Posted July 22, 20195 yr 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!
July 22, 20195 yr Author 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
July 23, 20195 yr 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 Edited July 23, 20195 yr by King Rollo
July 23, 20195 yr Author 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)
July 24, 20195 yr 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
July 24, 20195 yr 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
July 30, 20195 yr Author There's no way this is going up tonight so if you want to nominate you still can until about 2pm tomorrow.
July 31, 20195 yr Author 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 :lol:
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