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10 Worst Looking Female Athletes – Ugliest Athletes Female

September 11, 2014 by Khabir Uddin Mughal

Worst Looking Female Athletes

There is a huge number of female athletes who have their beauty with the skills to make sensation on the ground, as well as in the popular media or events. Maria Sharapova is one of those who got the limelight for their looks, and she even ranks among the top players. The good looks of an athlete can be an added advantage to get a good endorsement. But there are also many athletes who are not up to the mark by looks in public eyes. Many different female sports stars are often criticized for their looks, along with male athletes. A famous player is also a huge attraction for social media as we can see that various snaps of celebrity athletes in different moods and appeals are repeatedly posted on popular social media, such as Facebook and Twitter. Athletes who are not conventionally good-looking are also a good attraction for the mass, as the world is always good at criticizing. So here is the list of 10 Worst Looking Female Athletes in the World.

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10 Worst Looking Female Athletes in the World

Venus Williams

Venus Williams is an American tennis player who ranked World no. 20 as of August 11, 2014 in singles. She was also ranked three time the World No. 1 in singles by the Women’s Tennis Association. She became the No. 1 in ranking first time on February 25, 2002 where she became the first African-American woman to achieve the highest rank in women’s tennis history. Venus, at her best form, won four of the six Grand Slam singles tournaments Between the Wimbledon Championships 2000 to the US Open 2001. She is one of the five women to reach more than 200 main draw Grand Slam singles matches victory. She won a gold medal for singles along with three women’s doubles gold medal in Olympic. As an interesting trivia, she played 25 professional matches against her sister Serena and won 11 times. Despite her achievements, he is often taunted for her physical features and facial structure, she ranked as 10th worst looking female tennis player in current era.

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9. Jessica Zelinka

Jessica Zelinka is a 100 m hurdler, heptathlete and pentathlete who achieve her career’s best score of 6599 points which is the Canadian record for the women’s heptathlon. She started participating in major events at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics where she secured eleventh place. She also achieved fourth place in 2006 Commonwealth Games. Jessica was at her career’s best when she won gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games. She won silver two times consecutively in 2010 Commonwealth Games and 2014 Commonwealth Games. Jessica finished in 7th position at both the heptathlon and 100 m hurdles in 2012 Summer Olympics. She set the Canadian record with 6599 points during 2012 Canadian Olympic trials under Les Gramantik’s coaching. More often than not, she is subject to crude comments by the media for her features which aren’t feminine enough for the social standards. Especially on the track, her ripped body shows, and the audience often finds it repugnant.

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8. Carla Suarez Navarro

Carla Suarez Navarro is an international tennis player who started playing for Spain in the 2008 Fed Cup. She reached her career-high ranking of World No. 14 on September 16, 2013. She started her career by reaching the 2008 French Open quarter-finals which were also the third appearance in the main draw of a WTA Tour, and her first appearance in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament. Carla defeated Venus Williams and reached the quarter-finals of the 2009 Australian Open. She lost to tournament champion Serena Williams in 2013 US Open. At 2014 French Open she lost to Eugenie Bouchard by three sets. An interesting fact about her is, she has a single-handed backhand unlike most of the professional female tennis players. She also stated in her interview about the liking of clay and hard courts. Yet, her less-than-ordinary appearance and old-fashioned curly hair seem to grab more attention than her talent, sometimes. She sports short hair, and her sun-kissed freckled face is a reminder of her athletic career.

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7. Gabby Douglas

Gabrielle Christina Victoria Douglas is an American artistic gymnast who began her training at Gymstrada Gymnastics, Virginia Beach in October 2002, and later transferred to Excalibur Gymnastics in July 2004. She was a member of the gold-winning U.S. team at the World Championship 2011. She won gold medals in both the individual and team events at the 2012 Summer Olympics as a member of the U.S. Women’s Gymnastics team. She was the first Afro-American female gymnast to become the individual all-around champion in Olympic history. Gabby was also the first American female gymnast to secure gold in both the individual and team events at the same Olympics. She is also the only American champion to win multiple gold medals in same Olympic. Despite making America proud, she was criticised particularly for her hair by a group named Ugly Americans with a surprisingly large number of female African-American members. As a person of colour, she has always donned quite a variety of hairstyles, including shoulder length wavy hair, cornrows, etc.

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6. Svetlana Boginskaya

Svetlana LeonidovnaBoginskaya is a Soviet-Belarusian gymnast who is famously known as the “Goddess of Gymnastics” and “Belarusian Swan” because of balletic grace and gymnastic skills. Her last name derives from “boginya” which also literally means “goddess” in Russian. She started figure skating in her childhood and then transferred to gymnastics at age six. Svetlana is exclusively well-known for dramatic choreography and artistry she displayed during international events. She is a three-time Olympic Champion, which includes team golds in 1988 and 1992 and an individual gold medal at the 1988 in Vault. Svetlana won her first international event with a bronze for balance beam, during the World Championships in 1987. She secured four medals in the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. Yet, she is often condemned for her appearance. She has been taller than the average girls of her age, right from the time when she was young. She is also quite lean, with long thin limbs, which are helpful for her sport, but not so much when it comes to winning appreciation from superficial people.

