{"id":27644,"date":"2017-06-28T11:55:18","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T11:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=27644"},"modified":"2017-06-28T11:55:18","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T11:55:18","slug":"worlds-100-highest-paid-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/worlds-100-highest-paid-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"World&#8217;s 100 Highest-Paid Athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question- On June 8, 2017, Forbes released \u2018The World&#8217;s 100 Highest Paid Athletes-2017\u2019 list. Which Indian player has figured in this list?<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Mahendra Singh Dhoni<br \/>\n(b) Virat Kohli<br \/>\n(c) Yuvraj Singh<br \/>\n(d) Shikhar Dhawan<br \/>\n<strong>Ans :(b)<br \/>\nRelated facts:-<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>On June 8, 2017, famous American magazine Forbes published the &#8216;World&#8217;s 100 Highest Paid Athletes- 2017&#8217; list.<\/li>\n<li>Real Madrid\u2019s Cristiano Ronaldo, with earnings of $93 million, retains the top spot for the second consecutive year.<\/li>\n<li>US Basketball player LeBron James was ranked second with $ 86.2 million income.<\/li>\n<li>Argentine football player Lionel Messi was ranked third with an income of $ 80 million.<\/li>\n<li>Switzerland&#8217;s renowned tennis player Roger Federer was fourth with $ 64 million and US basketball player Kevin Durant ranked fifth with the income of $ 60.6 million.<\/li>\n<li>Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli also figured in this list with US $ 22 million income.<\/li>\n<li>Famous American tennis player Serena Williams ranked 51st in the list with $ 27 million in earnings. He is the only female sports person in this list.<\/li>\n<li>There are 21 countries represented on this year\u2019s World\u2019s Highest-Paid Athletes list, with 63 Americans.<\/li>\n<li>It is noteworthy that Forbes earnings figures include all salaries and bonuses earned between June 1, 2016 and June 1, 2017.<\/li>\n<li>Endorsement incomes are an estimate of sponsorship deals, appearance fees and licensing income for the 12 months through June 1 based on conversations with dozens of industry insiders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Related Links:-<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/forbespr\/2017\/06\/07\/forbes-releases-its-2017-list-of-the-worlds-100-highest-paid-athletes\/#176267c67d3c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/forbespr\/2017\/06\/07\/forbes-releases-its-2017-list-of-the-worlds-100-highest-paid-athletes\/#176267c67d3c<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/athletes\/#7d32bac855ae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/athletes\/#7d32bac855ae<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/profile\/virat-kohli\/?list=athletes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/profile\/virat-kohli\/?list=athletes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question- On June 8, 2017, Forbes released \u2018The World&#8217;s 100 Highest Paid Athletes-2017\u2019 list. Which Indian player has figured in this list? (a) Mahendra Singh Dhoni (b) Virat Kohli (c) Yuvraj Singh (d) Shikhar Dhawan Ans :(b) Related facts:- On June 8, 2017, famous American magazine Forbes published the &#8216;World&#8217;s 100 Highest Paid Athletes- 2017&#8217; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":27021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1089],"tags":[2338],"class_list":["post-27644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-enew","tag-economics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}