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Indian cricketer
Virat Kohli is an Indian international cricketer considered by many as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of the game. Kohli plays for (and previously captained) the Royal Challengers Bengaluru...
Indian cricketer
Rahul Dravid is a former Indian international cricketer considered by many to have been one of the greatest batters in the history of the game. During his career he was also a wicketkeeper and an occasional...
American cyclist
Major Taylor was the 1899 world champion in cycling, a winner of many national and international honors, and the first American-born Black athlete of wide renown to reach his sport’s international pinnacle....
American boxer
Muhammad Ali was an American professional boxer and social activist. Considered one of the greatest boxers in history, Ali was the first fighter to win the world heavyweight championship on three separate...
American baseball player
Babe Ruth was chosen as one of the first five members of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936, a year after he finished his career. He transformed baseball through his home-run hitting, which produced an...
American football player
Patrick Mahomes is an American football quarterback who is one of the premier players in the National Football League (NFL). In his second season as a professional (2018), he was named the NFL’s most valuable...
Dominican baseball player
José Ramírez is a Dominican professional baseball player who is among the most underappreciated superstars in Major League Baseball (MLB). Ramírez, the face of the Cleveland Guardians franchise, has played...
American basketball player
LeBron James is an American professional basketball player who is widely considered one of the greatest all-around players of all time and who won National Basketball Association (NBA) championships with...
American football player
Tom Brady is a former football quarterback who led his teams to a record seven Super Bowl victories (2002, 2004, 2005, 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2021) and was named the game’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) five...
American golfer
Tiger Woods is an American golfer who dominated professional golf in the late 1990s and early 2000s, becoming the first player to win the four major tournaments consecutively. In 1997, Woods, one of the...
Australian cricketer
Don Bradman was an Australian cricketer widely regarded as the greatest player of the 20th century. One of the greatest run scorers in the history of the game, he had a Test batting average of 99.94, which...
American football player
Paul Hornung was a glamorous star of the Green Bay Packers’ championship teams of the 1960s whose versatile on-field performance and off-field reputation as a fun-loving, hard-drinking carouser and playboy...
Chinese American freestyle skier
Eileen Gu is a Chinese American freestyle skier who won a trio of medals, including two golds, at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games. Only 18 years old at the time, she became the youngest Olympic champion...
Indian cricketer
Jasprit Bumrah is an Indian international cricketer. A right-arm fast bowler, he is considered to be one of the best fast bowlers in the world and has more than 400 international wickets. He captained...
Australian tennis player
Nick Kyrgios is an Australian tennis player who earned widespread acclaim as a talented and entertaining player. He achieved notable victories over several of the sport’s top competitors but has met with...
Spanish football player
Aitana Bonmatí is a professional women’s football (soccer) player from Catalonia who plays as an attacking midfielder for FC Barcelona in Liga F (Spanish women’s football league) and for the Spanish national...
Argentine-born football player
Lionel Messi is an Argentine-born football (soccer) player who received a record-setting eight Ballon d’Or awards as the world’s top male player (2009–12, 2015, 2019, 2021, and 2023). In 2022 he helped...
Indian cricketer
Rohit Sharma is an Indian international cricketer and a former captain of the Indian cricket team in the One-Day International (ODI), Twenty20 International (T20I), and Test cricket formats. Sharma announced...
American football coach
Bill Belichick is widely regarded as the greatest professional gridiron football coach in history. During 24 seasons with the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL), he led the team...
Portuguese football player
Cristiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese football (soccer) forward who is one of the greatest players of his generation. Ronaldo is the winner of five Ballon d’Or awards (2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2017), and...
Belarusian tennis player
Aryna Sabalenka is a Belarusian professional tennis player who emerged as one of the best young athletes on the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Tour in the early 2020s. Known for her aggressive, risk-taking...
Serbian tennis player
Novak Djokovic is a Serbian tennis player who is one of the greatest men’s players in the history of the game. His 24 Grand Slam singles titles—which includes an unprecedented 10 Australian Open championships—is...
American basketball player
Kawhi Leonard is an American professional basketball player noted for his prowess on the defensive and offensive sides of the ball whose status as one of the NBA’s best wing players has been hampered by...
American basketball player
Russell Westbrook is an American basketball player known for his obsessive work ethic and ferocious competitive intensity on the court. In 2016–17 Westbrook became the second player in NBA history, after...
Indian cricketer
Sachin Tendulkar is a former Indian professional cricket player, considered by many to be one of the greatest batters of all time. He is the leading run scorer in both Test cricket and one-day internationals...