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5. Roberta Vinci

Roberta Vinci is an Italian tennis player who ranked World No. 1 in doubles and World No. 11 in singles in the WTA Tour Rankings as of July 2014. She has won 9 singles and 23 doubles WTA Tour titles which also includes the 2012 US Open, 2012 French Open, 2013 Australian Open and 2014 Australian Open. She also won 2014 Wimbledon titles with her regular partner Sara Errani. Her first WTA singles titles came in the 2007 Copa Colsanitas, by deafening TathianaGarbin. Roberta with her Italian teammates Mara Santangelo, Francesca Schiavone and FlaviaPennetta, beat the Belgian team in the 2006 Fed Cup final by 3–2. She won the 2014 Wimbledon Women’s Doubles title with her partner Sara Errani and became one of the five pairs to complete a Career Grand Slam in tennis history. Yet, her talent is often overlooked by some critics who are more interested in talking about her ordinary looks and short height. She definitely wouldn’t stand out in the crowd, and has a simple, girl-next-door air about her.

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4. Kaia Kanepi

Kaia Kanepi is an Estonian tennis player, who achieved her career-high ranking of World No. 15 on 20 August, 2012. She became the first Estonian female player to win a WTA title when she won her first WTA Tour title in Palermo in 2010. She was the also the first Estonian woman to be ranked in the world’s top 20. Kaia reached five quarterfinals of Grand Slam in three different Grand Slam tours and became the only Estonian tennis player to achieve that. She won her second WTA title at the 2012 Brisbane International and her third title at the 2012 Portugal Open. Along with that, she also won 2013 Brussels Open. She started playing tennis at the age of eight and became World No.1 in the International Tennis Federation Junior rankings. She turned senior professional in the year 2000. But, more often than not, she is highlighted for her large body, mannish physical and facial features and butch attitude, all of which lack the standardized feminine softness. She comes to the court and attacks her opponent with such viciousness that it shows on her face.

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3. Chamique Holdsclaw

ChamiqueShauntaHoldsclaw is a former professional basketball player in the Women’s National Basketball Association. She announced her retirement in 2007 while under contract with the San Antonio Silver Stars. She resumed her career again in 2009 WNBA Season and played for Atlanta Dream. She started playing basketball during her school days and was selected as a team member for The King Regional High School in Queens, New York. She led her school team to New York State Championships four consecutive times and awarded High School All-American by the WBCA. During her college days, she played for Lady Vols and again led that team to the first ever three consecutive Women’s Basketball Championships from 1996 to 1998. Chamique was selected 1st overall by the Washington Mystics in the 1999 WNBA Draft. She has often been bad-mouthed for her looks, though, interestingly, this Nike player had also managed a spot on the cover page of SLAM magazine. She is yet another person of colour who is criticized for skin colour, large forehead, height and the way she sports her hair in braids or cornrows.

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2. Lisa Leslie

Lisa Deshaun Leslie-Lockwood is a former professional American women’s basketball player who played in the WNBA during her career. She started playing basketball on an all-boy basketball team in her middle school and later played on an all-girls school team with the record 33-1. She is a four-time Olympic gold medal winner and WNBA Most Valuable Player three times. Lisa was a team member of the University of Southern California and the seventh pick in the 1997 inaugural WNBA draft. Over the course of 11 consecutive seasons for the Los Angeles Sparks before her retirement, she achieved two WNBA championships and seven WNBA All-Star appearances. Lisa is widely considered as superstar of the WNBA history. She was voted one of the Top 15 players in WNBA history by her fans. But, the world obsessed with skin colour was not satisfied, and had to slam her as the ‘dark’ black girl. She also got criticized for her not-so-soft-and-rounded physical and facial features, and lack of petiteness.

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1. Caster Semenya

Mokgadi Caster Semenya is a world champion and South African runner who won gold medal at the 2009 World Championships in the women’s 800 metres final with a record time of 1:55.45. She participated and won gold at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in the 800 m. She started participating major events in 2008 World Junior Championships. Semenya secured silver medals both in the 800 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2011 World Championships. After her 2009 World Championships victory, she had been subjected to gender testing by the official announcement. IAAF gave her clean-sheet on 6 July 2010. Semenya was included in the list of “50 People That Matter 2010” by the British magazine New Statesman. But, where women have set standards of beauty and grace to match up to, she has faced criticism since her childhood because, as her father stated, ‘She wouldn’t wear dresses and sounds like a man on the phone.’ She is far from being graceful and petite, and her butch ways, even led to suspicions and gender verification tests.

Along with all these female athletes, many other star female players were also criticized for their looks. Martina Navratilova is also one of them who had been criticized on social media for her looks. Good, bad or ugly, sports stars are always our favorite, and they will always remain the same, because it is alright if not everyone meets socially dictated standards of beauty.

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Top 10 Best Haircuts in Football World Cup

September 7, 2014 by Khabir Uddin Mughal

Best Haircuts in Football

Style: that’s what comes after their skills with the ball during FIFA world cups. After the constant vigilance of the paparazzi, even the players don’t hesitate to flaunt their looks as they come up with different varieties of wardrobe and haircuts. Media and all the sports fans were speechless when football legend Gheorghe Hagi and his Romanian teammates showed up in 1998 FIFA World Cup with their bleached blonde hair look. They looked almost the same whenever they stood up for their national anthem before matches, and it was even more difficult to differentiate the players of the Romanian National team during the gameplay. After they had made it to the top of their group which also contained England and reached pre-quarterfinal, they revealed that the all blonde style was actually to quickly spot team members on the ground for better passing accuracy. Throughout the history of FIFA World Cups or its qualifier rounds, players had some amazing hairdos, of which some were better than the others. So here is the list of 10 Best Haircuts in Football World Cup.

