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Top tennis records

March 28th, 2011 Mihaela Florea
Top tennis records

Top tennis records

Tennis is a very popular sport played at many ages having a great advantage: it can be played throughout the year and on different types of surfaces. The four grand slam tournaments attract many viewers on the court and on television. The Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open finals not only fill the court tribune but are also broadcasted live in many countries reaching millions of fans. As in any other sport, in tennis there are some notable players and important records. (more…)

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Top ten richest tennis players

December 16th, 2010 Mihaela Florea
Top ten richest tennis players

Top ten richest tennis players

Tennis is among the best paid sports and that is quite obvious if you look at the fortunes made by the best tennis players. This sport is very popular and the major tournaments present great interest and are watched by a huge number of fans.

The immense popularity that surrounds the tennis players drew the attention of big multinational companies that offered huge advertising contracts to the best players. The top ten richest tennis players depending on their tennis winnings and advertising contracts are: (more…)

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Top ten sports contracts

November 22nd, 2010 Mihaela Florea
Top ten sports contracts

Top ten sports contracts

Everyone knows that some athletes earn millions of dollars each year of activity. Looking at the top ten sports contracts its’ obvious that the most remunerative sports are baseball and auto racing.

In fact, baseball is the most profitable sport on the planet, eight of the top ten contracts worldwide belonging to professional baseball players. As a matter of fact, the sum of the top ten sports contracts is nearly 2 billion dollars. (more…)

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The perfect tennis player

June 6th, 2010 Mihaela Florea
The perfect tennis player

The perfect tennis player

Imagine that you could build your own tennis player using different parts from any player that ever played or is still playing tennis. Who would you pick and would you want from him?

Brain/Thought process: Federer’s brain is no doubt the master of tennis. He knows exactly what shots to hit at the time, even if that means improvising something. (more…)

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Most popular sports in the world

December 30th, 2009 Mihaela Florea
Most popular sports in the world

Most popular sports in the world

We all enjoy making sport or just watching others playing all kinds of sport. So which are the most popular sports in the world?

By far, football is considered the most popular sport in the world, “the king of all sports”. This title is based upon the number and size of stadiums around the world, the number of people who play football, the number of people who are aware of football and on the number of tournaments worldwide. (more…)

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