Top 5: Best footballers of all time

1. Pele | Santos, New York Cosmos and Brazil

Many say he wasn't tested in a tougher league but even if he were to be in a tougher league he'd have excelled as much as he did in Brazil.Sometimes an attacking midfielder and other times a forward, Pele was the greatest goalscorer ever and I doubt anyone will score as many goals as he did.He led Brazil to three World Cup triumphs and is also their all-time top scorer. With 1229 career goals, will there ever be a player who could score as many goals as Pele? Very doubtful.He won trophies, he scored important goals and he never caused any major controversy. It's safe to say that Pele was the greatest ever player to grace the game.

2. Diego Maradona | Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Argentina etc.

Maradona is hailed by many as the greatest ever but finishes as runners up in this list. His personal life had its flaws but on the pitch he could do things one can only dream of.As an  attacking midfielder, Maradona scored quite a few, also leading Argentina to World Cup glory in 1986. The number 10 was retired by Napoli for Maradona's incredible contribution to their development.Maradona also scored arguably the greatest goal of all time, when he dribbled past almost all the England players before scoring a sublime goal in the 1986 World Cup finals.

3. Johan Cruyff | Ajax, Barcelona, Netherlands etc.

Cruyff was one of the greatest and smartest players to grace the game. His tactical mindset made him a step above his opponents and he was very versatile, too. The creator of Total Football, Cruyff was a fairly prolific goalscorer and scored many high-quality goals.He transformed Barcelona helping them become the team they are today and he also won 24 trophies as a player. A three-time winner of the Ballon d'Or, and with 401 goals to his name from midfield, Cruyff was better than most footballers.

4. Zinedine Zidane | Cannes, Bordeaux, Juventus, Real Madrid and France

Hailed as one of the greatest midfielders ever, Zidane's dribbling and passing were better than any other footballer of his time. He may not have been the most prolific goalscorer but he was innovative in his style of play and he had a magical presence on the pitch.He led France, Real Madrid and Juventus to many trophies and his goal in the 2002 Champions League final against Bayer Leverkusen was one of the best ever. A three-time winner of the Ballon d'Or and a three-time runner-up for the award, Zidane is one of the greatest players of all time.

5. Franz Beckenbauer | Bayern Munich, New York Cosmos and West Germany

Beckenbauer was one of the most inspirational footballers ever. He led by example and could manage and play at the same time. He had a good goalscoring record for a defender and secured 22 trophies in his career. He won the Ballon d'Or twice in his great career. 

Top 5 Greatest Batsmen of All Time.

1. Sachin Tendulkar

  With No Surprise Sechin Has Topped the List of Greatest Batsmen. although Wisden has listed Sachin as the second best batsmen in Test cricket after Don Bradman, and the second best batsmen in ODIs after Viv Richards. But, in Modern Cricket Sachin Tendulkar is No. 1, both Formats, Tests and ODIs. Records of ODI’s and TestBatting is totally dominated by Sachin Tendulkar. Records Like Most Centuries and Most Runs in both ODIs and Test Matches.

2. Don Bradman

  If we Describe greatest batsman then, he does not need explanation to remain in 2nd spot of Greatest Batsmen of All Time. when he was in form, no one could stop him. It was like an honor for bowlerto take the wicket of DonBradman. his batting average of 99.94 tells the whole story of his Greatness. He scored 29 Test centuries from 80 innings.

3. Viv Richards

  He is almost unequivocally regarded as the greatest ODI’s batsman of all time, as also the most destructive and feared ever, man who gave “swagger” new meaning in cricket. and as one of the very greatest to have ever played the game. Viv Richards was voted one of the five Cricketers of the Century in 2000, by a 100-member panel of experts, along with Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Jack Hobbs and Shane Warne. Some Experts Regarded him Best Ever Batsmen Against Fast Bowllers. he is the 3rd Greatest Batsmen in our list.

4. Garfield Sobers

  Another batsman for Caribbean in the List of greatest batsman. Sobers is the One of greatest all rounder in cricket history. also the one the best batsman in cricket world ever seen. Garfield Sobers had very elegant shots and great pair of hands. He has Achieved the batting average of 57.78 in test cricket with an highest score of 365* runs. He Has Scored 26 centuries in 93 test matches he played.

5. Jacques Kallis

   Jacques Kallis is one of the greatest batsman in world. He is not only a good batsman but, is an excellent all rounder as well. he is the only cricketer in the history of the game to hold more than 11,000 runs and 250 wickets in both one day and Test match cricket. with Avarege of 45 in ODIs and 57 in Tests he is the fifth Greatest Batsmen in Our List.