Top 10 Best Haircuts in Football World Cup

10. Ronaldinho

Brazilian legend Ronaldinho was enlisted in the world’s greatest living players called FIFA 100 compiled by Pelé. This ever-smiling curly haired star was also included in FIFPro World XI from 2005 till 2007. Ronaldinho was a huge attraction for media before the 2002 World Cup for his skills and also for his marvelous hairstyle. All the audience on the ground also shook their hairs along with the star himself when he scored his first goal against China in the group stage. He adopted his famous ‘curly hair with a sweatband’ style during his early days mostly because his natural hair is curly. This long-haired star was also an attraction for big brands. Ronaldinho had endorsements with many companies, including Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Nike, Gatorade and EA Sports, which earned him over $19 million in 2006.

9. Carlos Valderrama

In 1990s, Carlos Valderrama played a major role during the golden era of Colombian football. Besides his wonderful passing and dribbling ability on the ground, he was also very much appreciated for his blondish orange Afro. His hairdo was idolized by many during the 1990 FIFA World Cup. The hype was increased when he made a crucial pass to his teammate Freddy Rincon to equalize in the last minute of a group stage match against Germany, which saved his national team into the next round. This hairstyle is also featured in his 22 feet bronze statue in his birthplace Santa Marta created by Colombian artist AmilkarAriza in 2006. He may not have won the World Cup for Colombia but has stayed in the heart of many fans even today.

8. Zlatan Ibrahimović

Zlatan Ibrahimović was ranked as the third-best player in the world by The Guardian. With incredible styling sense, this super tall footballer is a legend of his time. His wide popularity rose after he became the captain of the Swedish national team. Along with his super speed and agility during the match, he is also famous for his rugged personality and his top knot hairstyle. His rising pony was widely copied after he scored an international hat-trick against Scandinavian rivals Norway at the Friends Arena in 2013. His fantastic bicycle kick with a super samurai appeal won the 2013 FIFA Puskás Award for Goal of the Year. He started his hair journey from a big man’s top knot and is still carrying a similar version of it with a mix of a pony-tail, during his legacy with Paris Saint-Germain in recent days.

7. Cristiano Ronaldo

Portugal national team captain Cristiano Ronaldo is always a style icon and remains the same for the football fans starting from his early days. He started with a Mohawk, complemented by a bit of faux and mullet; then came his famous all gel era, and after that, the blonde spike which suits him the best. This two-time Ballon d’Or winner was admired by media, when he showed up with his spike look in 2010 FIFA World Cup. Even during his recent World Cup appearance in 2014, he won millions of hearts by his zigzag hair style on the side of his dome. Ronaldo was always a money machine for his style sense as he was a very popular attraction for big brands. He secured third place in the list of world’s highest paid footballers after David Beckham and Lionel Messi, with €30 million per year according to France Football.

6. Mario Balotelli

Recently, this Italian football star created huge media attention when his girlfriend Fanny Neguesha, who is a dancer, actress and singer, publicly spoke about their engagement. He is always an eye catcher, even when he is out of the ground, for the media. His huge number of fans saw him with various haircuts such as the Afro, clean shave or just a strand in the middle of his dome. He went insanely popular on Twitter before 2014 World Cup, for the shaved tribal patterns on the sides of his head. Balotelli was always as crazy as his low Mohawk. When he was involved in a car crash carrying £5,000 cash within few days of joining Manchester City, he was taken to the police custody and when police officers asked why he had such a large sum of cash, he replied, “Because I am rich.”

5. Rio Ferdinand

Rio Ferdinand once stated “I always as a kid wanted to do something different,” and he successfully did that while adopting various hairstyles throughout his career. He showed up with his crazy anger appeal for the first time internationally during 2002 FIFA World Cup when he scored for his team against Denmark on the second round match, although some suggested it was Thomas Sorensen’s own goal. His ultra-skinny cornrows in his early career earned him a huge popularity in the media. In June 2006, Ferdinand made his début appearance as a sportscaster in Rio’s World Cup Wind-Ups on the day of the England national team’s opening World Cup group match against Paraguay.

4. Ronaldo

Ronaldo was named in the greatest ever starting eleven in 2007 by France Football magazine. No one from the soccer field can ever forget his amazing skills with the ball, super agility inside the penalty area and his famous hairstyle during FIFA World Cup 2002. He showed up with a clean shaved head except for a small wedge patch at the top of his forehead which went viral among all the fans within 24 hrs of his appearance with the new hairstyle. Lene de Paula, a street corner barbershop owner of Ronaldo’s birthplace, said during the 2002 World cup season, ”Since Ronaldo cut his hair this way; I’ve done more than 50 heads.” Even recent day superstar Neymar stated while remembering Ronaldo, “In 2002, I had a haircut like Ronaldo’s.”

3. Roberto Baggio

Italian star Roberto Baggio won Ballon d’Or and FIFA World Player of the Year in 1993 and also placed in the FIFA 100 list of the world’s greatest living players in 2004. This attacking midfielder is widely known as ‘the divine ponytail’ for his hairdo during 1994 FIFA World Cup. Mullet was a favorite hairstyle during early 90’s, and he took it to the ultimate level when he mixed his mullet with braids. It seems he was a bit confused about what to choose between mullet and braid, and ended up in braided rattail mullet hair. This eccentric hairstyle was so popular during the 1994 FIFA World Cup that half of his fans started to grow their hairs the way their favorite star did. His football journey was ended with his official retirement, but his skills and hairstyle will remain popular forever.

