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Manchester City Football Club

2013-2014 Champions League Title

Won the Premier League with a 2-0 victory over West Ham Utd

2nd Premier League Title

4th English title

Arsenal Football Club

The Gunners

One of the most decorated clubs in English football, they have won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and a joint record 11 FA Cups

Paris Saint-Germain Football Club - PSG

2013-2014 French Football Champion

Thiago Silva is the current captain of PSG

Italian Football Club

Also called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia

2013-2014 Champion Club is Juventus

Lionel Andres “Leo” Messi Cuccittini, # 10 Is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Spanish club FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team. He is a forward and serves as captain for Argentina. Messi is the first football player in history to win four FIFA/Balloons d’Or, all of which he won consecutively, and the first to win three European Golden Shoe awards. Won the FIFA Golden Ball as the best player of World Cup 2014

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, # 7 Is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Real Madrid C.F. and the Portugal national team. He is a forward and serves as captain for Portugal. Ronaldo is the first Portuguese footballer to win three FIFA/Ballons d'Or, and the second player to win three European Golden Shoe awards.

Wayne Mark Rooney, # 10

Is an English professional footballer who plays for and captains both Manchester United and the England national team. He has played much of his career as a forward, but he has also been used in various midfield roles.

Olivier Giroud, # 12 Is a French footballer who plays for English club Arsenal in the Premier League and the France national team. He plays as a striker and is known for his size, physical style of play, heading ability, shot power, strength and link-up play. He is also associated with making runs to the front post that outwit.

Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, # 49

Also known as Ronaldinho, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Mexican Club Queretaro.

ESPN has described Ronaldinho as being “skillful by nature, his tricks are unparalled and he is wonderful with the ball at his feet. One of the coolest players in pressure situations" and a "fast, brash, skillful, tricky, an uninhibited playmaker" who provides "a mix of goals, assists, skills and a large repertoire of crafty moves."[

Manuel Neuer

The Golden Glove award for the tournament’s outstanding goalkeeper went to Germany’ of FIFA World Cup finals.

Golden Boot / Shoe Award

Awarded to a top goal scorer in a tournament

Golden Ball Award

Award given to the best player of each tournament

Golden Glove Award

For the tournament’s outstanding goalkeeper

The Grand Slam Tournaments, also called Majors, are the four most important annual tennis events.

The Grand Slam itinerary consists of the:

Australian Open in mid January, the French Open in May/June, Wimbledon in June/July, and the US Open in August/September.

Each tournament is played over a period of two weeks.

Australian and US tournaments are played on hard courts, the French on clay, and Wimbledon on grass. Wimbledon is the oldest, founded in 1877, followed by the US in 1881, the French in 1891, and the Australian in 1905. However, of these four, only Wimbledon was a major before 1924/25, the time when all four became designated Grand Slam tournaments.

The term Grand Slam also, and originally, refers to the achievement of winning all four major championships in a single calendar year within one of the five events: men's and women's singles; men's, women's, and mixed doubles.

Novak Djokovic Is a Serbian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He is considered to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time. Novak claims the fifth Melbourne title with four set win in Australian Open 2015

Roger Federer

Is a Swiss professional tennis player who is currently. Ranked world No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has been ranked inside the top 10 since October 2002 and the top 20 since April 2001.

Serena Williams Is an American professional tennis player who is currently ranked No. 1 in women’s singles tennis. She is the only female player to have won over $60 million in prize money. Frequently hailed as the Queen of the Court by the general media.

Maria Sharapova

Is a Russian professional tennis player, who as of October 2014 is ranked world No. 2 by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA). Sharapova has been featured in a number of modeling assignments, including a feature in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

Rafael “Rafa” Nadal Parera Is a Spanish professional tennis player currently ranked world No. 3. He is widely regarded as the finest clay court player in history and has been nicknamed “The King of Clay”. Nadal has won 14 Grand Slam single titles.

Andrew Barron Murray

“Andy Murray”

Is a Scottish professional tennis player, ranked world No. 4. He started playing tennis at the of three. Murray defeated Roger Federer at the 2012 Olympic Games in straight sets to win the gold medal in the men’s singles final. He has been the runner-up in six other singles Grand Slam finals.

Madison Keys Is an American professional tennis player who plays right-handed with a double-handed backhand. As of May 18, 2015, she is ranked world no. 16 in singles and is the third-highest ranked American player overall.

Angelique Kerber

Is a German tennis player of Polish background. She won five singles titles on the WTA tour, as well as eleven singles and three doubles on the International Tennis Federation (ITF) tour in her career.

