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Association football: Argentina: $135 million: $65 million: $70 million 4: LeBron James: Basketball: United States: $128.2 million: $48.2 million: $80 million 5: Giannis Antetokounmpo: Basketball: Greece: $111 million: $46 million: $65 million 6: Kylian Mbappé: Association football: France: $110 million: $90 million: $20 million 7: Neymar ...
Shortlists of 23 men and 10 women were announced on 30 October 2009. [1] The final five contenders for this year's FIFA World Player of the Year and FIFA Women's World Player of the Year awards were announced on 7 December 2009. [2] Lionel Messi was announced as the World Player of the Year with a record points total. [3]
In 2009, while as a member of A.F.C. Newbury, Bolkiah signed a one-year deal with the Southampton Academy. [3] He was still with Southampton until at least December 2011. [ 4 ] In 2014, Bolkiah signed a two-year youth contract with Chelsea of the Premier League after previously training with Reading and trialing with Arsenal . [ 5 ]
Football-player-turned-businessman Roger Staubach first rose to fame when he won the Heisman Trophy while attending the U.S. Naval Academy, and he proceeded to win Super Bowl VI and Super Bowl XII ...
The following is a list of most expensive association football transfers, which details the highest transfer fees ever paid for players, as well as transfers which set new world transfer records. The first confirmed record transfer was of Willie Groves from West Bromwich Albion to Aston Villa for £100 in 1893 [ 1 ] (equivalent to £14,000 in ...
One woman cracked Forbes' 2023 list of the world's highest-paid athletes -- tennis great Serena Williams, who brought in $45.3 million in her final year of competitive play. She retired from her...
Methodology: To find the richest and “poorest” owners in professional sports, GOBankingRates began by referencing Forbes’ most recent Major League Baseball, National Football League, and ...
Barry Zito — After considerable success with the Oakland Athletics, the left-handed pitcher crossed San Francisco Bay after the 2006 season to play for the San Francisco Giants, signing what was then the richest contract for a pitcher in baseball history. He proceeded to go 31–43 in the next three seasons, never posting an ERA below 4.00.