2. Chris Waddle

Chris Waddle missed the decisive penalty in 1990 FIFA World Cup semi-final shootout against West Germany but remains as a heartthrob for his huge number of fans. This former England winger showed up in his top form with his famous mullet when he led his team to the semi-final in 1990 World Cup. Remembering his favorite hairstyle, he once said, “I once had a penalty shootout with Rudi Voller to decide who had the best mullet.” He might not have pioneered the mullet, but he made that hairstyle widely popular among all the soccer fans. Complementary to his popularity, he wrote a column in The Sun newspaper and appeared on BBC Radio Five Live as a summarizer at Premier League after his retirement.

1. David Beckham

During his career all of his fans wanted their hair to bend it like Beckham. He has often been in the news and various covers of world’s top magazines for his innovative and sexy hairstyles. At the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan, Beckham appeared with a mix of faux and Mohawk above his head which created a sensation within a very short time. Everybody sat in front of their televisions to see style icon Beckham with his fauxhawk. Due to this famous ‘fake-mohawk’ fauxhawk, Adee Phelan, his hairdresser, had also become very popular in the hair styling field. No one needs to say anything about Beckham’s popularity, but as a side note, Adee won the image of the year award 2002 after he created David Beckham’s mohawk in the GQ shoot.

Starting from the very first World Cup that was conducted till the recent World Cup in Brazil, the World Cup had seen some amazing hairstyles of the footballers which wwere emulated more than a million times by their fans. A new app called Nike Barbershop is also there in the Android market to adorn a selfie with ten famous footballers’ amazing hairstyles that can be also shared with friends through social media.

10 Good Looking Hairstyles of Athletes

September 7, 2014 by Khabir Uddin Mughal

Good Looking Hairstyles of Athletes

The presence of different athletes with their flamboyant personalities and various hairstyles on the ground are always worth cheering for. Styles and looks always played a distinctive role in international sports history. Starting from the 90’s Mullet till the eccentric cuts of modern day athletes and sports stars, they were copied heavily by their followers all the time. It gets most sensation during the World Cups and popular events like Olympics as we saw various players of different national teams already on the covers of magazines with their famous haircuts, after this year’s football World Cup. Every footballer has his own unique style and has his own unique way to shape his hairdo, some of which look much more attractive than the others. So here is the list of 10 Good-looking Hairstyles of Athletes.

10 Good Looking Hairstyles of Athletes

1. David Beckham

There was a time when Beckham underwent complete makeovers, almost every six months. Changing hairstyles was also a major part of his career all through, and even after his retirement. He tried almost everything, starting from feather, spike, corn row and slick back till he changed his hair color to brown, brunette and sometimes, even Hollywood blonde. One particular hairstyle that caught his fans’ eyes the most was the medium length blonde Mohawk. Style icon Beckham even has his own line of fragrances and aftershave called David Beckham Instinct. He was widely believed to be the ultimate “metrosexual” by his fans and followers starting from 2002. And one interesting facts is that, “David Beckham” was searched the most in the world in 2003 and 2004 according to Google.

2. Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo carried various haircuts throughout his football journey starting from his early days. Even in the recent World Cup 2014, he made a huge sensation with his zigzag side cuts. While looking at his hairstyle journey, it seems he has the ability to style his obedient hair in any way he wants. But he went viral when he tried to mix up his hair with curled bangs and a typical Mohawk. He has almost the same popularity among girls as Beckham does. Ronaldo has previously dated English models Gemma Atkinson and Alice Goodwin. After that, he has been dating Russian model Irina Shayk since 2010. Money, fame and parties are always part of his life, as Daily Mirror once reported him drinking heavily in a nightclub during his Manchester United days.

3. Carlos Valderrama

The only Columbian to feature in FIFA’s 125 Top Living Football Players list in March 2004, Carlos Valderrama was a classic beauty during his soccer days. This Colombian football megastar was idolized as a style icon during his legacy, mostly for his glorious haircuts. Throughout his career, he showed up with the mound of fluffy blonde curls which was complemented by colorful bracelets on his wrist. His 22 feet bronze statue created by Colombian artist AmilkarAriza in 2006, outside Estadio Eduardo Santos in his birthplace Santa Marta, also has the same hairstyle. Valderrama, with his nickname El Pibe and yellow hair, appeared on the cover of International Superstar Soccer Pro 98. He still carries the same hairstyle while coaching Clearwater Galactics Football Academy in Clearwater, Florida.

4. Andre Agassi

Andre Agassi was very popular for his feathered mullet during his legacy. Because of the large popularity he created through his hairstyles, he even thought once that he couldn’t live up to the fan’s expectations. He later also admitted that he used wigs to complement his famous mullet. Agassi was also crazily popular among the girls during his time for his catchy looks and also for his super hairstyles. He dated American entertainer Barbra Streisand in the early 90s who is twenty-eight years older than him. He once said, “Dating Barbra Streisand is like wearing Hot Lava.” After this relationship got messed up, he was married to Brooke Shields in 1997 which ended with a divorce in 1999. But he created the most sensation when he married tennis legend Steffi Graf on 22 October 2001.

