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Here’s the top 20 goals of famous soccer players as of January 2017 :) 

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"I am afraid of a lot of things. A dog. I could be afraid of a dog that's upset, for example. So on the tennis courts, maybe on the outside I look fearless. But on the inside, I'm scared."

 -- Nadal 

Never in the field of tennis conflict has one so thunderously competitive on court, seemingly ready to suck an opponent's soul away like a remorseless Dementor with a racquet, been such a humble gentleman away from it. So don't go changing, Rafa, we say. One of the true nice guys is now getting back to his biceps-bulging, forehand-crushing, arched-eyebrow, fiddly-fidgety best after injury and confidence issues. Everyone should beware.

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We can argue where he sits in the pantheon of great players, but let there be no debate about the fact Nadal won the most dazzling tennis match ever. Wimbledon 2008, in near darkness, five superlative sets, squandering a match point but still beating Roger Federer on Centre Court.

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"He's such a talented player and he's a good-looking kid as well -- he's got the whole package." 

-- David Beckham

The angel-faced Colombian was named after James Bond (although it's pronounced Ha-mes), and for a while at the 2014 World Cup, like 007, he seemed capable of pulling off the impossible. Life's been tougher trying to live up to expectations since his move to Real Madrid, but his rare talent means he's neither been shaken nor stirred.

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Colombia vs. Uruguay, World Cup, Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, June 28, 2014, 5:28 p.m. He collects a headed ball high on his chest, 25 yards out and side on to the goal, cushions it expertly and while still finding time to glance over his shoulder for his options, spins to detonate a perfect volley that arcs into the net via the crossbar. A star is born.

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"If you talk cricket with me I can keep going on. I can keep talking about it the whole day. Just the mindset, understanding the game, understanding angles, playing in different situations ... I like to learn from and discuss with a lot of people because eventually it will open your mind to new things you can absorb." 

-- Kohli 

The hottest name from the top sport in a nation of 1.25 billion people. Kohli also dated actress Anushka Sharma, one of Bollywood's biggest stars. He's playing as well as anyone in the world, with four performances of 100-plus runs in the Indian Premier League this season. To provide context, consider that all other players in the league have a total of three centuries in 2016. As captain of the Indian Test side, he is fashioning a team in his own aggressive, in-your-face style, and he has been India's best batsman in the more popular shorter forms of the game.

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Just recently, Kohli was quoted as saying, "I don't know if I have reached my peak yet." So it's reasonable to expect the best is yet to come for the 27-year-old Delhi native. In 28 Twenty20 innings in 2016, covering the IPL and international matches, Kohli has scored 1598 runs - and few would bet against him continuing that spree in the months to come.

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"I think he's tired. I think he really wishes he could retire, but he doesn't know how to do it yet, and I don't think he wants to leave it where it is right now. If he could win a major and walk away, he would, I think." 

-- Michael Jordan, basketball legend and friend of Woods

Healthy enough -- finally -- to at least be discussing a return to the PGA Tour after being sidelined for months by back surgery (and knee issues before that.) Whether Woods, now 40, can ever resume his derailed chase of Jack Nicklaus' record total of 18 major titles is the last great intrigue of his career. He's been stalled at 14 since 2008.

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The 1997 Masters, Woods' first major title, because of the history of the course and the spectacular way Woods lived up to the hype that had followed him since he was a child prodigy. Woods won by 12 strokes, set the 72-hole Augusta scoring record (minus-18) and became the youngest Masters champ ever at age 21 years, 104 days. Before long, other golf clubs started re-doing their courses to make them "Tiger proof."

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"The four-headed monster of Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and Kevin Durant would certainly strike fear into the rest of the NBA. ... Add any fifth player in the league, almost any player, and that is one of the best starting lineup to grace the court since the '96 Bulls, maybe ever."

 -- Forbes.com's Simon Ogus

The top available free agent in the NBA's 2016 class, with a chance to decide where you'd have your best shot for your first title. Will it be the Lakers, where Kobe is gone and new head coach Luke Walton is in? Could it be San Antonio, where Tim Duncan could be done playing for OKC's perennial nemesis? What if Durant heads to Golden State, the team that just dispatched his Thunder in the Western Conference finals? The Warriors might never, ever lose.

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Durant and the Thunder knocked off the Spurs in the strike-shortened 2011-12 season to earn Durant his first NBA Finals berth. He won the NBA scoring title that year as well. (The Thunder, despite Durant's series-high 30.6 scoring average, lost the championship to Miami.)

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"The metaphysical explanation is that Roger Federer is one of those rare, preternatural athletes who appear to be exempt, at least in part, from certain physical laws."

 -- Author David Foster Wallace in a 2006 New York Times essay titled "Federer as Religious Experience"

Whenever you play, you are worshiped by those who think that watching one of your matches is like seeing Nureyev or Olivier on stage. You can wear gold-trimmed white blazers to walk on court and still carry it off. Writers pen love letters to you, saying that seeing you play tennis is like a religious experience. Even your rivals can't bring themselves to hate you, you're so darn nice. And all the time, you can only think to yourself in four languages: "You know, they're probably right."

