Other Sports and Sportsmen

[totti_jonaid]

Apart from football which other sports do you like and it will be good if you name the player which you like in that sports.
My list would be:

SPORTS SPORTSMEN

Formula 1 Schumacher

Cricket Shoaib Akhtar

Field Hockey Sohail Abbas

Tennis Roger Feddrer

Availing this oportunity I would also like to congratulate Sohail Abbas on becoming the world highest scorer in the history of Field Hockey.

[rae]

To Admins: you may merge them (http://www.milanmania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=851)
;)

[Lombardia]

It's a lil different to the other thread, anyway here are mine...

Football: Andriy Shevchenko, Zvonomir Boban, Micheal Ballack and Roberto Baggio

Ice Hockey: Pavel Bure, Wayne Gretzky and Sergei Fedorov

Rugby Union: Diego Dominguez

Moto GP: Valentino Rossi, Loris Caprirossi and Max Biaggi

Rugby League: Robbie Paul

Tennis: Goran Ivanisevic, Tim Henman

Formula 1: Ferrari, Micheal Schumacher, Giancarlo Fisichella, Jarno Trulli and Minardi

Cricket: Shoaib Akhter, Micheal Vaughn, Graham Thorpe and James Kirtley

Boxing: Rocky Marciano and Mike Tyson

[Stezagud]

Football: Roy Keane, Paolo Maldini,

Rugby Union: Martin Johnson, Lawrence Dallaglio

Rugby League: Lesley Vainakolo

Tennis: Tim Henman, Greg Rusedski

Cricket: Michael Vaughan, Freddie Flintoff, Darren Gough

Boxing: Klitschko bro's, Joe Calzaghi, Ricky Hatton

[mk18]

can we list all the possible sports so that we wont miss out on any???

[argo]

Football: Marco van Basten, Eric Cantona, Andriy Shevchenko. :p286:
MotoGP: Randy Mamola, Wayne Rainey, Michael Doohan, Valentino Rossi.
Formula One: Ayrton Senna da Silva, Jacques Villeneuve, Kimi Matthias Raikkonen.
World Rallying Championship: Juha Kankkunen, Tomi Makkinen.
Tennis: (men) Bjon Borg, Andre Agassi, Goran Ivanisevic, Yegney Kafelnikov. (women) Steffi Graff, Mary Pierce, Maria Sharapova.
Badminton: (men) Icuk Sugiarto, Yang Yang, Taufik Hidayat. (women): Ivana Lee, Susi Susanti, Camilla Martin.
Basketball: Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant.
Boxing: Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Naseem Hameed. :punch:
Chess: Gary Kasparov, Utut Adianto.
Athletics: Sergey Bubka, Florence Griffith Joyner, Carl Lewis.
Volleyball: Fernanda Venturini.
:gonova:

others tbc... ;)

[ilgenio]

Football: Arthur Antunes Coimbra aka Zico :proud: , Marco van Basten, Dejan Savicevic, Andriy Shevchenko
MotoGP: Valentino Rossi, Tamada Makoto :eekani:
Formula One: Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna :proud: , Mika Hakkinen, Kimi Raikkonen, Juan Pablo Montoya
Tennis: (Men) Bjorn Borg, Ivan Lendl, Boris Becker, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer (Women) Chris Evert, Steffi Graff, Martina Hingis, Maria Sharapova
Badminton: (Men) Yang Yang, Zhao Jianhua (Women) Tang Jiuhong, Ye Zhaoying, Zhang Ning
Basketball: Kareem Abdul-Jabaar, Magic Johnson, James Worthy, Kobe Bryant, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan
Boxing: Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield
American "Football": Joe Montana

Most of the sports are from argo's list, and I think there may be some others sports omitted too.