5. Tom Brady

Famous American football quarterback Tom Brady did everything with his hair, starting from trying hair colors like brunette or blonde, to sporting the unique hairstyles like mullets and corn rows to complement his carefully careless look. But he went viral among his followers when he came on the ground with his golden yellow hair flip. He was also very popular among the ladies for his charming looks and changing hairstyles. Tom started dating Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen in December 2006, which was initiated as a blind date by a mutual friend, according to Details Magazine. This celebrity couple moved to a $20 million mansion in Los Angeles on January 2012 after their marriage on 2009. Tom also bought a $14 million condominium in Manhattan to complement his stardom.

6. Jaromir Jagr

In the history of hockey, JaromirJagr had one of the most popular mullets during his Pittsburgh Penguins days in early 90s. He complemented his free-flowing mullets with a single strand of feathered hair and a touch of mustache on his face. Jaromir became very popular as a style icon among the NHL fans when he wore his famous No. 68 jersey with this glorious haircut. There was also an interesting fact about his jersey number, which came to honor his grandfather, who died while in prison during Prague Spring rebellion that occurred in 1968 throughout Czechoslovakia. He was hugely endorsed by various big brands for his superb style statement which made him super rich.

7. Iman Shumpert

Iman Shumpert is the one who made the flat top hairstyle popular among the street kids. Flat tops were a common hairstyle during early 90s, but he added twists to this classic when he made it a little asymmetrical. He also made different designs in his side locks and even slightly above the locks to complement his famous flat top. He was criticized by his fans in October 2013 when he shaved the fade. Not only is his hairstyle, Iman is still very popular for his activities outside the sports field. He debuted in rap music in 2012 and released the song “Knicks Anthem.” He also debuted in mixtapes under the name “2wo 1ne” in his first mixtape album “Th3 #Post90s” In response to the song “Control” by Kendrick Lamar, he also released his own song “Dear Kendrick” in 2013.

8. Metta World Peace

The hairstyles of Metta World Peace has a huge history. He repeatedly switched his hair color along with weird shapes on his dome. The shapes he made in his hair were typically geometrical diagrams, and many times, it was much of a message-oriented shaving, while he had Chinese characters or specific team names shaved on his head. He was popular for his changing looks as he was also a sensation in the screen entertainment field. He announced in April 2010 about the future plans for his own reality show called “They Call Me Crazy” in collaboration with E1 Entertainment and Tijuana Entertainment. He also featured in works by 30 American and Canadian artists, sculptors and painters inspired by athletes, in an art show called Lovable Badass held in Toronto, Canada on December 18, 2010.

9. Paul Scharner

Paul Scharner was voted the most popular player by the fans in Norway and Austria. He is widely known for his various hair styles throughout his soccer journey. One of his famous hairstyles was short Mohawk with multiple colors, mostly black and white. He showed up with an unknown version of salt and pepper, where he dyed in black and white respectively, each side of his dome on different occasions of football, as well as skiing or motorcycling. In 2010, while leaving the Premier League club Wigan Athletic, he dyed the word “Thanx” on the back of his head with blue and white, which is also the color of the club’s jersey. Irrespective of his marriage to Marlene with whom he has three sons, Paul has a huge number of female fans.

10. Coco Crisp

Coco was one of the best center fielders of Major League Baseball for the Oakland Athletics. He also played and created records for Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals and Cleveland Indians. He was widely popular for his skills and also for the crisp look he carried throughout his career. He was seen in cornrows, longer braids and shaved head, along with his most famous hairstyle, the Afro. His sister gave him the nickname “Coco” because he looked like one of the characters on the Cocoa Krispies cereal box in his childhood days. This name got widely popular when his teammates put it on the scoreboard during games in his early days. He made this name original when he officially changed it on March 5, 2013.

NFL, FIFA World Cup, NBA, MLB- these are some of the major tournaments in which all the fans can enjoy the hairstyles of their favorite sports stars. According to the modern styling trends, it seems many different hairstyles are yet to come in the future from our favorite athletes. So visit the ground and devour in the appeal they create during the matches with their hairdos.

10 Hottest Female Tennis Players

September 6, 2014 by Khabir Uddin Mughal

Hottest Female Tennis Players

Tennis universe is studded with drop-dead beauties and glamorous divas. Starting from Maxim to FHM, even the Playboy always tried to decorate their covers and pictorial series with gorgeous tennis players. Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition is also the one which brought numerous tennis stars on different occasions wearing bikini and swimsuits for the ultimate boys’ pleasure. From magazine covers to brand campaigns, female tennis players always dominated the glamour world of sports as an eye candy throughout the history. Irrespective of their bad performance and lack of skills at some point of their careers, beautiful female tennis players never missed the spotlight in the glamour industry. If a marvelous racquet hand complimented by their celebrity looks, it is always worth a cheer for any tennis fan. So here is the list of 10 hottest female tennis players of all time.

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10 Hottest Female Tennis Players

1. Anna Kournikova

Anna Kournikova’s image was the most searched at the peak of her fame according to Google. With her longtime partner, Martina Hingis, she won two Grand Slam titles in Australia Open in 1999 and 2002, and together became widely known as the “Spice Girls of Tennis.” Along with her tennis career, she was also a trainer for The Biggest Loser in its 12th season. Anna posed in bikinis and swimsuits for 2004 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and also featured in various men’s magazine like Maxim and FHM. She was named one of the “50 Most Beautiful People” in the world by People in 1998 and also became the “hottest female athlete” on ESPN.com. Anna was ranked 29th in the list of “100 Hottest Women of All-Time” by Men’s Health in 2011. As an interesting fact, a version of White Russian cocktail made with skim milk was named after her.

