20 World’s Top-Earning Athletes

The World’s Top-Earning Athletes - Worlds Richest Athletes: See How Much They Make...

Who are the highest paid athletes? According to Forbes, Floyd Mayweather tops the list of 100 highest-paid athletes in the world between 2011-2012,  losing out Tiger Woods who has been hailed by Forbes as the highest earning athlete from 2001-2011. Woods landed in the third rank with total earnings of $59.4 million. Mayweather got a huge payday amounting to a total of $85 million for his fights against Victor Ortiz with $40 million and Miguel Cotto with $45 million. He is part of the 4 biggest non-heavyweight pay-per-view events throughout the boxing history. He owns the Mayweather Promotions which he uses to promote his fight thereby increasing his earnings substantially.
The total earnings of the athletes are derived from their bonuses, salaries, appearance fees, prize money, endorsement and licensing from June 2011 to June 2012. According to Forbes, the 100 highest-paid athletes made a combined $2.6 billion in the past 12 months. The athlete’s agent’s fees and taxes were not deducted from their earnings.

#1. Floyd Mayweather

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $85 million      Salary/winnings: $85 million
Endorsements: $0
Sport: Boxing , Age: 35

#2. Manny Pacquaio

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $62 million
Salary/winnings: $56 million
Endorsements: $6 million (Monster Energy, Hennessy, Nike, Hewlett-Packard)
Sport: Boxing , Age: 33

#3. Tiger Woods

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $59.4 million
Salary/winnings: $4.4 million
Endorsements: $55 million (Nike)
Sport: Golf, Age: 36
Net Worth: $500 million – As of September 2010, according to Forbes

#4. LeBron James

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $53 million
Salary/winnings: $13 million
Endorsements: $40 million ( Nike, McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, State Farm and others)
Sport: Basketball, Age: 27

#5. Roger Federer

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $52.7 million
Salary/winnings: $7.7 million
Endorsements: $45 million (Nike, Rolex, Wilson, Credit Suisse)
Sport: Tennis, Age: 30

#6. Kobe Bryant

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $52.3 million
Salary/winnings: $20.3 million
Endorsements: $32 million
Sport: Basketball, Age: 33

#7. Phil Mickelson

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $47.8 million
Salary/winnings: $4.8 million
Endorsements: $43 million (Callaway, Barclay’s, KPMG, Exxon, Rolex, Amgen/Pfizer)
Sport: Golf, Age: 41

#8. David Beckham

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $46 million
Salary/winnings: $9 million
Endorsements: $37 million (Burger King, Sainsbury’s, Samsung)
Net Worth: £160 million ($260m) – As of April 2012, according to the Sunday Times Rich List
Sport: Football, Age:37

#9 Cristiano Ronaldo

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $42.5 million
Salary/winnings: $20.5 million
Endorsements: $22 million (Nike, Castrol, Konami and others)
Sport: Football, Age: 27

#10 Peyton Manning

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $42.4 million
Salary/winnings: $32.4 million
Endorsements: $10 million (Reebok, Sony, Wheaties, DirecTV, Gatorade, Papa John’s)
Sport: Football (NFL)  , Age: 36

#11. Lionel Messi

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $39 million
Salary/winnings: $20 million
Endorsements: $19 million (PepsiCo, Herbalife, EA Sports, Cherry, Audemars Piguet, Dolce & Gabanna and others)
Sport: Football, Age: 24

#12 Haloti Ngata

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $37.3 million
Salary/winnings: $37.1 million
Endorsements: $200,000
Sport: Football (NFL)

#13 Larry Fitzgerald

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $36.8 million
Salary/winnings: $35.3 million
Endorsements: $1.5 million (Nike, EAS, University of Phoenix, AT&T and others)
Sport: Football (NFL)

#14 Ndamukong Suh

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $36 million
Salary/winnings: $35.5 million
Endorsements: $500,000
Sport: Football (NFL)

#15 Charles Johnson

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $34.4 million
Salary/winnings: $34.3 million
Endorsements: $100,000
Sport: Football (NFL)