Top 5 Greatest All-Rounders in Cricket.

1-  Sir Garfield Sobers

      Greatest West Indian All-Rounder in History, a threat for the opponents with both bat and ball he was also excellent fielder, captained theWest Indies for many years. the two most all-rounders can claim to be. He could bowl both fast-medium and spin, being effective with both. But it was as a spin bowler that Sobers was picked first time for the West Indies team, often batting low in the order. He would go on to take 235 wickets at an average of 34.03. His average of 57.78 is the 10th-best on the all time list and compares with any batsman in the history of the game, with the exception of the great Sir Donald Bradman. He scored 26 centuries and 30 fifties. But his most famous feat remains the 365 not out he scored in 1958 against Pakistan team. At the time, this was a world record, a record that would stand until it was broken by great Brain Lara in 1994. It still ranks as the fifth highest score ever in test cricket.

2- Jacques Kallis

    Jacques Kallis is unquestionably the greatest all-rounder of the today’s modern cricket rates highly on the all-time list too. As a batsman, there are few better than Kallis, averaging 57.02, including 41 centuries and 55 half-centuries.

This average is the highest of any current player, higher than other present day superstars including Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Inzmam and very Sound batsman. Whilst most all-rounders tend to score their runs in rather unorthodox style, Kallis brings a very classical approach, playing a range of controlled shots. Indeed, there are few harder wickets to take than that of Kallis.

he is Also a fast-medium bowler, who can bowls heavy balls some time Kallis has taken 274 wickets at an average of 32.51. Whilst this may not rate quite as highly as his batting record, it is still impressive nonetheless, and he would be good enough to make many international sides as a bowler.

3- Imran Khan

    Number four in our list of top 10 greatest All Rounders of all time goes to former Pakistan captain Imran Khan. Imran Khan is undoubtedly the greatest cricketer to play for Pakistan. He was a Right Handed batsman and a Right Arm Fast bowler. He was considered as Pakistan’s most successful cricket captain,

Imran Won the World Cup 1992 for Pakistan, It was as a bowlerthat he’s best remembered, taking 362 test wickets at an average of 22.81. He was a genuine quick and opened the bowling for Pakistan for many years, he would rate as highly as any bowlerfrom any era. He finished his test career with an average 37.69, including 6 centuries and 18 half-centuries, becoming one of only eight players to achieve the ‘all-rounders triple’ of 300 wickets and 3000 runs.

4-  Kapil Dev

     Nicknamed as “Haryana Hurricane” India’s greatest all-rounder ever, and indeed India’s greatest fast bowler, Kapil Dev is the first of the great 1980s all-rounders to appear on this list. became the first Indian captain who lifted World Cup trophy in 1983. He became just the second bowler in the history of the game to take 400 wickets, surpassing Richard Hadlee’s world record in his final test, to finish with 434 wickets at an average of 29.64. With the bat, he averaged 31.05 in a career which included eight centuries and 27 half-centuries. In ODI’s his 175 not out against Zimbabwe at the 1983 World Cup, best remembered for Kapil.

5- Ian Botham

     The great Englishman of the 1980′s, Ian Botham was a key figure in the revival of cricket’s sleeping lion. Botham nicknamed “BEEFY” made his debut for England in 1976 has been considered as the greatest ever All Rounder to have played for his country. He single handedly won England the 1981 Ashes series with his All Round performances which included 399 runs and 34 scalps. The series was later called as BOTHAM’S ASHES.

For his career, he averaged 33.54 with the bat, but showed on various occasions that he was capable of pushing on to build a big innings, scoring 14 centuries and 22 half-centuries. He tended to be a hard-hitter, shown by his high strike rate of 60.71.

As a bowler, he took 383 wickets at 28.40, still holds the record for the highest number of Test wickets taken by an England player.

Top 10 Most Richest Sportsman in the World

TIGER WOODS

Eldrick Tont frequently recognized as “Tiger Woods” is American proficient golfer and world’s richest athlete. He is the most triumphant golfer of all times. He was born in Cypress on December 30, 1976. He became a professional golfer in August 1996 and became youngest player to win the tournament. He constantly focused to widen his potency in his game and achieve excellence. He broke a lot of golf records. He has been verdict Player of the Year 10 times. Tiger Woods has possessions of virtually 100 million dollars.

KOBE BRYANT:

He was born in Philadelphia on 23rd August 1978.  He is generally notorious as “Black Mamba”. He is American nationalized basket ball player. He has engaged in recreation his intact delivery service only for Los Angeles Lakers. He is with a entirety asset of 53 million dollars with the contemporary remuneration of 30.45 million USD.