Plays left-handed (two-handed backhand)

Simona Halep

Is a Romanian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 3. She reached the 2014 French Open final, her first Grand Slam final, where she played against Maria Sharapova.

Petra Kvitova

Is a Czech professional tennis player. Known for her powerful left-handed shots and variety, she has won fifteen career singles titles including two Grand Slam titles at Wimbledon. She reached her career-high ranking of world no. 2 in October 2011, and is currently ranked no. 4 as of 2 March 2015.

PHILIPPINE BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Founded April 9, 1975 Commissioner Chito Salud

Is a men’s professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of twelve company-branded franchised teams. It was the first professional basketball league in Asia and is the second oldest continuously existing in the world after the NBA. The league’s regulations are a hybrid of rules from FIBA and the NBA.

All franchises teams are owned by corporations. They are not based on geographic locale, so they do not play in a “home stadium”. The league rents the different stadiums in which the teams play.

Unlike other leagues, there is no “season champion” of the PBA. Instead, the season is divided into conferences or tournaments, wherein the teams compete for a conference cup. A season was usually composed of three conferences. Since the 2010-11 season, the conferences were named Philippine, Commissioners and Governors’ Cups, usually ending in a best-of-seven series where the winner took the conference cup. If the same team won all of the conferences, the team was said to be the “Grand Slam” champion. A draft was held in August with the season-ending Governors Cup ending in July. An opening ceremonies is held before the start of the first game of the season.

PHILIPPINE BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) awards the Most Valuable Player award (MVP) at the end of the season. The winner is selected via votes from the press, players, coaches and top PBA officials.

The Best Player of the Conference Award is given to the best local (Filipino or part-Filipino) player at the end of each conference (tournament). It was first awarded in the 1994 All-Filipino Conference.

The Best Import Award is given to the best player (non-Filipino) at the end of each conference.

The method of selecting the Best Player of the Conference is similar on how the season’s Most Valuable Player is selected.

In addition, a Filipino player can only be eligible for awards if he played in at least 70% of his team’s games.

Tab Baldwin

Is an American-New Zealand basketball coach and formally announced that the appointment as the head coach of the Philippine men’s national team (2015-2019), replacing Chot Reyes.

Vincent “Chot” Reyes

Is a retired Filipino basketball head coach, who is known for coaching the Philippine national basketball team and the Talk ‘N Text Tropang Texters. He is a five-time PBA Coach of the Year.

Terrence Bill V. Romeo, # 7

Is a Filipino professional basketball player for the GlobalPort Batang Pier of the Philippine Basketball Association as playing point guard or shooting guard.

5th Overall in the 2013 PBA Draft

PBA All-Star Game MVP 2015

PBA Three-Point Shootout champion 2015

Olmedo “Jimmy” Alapag, # 3

Is a retired Filipino professional basketball player who spent his entire career with the Talk ‘N text Tropang Texters in Philippine Basketball Association playing point guard. He Is known to his nickname as The Mighty Mouse.

National Basketball Association

Founded June 6, 1946

is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America, and is widely considered to be the premier men's professional basketball league in the world. It has 30 franchised member clubs (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada), and is an active member of USA Basketball(USAB), which is recognized by FIBA (also known as the International Basketball Federation) as the National governing body for basketball in the United States. The NBA is one of the four major North American professional sports leagues. NBA players are the world's best paid sportsmen, by average annual salary per player.

National Basketball Association

The model of this logo is Jerry West #44 of Los Angeles Lakers.

Jerry Alan West (born May 28, 1938) is a retired American basketball player who played his entire professional career for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). His nicknames include "Mr. Clutch", for his ability to make a big play in a clutch situation.

Siegel was the name who designed the familiar logo in 1969, taking a Wen Roberts photograph of the Lakers star and turning it into an iconic image. In red, white and blue, it shows a player in silhouette purposefully dribbling the ball upcourt with his left hand.

Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy

Is the championship trophy awarded annually by the National Basketball Association (NBA) to the winner of the NBA finals. The name of the trophy was previously the Walter A. Brown Trophy until 1984. The current design was first awarded in 1977 still under its original name, which was changed in honor of former NBA commissioner Larry O’ Brien who served from 1975 to 1984.

The trophy, made of 14.5 pounds of sterling silver and vermeil with a 24 karat gold overlay, stands two feet tall. Valued at $13,500, the trophy is manufactured by the Tiffany & Co. Silver Shop every year. The winning team maintains permanent possession of the trophy.