#16= Rafael Nadal

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $33.2 million
Salary/winnings: $8.2 million
Endorsements: $25 million ( Nike, Babolat, Kia Motors, Richard Mille and Bacardi)
Sport: Tennis, Age: 26

#16= Mario Williams

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $33.2 million
Salary/winnings: $32.9 million
Endorsements: $250,000
Sport: Football (NFL)

#18. Alex Rodriguez

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $33 million
Salary/winnings: $31 million
Endorsements: $2 million (Nike, Rawlings, Topps and Vita Coco)
Sport: Baseball, Age: 36

#19 Fernando Alonso

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $32 million
Salary/winnings: $29 million
Endorsements: $3 million
Sport: Race Car (Formula One)

#20= Valentino Rossi

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $30 million
Salary/winnings: $17 million
Endorsements: $13 million
Sport: Motorcycle racing

#20= Michael Schumacher

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $30 million
Salary/winnings: $20 million
Endorsements: $10 million
Sport: Race Car (Formula One)

10 Common Habits That Damage the Kidneys

These are 10 Common Habits That Damage the Kidneys

1. Not emptying your bladder early:

2. Not drinking enough water:

3. Taking too much salt:

4. Not treating common infections quickly and properly:

5. Eating too much meat:

6. Not eating enough food:

7. Painkiller abuse:

8. Missing your drugs:

9. Drinking too much alcohol:

10. Not resting enough:

Watch out!

YORUBA NAMES AND THEIR MEANINGS

Personal and place names is one of the oldest elements of the Yoruba Language and a good knowledge of them will enhance our knowledge of their history and past experiences.


The Yoruba names can be nominal or sentential and the names has been classified into three:
Given Names (Oruko Amutorunwa), Ascribed Names (Oruko Abiso), and Pet Names (Oriki).


Also, some names are formed from Yoruba proverbs.
The list of names here, are 'oruko amutorunwa'.
Examples:


Ojo ---------- A male child that has his umbilical cord tied around his neck at birth.
Ajayi --------A child born with face turned downwards
Talabi ------ A child born with the head and body covered with Caul like a masquerade
Oni --------- A baby whose incessant cry at birth suggest that he/she is in distress
Ige -------- A baby that came out of the womb with feet first
Aina ------ Is the female of Ojo (of the two names, Ijebu tribe uses Aina, it is proverbial that (Ijebu
Kii je Ojo),"Ijebu's never bear the name Ojo."
Dada ----- Children with knotted hair or dreads
Ilori ------ Conceived after a previous birth, before resumption of menstruation
Oke ----- A child wrapped in a thin membrane at birth, (The Amniotic sac)
Taiwo ---- The first to arrive of a twin
Kehinde ---The last to arrive of a twin
Eta Oko --- The third child in a Triplet
Idowu ----- A child born after a set of twins.
Alaba ----- A child born after Idowu
Olugbodi -- A child born with a the sixth finger
Erinle ----- A child born with an umbilical cord around his wrist.


All the Amutorunwa names are connected to an unusual event at birth, they are instant names.
This whispers the significance of the midwifery lore of the Yoruba. Unlike the Abiso names, one waits till the naming
ceremony on the eighth day to hear the names the parents would like to call their child based on the events at birth, family tradition, and interest.
Wow! what is your name and what does it signify, where do you belong? Share with us!

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THE 20 HIGHEST PAID ACTRESSES ON TV

THE 20 HIGHEST PAID ACTRESSES ON TV


Which actresses are the highest paid on the small screen right now? This list, compiled via Forbes, aims to find out.

This takes into account total earnings from the year, so it can include current payment for shows, rerun syndication payment, advertising revenue or outside income (such as restaurant ownership or money generated from a fashion line). So if you're confused about who is where, that might explain it.

You'll notice that there's a few reality stars on this list.  The truth is that payment for reality TV "stars" is going up.  Especially for the ones who have created an empire around their "brand".

SOFIA VERGARA                                                 Sofia  Vergara - $19M
Courtney Cox - $5M

 Kim Kardashian - $18M
Kyra Sedgwick - $6M   

THE RELUNCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST

‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ will spur a dialogue: Mira Nair

Arun Kumar

Acclaimed Indian director Mira Nair is hopeful that her new thriller “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” would spur a dialogue between two worlds depicted in it particularly in the context of the Boston Marathon bombings.