LEBRON JAMES:

Lebron Raymone James intuitive on December 30, 1984 in Akron. Generally acknowledged as King James is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat team. .He achieved nation’s concentration for the duration of his subordinate year. He has accomplished NBA All Star approximately 9 times. He scuttles his individual charity foundation. He is called the preeminent substantial example in sports. The entireties of his assets are of 48 million dollars.

ROGER FEDERER:

Roger Federer is painstaking to be supreme tennis players. He is Swiss professional tennis player .He embrace numerous records. Federer born in Switzerland on 8th August 1981 and is conjugal to Women Tennis player Mirka Vavrinec. Federer and Nadal are considered to be harsh competitors both have been playing aligned with each other since 2004. He clasp assists of entire worth 47 million dollars.

PHIL MICKELSON:

Philip Alfred Mickelson in a professional golfer of America who was born on June 16 1970 in San Diego. He is right handed but he plays golf with left hand under his father’s administration prior to his school life. His proficient life started in year 1992. He triumph countless PGA tour Tournaments and was designated into World Golf Hall of Fame in 2011. He is echelon in the midst of top 10 golfers. He is constantly equipped to seize hazardous shots. He is amid the richest athletes with a total of 46.5 million dollars.

DAVID BECKHAM:

David Robert Joseph Beckham is an English footballer. He has the record for outfield player. He was elected as captain of England team in 1996 and he unrelenting his captaincies for 6 long years. He was married to Victoria Beckham. He is wealthiest footballer with assists of 40 million dollars.

CHRISTIANO RONALDO:

Christiano Ronaldo is a footballer. He plays for a Spanish club Real Madrid and serves as a captain for Portuguese National team. He was born on 5th February 1985. He has become the most extroverted football player. He ongoing his vocation as an adolescence player for Andorinha. He has a salary of 12 million EURO.

ALEX RODRIGUEZ:

Alex Rodriguez is a baseball player of America. He was born on 27th July 1975. He is the considered to be the wealthiest sports person with an entirety worth of $ 35 million. He is in love with buying and accumulating art in his complimentary time.

MICHAEL SCHUMACHER:

Michael Schumacher retired German racing driver. He was born on 3rd January 1969. He is richest driver with entirety merit of 34 million dollars. He has countless records counting seven times Formula-1 World Championship.

LIONEL MESSI:

He was born on 24 June 1987 belonging to a pitiable class family. He is an Argentine footballer of  La Liga club FC Barcelona He has been awarded best soccer player award recently. His assits are total worth of 14.75 million dollars.

SAPPORO DOME MOVING INDOOR STADIUM

   The Sapporo Dome opened in 2001 with 41,580 seats. This stadium hosted 3 games during the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Germany vs Saudi Arabia,Argentina vs England and Italy vs Ecuador; all three matches were in the first round.

The Dome hosted the opening ceremonies to the 2007 FIS Nodrich World Ski Championships on February 22 and hosted the closing ceremonies of the championships on March 4. It also made history as being the first venue where both indoor and nighttime skiing events took place for the first time on a world championship or Winter Olympic Games level with competitions in the cross country skiing sprints (men's and women's individual, and men's and women's team) and the cross country portion of the 7.5 km sprint event in the nordic combined. In order to generate snow, the stadium used its turf conversion hovering system to facilitate the snow making process for the skiing competitions. The opening ceremony featured Maki Ohguro, a local artist from Sapporo, Japanese drum demonstrations and other performances paying tributes to local customs and traditions. For the championships, seating capacity was reduced to 30,000.

The Dome was used as a super special stage in Rally Japan in both 2008 and 2010.

In late 2009, renovations with the possibility of increasing the capacity up to 53,796 were finished. These renovations also included space for more food outlets, an extra video screen, two extra changing rooms (to accommodate matches in the NFL World Series) and further media area as part of new office buildings attached to the stadium. As part of these renovations, the surface area of the arena itself was decreased to allow for more seating.

OLYMPIC FACT

OLYMPIC SYMBOL

It comprises of five rings or circles, linked together to represent the sporting friendship of all people. The rings also symbolize the continents Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and America. Each ring is of a different colour, i.e., blue, yellow, black, green and red.

OLYMPIC FLAG

The Olympic flag created in 1913 at the suggestion of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, was solemnly inaugurated in Paris in June 1914 but it was raised over an Olympic stadium for the first time at the Antwerp Games (Belgium) in 1920. There is also a second Olympic flag, which is used for the Winter Games. These Flags are made of white silk and contain five intertwined rings. From left to right the rings are blue, yellow, black, green and red. The rings are meant to represent five continents viz., Africa (black), America (red), Asia (yellow), Australia (green) and Europe (blue). At least one of these colours is found on the flag of every country.

