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PeteFromLeeds
post 22nd July 2019, 06:22 PM
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Welcome to the World Cup of Sportspeople! With the Women's Football World Cup in full swing just finished and the Men's World Cup being a resounding success last year, we'll be following on with a tournament, not of countries, but of the sports-men and women themselves. This contest is designed to select the greatest sportspeople from each continent through a number of rounds, selecting the best of the best, and pitting them together to show who we really think is the best sportsperson of them all!

This is the Nominations stage for North America. To make it easy for you all (and so you don't have to read a really long paragraph), here are the rules:

- You can nominate any sportsperson, active, retired or dead, provided that their most recent appearance nationally was from a country in North America(regardless of where they were born). If they have never competed on a national level, their nationality will simply be that which associate themselves with.

- The countries which count as North America here will be the same as the countries which take part in the North American qualifiers for the Football World Cup. The full list is shown in the second post, however this will in general include both North and Central America, and the Caribbean.

- You can nominate any number of sportspeople, regardless of whether they have already been nominated. Every nominated sportsperson will advance through to the next round, however the sportsperson with the most nominations will advance directly through to the Finals without being entered into the continental qualifiers.

Nominations close on Monday 29th June at 23:59 (but if you're a little bit late I'll probably still count them). Get nominating!
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post 22nd July 2019, 06:25 PM
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ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint-Martin, Saint Lucia, Sint-Maarten, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caïcos Islands, US Virgin Islands, USA
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post 23rd July 2019, 12:52 PM
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Cricket:
Gordon Greenidge - Barbados
Desmond Haynes - Barbados
Chris Gayle - Jamaica
Viv Richards - Antigua
Brian Lara - Trinidad and Tobago
Clive Lloyd - Guyana
Everton Weekes - Barbados
Shivnarine Chanderpaul - Guyana
Garfield Sobers - Barbados
Courtney Walsh - Jamaica
Curtly Ambrose - Antigua
Malcolm Marshall - Barbados
Joel Garner - Barbados
Michael Holding - Jamaica
Andy Roberts - Antigua

Tennis (all from USA):
Serena Williams
Andre Agassi
Pete Sampras
Ivan Lendl
Venus Williams
Jimmy Connors
Andy Roddick
Martina Navratilova
Billie Jean King
Chris Evert
John McEnroe

Boxing (all from USA):
Muhammad Ali
Sugar Ray Robinson
Henry Armstrong
Rocky Marciano
Joe Louis
Mike Tyson

Tiger Woods - USA - Golf
Michael Jordan - USA - Basketball
Jack Nicklaus - USA - Golf
Carl Lewis - USA - Athletics
Jesse Owens - USA - Athletics
Babe Ruth - USA - Baseball
Michael Phelps - USA - Swimming
Michael Johnson - USA - Athletics
Mark Spitz - USA - Swimming
Usain Bolt - Jamaica - Athletics
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce - Jamaica - Athletics


