Athletes give up many things to become the best in what they do. Many people dedicate their time and effort to sports‚ but only a handful become legends. Whether it be due to their income as sportsmen or because of their business ventures‚ these are the 20 all-time richest athletes in the world. Stay tuned for parts two and three‚ coming soon! Number Twenty: Phil Mickelson Born in San Diego‚ California‚ Mickelson is one few professional golfers in the world to spend 13 years in a row in the Official
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Primed for Perfection On a comfortably warm spring day in the early nineteen fifties‚ sweeping lofty gales spread unparalleled anticipation aloft the quiet English alleys for a tremendous historical event. Every year‚ Wembley Stadium sets the stage for fierce rivalries engrossing fans in heated contention for the FA Cup title. In England‚ soccer proves to be the lifeline of the common people‚ either drawing apart or bringing them together in celebration of the sport. Wembley’s iconic field is where
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Comparison of 2 Successful Leaders: Jose Mourinho & Fabio Capello Jose Mourinho (Real Madrid) and Fabio Capello (England) are widely known for their hard work‚ determination and unprecedented success in the world of football. However‚ both have their strengths and weaknesses which inevitably divide them. Jose Mourinho is a mysterious‚ confident and extremely intellectual individual‚ a man who has perfect knowledge of how to use the media to his advantage. This makes him one of the greatest masters
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Soccer is one of five popular sports around the world. Players like Cristiano Ronaldo‚ Lionel Messi‚ and Neymar are very athletic‚ popular players. They posse skills that make are unlike lots of players. Soccer is more entertaining when World Cup time comes around. Around 3 billion people watch globally and about a billion watch on TV. This game is to see who is the country who has the best soccer team. Every team will have star players that standout like nobody else’s on there team. Usually
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Best Athlete In my opinion of which best athlete should go to‚ it would definitely go to FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi. First of all‚ the superstar soccer player has done so much in his career and broke so many records. Likewise‚ he has amazing skills on the pitch and hardly ever misses the back of the net. Lionel has scored 500 goals for both his club team and International team‚ with 300 of the goals going to his club alone. As a result‚ Messi has exceeded the point of what an athlete is people
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Racism has been a battle fought by many different nations and groups of people throughout the world‚ and throughout our history. National heroes from varying places such as Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King are just a of these pioneers who have fought for the rights and respect of those with different skin colors on the social scene. A new monster though in the fight for racism has come about over the years‚ and that is racism in sports‚ especially controversies in soccer. These controversies
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The Double Standard With a Nike basketball shoes‚ and they are double cushion PU soles sold in the world‚ but it became the single cushion when the shoes are sold in China. What’s more‚ the price is 500 yuan higher than abroad. In the U.S.‚ the price is $ 125 (about 800 yuan)‚ and there are two ZOOM cushion. Beijing Industry and Commerce Bureau believes that Nike engaged in "double standards" on the product‚ and the Nike company discriminate Chinese and foreign consumers‚ and it against the Chinese
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Now we all know that football is a great sport‚ bringing forth legends like Eric Cantona‚ George Best and the heroic Sir Bobby Charlton‚ but what about the downsides to this heroic game: exorbitant wages‚ inept role rodels and the never ending peer group pressure of football kit changes every year. Firstly‚ I would like to talk about wages; now players like Wayne Rooney‚ Lionel Messi and Fernando Torres are on more than enough salary per year to clear Britain of its recession but do they have
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RESEARCH PAPER: SPORTS WOMEN’S SOCCER Women’s soccer has been greatly undermined through the years. When one talks of football‚ the men’s version quickly comes to mind and the female version seems non-existent to football lovers worldwide. Regarded as the lesser version of the men’s game‚ it is rarely mentioned or watched and very little hype arises when a women’s football tournament is ongoing. There may be many reasons for such low recognition of the women’s game‚ most notable of which include
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Soccer is the most popular and universal sport to ever be played‚ which involves dedication‚ skill‚ psychical and mental ability. With a crazy history dating back to 2000 years ago‚ you would have to go all the way back in time to understand all the facts about it‚ and even with how much history it has‚ it continues to progress and get better. The sport is so popular that the organization “FIFA” recorded that 240 million people regularly play the sport. That is a lot more than people think but when
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