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Bayern Match Liverpool With 6th Champions League Title

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Source: Statista

Bayern Munich won the biggest game in club football (soccer) on Sunday, beating Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 in a gripping Champions League final. It was the sixth Champions League title for the Bavarian giants, seeing them pull level with last year’s champion Liverpool in the all-time ranking.

Bayern’s tireless pressing and an impressive performance from goalkeeper Manuel Neuer proved too much for PSG, who had hoped to win their first Champions League title ever in their long-lasting bid to join the elite circle of European football.

As the following chart shows Real Madrid is in a league of its own in terms of European triumphs. The outfit from the Spanish capital won 13 Champions League titles, leading AC Milan (7), Liverpool and Bayern (6) by a wide margin.

The Highest-Paid Female Athletes

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Naomi Osaka is the highest-paid female athlete in the world. Forbes had announced that the 22-year-old Japanese-American had overtaken tennis legend Serena Williams as the highest-earning female in May, but finally dropped the full list of top-paid female sports stars this week.

With total earnings of around $37.4 million, Osaka also broke the record for the most money ever earned by a female athlete in a year set by Maria Sharapova in 2015, when the Russian tennis player made $29.7 million.

Tennis players absolutely dominate the list of female top earners in sports, while the men’s top ten is a mix of different disciplines, including tennis, soccer, basketball, golf and American football. Male and female sports superstars, including Osaka and Williams, earn the most money through endorsement deals, not prize money, making public appeal just as important for high earners as athletic ability.

Osaka, who competes for Japan, was able to secure major endorsements ahead the Toyko Olympics, originally scheduled for 2020. This made her the world’s third best-paid tennis player after Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in 2020 and the second highest-earning when only counting endorsements. In the co-ed ranking of the world’s highest-grossing athletes, Osaka comes in 29th, followed by Williams in rank 33.