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2. Maria Sharapova

Maria Sharapova, with five Grand Slam singles titles, won a total of 32 WTA singles titles throughout her career. In 2004, she won the year-end WTA Tour Championships. She was ranked world No.1 for 21 weeks on five separate occasions started from August 2005. She was listed by Time among “30 Legends of Women’s Tennis: Past, Present and Future”. As a style icon, Maria is the brand ambassador of many fashion houses such as Cole Haan. She was one of the 50 most beautiful celebrities in the world according to People in 2005, and the hottest athlete in the world for four consecutive years by Maxim. She was also featured wearing bikini along with 25 supermodels in Valentine’s Day issue of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit in 2006. In 2013, Maria became the brand ambassador and signed a three-year deal with Porsche.

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3. Sania Mirza

Sania Mirza, in her career, defeated famous tennis players such as Marion Bartoli, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Vera Zvonareva, DinaraSafina and former World No. 1 Martina Hingis. With her career-high rankings of 5 in doubles and 27 in singles, she became the highest ranked female player ever to have participated from India. She won a WTA tour along with major Mixed Doubles championship on two occasions, 2009 Australian Open and 2012 French Open. Sania was included in the list of “50 heroes of Asia” in October 2005 by Time and also became one of the members of “33 women who made India proud” by The Economic Times in March 2010. Sania, with her nerd glasses, nose ring and cute skirts, bagged many ad campaigns. She was a huge attraction for the media when she married Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik on April 2010, where she wore $137,500 worth of Pakistani wedding dress. Sania is currently a brand ambassador of Telangana, an Indian state.

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4. Ana Ivanovic

Ana Ivanovic was ranked World No. 1 by Women’s Tennis Association in 2008. She won the year-end WTA Tournament of Champions in two occasions, 2010 and 2011. She was one of the Top 100 Greatest Players Ever, male and female combined, according to reporter Matthew Cronin and also became part of “30 Legends of Women’s Tennis: Past, Present and Future” by Time. With 47 wins, she became the record holder of most singles-match wins in the 2014 WTA tour. Ana became the Serbian National Ambassador for UNICEF on September 2007. She was featured in a song called “Hurricane Ana” by Serbian rapper Filip Filipi and Collie Buddz. Ana also got featured in many international magazines like FHM, Vanity Fair, Cosmopolitan, Grazia, Vanidades, The Best Shop, etc. She even became a model for Sports Illustrated in South African edition.

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5. Eugenie Bouchard

Canadian tennis player Eugenie Bouchard aka Genie is currently ranked world no. 8 as of August 2014. She became the first Canadian to reach the finals of a Grand Slam in singles at the 2014 Wimbledon, but was defeated by Petra Kvitová in the biggest match. She won her first professional title at the ITF Burnie International with $25,000 as a junior, and with Jessica Pegula, her first professional doubles title at ITF tournament in Dothan with $50,000. She was overwhelmed when she met her favorite tennis player Roger Federer in 2012 Wimbledon Ball. She is a brand ambassador for various big brands like Nike and Babolat. Eugenie signed a three-year endorsement deal with Coca-Cola in June 2014 and also became the face of Rogers Communications and Pinty’s. She appeared as a guest weather anchor on CTV Montreal and CTV’s The Social during the off-season of 2013.

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6. Dominika Cibulkova

Dominika Cibulkova is ranked world no. 13 by Women’s Tennis Association as of August 2014. She reached her first Grand Slam semifinal at 2009 French Open. While appearing at the Australian Open 2014, she became the first Slovakian female to reach the championship round of a Grand Slam. This self-proclaimed “lot of energy” beauty is well-known for her exceptional racquet speed and her love for playing in clay and hard surfaces. She was named “a threat to everyone” in 2014 by Steve Tignor of Tennis.com. The signature expression of Dominika called “Pome” stands for “Let’s go” or “Come on” in English. In 2014, she also launched a clothing line featuring this signature expression. Dominika featured on the 24th January cover of The Washington Post after she defeated by Agnieszka Radwańska on semifinal.

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7. Daniela Hantuchova

Slovakian beauty Daniela Hantuchova defeated Martina Hingis in the Indian Wells Masters final and won her first WTA tournament. She also became the lowest-ranked player ever to win the tournament on that occasion. She is the 37th woman to reach 500 career wins in the Open Era and became the most successful Slovakian tennis player of all time. In mixed doubles, she completed the career Grand Slam in 2005 and became the fifth female tennis player achieve so. This multilingual beauty is fluent in Slovak, Czech, English, German, Croatian and Italian. Besides tennis, Daniela is a classically trained pianist. Daniela posed in bikini for a picture series called Volley of the Dolls in 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. She also posed nude for a pictorial called “The Body Issue” in the 2012 edition of ESPN: The Magazine.

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8. Maria Kirilenko

Russian tennis player Maria Kirilenko defeated Anna-Lena Grönefeld in the China Open and won her first WTA Tour title in 2005. She also won the 2002 U.S. Open Girls at the start of her career. In 2002 Canadian Open and US Open junior, she became one of the youngest winners of all time. She reached her career-high ranking of World No. 10 in June 2013. She was featured as the brand ambassador of British fashion designer Stella McCartney’s tennis range by Adidas in 2006 and since then, she has played exclusively in the brand’s gears. Adidas replaced her with Caroline Wozniacki after 2009 US Open. Maria posed for a pictorial named “Volley of the Dolls” in 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. Russian ice-hockey player Alexander Ovechkin linked Kirilenko on his Twitter account as his girlfriend on November 2011 and confirmed his engagement with her on December 2012.

