Who are the greatest sportspersons on earth

. Tiger Woods has only been playing for eleven years. Woods has plenty of time to catch up.  As far as Bobby Jones is concerned, even though he was the most outstanding golfer of his time, he only played within the amateur ranks, playing for the enjoyment of the game. Without a doubt, over the past decade, Tiger Woods has been simply without peer.

2. Tim Duncan

Tim Duncan has cemented his spot as the quintessential power forward in the game. He has technically-perfect footwork,  overpowering defense and his flashy bank shots, he is tough to handle even if double teamed.


1. Roger Federer

Federer's statistics are impressive. A thirty one match winning streak at Wimbledon. Seven straight major tournament finals victories. Three straight Wimbledon and three straight US Open championships. he is the only player ever to win a major tournament without losing a set. He is simply the best tennis player of all time.  He has been the number one player in the world for five years in succession.

Here is my choice. A swimmer who is more well known in Australia than he is at home. Michael Phelps.

Read this and learn. For starters when he was fifteen years old, he broke the world record for the two hundred  meter butterfly, this made him the youngest swimmer in history to hold a world record. 2 years later, he broke another world record when he became the fastest man to ever swim the four hundred meter individual medley. At the 2004 Sydney Olympic Games, he became the 1st swimmer to win eight medals, a feat which has been matched only by the Russian Gymnast, Alexander Dityatin. During the Sydney games, Phelps set records in almost every event in which he swam. Since 2001, he has never finished below 3rd in any major swimming competition, in any event. He still holds six world records. his outstanding performances not only solidify him as the most dominant swimmer of the modern era, but raises the question as to whether he is the greatest swimmer of all time. Furthermore, he is still very young. He still has the chance to take out eight more medals at the Beijing Olympic games. Simply put, no one can beat this guy. He is without a doubt the most dominant athlete in the world at the present moment and is likely to hold onto this status for many years to come.

Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals.
--Dr. James Naismith, the father of basketball.