OLYMPIC FLAME

It was at the Amsterdam Games in 1928 that for the first time an Olympic flame was ceremonially lighted and burned in a giant torch at the entrance of the stadium. The modern version of the flame was adopted in 1936 at the Berlin Games. The Olympic flame symbolizes the continuity between the ancient and modern Games. The torch used to kindle the flame, is first lit by the sun’s rays at Olympia, Greece, and then carried to the site of the Games by relay of runners. Ships and planes are used when necessary. On July 15, 1976, space age technology was used to transport the flame from one continent to another.

OLYMPIC MOTTO

The Olympic motto is “Citius-Altius-Fortius” (faster, higher, stronger). Rev. Father Didon (1840-1900), headmaster of a school near Paris and a great promoter of sports in the French Catholic colleges near the end of the nineteenth century, first used the motto and had it embroidered on the pennants of his school clubs. This succinct definition of the philosophy of sport appealed to father Didon’s friend, Baron pierre de Coubertin who was responsible for the revival work of the Olympic Games nearly 1,500 yeas after the last of the ancient games. It was adopted at his suggestion at the International Congress for the “Study and Propagation of the Principles of Amateurism” on June 23, 1894, the same day on which the restoration of the Olympic Games and the creation of the International Olympic Committee were also decided.

OLYMPIC PRIZES, MEDALS AND CERTIFICATES

While in ancient times the Olympic heroes received a crown of olive branches for their exploits, modern Olympic champions are rewarded with medals and certificates. The winning athlete now receives a gold medal, the athlete in the second place is awarded a Silver medal and the third placed athlete wins a Bronze medal. In addition, all athletes ranking from first to sixth receive a certificate. Each medal is 60 mm in diameter and 3 mm thick. The first and second place medals are made of 92.5 per cent silver and the medal for the first winner is then plated with 6 gram of fine gold. Thus this medal is not of full gold. The third place medal is of bronze.

MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES

The revival work of the Games was undertaken by Baron Pierre de Coubertin nearly 1,500 years after the last of the ancient Games. He was born into a family of Italian origin which had settled in France. It was on November 25, 1892, during a conference at Sorbonne about the history of physical exercises, that he first pronounced those famous six words in public “The Restoration of the Olympic Games”. He said that the games would ennoble and strengthen amateur sports, to give them strength and lasting quality for an essential role in the world of modern education.

It was at the International Congress for the for the Study of the Propagation of the Principles of Amateurism held in Paris in June 1894 that the delegates led by Baron Pierre de Coubertin and associates unanimously voted to restore the Olympic Games and to create an International Olympic committee to oversee them.The enthusiasm and zeal of the delegates was so great that they insisted the first Games to be held in 1896. Athens was, there fore, the venue for the 1896 Games. Since then these Games are held very four years.The aims of the Olympic Movement are to promote the development of these fine physical and moral qualities which are the basis of amateur sports and to bring together the athletes of the world in a great quadrennial festival of sports. The honour of holding the Olympic Games is entrusted to a city ad not a country or area. The choice of a city for the celebration of an Olympiad is with the International Olympic Committee.

The XXII Olympic Games were held in Moscow from July 19 to August 3, 1980. Only 80 of the 140 member countries of the International Olympic Committee participated due to a Western-sponsored boycott of the Games. The XXIII Games were held in Los Angeles from July 28 to August 12, 1984. The Games were boycotted by the Soviet Union and other Eastern bloc countries except Romania because of security reason. The Games also saw the re-entry of China after an absence of 32 years. It was America’s year at the Games just as it was Russia’s year in the XXII Games in Moscow in 1980 when Americans had boycotted. The XXIV Games were held in Seoul, the capital of South Korea, form September 17 to October 2, 1988. The Soviet Union was the biggest medals winner of the Games which was participated by 160 countries. The XXV Games were held in Barcelona, the second largest city of Spain, in July August 1992. Athletes from 171 countries participated and Olympic medals were awarded to a record 64 nations, breaking the mark of 52 set at the 1988 Seoul Olympic.

The XXVI Modern Olympic Games were held in Atlanta (USA) from July 19 to August 4 in 1996. Over 10,000 athletes from 197 countries participated in the 26 sports and 37 disciplines. The Mascot of the Atlanta Olympics was a computer-generated creative called `Izzy’.