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9. Tatiana Golovin

Tatiana Golovin won her first title with Richard Gasquet in 2004 French Open mixed doubles event and also qualified for singles quarterfinal at the 2006 US Open where she was defeated by eventual champion Maria Sharapova. After she was diagnosed with lower back inflammation in 2008, she temporarily retired from tennis field. She posed for the pictorial named “Volley of the Dolls” in the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition with Maria Kirilenko and Daniela Hantuchová. She started her broadcasting career for French television in 2013 and also became a tennis commentator for them. Tatiana is a member of the ‘Champions for Peace’ club with 54 elite athletes, created by a Monaco-based international organization called Peace and Sport. She was also in a relationship with Manchester City’s star footballer Samir Nasri.

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10. Nicole Vaidišová

Nicole Vaidišová reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon and also became a semifinalist in French Open and Australian Open. She became the 12th-youngest player at the age of 17 in WTA Tour history to be ranked within the top 10 players. She was ranked World No. 7 in May 2007, which was her career high. Nicole is a big fan of NHL and one of the famous supporters of Tampa Bay Lightning. She is also a big fan of Madonna and enjoys reading, bike riding and yoga to maintain her fitness. She was the ambassador of “Run Easy” and “I Am What I Am” campaigns by Reebok. Nicole became a brand ambassador of “Eco-Drive” series by Citizen Watches and also represented by Olivier van Lindonk of IMG. She is a part of “Get Caught Reading Campaign.” Nicole also worked with a non-profit organization called PlayPumps International which is dedicated to distributing clean water among African children.

Many other celebrity tennis players like Gabriela Sabatini, Caroline Wozniacki and Carling Bassett also achieved huge media attraction, as the players listed above. Many Afro-American beauties such as Serena Williams also became the cover of various fashion magazines in their career, which proves glamour and fashion was, is and will dominate the tennis world.

10 Hottest Female Sports Newscasters in the World

September 6, 2014 by Khabir Uddin Mughal

Hottest Female Sports Newscasters

Sports universe is often considered as the ultimate boys’ club, mainly for the contributions by hot athletes, but, there are some even hotter female sportscasters. Appearance of sportscasters with a combination of brain and beauty is always worth to wait for during any gameplay. Though many sports admirers don’t switch on their television just to watch blonde beauties holding a mike, but it is always an add-on for the eyes if glamorous reporters cover the matches. Sports world has already seen some amazing beauties with exceptional reporting skills during major championships, and in recent days, it is just going insane, thanks to the modern sportscasters with beauty pageant attitudes. Some of the female sports news reporters have already achieved the height of success while many others are on the way to the top. So here is the list of 10 hottest female sports newscasters in the world.

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10 Hottest Female Sports Newscasters in the World

10. Georgie Thompson

English television presenter, Georgie Thompson, started her career as a production assistant for GMTV and moved to Sky Sports in January 2001. She covered the US Open Tennis, A1 Grand Prix, Grand Prix Masters, America’s Cup and the 2011 Wimbledon Championships for Sky Sports. Georgie, with David Frost, also hosted Sky1’s Greatest Sporting Legends series in 2005. She joined Sky Sports F1 as a presenter after living Sky Sports News on December 2011. During her Sky Sports F1 career, she, with reporter Ted Kravitz, presented Friday night magazine show and Sky Pad segment during race weekends. Georgie left Sky Sports F1 and moved to Fox Sports in 2013, where she worked as a panelist on Regis Philbin’s sports talk show Crowd Goes Wild. She was voted the 93rd Sexiest Female in the World in the May, 2007 issue FHM.

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9. Ilaria D’Amico

Italian television host and commentator Ilaria D’Amico is famously known for her work related to football. She started working as an anchor with La Giostra Dei Gol in 1997 and covered 1998 FIFA World Cup and 2000 UEFA Cup. She presented Cominciamo Bene Estate on Rai Tre in 2006, and also hosted a special for the FIFA World Cup on the following year. After she appeared on W l’Italia in 2002, Ilaria anchored the SKY Calcio Show during Serie A from 2003 onward. Ilaria became popular for hosting the football-based reality TV show Campioni, Il Sogno on Italia 1 in 2004. It was rumored that during AC Milan loan signing David Beckham, Victoria Beckham refused to let Ilaria interview her husband. On the contrary, Ilaria interviewed Beckham on RAI Television. She was ranked among the 10 Sexiest Female Sport Journalists in The World by The Sun.

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8. Kristy Gallacher

British television presenter Kristy Gallacher started her career with Sky Sports News in 1998. She anchored the Sky1 show Kirsty’s Home Videos from 2000 until 2004 and hosted Simply the Best in 2004. She was an All Star Cup presenter on Sky1 in 2005 and ITV in 2006. Gallacher won reality television series The Games-Third Season In 2005 and released “Body Sculpt with Kirsty Gallacher” DVD, showing various workouts in the same year. Kristy, along with Ian Wright, presented the reality TV show, Only Fools on Horses, on BBC in 2008. Besides her career as a sportscaster, she also appeared with Duncan Bannatyne on ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’ on 30 August 2008. Kristy returned to Sky Sports as a host for Sky Sports News in May 2011.

