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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!

We're finally at the Finals! This is the Group Stage, where the best of the best battle it out to be in the Final Final. The 100 qualifiers have been split into 10 groups. All 100 who made it to this stage will be in the countdown, but only half will make the Final Ranking.

- You must rank all 10 sportspeople, from 1st to 10th.
- Each sportsperson has been given a short description of their major achievements to make it easier for you to make up your mind. There is also a list of the names in the first post without the descriptions/flags
- The top three sportspeople in each group will advance directly through to the Final. The sportspeople in positions 4 to 7 will face off against each other in the Playoffs, whilst the bottom three athletes will be automatically eliminated.

Group 9

Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia - Athletics - World Record holder for 5000m and 10,000m, most successful runner in World Cross Country Championships with a total of 10 titles)

Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia - Athletics - 5000m outdoors World Record holder, won three Olympic golds and five World Championship golds)

Richard Hadlee(New Zealand - Cricket - Chosen by Wisden as second greatest bowler of all time)

Lewis Hamilton (England - Formula One - Won five Championships and 80 Grand Prix races)

Jacques Kallis (South Africa - Cricket - Only cricketer to score more than 10,000 runs and take over 250 wickets, 2008 Leading Cricketer in the World)

Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka - Cricket - Highest wicket-taker in Test cricket, held the number 1 player ranking for a record 1,711 days)

Ferenc Puskas (Hungary - Football - Top scorer of the 20th century, named best player of 1954 World Cup)

Ronaldinho (Brazil - Football - Won Player of the Year twice and Ballon d'Or once, won La Liga twice and Champions' League once with Barcelona)

Pete Sampras (USA - Tennis - Won 14 Grand Slam titles, 64 career titles)

Serena Williams (USA - Tennis - Won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, won 72 career titles)

The deadline is 23:59 Sunday 22nd September. Get voting!