Famous Sports Personalities

Many athletes may pursue a sporting career, but they may never reach their maximum potential. Clearly, gaining success at sports demands more than only practicing the game. A successful sports person is the one who achieves highest level of performance in every competitive situation. He consistently produces best performance and at the same time improves continually. These inspiring stories of people from sports will give you motivation to face the challenges and maintain high levels of performance every time you enter the field.

  • Armand Duplantis
    20-year-youngster Armand Mondo Duplantis soared to a new height in the world of athletics, when the Swedish-American broke Frenchman Renaud Lavillenie’s World Record of 6.16m on the 8th of February 2020 in Poland clearing 6.17m. Lavillenie had previously set t...

  • Kobe Bryant: Be Yourself!
    Death – The ultimate success every human achieves in his/her lifetime is second to none! This is one success every human being dreads and is scared of all through the life. Death also marks the eventual equality of being a human on this earth. Life seems like an illusion...

  • JOSHUA CHEPTEGEI Shatters 10K World Record
    African athletes have dominated the world of distance running like it is the realm of their birth right. Their dominance in distance running also chronicles the amazing tales of outstanding individuals, who are breaking barriers to go beyond their limit to break world records ...
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    KIM SEI-young: Making History in Women’s Golf
    The CME Group Tour Championship is the season-ending event of the LPGA Tour for the women's golf professionals. A limited field of only 60 players takes part in the tournament. The 2019 CME Group Tour Championship’s purse was increased to $5 million. $1.5 million is ...
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    SONNY BILL WILLIAMS: World’s Highest-Paid Rugby Player
    The struggles, hard work, dedication, sacrifices and the will to excel to be the best in the world is every sportsman / sportswoman’s dream. The dream becomes true only when the individual achieves great successes to become the ‘Highest Paid Player’ in his / ...
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    Brigid Kosgei Shatters Women’s Marathon World Record

    The world of Marathon has become really very interesting and fascinating in recent time as World Records are being broken consistently by the Kenyan distance runners. Kenyan distance athletes, male and female, have established their ultimate supremacy by breaking and establish...

  • Hinako Shibuno: 2019 Women’s British Open Champion
    It was a fascinating display of charisma and character by the Japanese sensation Hinako Shibuno to triumph over 143 women golfers at the 2019 Women’s British Open with her amazing smiling visage. The 20-year-young Hinako emerged as the Champion to lift her first major ti...

  • Dalilah Muhammad Breaks 16-Year-Old World Record

    The women’s 400m Hurdles event has progressed immensely, ever since it was first officially introduced as a discipline by the IAAF in the year 1974. The first woman to establish the 400m Hurdles World Record was Poland’s Krystyna Kacperczyk, who clocked 56.51s in 1...

  • Egan Bernal: First Colombian to win Tour de France
    The 3,480km – Tour de France is one of the most gruelling and toughest cycle races in the world. The 21 day-long stages over the 23-day course race is held annually for men, since it was first organized on the 1st of July 1903. It is ...

  • First Hungarian to Break 200m Butterfly World Record: Kristof Milak
    It is interestingly ironical that ‘Success’ never lasts for a lifetime in the world. Successful World Records are established by super-talented individuals around the world in various sports. However, they are always broken by much more super-talented and younger i...

  • SIFAN HASSAN BREAKS 23-YEAR-OLD MILE WORLD RECORD
    Breaking the mile World Record is considered to be one of the toughest records to break for its sheer pace, tactics and test of endurance at the highest caliber. Outstanding middle distance athletes have tried their hands over the amazing distance of a mile, ever since Britain...

  • Megan Rapinoe’s Golden Touch
    “We are crazy, that's what makes us special,” Megan Rapinoe’s words will echo for time immemorial in women’s football history. Her golden touch and as one of the three co-captains of the USWNT, Rapinoe has led her team to a glorious fourth FIFA Wome...

We often define an athlete’s success with his results over his career. A successful athlete will achieve his present goals and then formulate longer term goals to work for. He enjoys what he is doing and remains consistent in his performance. Discipline is also the key to an athlete’s success in sports. Successful people from sports are seen arriving early in practices, having their equipments ready, and working towards the goals with each passing day. It is important to understand that some days may be better than the others, and that should not affect their performance levels. They should evaluate their body’s response to new exercises and training methods, and focus on what areas they need improvement in.

For a sports person, self-belief is of essence. He should be honest to himself, and assess his goals to do his best. A person can be successful at sports only if he enjoys the game, and have fun on the field. These inspiring stories of people from sports will help you understand the lives of athletes better.