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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 South America. We received 67 different nominations in all - taking away our auto-qualifier, Lionel Messi, this gives us two groups of 33 players. Here's how this stage is going to work.

- You can vote for up to 20 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 +20, +19 ... +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, and the rest of the Top 10 will advance through to the Intercontinental Playoffs. Everyone else will be booted out.

Sergio Aguero (Argentina - Football - Won 12 titles with Manchester City, 2015 Premier League Golden Boot)
Carlos Alberto (Brazil - Football - Captained Brazil to 1970 World Cup, regarded as one of the best defenders of all time)
Rubens Barrichello (Brazil - Motor Racing - Won 2014 Stock Car Brazil championship, 11 race wins)
Egan Bernal (Colombia - Cycling - Won 2019 Tour de France, won three stage races)
Thiago Braz da Silva (Brazil - Athletics - 2016 Olympic gold, 2012 World Junior Championship gold)
Cafu (Brazil - Football - Most capped Brazilian player of all time, won 1994 and 2002 World Cups, the latter as captain)
Roberto Carlos (Brazil - Football - Won four La Liga titles and three Champions League titles with Real Madrid, won 2002 World Cup with Brazil)
Edinson Cavani (Uruguay - Football - PSG's all-time top goalscorer, won 11 titles with the team, 2017 Ligue 1 Player of the Year)
Cesar Cielo (Brazil - Swimming - 2008 Olympic gold, 11 World Championship golds)
Juan Curuchet (Argentina - Cycling - 2008 Olympic gold, 2004 World Championship gold)
Angel di Maria (Argentina - Football - Won La Liga once and Ligue One 3 times, won La Liga and Ligue One Top Assist Provider)
Radamel Falcao (Colombia - Football - Captain of the Colombia National Team, Colombia's top scorer and top scorer in any Europa League season)
Oscar Figueroa (Colombia - Weightlifting - 2016 Olympic gold, two Pan American Games golds)
Emerson Fittipaldi (Brazil - Motor Racing - Won two championships, 14 Grand Prix wins)
Diego Forlan (Uruguay - Football - Joint top scorer and Golden Ball of 2010 World Cup, first Uruguayan to win 100 caps)
Jairzinho (Brazil - Football - Won 1970 World Cup with Brazil, winning the Silver boot)
Gustavo Kuerten (Brazil - Tennis - Won French Open 3 times, 20 career titles)
Lucio (Brazil - Football - Won Bundesliga three times with Bayern, won Champions League with Inter Milan)
Maurren Maggi (Brazil - Athletics - 2008 Olympic gold, 3 Pan-American games golds)
Marta (Brazil - Football - Most goals scored at World Cup tournaments, won World Player of the Year 6 times, first footballer of either gender to score at 5 World Cups)
Nicolas Massu (Chile - Tennis - Won 2004 Olympic gold, 6 career titles)
Fabiana Murer (Brazil - Athletics - 2011 World Championship gold, 4 South American Championship golds)
Mariana Pajon (Colombia - Cycling - Two Olympic golds, 6 World Championship golds)
Walter Perez (Argentina - Cycling - 2008 Olympic gold, 2004 World Championship gold, two Pan American Games golds)
Ronaldinho (Brazil - Football - Won Player of the Year twice and Ballon d'Or once, won La Liga twice and Champions' League once with Barcelona)
Yuilmar Rojas (Venezuela - Athletics - 2016 Olympic silver, three World Championship golds)
Alexis Sanchez (Chile - Football - Won Copa Del Rey with Barcelona, Won FA Cup with Arsenal, Chile's most-capped player)
Aryton Senna (Brazil - Motor Racing - Won three Championships, 41 Grand Prix wins)
Nolberto Solano (Peru - Football - 1992 Peruvian player of the year, won Peruvian First Division 4 times)
Luis Suarez (Uruguay - Football - Won 18 trophies in his career, won Premier League Golden Boot and two European Golden Shoes)
Carlos Tevez (Argentina - Football - Won Premier League three times and Champions League once, won South American Footballer of the Year three times)
Carlos Valderrama (Colombia - Football - Won South American Player of the Year twice, most capped Colombian player ever)
Guillermo Vilas (Argentina - Tennis - Won 4 Grand Slam titles, 62 career titles)

The deadline is 23:59 Sunday 18th August. Get voting!