Forbes’ list of highest paid athletes

Forbes’ recently released the annual ranking of the world’s highest-paid athletes. Who is the highest-paid athlete of 2022? Lionel Messi. He topped the Forbes list for the second time (the first was in 2019). How much money is earned by ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022

Category: Sports Current Affairs

Sunil Chhetri passes Lionel Messi in international goals

36 years old Indian football, Sunil Chhetri, has surpassed Argentina’s Lionel Messi and has become second-highest active international goal-scorer with 74 strikes. Highlights Chhetri now leads Barcelona star Messi by two goals and is placed above Ali Mabkhout of UAE, ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2021

Cristiano Ronaldo becomes First Player to Score 50 Goals in Serie A, Premier League and La Liga

The Portuguese captain, Cristiano Ronaldo, has achieved the rare feat of scoring 50 goals each in the three most coveted domestic football tournaments of the world – English Premier League, La Liga and Serie A. With his brace in the ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

Virat Kholi becomes the first Indian to get 50 million followers on Instagram

The skipper of Indian cricket team Virat Kohli recently became the first Indian to reach the 50 million followers mark on social media platform Instagram. Globally, the official account of Instagram has the highest number of followers, followed by Football star ..

Sunil Chhetri Brand Ambassador of PUMA

The German multinational company, PUMA has signed the Indian men’s football team captain, Sunil Chhetri as their Brand Ambassador for the next three years. Sunil Chhetri is second only to the Portuguese international Cristiano Ronaldo on the list of active ..

Messi, Rapinoe won the 2019 Ballon d’Or

The 64th edition of the Ballon d’Or was held in Paris on 2nd, December 2019. Men’s- Out of 28 players nominated on 6th November 2019, Lionel Messi won the award for a record sixth time in his career having won ..