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A. E. J. Collins	Alastair Cook	Alberto Contador
Andrew Flintoff	Andy Murray	Bernard Hinault
Björn Borg	Boris Becker	Brian Close
Cal Ripken, Jr.	Carl Lewis	Cesc Fàbregas
Chris Evert	Cristiano Ronaldo	Daley Thompson
Damon Hill	David Beckham	Didier Drogba
Diego Maradona	Donald Bradman	Fred Perry
Greg LeMond	Harbhajan Singh	Hermann Maier
Jesse Owens	Jessica Ennis	John McEnroe
Jonah Lomu	Jonny Wilkinson	Kevin Keegan
Lance Armstrong	Laurent Fignon	Lewis Hamilton
Lionel Messi	Lottie Dod	Marc Pugh
Martina Navratilova	Michael Jordan	Misbah-ul-Haq
Muhammad Ali	Muttiah Muralitharan	Nadia Comăneci
Pat Cash	Pelé	Pete Sampras
Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer	Ryan Giggs
Sachin Tendulkar	Samuel Eto'o	Sebastian Coe
Shoaib Akhtar	Sourav Ganguly	Stefan Edberg
Steve Davis	Steven Gerrard	Tiger Woods
Tim Henman	Wayne Rooney	William Renshaw
Younus Khan

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