Zachary LaVine, # 8

Is an American professional basketball player who currently plays guard for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion for 2015

Stephen Curry, # 30

2x NBA All-Star 2014-2015 and Three-Point Shootout champion 2015

Wardel Stephen “Steph” Curry II is an American professional basketball player who plays point guard for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

KYRIE ANDREW IRVING # 2

Is an American professional basketball player for Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Position Point Guard

3x NBA ALL-STAR (2013-2015)

2013 NBA Three-Point Shootout champion

2014 NBA All-Star Game MVP

2014 FIBA World Cup MVP

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Founded November 1993

Industry Mixed martial arts promotion

UFC is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world featuring most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport. Based in the United States, the UFC produces events worldwide.

The purpose of the early UFC competitions was to identify the most effective martial art in a real flight between competitors of different fighting disciplines, including boxing, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Sambo, wrestling, Muay Thai, karate, judo, and other styles.

ANDERSON SILVA

Is an Brazilian mixed martial artist and former UFC Middleweight Champion.

Silva holds the longest title defense streak in UFC history, which ended in 2013 with 16 consecutive wins and 10 title defenses.

Style Boxing, Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, Wrestling, Judo, Taekwando, Capoeira.

Other Names The Spider

Division Middleweight

Light Heavyweight

As of January 26, 2015, he is #1 contender in the official UFC middleweight rankings, and #9 pound-for-pound.

JONATHAN DWIGHT “Jon” JONES

Is an American mixed martial artist . He is the UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. Jones fined $25, 000 by UFC for violating fighter Code of Conduct due to tested positive for cocaine during an out-of-competition drug test conducted last Dec. 4, 2014. The fined will be donated to a substance abuse prevention program.

Other Names Bones , Sexual Chocolate

RONDA Jean “Rowdy” ROUSEY Is an American mixed martial artist, judoka and actress. She is the first and current UFC Women’s Champion, as well as the last Strikes force Women’s Bantamweight Champion.

JOSE “Scarface” ALDO is a Brazilian mixed martial artist, who competes as a Featherweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Aldo was the fourth and final WFC Featherweight Champion and thus, became the first and also the current UFC Feather weight Champion during the UFC/WFC merger.

Emmanuel “Manny” Dapidran Pacquaio

Is a Filipino world champion professional boxer. At 32, he was elected to the Philippine House of Representatives. He has also been involved in business, acting, and in music recording.

He is the first and only eight-division world champion, in which he has won ten world titles, as well as the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes.

According to Forbes, he was the 14th highest paid athlete in the world as of 2013.

Named as “Fighter of the Decade” for the 2000s by the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA), World Boxing Council (WBC) and World Boxing Organization (WBO).

Nicknames: Pac-Man; Ang Pambansang Kamao ; The Destroyer ; Fighting Pride of the Philippines ; The Filipino Slugger

Wladimir Klitschko Real name Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Klychko

Nickname Dr. Steelhammer

Is a Ukrainian professional boxer who competes in the heavyweight division. He is a multiple-time world champion.

He held a piece of the world heavyweight championship since 2006, when he defeated Chris Byrd to win the International Boxing Federation world championship.

Klitschko is the reigning champion of two of the other three major sanctioning bodies, the World Boxing Association (which recognizes him as its Super champion) and the World Boxing Organization, as well as the International Boxing Organization’s championship.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Is an American professional boxer. He is currently undefeated as a professional and is a five-division world champion, having won ten world titles and the lineal championship in four different weight classes.

Mayweather topped the Forbes and Sports Illustrated lists of the 50 highest-paid athletes of 2012 and 2013, and the Forbes list again in 2014, listing Mayweather as the highest paid athlete in the world.

Nicknames Pretty Boy ; Money ; TBE (The Best Ever)

SCOTT “Scotty Dog” MITCHELL

Is an English darts player who plays in British Darts Organisation events and also acts as a regular commentator for televised BDO coverage.

He is the reigning BDO World Champion having won the 2015 tournament.

Philip Douglas “Phil” Taylor Is a English professional darts player and nicknamed The Power.

He is widely regarded as the best darts player of all time.

He has won 209 professional tournaments which include an unprecedented 83 major titles and a record 16 World Championships.

MICHAEL VAN GERWEN

Is an Dutch professional darts player currently ranked world number one.

*Winner in the 2015 UK Open

*Runner-up in the 2015 Premier League Darts

Gary “The Flying Scotsman” Anderson

Is a Scottish professional darts player and currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation, and a former BDO and WDF world number one.

He is the reigning PDC World Champion .


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