PEAK MOMENT Winning the 15th of his record 17 Grand Slam titles at Wimbledon in 2009. Not just because the Fed surpassed Pete Sampras's record when "Pistol" himself was watching in the Royal Box, but because even when not playing his sublime best, he demonstrated in the 16-14 final set against his favorite old punchbag Andy Roddick that he had rare guts to accompany the genius.

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"Neymar's football is artistic, because he can join his superior technique with his playful imagination. It is something original, beautiful and effective." 

-- Jorge Valdano, Argentine World Cup winner and soccer sage

The joyous boy from Brazil (and Barcelona) is only 24, but, goodness, he's already lived a life. A dad at 19 while also becoming Brazil's footballing idol, he has been the most marketable athlete on the planet, the face of an entire World Cup and cover model for Vogue and Time. Indeed, he's been so famous for being famous that it's easy to forget about the extraordinary gifts that spawned the celebrity. He's become a true champion at Barcelona, selflessly in the shadow of Leo Messi, and you know how good he is when Pele starts muttering that no way can he become the new Pele.

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Once he was knocked out of the World Cup with a back injury, the lights went out for Brazil -- but don't forget that until then, he had carried the impossible weight of expectation brilliantly with four goals, including two beauties against Cameroon.

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"He is the best player in the world by some distance. He's like a PlayStation. He can take advantage of every mistake we make." 

-- Arsene Wenger, Arsenal's manager

Imagine what fun it must be for you to know that however great Cristiano Ronaldo thinks he is, you're actually even better, to the point where the only pertinent question left is whether you're the best soccer's ever seen. Of course, Barcelona's Messi is too modest to suggest this. In 2013, a Japanese jeweler created a gold replica of his left foot valued at $5.25 million.

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You think Steph Curry's highlight reel is unreal? Then watch Messi's. Goal after goal of mesmerizing brilliance. The best? We'll plump for the one in the 2015 Copa del Rey final when, from just inside the Athletic Bilbao half, he takes the ball on the right flank, weaves past four bamboozled players and beats the keeper at his near post. Pure genius.

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"He ran out of team."

-- Johnette Howard

James is a powerhouse on and off the court. He and Michael Jordan are the only players to win a regular-season MVP, NBA Finals MVP and an Olympic gold medal in the same year. He's pals with everyone from mega-investor Warren Buffett to Jay Z. In 2014, Forbes named James the World's Most Powerful Athlete, and in 2015 James announced a partnership with the University of Akron to provide scholarships for as many as 2,300 students, beginning in 2021. He touches all the bases.

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Arguably, it hasn't happened yet. Winning two titles in Miami was vital for his legacy, but James' personal story will go from great to spectacular if he can finally snap the city of Cleveland's 52-year drought without a pro championship. Ronaldo peeled off his jersey triumphantly after delivering the penalty kick that clinched Real Madrid's 11th Champions League title.

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I will introduce you to the most well-known personalities in sports around the world. They were ranked based on their salaries, endorsements with social media followers and Google search popularity. The names might be familiar, but where the planet's biggest stars land on the list could surprise you.

"It's opinions. Maybe in your opinion Messi is better than me. But in my mind I am better than him. So it's simple." -- Ronaldo

The Madeira-born Portuguese knows he is breathtakingly handsome, gifted and wonderful. Yet it's nice for him to be reminded of his greatness by wandering round a museum that he's bankrolled on the island to be a shiny shrine to himself. In its midst stands a life-size waxwork of CR7 himself.

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He was bought by Real Madrid to win "la decima," their long-cherished 10th European Cup, and his extra-time penalty against Atletico Madrid in 2014 sealed the deal at the end of a Champions League campaign in which he scored a record 17 goals. It also allowed him the chance to strip off and pose like a muscle man -- an act he never needs to be asked twice to perform. It was a similar scene over the weekend when Ronaldo peeled off his jersey triumphantly after delivering the penalty kick that clinched Real Madrid's 11th Champions League title.

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SUCCESS ISN’T GIVEN. It’s earned.On the track, on the field, in the gym. With blood, sweat, and the occasional tear.

Hello everyone! I am Rofel Mae B. Flores and welcome to my blog. I’m a sports enthusiast, that’s why I created a blog about sports. Creating a blog about something that you love is really fascinating. I named this blog as mistahrious-harpastum because mistah means soldiers who risk their lives for the protection of people and country.I want to be like one someday. It’s something mysterious about me. That’s why I called it as mistahrious. On the other hand, harpastum is an ancient sport in the Roman Empire. It’s a popular ball game back then.  The ball that Romans used was hard and small ball, smaller soccer-sized balls. I considered it as the grandfather of soccer which is a very popular game nowadays. I combined two things which I love. Voila! It became mistahrious-harpastum.