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post 23rd July 2019, 04:56 PM
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Michael Woods (Canada - Cycling)
Greg LeMond (USA - Cycling)
Usain Bolt (Jamaica - Athletics)
Yohann Blake (Jamaica - Athletics)
Kirani James (Granada - Athletics)
Shaunae Miller-Uibo (Bahamas - Athletics)
Guillermo Ochoa (Mexico - Football)
Javier Hernandez (Mexico - Football)
Bryan Ruiz (Costa Rica - Football)
Joel Campbell (Costa Rica - Football)
Mihcaela Shiffrin (USA - Skiing)
Marie-Michèle Gagnon (Canada - Skiing)
Roni Remme (Canada - Skiing)
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post 24th July 2019, 03:04 PM
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Curtly Ambrose (Antigua and Barbuda)- Cricket
Viv Richards (Antigua and Barbuda)- Cricket
Pauline Davis-Thompson (Bahamas)- Athletics
Debbie Ferguson (Bahamas)- Athletics
Shaunae Miller (Bahamas)- Athletics
Avard Monchur (Bahamas)- Athletics
Tonique Williams-Darling (Bahamas)- Athletics
Joel Garner (Barbados)- Cricket
Gordon Greenidge (Barbados)- Cricket
Desmond Haynes (Barbados)- Cricket
Malcolm Marshall (Barbados)- Cricket
Donovan Bailey (Canada)- Athletics
Andre De Grasse (Canada)- Athletics
John Part- (Canada) (Darts)
Gilles Villeneuve (Canada)- Motor Racing
Jacques Villeneuve (Canada)- Motor Racing
Felix Sanchez (Dominican Republic)- Athletics
Daimi Pernia (Cuba)- Athletics)
Ivan Pedroso (Cuba)- Athletics
Ana Fidelia Quirot (Cuba)- Athletics)
Kirani James (Grenada)- (Athletics)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (Guyana)- Cricket
Clive Lloyd (Guyana)- Cricket
Yohan Blake (Jamaica)- Athletics
Usain Bolt (Jamaica)- Athletics
Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica)- Athletics
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica)- Athletics
Chris Gayle (Jamaica)- Cricket
Michael Holding (Jamaica)- Cricket
Elaine Thompson (Jamaica)- Athletics
Courtney Walsh (Jamaica)- Cricket
Javier Hernandez (Mexico)- Football
Rafael Marquez (Mexico)- Football
Sergio Perez (Mexico)- Motor Racing
Kim Collins (St Kitts & Nevis)- Athletics
Ato Boldon (Trinidad and Tobago)- Athletics
Brian Lara (Trinidad and Tobago)- Cricket
Dwight Yorke (Trinidad and Tobago)- Football
Andre Agassi (USA)- Tennis
Muhammad Ali (USA)- Boxing
Mario Andretti (USA)- Motor Racing
Tori Bowie (USA)- Athletics
Jimmy Connors (USA)- Tennis
Gail Devers (USA)- Athletics
Dale Earnhardt (USA)- Motor Racing
Allyson Felix (USA)- Athletics
George Foreman (USA)- Boxing
Maurice Greene (USA)- Athletics
Phil Hill (USA)- Motor Racing
Evander Holyfield (USA)- Boxing
LeBron James (USA)- Basketball
Allen Johnson (USA)- Athletics
Michael Jordan (USA)- Basketball
Greg LeMond (USA)- Cycling
Carl Lewis (USA)- Athletics
Joe Louis (USA)- Boxing
Floyd Mayweather Jr (USA)- Boxing
John McEnroe (USA)- Tennis
Phil Mickelson (USA)- Golf
Bode Miller (USA)- Skiing
Jack Nicklaus (USA)- Golf
Shaquille O'Neal (USA)- Basketball
Michael Phelps (USA)- Swimming
Dwight Phillips (USA)- Athletics
Mike Powell (USA)- Athletics
Andy Roddick (USA)- Tennis
Babe Ruth (USA)- Baseball
Pete Sampras (USA)- Tennis
Michaela Shiffrin (USA)- Skiing
Mike Tyson (USA)- Boxing
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post 24th July 2019, 04:57 PM
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Boxing

Muhammed Ali -USA
George Foreman _ USA
Joe Frazier - USA
Sonny Liston - USA
Joe Louis - USA
Julio Cesar Chavez - Mexico

Cricket

Viv Richards - Antigua
Brian Lara - Trinidad and Tobago
Garfield Sobers - Barbados
Courtney Walsh - Jamaica
Curtly Ambrose - Antigua

Motor Racing
Gilles Villeneuve (Canada - Motor Racing)
Jacques Villeneuve (Canada - Motor Racing)
Mario Andretti (USA - Motor Racing)
A.J. Foyt (USA - Motor Racing)
Dale Earnhart (USA - Motor Racing)
Jeff Gordon (USA - Motor Racing)

Tennis
Serena Williams - USA
Martina Navratilova - USA, weirdly
Pete Sampras - USA
John McEnroe - USA
Billie Jean King - USA


Babe Ruth (USA - Baseball)
Joe DiMaggio - USA Baseball


American Football

Dan Marino - USA
Joe Namath - USA
Joe Montana - USA
Tom Brady - USA

Athletics

Carl Lewis - USA
Jesse Owens - USA
Florence Joyner-Griffith - USA
Usain Bolt - Jamaica
Shelley Ann-Fraser Price - Jamaica
Don Quarrie - Jamaica

Wayne Gretsky - Canada - Ice Hockey
Michael Jordan - USA - Basketball
Tiger Woods (USA - Golf)
Jack Nicklaus - USA - Golf
Mark Spitz - USA - Swimming
Arnold Palmer - USA - Golf

Football
Michelle Akers - USA
Mia Hamm - USA
Brandi Chastain - USA
Dwight Yorke - Trinidad & Tobago


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PeteFromLeeds
post 30th July 2019, 04:40 PM
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There's no way this is going up tonight so if you want to nominate you still can until about 2pm tomorrow.
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post 31st July 2019, 05:35 PM
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I can reveal that (somewhat unsurprisingly) the athlete going straight through to the Final is... USAIN BOLT



Certainly the right choice, even if it's only the fact that I didn't nominate any of the other big names that got him through laugh.gif
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