship he can't resist falling in love with one woman even after being disrespected, deceived by her and finally losing everything. The tracks follow the A-side upbeat feel, except for the ballads "Yabureta Hane" and Type C exclusive track, "Migikata", originally a song from Atsuko Maeda's second single Kimi wa Boku da.

Atsuko Maeda
Atsuko Maeda (前田 敦子, Maeda Atsuko; born July 10, 1991) is a Japanese actress and singer best known for being a former member of the idol girl group AKB48. Nicknamed Acchan (あっちゃん), she was one of AKB48's most prominent members at the time with such monikers as the "absolute ace", "immovable center", and the "face of AKB". After graduating on August 27, 2012, Maeda has since then continued with a solo singing and acting career.
Army Girl
Army Girl (also released as The Last of the Cavalry) is a 1938 American comedy film directed by George Nicholls Jr. and starring Madge Evans and Preston Foster.  It was a high budget film by Republic Pictures.

George Nicholls Jr.
George Nicholls Jr. (May 5, 1897 – November 13, 1939), also known as George Nichols Jr., was an American director and editor during the 1930s. Born to show business parents, and son of prolific actor and director George Nichols, he entered the film industry at the tail end of the silent film era, working as an editor for the Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation. After moving to RKO Pictures in 1933, Nicholls shortly began directing films by the end of the year. His career was cut short when he died in a car accident while driving to the location of his final film.
2017 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments
The 2017 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments refers to the divisions played within the annual international rugby union tournament for the Asian region. The Asia Rugby Championship (ARC) replaced the Asian Five Nations tournament in 2015. The main tournament is now contested by the top three teams in Asia. The other national teams in Asia compete in three divisions.

Asia Rugby Championship
The Asia Rugby Championship, or ARC, is an annual rugby union competition held amongst national rugby sides within the Asia Rugby region. The competition was originally known as the Asian Rugby Football Tournament when founded in 1969, and was called the Asian Five Nations from 2008 to 2014.

The winner of the competition's top division is recognised as the rugby champion of Asia. The top division, sometimes referred to as the Tri Nations, includes the top three Asian teams each season. Division 1 includes the next four teams and Division 2 includes the next four. Division three is  further divided geographically, with each of the West, East and South Central divisions including three teams.

Japan is the most successful team, securing 25 out of a possible 30 titles since 1969. They have not participated in the series since 2017.
Sylvain Dispagne
Sylvain Dispagne (born 8 February 1968) is a French former rugby union international.

Born and raised in Saint-Girons, Ariège, Dispagne played his rugby for the town until starting his career at the top level with USA Perpignan at the age of 20. He then crossed to RC Narbonne and while there earned a place on the France squad for the 1994 tour of New Zealand, but remained uncapped. At his next club, Stade Toulousain, Dispagne played in four national championship-winning teams, also featuring in the 1995–96 Heineken Cup title. He was capped twice as a number eight for France in the 1996 Five Nations Championship, against Ireland and Wales.

Dispagne retired from playing at the age of 34 and began coaching Pechbonnieu-based club EVG, overseeing their promotion to the Fédérale 1 in 2009. He has since left coaching and works in the electricity industry.

Fédérale 1
The Championnat de France de rugby à XV de 1re division fédérale (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃pjɔna də fʁɑ̃s də ʁyɡbi a kɛ̃z də pʁəmjɛʁ divizjɔ̃ fedeʁal]), a.k.a. Fédérale 1 ([fedeʁal œ̃]), is a French rugby union club competition, it is the elite of amateur rugby in France. The competition has been organised by the Fédération Française de Rugby since 2000, when it replaced the B2 Group. The championship is contested between 48 teams and named in honor of the famous former FC Lourdes and French International player, Jean Prat.
Synodontis aterrimus
Synodontis aterrimus, known as the network synodontis, is a species of upside-down catfish that is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo where it is found in the middle Congo Basin.  It was first described by  Max Poll and Tyson R. Roberts in 1968.  The original specimens were obtained in Bokuma, on the Congo River in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.  The species name aterrimus means "very black", referring to the dark coloration on the underside of the body.

Tyson R. Roberts
Tyson Royal Roberts was an American ichthyologist. He was described as "the world's foremost authority on Regalecus". He died on June 20, 2025 at the Nakhon Pathom Hospital in Bangkok.

Roberts attended Stanford University, where he earned his B.A. in 1961 and a Ph.D. in 1968. His doctoral thesis was titled "Studies on the osteology and phylogeny of characoid fishes." He won a 1999 Guggenheim Fellowship in the field of "Organismic Biology & Ecology", and was a research associate at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama and also affiliated with the Institute of Molecular Biosciences of Mahidol University, Thailand.
Kaboré
Kaboré is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Abdoul Aziz Kaboré (born 1994), Burkinabé footballer

Charles Kaboré (born 1988), Burkinabé footballer

Gaston Kaboré (born 1951), Burkinabé film director

Issa Kaboré (born 2001), Burkinabé footballer

Julien Kaboré (born 1968), Burkinabé Catholic diplomat

Mohamed Kaboré (born 1980), Burkinabé football goalkeeper

Moussa Kaboré (born 1982), Burkinabé footballer

Nayabtigungu Congo Kaboré (born 1948), Burkinabé politician, leader of the Movement for Tolerance and Progress (MTP) party

Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (born 1957), former President of Burkina Faso

Zinda Kaboré, politician of Voltaic origin

Charles Kaboré
Charles Kaboré (born 9 February 1988) is a Burkinabé former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. A Burkina Faso international from 2006 to 2021, he is the country's most capped player.
2002 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles
Donald Johnson and Jared Palmer were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Jonas Björkman and Todd Woodbridge.

Björkman and Woodbridge defeated Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor in the final, 6–1, 6–2, 6–7(7–9), 7–5, to win the gentlemen's doubles title at the 2002 Wimbledon Championships

Mark Knowles
Mark Knowles (born 4 September 1971) is a Bahamian former professional tennis player and coach. He is a former world No. 1 in doubles. He won three of the four Grand Slam tournaments in men's doubles, partnering with Daniel Nestor, as well as Wimbledon in mixed doubles. At various times between 2002 and 2005 he was ranked World No. 1 in doubles. He is a five-time Olympian.
Bernhardi Heights
Bernhardi Heights (80°20′S 25°0′W﻿ / ﻿80.333°S 25.000°W﻿ / -80.333; -25.000) is a line of heights to 1,220 metres (4,000 ft), snow-covered to east but with a west-facing rock escarpment, rising east of Schimper Glacier in the Herbert Mountains, Shackleton Range. They were photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy in 1967, and they were surveyed by the British Antarctic Survey between 1968 and 1971. In association with the names of glacial geologists grouped in this area, they were named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1971 after Reinhard Bernhardi, a German geologist who in 1832 first recognized the moraines and erratics of north Germany as evidence of a former south extension of the Arctic ice sheet.

British Antarctic Survey
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of global issues, and to provide an active presence in the Antarctic on behalf of the UK. It is part of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). With over 400 staff, BAS takes an active role in Antarctic affairs, operating five research stations, one ship and five aircraft in both polar regions, as well as addressing key global and regional issues. This involves joint research projects with over 40 UK universities and more than 120 national and international collaborations.

Having taken shape from activities during World War II, it was known as the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey until 1962.