British athlete
David Beckham is an English former football (soccer) player who gained international fame for his on-field play as well as for his highly publicized personal life. With Manchester United, Beckham developed...
Spanish tennis player
Rafael Nadal is a Spanish tennis player who emerged in the early 21st century as one of the game’s leading competitors, especially noted for his performance on clay. He won a record 14 career French Open...
American basketball player
Kevin Durant is an American professional basketball player who won the 2013–14 National Basketball Association (NBA) Most Valuable Player (MVP) award and established himself as one of the best players...
Indian cricketer
Ravichandran Ashwin is an Indian cricketer who is considered one of the best all-rounders to play for the country. A right-arm off-spin bowler and right-handed batter, he has taken more than 750 international...
Polish tennis player
Iga Świątek is a professional tennis player from Poland who first came to the attention of the tennis world in 2020 when, at the age of 19, she won the women’s singles title at the French Open, becoming...
F1 driver
Max Verstappen is a race-car driver competing in Formula One (F1) under the Dutch flag. He is the sport’s youngest race winner, and he is also the youngest person to start an F1 race. Driving for Red Bull...
Canadian hockey player
Willie O’Ree is the first Black hockey player to play in a National Hockey League (NHL) game. He debuted with the Boston Bruins against the Montreal Canadiens at the Montreal Forum on January 18, 1958....
American basketball player
Bill Russell was an American basketball player who was the first outstanding defensive centre in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and one of the sport’s greatest icons. He won 11...
American boxer
Shane Mosley is an American former professional boxer who was among the most dominant lightweight fighters of the 1990s, going undefeated in 33 bouts. Known for his aggressive attacking style and exceptional...
American basketball player
Brittney Griner is an American basketball player who is one of the game’s leading centers, especially known for her play with the Phoenix Mercury, which she helped win a WNBA championship (2014). In addition,...
American football coach
Jim Harbaugh is an American football coach who has had success at both the professional and college level and is especially known for turning around struggling teams. Under his leadership, the NFL’s San...
Indian businessman
Mukesh Ambani is an Indian business mogul who serves as chairman and managing director of the Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), a multinational conglomerate with businesses across...
American football player
Aaron Rodgers is an American professional football quarterback who is considered one of the greatest to ever play the position. Rodgers led the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) to...
Indian cricketer
Yashasvi Jaiswal is an Indian professional cricket player. He plays franchise cricket for the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and represented Mumbai in Indian domestic cricket from...
American tennis player
Serena Williams is a retired American tennis player who revolutionized women’s tennis with her powerful style of play and who won more Grand Slam singles titles (23) than any other woman during the open...
American baseball player
Darryl Strawberry is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) player who burst onto the scene in the 1980s with seemingly limitless potential. Despite being Rookie of the Year and named to eight All-Star teams,...
English cricketer
Ben Stokes is an English cricketer who has scored more than 10,000 runs and taken more than 300 wickets over his career. He is a left-handed batter and right-arm pace bowler. He first captained the England...
American professional wrestler, athlete, and actor
Roman Reigns is an American professional wrestler, athlete, and actor. He is best known for holding multiple championships in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as one of the company’s most notable stars....
Figure skating’s Quadg0d is changing his sport in historic ways
What is undeniable about American figure skater Ilia Malinin is that he has achieved athletic feats in his sport that many thought impossible. He was the first and, as of 2025, the only athlete to land...
American baseball player
Bryce Harper is a superstar Major League Baseball (MLB) player who has won a pair of National League (NL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards. Touted as the next big thing in baseball since he was 16 years...
American basketball player
Jayson Tatum is a standout forward for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Selected by the team as the third pick in the 2017 NBA draft, Tatum is a gifted all-around player...
American football player
Tim Tebow is a former American football player who was a dominant dual-threat quarterback at the University of Florida, in Gainesville, where he won a Heisman Trophy and led the team to two national championships....
American basketball player
Kyrie Irving is a professional basketball player who, with LeBron James, led the Cleveland Cavaliers to an NBA championship in 2016. Irving is known for his exceptional ball-handling skills, elite isolation...
American boxer, influencer, and actor
Jake Paul is an American boxer, influencer, and actor. A member of Generation Z, the first to come of age in a world of ubiquitous Internet and smartphone use, Paul rose to fame and notoriety in the mid-2010s...
American gymnast
Simone Biles is one of the greatest gymnasts in the history of the sport, known for her consistency and the complexity of her performances. Throughout her career, she has set a number of records. Notably,...
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