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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 Voting stage for Europe. We received 193 different nominations in all - taking away our auto-qualifiers, Roger Federer and Cristiano Ronaldo, this gives us four groups of 47/48 players*. Here's how this stage is going to work.

- You can vote for up to 25 sportspeople, but you must vote for at least 10.
- You must rank your votes in order of preference, either by numbering or by the standard Buzzjack +25, +24 ... +1 (Or down to however many you vote for)
- You must vote for sportspeople from at least three different sports
- You must vote for at least one male and one female sportsperson.
- Each sportsperson has been given a short description of their major achievements to make it easier for you to make up your mind.
- The seven sportspeople with the most votes in each group will advance to the Final, whilst the three next highest players will advance to the Intercontinental Playoffs. Everyone else will be booted out.


Group 4

Rebecca Adlington (England - Swimming - Won two Olympic golds, broke 800m World Record)
James Anderson (England - Cricket - Only English bowler to pass 500 Test wickets, leading wicket taker amongst fast bowlers)
Jacques Anquetil (France - Cycling - Won Tour de France 5 times, Giro twice and Vuelta once)
Victoria Azarenka (Belarus - Tennis - Won Australian Open twice, 21 Career titles)
Roberto Baggio (Italy - Soccer - Won Ballon d'Or in 1993, named FIFA World Player of the Year)
George Best (Northern Ireland - Football - Scored 207 goals in 586 games, regarded as one of the greatest players of all time)
Bjorn Borg (Sweden - Tennis - Won 11 Grand Slam tournaments, 64 career titles)
Ian Botham (England - Cricket - Held World Record for most Test wickets)
Lucy Bronze (England - Football - Won PFA Womens' Player of the Year twice, won DIvision 1 with Lyon)
Iker Casillas (Spain - Football - Won five La Liga and three Champions League titles with Real Madrid, led Spain to 2010 World Cup victory)
Kim Clijsters (Belgium - Tennis - Won four Grand Slam tournaments, 44 career titles)
Tom Daley (England - Diving - Three World Championship golds, four European Championship golds)
Inge de Bruijn (Netherlands - Swimming - 4 Olympic golds, 6 World Championship golds)
Frankie Dettori (Italy - Horse Racing - Rode more than 500 winners, rode all 7 winners on Ascot British Champions' Day 1996)
Sergei Fedorov (Russia - Ice Hockey - 1994 NHL Most Valuable Player, played over 1,200 NHL games)
Filip Flisar (Slovenia - Skiing - 2015 World Championship Ski Cross winner, won Gold at the 2011/12 Ski Cross World Cup)
Pau Gasol (Spain - Basketball - Won two NBA Championships, won Rookie of the Year in 2002)
Ryan Giggs (Wales - Football - Won Premier League 13 times and Champions' League twice, won PFA Young Player of the Year twice)
Eden Hazard (Belgium - Football - Won Europa League, League Cup and Premier League with Chelsea, captained Belgium to World Cup third place)
Thierry Henry (France - Football - Arsenal's all-time leading scorer, won two League Cups and one Premier League title with Arsenal and 1998 World Cup with France)
Marcel Hirscher (Austria - Skiing - Two Olympic Golds and 7 World Championship golds, 1st in 63 World Cup races)
James Hunt (Great Britain - Motor Racing)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden - Soccer - Sweden's all-time leading goalscorer, won Sweden's Golden Ball 11 times)
Jacky Ickx (Belgium - Motor Racing - Won 8 Grand Prix races)
Andres Ineista (Spain - Soccer - Won 35 trophies with Barcelona, scored winning goal in 2010 World Cup)
Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Norway - Athletics - Two European Championship golds, one European Indoor Championship gold)
Goran Ivanisevic (Croatia - Tennis - Won Wimbledon in 2001, 22 career titles)
Colin Jackson (Wales - Athletics - Three World Championship golds, four European Championship golds)
Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine - Boxing - Won 64 out of 69 fights, 1996 Olympic gold)
Olga Korbut (Belarus - Gymnastics - Four Olympic golds, two World Championship golds)
Janica Kostelic (Croatia - Skiing - Four Olympic golds, 5 World Championship golds)
Niklas Lundstrom (Sweden - Ice Hockey - Won Silver in the 2011 U18 and 2013 U20 championships)
Aksel Lund Svindal (Norway - Skiing - Two Olympic golds, 5 World Championship golds, 36 World Cup race wins)
Hermann Maier (Austria - Skiing - Two Olympic golds, three World Championship golds, 54 World Cup race wins)
Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland - Golf - Won 4 major championships, 25 professional wins)
Colin McRae (Scotland - Rallying - Won 1995 Championship, 25 rally wins)
Andy Murray (Scotland - Tennis - Won three Grand Slam tournaments, 45 career titles)
Rafael Nadal (Spain - Tennis - 18 Grand Slam wins, 82 career titles)
Adam Peaty (England - Swimming - 2016 Olympic Gold, 7 World Championship golds)
Alexander Popov (Russia - Swimming - 4 Olympic golds, 6 World Championship golds)
Alain Prost (France - Formula One - Won four Championships, 51 Grand Prix wins)
Joanna Rowsell Shand (England - Cycling - Two Olympic golds, 5 World Championship golds)
Xavi (Spain - Football - Won 2010 World Cup with Spain, as well as two Euros, won eight La Liga and 4 Champions League titles with Barcelona)
Phil Taylor (England - Darts - Won four Major tournaments)
Tanni-Grey Thompson (Wales - Paralympic Athletics - 11 Paralympic golds, two World Championship golds
Michael Van Gerwen (Netherlands - Darts - Won World Masters in 2006, currently ranked #1 in the world)
Sebastian Vettel (Germany - Formula One - Won four Championships, 52 Grand Prix wins)
Ruby Walsh (Republic of Ireland - Horse Racing - over 2700 career wins)


The deadline is 23:59 Sunday 4th August. Get voting!