LIST: Ronaldo is the richest sports personality in the world

Posted on October 19, 2017October 19, 2017
by Nana Kwesi Coomson
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CRISTIANO RONALDO was the world’s highest-paid athlete in 2016 – raking in a staggering £70.4million.

It is the first time the Real Madrid ace has topped the charts, taking the crown from boxer Floyd Mayweather and moving ahead of Tiger Woods.

Cristiano Ronaldo raked in a staggering £70.4m in 2016 making him the world’s highest paid athlete

It is no wonder Cristiano Ronaldo can afford his fleet of cars like this Rolls Royce

It is also the first time a footballer has become the world’s highest paid sports star.

The Portuguese star’s incredible revenue came from the player’s salary – estimated at a stunning £440k a-week, his sponsorship endorsements and bonuses.

The 32-year-old pipped rival Lionel Messi to first place with the Argentine pocketing £65m for the calendar year according to Forbes.

The next footballer to appear on the list is Messi’s Barcelona team-mate Neymar who was ranked 21st with £30m with Manchester United’s Zlatan Ibrohimovic earning £29.7m.

Lionel Messi took second spot with earnings of £65m

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Floyd Mayweather previously held the crown as the world's highest paid athlete — Floyd Mayweather previously held the crown as the world’s highest paid athlete

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-The Sun

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An Entrepreneur, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Communications Executive and Philanthropist. Editor-in-Chief of www.233times.com. A Senior Journalist with Ghanaian Chronicle Newspaper. An alumnus of Adisadel College where he read General Arts. His first degree is in Bachelor of Arts - Political Science (major) and History (minor) from the University of Ghana. He holds MSc in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Energy with Public Relations (PR) from the Robert Gordon University in the United Kingdom. He is a 2018 Mandela Washington Fellow who studied at Clark Atlanta University in USA on the Business and Entrepreneurship track.

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