Dhoni is Richer Than Djokovic, Sachin

Forbes Richest Sportsman 2012: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India's cricket captain, has pipped the likes of 'Sprint King' Usain Bolt, football star Wayne Rooney, tennis ace Novak Djokovic and teammate Sachin Tendulkar in the latest list of world's 100 richest sportspersons, released by the Forbes magazine.

 

According to the list, Dhoni is ranked 31st, which is way ahead of Djokovic (62nd), Bolt (63rd) and Tendulkar (78th). Star footballers Wayne Rooney and Fernando Torres are also behind Dhoni in the latest list.

Maria Sharapova is the richest among women's sportspersons at 26th with earnings of $27.9 million.

While Roger Federer is ranked fifth in the list, David Beckham (8th) and Cristiano Ronaldo (9th) are the two soccer stars who are in the top-10.


TOP 10 Richest Sportspersons with earnings:

1. Floyd Mayweather (Boxing) ($85 million)
2. Manny Pacquiao (Boxing) ($62 million)
3. Tiger Woods (Golf) ($59.4 million)
4. Lebron James (Basketball) ($53 million)
5. Roger Federer (Tennis) ($52.7 million)
6. Kobe Bryant (Basketball) ($52.3 million)
7. Phil Mickelson (Golf) ($47.8 million)
8. David Beckham (Soccer) ($46 million)
9. Cristiano Ronaldo (Soccer) ($42.5 million)
10. Peyton Manning (American Football) ($42.4 million)

Other Notable Names:

 11. Lionel Messi (Soccer) ($39 million)
 26. Maria Sharapova (Tennis) ($27.9 million)
 31. Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Cricket) ($26.5 million)
 37. Wayne Rooney (Soccer) ($24.3 million)
 62. Novak Djokovic (Tennis) ($20.6 million)
 63. Usain Bolt (Athletics) ($20.3 million)
78. Sachin Tendulkar (Cricket) ($18.6 million).

Modi Is Not Our PM: Owaisi

MIM is a recognized state political party based in the Indian state of Telangana, with its head office in the old city of Hyderabad, which has its roots in the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen founded in 1927. Unlike most of the regional and national level parties, MIM party leaders ‘fight’ only for the well-being of Muslims, whereas no other party has such communal feelings. In their each and every speech, MIM leaders speak only about Muslims. If these leaders are here to fight for Muslims, then why there are no development works are happening in old city area for decades. Akbaruddin Owaisi faced criticism for making hate remarks on Narendra Modi and Hindus. Recently, his elder brother Asaduddin Owaisi made some notorious annotations. In a one-on-one debate between BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra and Asaduddin Owaisi on the topic of demonetization in a popular Hindi channel, the former left no stone unturned in exposing the latter’s communal designs. Owaisi claimed how most of the Muslim community still remains unbanked and that demonetization has caused severe inconvenience to Muslims. He even went on to say that ATM’s in Muslim-dominated areas weren’t fed enough money. He indirectly alleged that the Modi government hadn’t done anything for Muslims. Even after being pressurized Owaisi didn’t call Narendra Modi as his Prime Minister. He went on said, “Your Prime Minister…” On the other hand, Sambit spoke wisely and called Owaisi a leader of small stature because he talked only of Muslims. He said that no area was Muslim or Hindu and that all areas belonged to India. Owaisi was constantly quoting an RBI report, to which Sambit challenged him to show where the RBI had used the word ‘Muslim’. Sambit even said that if a Muslim leader speaks of Muslims it’s not an issue, but the moment a VHP leader speaks of Hindus people go crazy accusing them of imposing the Hindutva ideology. The most amazing of his counters was to Owaisi’s claims of Muslims not having been brought into the banking system. Sambit said that when banks or ATMs are to be opened in Muslim areas leaders like Owaisi shout that banking is un-Islamic and that Muslims should refrain from it! This video of debate between Sambit Patra and Asaduddin Owaisi is going viral in social media.