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PeteFromLeeds View member profile	26th August 2019, 10:59 AM Post #1
Buy yourself a car, and a house in Devon Joined: 6 May 2016 Posts: 23,896 User: 23,247	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 1 Carlos Alberto (Brazil - Football - Captained Brazil to 1970 World Cup, regarded as one of the best defenders of all time) Scott Dixon (New Zealand - Motor Racing - 45 IndyCar wins, won series 5 times) Roger Federer (Switzerland - Tennis - Won 20 Grand Slam singles titles, 120 career titles) Emerson Fittipaldi (Brazil - Motor Racing - Won two championships, 14 Grand Prix wins) Garrincha (Brazil - Football - Led Brazil to 1962 World Cup victory, first player to win the Golden Boot, Golden Ball and World Cup in the same tournament) Ryan Giggs (Wales - Football - Won Premier League 13 times and Champions' League twice, won PFA Young Player of the Year twice) Rod Laver (Australia - Tennis - Won 11 Grand Slam singles titles, 200 Career titles) Rafael Nadal (Spain - Tennis - 18 Grand Slam wins, 82 career titles) Manny Pacquiao (Philippines - Boxing - Won 61 of 70 fights, eight-division world champion) Ian Thorpe (Australia - Swimming - Five Olympic golds, 13 World Championship golds) The deadline is 23:59 Sunday 1st September. Get voting!


PeteFromLeeds View member profile	26th August 2019, 11:02 AM Post #2
Buy yourself a car, and a house in Devon Joined: 6 May 2016 Posts: 23,896 User: 23,247	Copy-paste list: Carlos Alberto Scott Dixon Roger Federer Emerson Fittipaldi Garrincha Ryan Giggs Rod Laver Rafael Nadal Manny Pacquiao Ian Thorpe


Mack. View member profile	27th August 2019, 02:00 PM Post #3
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,785 User: 12,915	10- Roger Federer 9- Rafael Nadal 8- Rod Laver 7- Manny Pacquiao 6- Ian Thorpe 5- Emerson Fittipaldi 4- Garrincha 3- Scott Dixon 2- Ryan Giggs 1- Carlos Alberto


King Rollo View member profile	28th August 2019, 06:51 PM Post #4
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 3 January 2017 Posts: 10,162 User: 23,961	1st place - Roger Federer 2nd - Rafael Nadal 3rd - Garrincha 4. Manny Pacquiao 5. Rod Laver 6. Ryan Giggs 7. Carlos Alberto 8. Ian Thorpe 9. Scott Dixon 10. Emerson Fittipaldi


Severin View member profile	28th August 2019, 08:10 PM Post #5
Mansonette Joined: 3 November 2009 Posts: 6,931 User: 9,872	Emerson Fittipaldi Carlos Alberto Roger Federer Scott Dixon Garrincha Ryan Giggs Rafael Nadal Manny Pacquiao Rod Laver Ian Thorpe


Popchartfreak View member profile	30th August 2019, 07:30 PM Post #6
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 22,851 User: 17,376	1st - Roger Federer 2nd - Rafael Nadal 3 - Rod Laver 4 - Ryan Giggs 5 - Manny Pacquiao 6 - Emerson Fittipaldi 7 - Ian Thorpe 8 - Garrincha 2 - Carlos Alberto 1 - Scott Dixon


PeteFromLeeds View member profile	1st September 2019, 12:45 PM Post #7
Buy yourself a car, and a house in Devon Joined: 6 May 2016 Posts: 23,896 User: 23,247	1. Roger Federer 2. Rafael Nadal 3. Manny Pacquiao 4. Garrincha 5. Carlos Alberto 6. Ian Thorpe 7. Rod Laver 8. Ryan Giggs 9. Scott Dixon 10. Emerson Fittipaldi


Sarah View member profile	1st September 2019, 04:44 PM Post #8
BuzzJack Enthusiast Joined: 14 June 2006 Posts: 1,160 User: 763	1 Roger Federer 2 Rafael Nadal 3 Ryan Giggs 4 Emerson Fittipaldi 5 Garrincha 6 Carlos Alberto 7 Ian Thorpe 8 Manny Pacquiao 9 Scott Dixon 10 Rod Laver


PeteFromLeeds View member profile	2nd September 2019, 04:32 PM Post #9
Buy yourself a car, and a house in Devon Joined: 6 May 2016 Posts: 23,896 User: 23,247	Results 1. Roger Federer 2. Rafael Nadal 3. Manny Pacquiao 4. Garrincha 5. Emerson Fittipaldi 6. Ryan Giggs 7. Rod Laver 8. Carlos Alberto 9. Ian Thorpe 10. Scott Dixon The Top 2 were clear from the start, however Pacquiao going straight through to the Final is somewhat of a shock, particularly since he only just made it through the qualifying round!


King Rollo View member profile	2nd September 2019, 05:55 PM Post #10
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 3 January 2017 Posts: 10,162 User: 23,961	Federer and Nadal have achieved so much so they deserve to go through. I didn't know much about Manny Pacquiao but I put him 4th on my list after reading his wiki page.