Based on the novel of the same name by Pakistani writer Mohsin Hamid, the film tells the story of two conflicting ideologies – the “fundamentalism” of the capitalists and that of the terrorists – through a young Pakistani man chasing his American Dream.

The film “not only gave me the opportunity to make that modern tale on Pakistan, but it was also in its bones a dialogue with America,” Nair told IANS in a phone interview from New York.

“There is so little of conversation between this part of the world and that part of the world and especially post 9/11 that conversation has become a monologue,” she said.

She saw in “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” a “chance to create a bridge, create a dialogue.”

Nair said she has tried “to make a film that questions who is the other or who do we make to feel like the other and make something that’s not reductionist”, where one is either a good guy or a bad guy and things are black or white.

In a complicated world “we are many things. Not just one thing – not just Indian or American or just this or that, but we are a combination of so many identities especially in this globalising world,” she said.

5 AMAZING FOOTBALL FACTS!

Are you a football fan, then this 5 AMAZING FOOTBALL FACTS OF THE DAY is for you...

1. Wales made it to the 1958 World Cup quarter-final without winning a match in the group stages.

2. Stamford Bridge was originally offered to Fulham, who turned it down. Cottage.

3. New Spurs manager Andre Villas-Boas is the youngest ever manager to win a European competition, when he lifted the Europa League in 2011.

4. There is a golden statue of David Beckham in a Buddhist temple in Thailand, Asia. Olympic.

5. Alex Ferguson, when managing Aberdeen, once fined John Hewitt for overtaking him in his car.

FACTS ABOUT WOMEN...

7 Facts Fathers Never Tell Their Sons About Women!

1. You Can Not Chase Money And Women At The Same Time - Even when so many fathers have made this mistake in their youthful days they still end up failing to tell their sons that one can not hunt for money and women at the same time. It is either one makes money and then start chasing women or the other way round.

2. A Man Gets More Respect Based On His Pocket - This point is not trying to encourage crime or ungodly acts in other to make wealth but to face reality. It is a known fact that both within the home front and the society at large, a man is respected the more according to how comfortable and financially free he becomes.

3. Women Can Make Or Ruin You - So many fathers even when they know the truth of the power of any woman, still shy away from enlightening their sons on the critical hidden powers a woman possesses. From the days of Adam, Samson, Solomon, Abacha and other notable men, we have seen how a man can either rise or fall through the power and influence of a woman. A man should therefore thread as softly as possible when dealing with a woman.

4. A Woman Can Smell A Successful Man From Miles Away - Women naturally have an hidden instinct of knowing a man who is successful or have the tendency of being successful in the future. So many women have stuck to a struggling and upcoming man against their parents wish of marrying an already made man. A woman will say things like “he has a bright future”, “he has potentials” or “he will be a great man in future”. Ladies who have uttered such words and stuck by their men have never gone wrong. Example is how Michelle Obama stuck with Barack through thick and thin.

5. A Woman Doesn't Like A Weak Man - When fathers tell their sons never to give in to a woman’s pressure, they mostly advise their sons to be forceful on issues to prove he is the man of the house. When in reality, women prefer men who say less and do more, rather than the ones who keep talking but do less. The latter is the typical meaning of a weak man but fathers always advice to do such to prove he is the king of the house.

6. Women Appreciate Men With Fatherly Characters - Most men always miss out on this and as such never advise their sons to be a father figure to their wives. Women are best at doing this but every woman wants a man who sits her down to advice her, reason with her, give her constructive criticisms and above all, believe in her.

7. It Is Easier To Catch A Cheating Man Than Catch A Cheating Woman - Most men till date don’t know that it is far easier to get caught cheating as a man than catching a woman who cheats. A woman can make a man ‘father’ every single child she has but only her knows who the biological father is, while a man can hardly keep it as a secret from his wife when he has a love child outside the matrimonial home.

Hey! women are you reading these... Of course men should start getting wiser NOW! what do you think, HIT the comment box...