[Goirre]

Football: :proud: San Paolo Maldini, San Franco Baresi, San Billy Costacurta :proud:
Tennis: :star: Pete Sampras :star:
F1: :star: Ayrton Senna :star:

[rae]

Football: :star: Ryan Giggs, Juergen Klinsmann, Rui Costa, Alessandro Costacurta, Romario, Roy Keane :star:

Basketball: :star: Michael Jordan :star: [Allen Iverson, Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett]

Ice Hockey: :star: Mario Lemieux :star: [Joe Sakic, Jerome Iginla, Mike Modano, Keith Tkachuk]

MotoGP: :star: Michael Doohan :star: [Daniel Pedrosa, Marco Melandri, Alex Barros, Lori Capirrosi]

Formula One: :star: Michael Schumacher :star: [Fernando Alonso, Ralf Schumacher]

World Rally Championship: :star: Colin McRae :star: [Markko Martin, Carlos Sainz]

Dakar Rally: :star: Ari Vatannen :star: :cry: Richard Sainct :cry: R.I.P

Athletics: :star: Michael Johnson :star: [Allen Johnson, Ato Boldon, Shawn Crawford]

Tennis: [Men] :star: Pete Sampras :star: [Gustavo Kuarten, Gaston Gaudio][Women] :star: Steffi Graff :star: [Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams, Jennifer Capriati]

Boxing: :star: Michael Tyson :star:

[Ruud Gullit]

Football: Ruud Gullit, Frank Rijkaard, Marco van Basten, Patrick Kluivert, Clarence Seedorf, Iker Casillas, Fernando Morientes

Basketball: Earl Boykins, Ben Wallace, Arvydas Sabonis, Dominique Wilkins, James Worthy, Spud Webb.

Ice Hockey: Pavel Bure, Joe Thorton, Vincente Lecavalier, Brad Richards.

MotoGP: Valentino Rossi

Formula One: Ayrton Senna

[Lombardia]

tennis-anna kournikova

[ilgenio]

Football: Formula One: Ayrton Senna da Silva, Jacques Villeneuve, Kimi Matthias Raikkonen.


I'm shocked! :dstup:
As a McLaren fan, you chose JV over Mika?? :eekani:

[rae]

I am shocked tooo.........
ARGO arent you a Ferrari follower :eekani:

[ilgenio]

I am shocked tooo.........
ARGO arent you a Ferrari follower :eekani:

Nope, argo supports McLaren.
Don't assume every F1 fan supports the Evil Empire, though there certainly are plenty here at MM. :devf:

[rae]

Nope, argo supports McLaren.
Don't assume every F1 fan supports the Evil Empire, though there certainly are plenty here at MM. :devf:
Evil Empire -- ya mean McLaren and its jpm ....hahahahha

:mex:

[mk18]

Football: :star: paolo maldini :p283: , roberto baggio, george weah, marco van basten, andrei shevchenko, diego armando maradona, johann cruyff (im sure i forgot some1, well u can see the name below my avatar) :star:

Basketball: Michael Jordan, shawn kemp, gary payton, HOTSAUCE, and the harlem globetrotters :tong:

MotoGP: :star: valentino rossi (by the way he commneted on the derby, doesn anyone know if hes a milan or an inter fan?!?!) :star:

Formula One: :star: ralf Schumacher :star:

Athletics: :star: hisham al guerrouj :star:

Tennis: [Men] :star: J.C ferrero, roger federer :star:

Boxing: :star: MUHAMMAD ALI :star:[/QUOTE]

[mk18]

oh and NFL: steve young, jerry rice and terrell owens

[Goirre]

tennis-anna kournikova
hahaha, I prefer Sharapova (spelling?) :D

nah, in tennis only :star: Pistol Pete :star:

[derekhski]

Herman Maier One of the most impressive comebacks in the history of sport. Maier returned to the Alpine World Cup after a leg fracture, from a motorcycle accident, whcih almost cost him his leg. Maier won the overall Worldcup. A very amazing comeback, so much strenght needed to take the high speeds of ski racing....
Lance Armstrong, Six time tour champion and cancer surviver.

[argo]

I'm shocked! :dstup:
As a McLaren fan, you chose JV over Mika?? :eekani:
JV was the reason I watched Formula One again since Senna died in Imola. tho I liked Villeneuve, my heart remains there in McLaren.
Generally I admire Scandinavian drivers (including Hakkinen). ;)



I am shocked tooo.........
ARGO arent you a Ferrari follower :eekani:
supporting Ferrari in Formula One is just like supporting Juventus in Serie A. :D
but I like their supercars never-the-less... especially F40 and F50. but the latest "Enzo" sucks big time...

[rae]

man ...supporting Ferrari in F1 is just like supposting Milan in Europe - they win everyting :D
btw WE ARE RED :de3:

:star: !Forza Ferrari Per Sempre! :star:

[argo]

man ...supporting Ferrari in F1 is just like supposting Milan in Europe - they win everyting :D
btw WE ARE RED :de3:

:star: !Forza Ferrari Per Sempre! :star:
even worse because their main sponsor is 'Marlboro', the cigarrettes I smoke daily... :wallbang:

[rae]

so give up then...

