6 of the Highest Paid Sports Person

Dec 25th, 2009 by Samuel Augustin

These sports person are really rich and we never knew them

Cricket: Sachin Tendulkar


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Sachin Tendulkar is an Indian and he has been in the game of cricket since 20 years now and he has been the best cricketer which India has ever had. He is the richest sports person in the whole of India and most of his earnings come from endorsements.

Soccer: David Beckham


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David Beckham is a part of the England national football team and when it comes to the English Clubs then he also played for the famous club English club, Manchester United. He has been an amazing personality and has been global recognition.

F1: Michael Schumacher


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Michael Shumacher has been a formula one champion seven times. This German racer drives will drive for Mercedes in 2010 but previously he was with Ferrari.  He holds the record being the only German to win the formula one world championship.

Golf: Tiger Woods


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Tiger woods was the highest paid professional athlete for the year 2008. He has been the best ever golfer in the history. He has earned a lot of money by doing endorsements in global brands like accenture.

Tennis (men): Roger Federer

He has been the richest player amongst the men's category. He was the world number one for a very long time until Rafael Nadal surpassed his tennis rankings and became the number one rank tennis player. Then again in July 2009 he became the number one ranked player in men's tennis.

Tennis (woman) : Maria Sharapova


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Maria Sharapova is currently ranked fourteenth in the women's world ranking and she is the richest female star and most of her earnings come from the endorsements which are done by her. She takes modeling also as one of her professions.

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Mythbuster2009, over a year ago
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It’s actually quite amazing that the above individuals “earn” so much money - primarily for doing “jobs” others consider recreational or only participate in on a recreational understanding.

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