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+ | New Delhi: Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been ranked 16th in the latest list, released by a business magazine, of highest-paid athletes with an earning of $31.5 million (around Rs.180 crore), placing him above the likes of Rafael Nadal and Usain Bolt. As per the latest list of highest-paid athletes in the world, the 31-year-old captain of the Indian cricket team earned $31.5 million between June 2012 and June 2013. | ||
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+ | Dhoni has moved up 15 positions in this year’s list. He held the 31st rank last year. Sachin Tendulkar is the only other Indian who features in the list with a rank of 31st and total annual earning of $22 million (Rs.125 crore). | ||
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+ | The list is topped by Tiger Woods, who made $78.1 million, last year followed by Roger Federer who earned $71.5 million and basketball player Kobe Bryant, whose earnings stood at $61.9 million. According to Forbes, Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova topped the list of highest-paid female athletes for the ninth straight year by earning $29 million between June 2012 and June 2013. | ||
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+ | Serena Williams was second on the list with earnings of $20.5 million, followed by Chinese tennis player Li Na on $18.2 million. IANS |
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Cricket:Player’s earnings ‘ Dhoni 16th highest earning athlete’ The Times of India 2013/08/21
New Delhi: Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been ranked 16th in the latest list, released by a business magazine, of highest-paid athletes with an earning of $31.5 million (around Rs.180 crore), placing him above the likes of Rafael Nadal and Usain Bolt. As per the latest list of highest-paid athletes in the world, the 31-year-old captain of the Indian cricket team earned $31.5 million between June 2012 and June 2013.
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Dhoni has moved up 15 positions in this year’s list. He held the 31st rank last year. Sachin Tendulkar is the only other Indian who features in the list with a rank of 31st and total annual earning of $22 million (Rs.125 crore).
The list is topped by Tiger Woods, who made $78.1 million, last year followed by Roger Federer who earned $71.5 million and basketball player Kobe Bryant, whose earnings stood at $61.9 million. According to Forbes, Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova topped the list of highest-paid female athletes for the ninth straight year by earning $29 million between June 2012 and June 2013.
Serena Williams was second on the list with earnings of $20.5 million, followed by Chinese tennis player Li Na on $18.2 million. IANS