[ilgenio]

even worse because their main sponsor is 'Marlboro', the cigarrettes I smoke daily... :wallbang:

2 choices: either you quit smoking, or you switch to West. :devf:
Seriously speaking, I hope you'll consider the former.

[MIRZA]

Football: :strong: Andriy Shevchenko,Sergej Barbarez,George Weah, and all ACM players.
Basketball:Mirza Delibasic(one of the gretest European basketball player betwen 1980 and 1990) Michael Jordan, Mirza Teletovic, Nenad Markovic
Handball:Mirza Dzomba,Bilal Šuman

[argo]

2 choices: either you quit smoking, or you switch to West. :devf:
Seriously speaking, I hope you'll consider the former.
WEST tasted 'not so good' to my tongue.. :D

and u r right, ilgenio.. McLaren + Marlboro + Honda + Senna were a GREAT combination. McLaren at their finest, IMO...

[miss ahonen]

tennis
My favourite players:
Rafael Nadal, Guillermo Coria, Nicolas Kiefer, Tommy Haas, Gustavo Kuerten.

ski jumping
My favourite Jumper: Janne Ahonen :p283:

nordic combinded
My favourites:
Samppa Lajunen, Jaakko Tallus, Ronny Ackermann

formula 1
My favourite:
Kimi Räikkönen

pole vault
My favourite:
Toby Stevenson

snooker
My favourite:
Paul Hunter

diving
My favourite:
Alexandre Despatie

[argo]

Wow... I never realized that there are so many kinda sports in this world.. :D

[Stezagud]

yeah, what is Nordic combined?

is that the sport where they walk up hills wearing ski's ? :confused:

one i forgot from before

Snooker: "Rocket" Ronnie O Sullivan :D

[miss ahonen]

yeah, what is Nordic combined?

Nordic combined consists of ski jumping and cross-country skiing :)

[ilgenio]

formula 1
My favourite:
Kimi Räikkönen

:eekani:
Great choice!! Bravo girl!!! :clap: :clap: :clap:

For once it's a surprise to see a F1 fan from Germany picking Kimi over a seven-time WDC of the Evil Empire. :devf:

And I do noticed many Finnish athletes on your list... Let me guess, you are born in Germany but with Finnish roots. :smileani:

Last but not least, Welcome to MM!!! :rone:

[miss ahonen]

And I do noticed many Finnish athletes on your list... Let me guess, you are born in Germany but with Finnish roots. :smileani:

Last but not least, Welcome to MM!!! :rone:
I wish I woud have finnsih roots, but I haven't.
But I am probably one of the greatest fans of Finland and its athletes.
:u56:

[argo]

I wish I woud have finnsih roots, but I haven't.
But I am probably one of the greatest fans of Finland and its athletes.
:u56:
Wow.. a Nordic fan from Germany :eekani: do you speak suomi too?
I bet you prefer nokia than siemens. :D
Finns athletes are great, especialy in car racing. ;)

do you like The Rasmus and Nightwish, Cornelia?

[Stezagud]

Nordic combined consists of ski jumping and cross-country skiing


ohhh, i saw that on Eurosport :D

My country had a ski jumper once, he was so good they called him "The Eagle" ;) :dielaugh:

[miss ahonen]

Wow.. a Nordic fan from Germany :eekani: do you speak suomi too?
I bet you prefer nokia than siemens. :D
Finns athletes are great, especialy in car racing. ;)

do you like The Rasmus and Nightwish, Cornelia?
You are right I prefer Nokia!
I know only a few words in suomi, but one day I will learn it...
I love the Rasmus. :p017:
Lauri's voice is incredible!

[miss ahonen]

ohhh, i saw that on Eurosport :D

My country had a ski jumper once, he was so good they called him "The Eagle" ;) :dielaugh:
I have heard of Eddy the eagle :ilol:

[Stezagud]

I have heard of Eddy the eagle

apparently they are going to make a movie about his career :D

[Henrik]

apparently they are going to make a movie about his career :D
Crash and burn action movie?

[Stezagud]

Crash and burn action movie?

more like cool runnings probably ;)

though it would be good to see him in an action movie, maybe he could be the next James Bond :D