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7. Charlotte Jackson

British journalist Charlotte Jackson began her sports journalism career in 2004 with a variety of sports websites such as Football365, TEAMtalk and sportal.com. She joined Setanta Sports News as a co-host for Lunchtime Live in 2007 and presented the Beijing Bulletin of the 2008 Summer Olympics for Al Jazeera +3 Sport. Charlotte started working with Sky Sports in August 2009 as a presenter of Sky Sports News. She also hosted a radio show called Absolution with Tim Shaw. She became famous after hosting the 2009 FIFA World Player of the Year Awards Ceremony in Zurich with co-host Pedro Pinto. Charlotte, with John Fendley, also hosted Sky Sports Football quiz show Take it Like a Fan which was conducted on different British football league grounds. Besides being a TV anchor, she was also a participant in ITV’s celebrity diving show Splash in 2013.

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6. Michelle Beisner

It has recently been announced that reporter, Michelle Beisner, will be a member of the Sunday NFL Countdown Crew which earned her huge number of followers on Twitter. Throughout her career, she has worked with various channels, such as ESPN, CBS, NBC, ABC, Comcast, Speed Channel and Fox Sports Net, where she personally interviewed various famous athletes. Before joining NFL Network, she also worked as a pit reporter and conducted “The Turbo Tour” on ESPN during Champ Car World Series. Michelle hosted “The Best Damn Sports Show” on Speed Channel, along with “Grand Prix.” She also co-hosted “The Vista” on Altitude Network. Besides her journalism career, she was casted in many films likes Alice and Wasteland and Throttle. Michelle has recently started to co-host “The Russo and Steele Automotive Auctions” on ESPN.

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5. Charlie Webster

English television presenter, Charlie Webster, started her career while interviewing the Galactico team when she moved to Spain as a TV presenter for Real Madrid TV. Later, she joined ESPN in 2006 and covered Premier League football, various motorsport championships and Asian football tournaments. She moved back to UK after working with ESPN to join Setanta Sports News and also hosted Live GP2 coverage on ITV4 during that time. With ITV4, she also worked as a presenter of the Red Bull Air Race worldwide. Charlie also worked as a sports broadcast journalist for BBC Look East at the end of the motorsport season. She became the live coverage presenter of Elite League and Grand Prix for Sky Sports in 2009. She became the first female presenter of boxing coverage for British Eurosport 2 and was followed by many on social media on April 2014.

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4. Charissa Thompson

Popular host and American sportscaster Charissa Thompson now presents Fox Sports Live daily at 11 pm EST on Fox Sports 1 and also works as a co-host with NASCAR driver Michael Waltrip on “Fast Track to Fame” for the Speed Network’s. She began her career with NFL Network on a show called “NFL Now Updates” in 2010. She covered Vancouver Olympic Winter Games for Yahoo! Sports on the same year. Her career with Yahoo! Sports continued as she covered the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa and then 2011 Super Bowl in Dallas, BCS 2011 National Championship game and NBA All-Star Game on the same year. She moved to ESPN, co-hosting Numbers Never Lie in June 2011. Charissa also hosted SportsNation and ESPN First Take and after that, joined Fox Sports in June 2013.

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3. Michelle Beadle

ESPN sports reporter Michelle Beadle was a former host of Winners Bracket with Marcellus Wiley on ABC and is currently co-hosting SportsNation on ESPN2. She started her career as a sportscaster for SportsNation on ESPN in June 2009. While working with TNT before she moved to ESPN, she also worked for ESPN’s Titan Games as a freelance reporter. Michelle was also the New York SportsCenter anchor on 1050 ESPN New York for The Michael Kay show on ESPN Radio. She co-hosted Winners Bracket, a 2-hour-long part of ESPN Sports Saturday with Marcellus Wiley.She also hosted her own weekly podcast named “The Michelle Beadle Podcast.” After working with various channels and having been released from her NBC contract, Michelle returned to ESPN as a co-host on SportsNation on March 2014.

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2. Sara Carbonero

Spanish sports journalist Sara Carbonero is a sports presenter for Telecinco. She has been engaged to Spanish football goalkeeper Iker Casillas since 2009 and gave birth to their son, Martín in January 2014. It created a huge controversy when Graham Keeley of The Times with various other English dailies alleged that Carbonero had distracted Casillas during the match between Spain and Switzerland in 2010 FIFA World Cup, which caused an unexpected Swiss victory. She was also questioned about her journalistic integrity when she interviewed her boyfriend after that match. Later, Spanish newspapers El Mundo, Marca and País published articles portraying that the allegations were false. She became one of the most photographed people of the 2010 World Cup due to the controversy. Sara was named “The Sexiest Reporter in the World” by FHM in July 2009.

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1. Erin Andrews

American sportscaster and journalist Erin Andrews currently hosts FOX College Football for Fox Sports. She began working as a reporter for ESPN National Hockey Night on ESPN in April 2004, during which she covered Little League World Series, Great Outdoor Games and College World Series. She started working with ESPN for College Football Saturday Primetime, after which, her career expanded when she started to cover ESPN College Football Thursday Primetime and Major League Baseball in 2005. She covered Scripps National Spelling Bee for both ESPN and ABC from 2008 to 2010. She joined Fox Sports leaving ESPN in June, 2012, and started working with Fox Sports 1 in August 2013. After her joining, Erin became the host of Fox College Saturday and Fox College Football Kickoff. She also hosts Fox Football Daily, a daily bulletin on Fox Sports 1.

There are many other female sportscasters, like Mandira Bedi and Natasha Staniszewski, who have also achieved huge popularity during major T20 Cricket tournaments and FIFA World Cups. Talented or not, sports world is, and will always be, pampered by attractive reporters and journalists.